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What van can you fit a quad bike in?

As per above, I imagine vivaro transit etc but what about dispatch? Obvs depends on size of quad but all hypothetical at the moment.

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Single species turf for shady areas

Good afternoon All

i have been asked by a customer for my help and opinion  fir turfing a shaded area.

He has found this product:

https://www.turfonline.co.uk/shadesman/

it is a single species turf and I have absolutely no experience.

Does anybody have an

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small grounds maintenance tenders

HI.  like many of us on here, I am looking for small grounds maintenance tenders.  I currently utilise due north, b2b etc to search for tenders, but was wondering if I am missing any key sites where smaller tenders are advertised?  Thanks very much -

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Health & Safety Policy

I wonder if any of you guys could advise or point me in the right direction. I am a sole trader and have built up a nice client base over the years as well as 3 contracts for grounds maintenance for blocks of flats, the latest contract was awarded to

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Any ideas what to do with this please guys n girls...

hi , does anyone have any ideas of what we can do with this lawn , it's completly saturated and never dried out even in summer... it gets treated by green thumb but the owner has contacted me ... He's happy to lose the bottom part of the lawn

Any idea

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New Stihl HLA135 Long Reach Cordless Hedge trimmer !

New Stihl HLA135 Long Reach Hedge trimmer

HLA 135 Long-reach hedge trimmer - 249 cm, 145° adjustable cordless hedge trimmer with 24" / 60 cm blade length (stihl.co.uk)

anybody else getting one

can't wait !

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Schedule

Evening all, I am taking my gardening buisness to full time starting this spring, last year I did all my lawns over two days (approx 40) later returning to some of these property's I mow at a later date to weed and do hedges... as I didn't have enoug

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Bests nails to use

I've just bitten the bulliet and blown £500 on a dewalt first fix nailer for my fencing jobs 

I plan to use 50mm on the feather edge and 63 mm on the arris rails etc which will need to galvanised 

There are lots of mixed reviews about branded nails and

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Replacing a lawn

One of our clients has two areas of lawn either side of their front door (its a large Georgian house - over 2 acres of gardens) - 4 years ago the owner decided they wanted to turn one side into a wild flower meadow - we've succeeded with that!!! They

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Garden Design groups & software

Hello lovely fellow designers, I’m looking for some garden design advice from you. I’m in Yorkshire in the UK (photo of mine of the beautiful Yorkshire Dales), and I’m about to start my own garden design business up but I don’t seem to be able to fin

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Wild garlic

Last year I took over the maintenance of a garden, there is a border approx 30m X 2m that had loads of wild garlic growing, I spent ages digging the bulbs out but already there is loads appearing again, has anyone got any ideas how this can be contro

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Block paving

I have a few customers with large block paving areas and they always have weeds and stuff growing between the block. Comon problem with block paving.

 But what do I treat the business to?? a ​Westermann block paving cleaner or do I go for a good press

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What mowers

What mowers does everyone use and why

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Van insurance on the rise as traffic increases

Interesting commentary on rising van insurance costs and some eye-watering figures.....

Credit : Business Vans

 

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Garden Design on a Steep Slope

Hi All,

So after 20 years of garden maintenance including design and development, the change over to design and landscaping has started (https://www.gardenwisewatford.co.uk/)

I have to admit it's really stressful, with a steep learning curve. Currently

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Etesia 2019/2020 pro46 phts3

Looking at getting an etesia pro 46, phts3. honda gcvx170 80l box. Seen a gardener on instagram got one last spring and loves it and it does awesome in the wet. Just seeing if anyone else has them and can give honest feedback,

Cutting in the wet is wh

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Br800 Blower

 Being lucky enough to get my hands on one over a month ago thought would give little review on it.

 First impression was impressed with build quality, weight, padding on straps etc. The side start pull cord is amazing being able to start from the hip

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Decent leaf grabs

Has anyone successfully bought any decent long-handles leaf grabs suitable for us professionals? I've had no luck so far! Bought another pair today, called "Grab-o-saurus". They got a good review on the original LandsacpeJuice website and they were o

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Landscaping choices have consequences .....

Taken at face value, this shows the effect landscaping choices can have on neighbours, our street-scene, and the environment? 

Multiply this by hundreds and perhaps it partly explains localised flooding? 

 

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Income Protection

Hi Folks,

I've been away for a while through many things and happenings. Anyway, I have a question relating to Income Protection.

For a few years I've had it with a company called The Exeter through a broker employed by Eunisure. I tried to claim early

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