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"I''m looking at the gardener's guild this year, as I've grown tired of Bark. Where it now costs typically £20 to get the lead details, to phone them.
For the " Bark what's that? , Who are you?, Why have you rung me? Dunno what you're talking…"
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"Firstly, what type of gardening are you offering? If it is a certain speciality (such as garden design), then your advertising might need to be tailored to that. If however it is general gardening (lawn maintenance, hedge and shrub trimming, border…"
"Apologies I have no experience of brass fittings.
I had a look at the catalogue. It appears there's no adjustability in them. "
I had a look at the catalogue. It appears there's no adjustability in them. "
"Fixed elbow on a brass lance...have used the plastic ones for 45 years and know them inside out...that's the problem with the brass one,no joints to swivel and connectors must be tight against washers🤔"
"Lance like this with elbow parallel with floor. Adjust deflector nozzle accordingly."
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If I was a customer and someone said to me I will come and sort your garden for £2500 per annum I would want to know how long they would be there and what…"
If I was a customer and someone said to me I will come and sort your garden for £2500 per annum I would want to know how long they would be there and what…"
"The AP 200 will give two and a quarter hours of trigger time on the hedge cutters.
If its aching joints etc. then you should get one of these. I’ve had mine about fifteen years. The difference it makes is like day and night."
If its aching joints etc. then you should get one of these. I’ve had mine about fifteen years. The difference it makes is like day and night."
"In my opinion a website is no use whatsoever. They obviously do work for all kinds of businesses, but not for what we do. Not if we are talking about Grounds Maintenance, i.e. mowing and hedge cutting etc. at local level.
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we have run several of these over the last 15 years and decided that getting a dealer to service them is the best way forward. These are brilliant mowers but after over 20 years of use, I'd be surprised if the transmission is original or…"
we have run several of these over the last 15 years and decided that getting a dealer to service them is the best way forward. These are brilliant mowers but after over 20 years of use, I'd be surprised if the transmission is original or…"
Hi everyone After a couple of years employed as Head of Horticulture for a charity, I decided to return to self employment as a freelance gardener at the end of March. I am struggling to find clients and don't know what to do! I have a website, a My…
Decided to buy some brass accessories for my CP15 Evolution and I'm totally baffled as to how you use a deflector nozzle without having to use the trigger upside down🤔??
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Hi everyone After a couple of years employed as Head of Horticulture for a charity, I decided to return to self employment as a freelance gardener at the end of March. I am struggling to find clients and don't know what to do! I have a website, a My…
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Brass trigger,lance and fittings on CP15 Evolution
Decided to buy some brass accessories for my CP15 Evolution and I'm totally baffled as to how you use a deflector nozzle without having to use the trigger upside down🤔??
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Etesia Bahia hydro mbhe 2001
Hi guys - first post! I've got the above model and really struggling to find out how to check and replace the transmission oil. Just can't locate a dipstick or see how to check the level. If someone could point me in the right direction I'd be very…
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How to make ends meet as a professional gardener
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A couple of questions to ask - what is the condition of the soil where the virginia creepers are planted and also has the brickwork been treated with anything? I suspect that the brickwork may have been treated with some sort of chemical - that would account for the creepers only clinging to parts of the wall which may have missed the treatment such as the windowframes.
If this is indeed the case, I don't think you'll find anything that will grow up the wall of its own accord. A solution might be to put in a climbing frame with vine eyes drilled into the brickwork which will keep a climber away from the brickwork - something like Gripple can be very useful and once you have your plant merrily growing away, it's quite unobtrusive. For a Southwest aspect I would go for a couple of Wisteria. If you get the framework right - about 12" between the horizontal lines - you will be able to train the wisterias quite nicely to cover the wall. I won't be quite as quick as the virginia creeper but after some years you'll have a beautiful wisteria all over the house.
Hope this helps,
Andy