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Online / Partime Landscape Design and Hard Landscaping Courses - Any Recomendations? Glasgow Based

Hi guys any recomendations for the above courses? Im to busy to commit full time but happy with wkend or online, would prefer something which gives a recognised qualification.

 

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Who's doing what this week ?

Challenging weather for all last weekend and would guess for many it’s still a problem?

So, who's been doing what this week ....?

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Best machinery to remove bamboo 4'x3'

I've removed the growth of a border of bamboo and I'm now left with an area of ground thick with roots and as hard as concrete. I've had a couple of the lads on the team attack it with mattocks but to no avail. What do you suggest is the best tool/ma

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Green waste costs

I went to our green waste recycling site today and paid £25.00 for my 16' x 7' trailer to be emptied by their digger.

I stood there and watch and thought what bloody good value that was. What do you get charged?

Is it worth trying to make a recycling c

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Lawn care start up.

Hi all. This as probably been discussed many times before so I apologise. But I'm looking to branch out into lawn care as some of my customers are not happy with a certain franchise. I was looking to get some advise on how to price for the applicatio

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Hedge/shrub cutting pace

HI all,

 

New to this. 

 

Going solo after years in a grounds maintenance team. No big ambitions given my time of life; just looking to make a small modest income and deliver a great product. 

 

I've never actually priced work in hedge cutting before, but

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A little help needed

Evening All

I have a job to do next week that invovles some tap based irrigation and installing some artificial grass in Send near Woking in Surrey.

My problem is that my usual help has gone off to join the army so I'm left on my own, is there anybody

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Grey Brazillian Slate Help needed!

Im after a bit of advice. Im having one of those jobs that has come back and is biting me on the bum, despite doing nothing wrong. In september i laid a grey brazillian slate patio for a customer, who selected teh slate and had been given a sample of

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Do Stihl Kombi attachments fit Echo PAS2620?

Hi all,

Any advice on the following greatly received, thankyou in advance.

We have been using Stihl Kombi KM131R motors hooked up to the Stihl Kombi attachements.

Having had one of the tired Stihl motors recently give up with valve & piston failure it's

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STIHL MM56

We are considering buying a Stihl mm56 with 1.9kw engine, primarily for use with the Bolo cultivator attachment, its only really for one site with extensive flower/shrub beds where digging over due to the sizeof area is impractical. Has anyone got an

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Overuse of Blower..!!!

I was holding off posting this as didn’t want to sound like I’m moaning about the professionalism of some gardeners, however I have just finished on a site where the gardeners have been blowing through a private estate, 5 hours they were blowing and

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When to lay bark chips - before or after planting?

Hi - do you prefer to lay bark over landscape fabric BEFORE planting through the fabric or after? It saves time in laying of the bark but it takes longer to plant through and is there a greater risk of the soil ending up on the surface so resulting i

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Help With Shanks/Lawnflite 553HRS Rear Roller Alignment

Hello,

I am having a problem finding the issue with one of my mowers. It's a Shanks 553 HRS, which is the same machine as the Lawnflite and Honda of the same model number.

I've just finished changing the gearbox parts and control cable and the mower pu

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Redrow New Build Patios

Hi All,

Has anybody got experience with how Redrow protect their DPC? Redrow follow Welsh building regs even if building in England - don't ask me it doesn't make any sense - and as such have to provide wheelchair access at the back of the house as we

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Greetings

Hello All,

I'm new to the forum and thought I would introduce myself.

Currently looking to start a small gardening business In March after handing in my notice next Thursday.

I'm trying to do my planning at the moment but struggling with the wealth of o

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Hawthorn hedge roots - any views?

Got a customer who wants this fairly small hawthorn hedge removing and replacing with something evergreen.  Anyone have an idea on probable root size based on size of plants and ease of removal.  Thanks in advance

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Maybe check your ladder padlock if it's been a while since you used the ladder!

Luckily I had a hacksaw in the van.  It cut through in a couple of minutes -disturbingly easy.

I'm off to get a tougher all weather padlock.  

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Help with quote commercial gardening

Hi everyone I have been given the opportunity to give a quote for my first ever commercial job. I can do the job no problem but pricing is a big issue as I usually price up small jobs local gardens etc.

If you can give me a guide on what you would cha

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Stihl / Viking RM448vc mower

Hi folks

i am thinking about buying a Stihl RM448vc petrol mower to replace my current Honda Izy for small/medium lawns.

Positives for it are;

Light weight (lots to lifting into rear gardens up steps etc)

Poly deck (for weight and corrosion)

Solid grass b

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