grass cutting - LJN Blog Posts - Landscape Juice Network2024-03-29T01:31:41Zhttps://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profiles/blogs/feed/tag/grass+cuttingAnother winter over and its time to consider the grass/lawn again....https://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profiles/blogs/another-winter-over-and-its-time-to-consider-the-grass-lawn-again2021-03-10T20:47:34.000Z2021-03-10T20:47:34.000ZAdam Pilgrimhttps://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profil/AdamPilgrim<div><p>At the time of writing - Mid March 2021 - many, many people will have already given their grass its first cut of the year....</p><p>However, perhaps you haven't or can't or don't have suitable machinery?</p><p>Perhaps your lawn is such a long, unkempt, ugly, weed and moss infested mess that you just don't know WHAT to do first?</p><p>Here at South Lincs Grass Care (a trading name of ANP Services Spalding Ltd), we offer a full range of lawn and grass care services, from maintaining a top class domestic lawn to flail mowing a wildflower meadow, we have the tools, equipment and knowledge to help you out.</p><p>After a decade in the industry, we are proud to say that many of our current customers have been with us since our start in 2011.</p><p>Year on year we have built on our knowledge, equipment and expertise to deal with everything from a few annoying dandelions to sowing a new lawn from seed.</p><p>Possessing everything in-house from a simple lawnmower to a custom built tractor mounted seed drill, we aim to cover all bases with a reliable, professional service.</p><p>As an independent contractor we are not tied to any manufacturers products and won't try to talk you into any unncessary work.</p><p>If you need help with your grass or lawn, wheter your property is domestic or commercial, give us a call to discuss options as to how we can help you.</p><p><strong>Office - Monday to Friday 9-5 - 01775 830250 or mobile (office hours only) - 07745 247488</strong></p><p><strong>Email - anytime - anpservicesspalding@yahoo.co.uk</strong></p></div>A masterclass on cutting grass extremely short – how low can grass be cuthttps://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profiles/blogs/a-masterclass-on-cutting-grass-extremely-short-how-low-can-grass-2020-08-14T12:25:06.000Z2020-08-14T12:25:06.000ZRobbiehttps://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profil/Robbie<div><p><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/lKinScbUEAs" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p></div>First grass cut of year - Route density is keyhttps://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profiles/blogs/first-grass-cut-of-year-route-density-is-key2020-03-07T13:40:19.000Z2020-03-07T13:40:19.000ZRobbiehttps://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profil/Robbie<div><p><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/o9HK8oxcsRs" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p></div>Grass cutting contractors in Lincolnshirehttps://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profiles/blogs/grass-cutting-contractors-in-lincolnshire2020-02-23T20:25:09.000Z2020-02-23T20:25:09.000ZAdam Pilgrimhttps://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profil/AdamPilgrim<div><p>If you have found this blog, you may well be looking for a grass cutting contractor to maintain your garden or commercial premises in Lincolnshire.</p><p>At South Lincs Grass Care (a trading name of ANP Services Spalding Ltd), we aim to provide a complete grass care service, from cutting the grass, controlling weeds or moss or carrying out repairs and lawn renovations, we can do it all.</p><p>We mow and treat domestic lawns starting from around 100m2, through to ornamental lawns running into acres in size.</p><p>We also cut grass for commercial premises using zero turn ride on mowers and/or tractor mowers to provide a cost effective, professional service.</p><p>As a long established business, we are reliable, professional and offer competitive rates for all types of grass services.</p><p>We can cut grass, treat moss and weeds and scarify virtually any sized grass area, wheter its a small lawn in front of your house or five acres at your business, it is no issue for us!</p><p>If you think we can help you, please do not hesitate to contact us by phone on mobile 07745 2477488 or office 01775 830250 or by email info@lawncarespalding.co.uk</p><p> </p><p><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}3907696772,RESIZE_930x{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-full" src="{{#staticFileLink}}3907696772,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" width="710" alt="3907696772?profile=RESIZE_710x" /></a></p></div>Grass cutting round ? This is a huge time saver with the Nomixhttps://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profiles/blogs/grass-cutting-round-this-is-a-huge-time-saver-with-the-nomix2019-03-31T22:35:11.000Z2019-03-31T22:35:11.000ZRobbiehttps://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profil/Robbie<div><p><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ALH82xhNqFA?wmode=opaque" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0"></iframe></p><span class="font-size-4"><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCatgfCe7ywHXZXspps6JQbQ?sub_confirmation=1" target="_blank">Subscribe to my YouTube channel</a></span></div>South Lincs Grass Care - from preparation to perfection....https://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profiles/blogs/south-lincs-grass-care-from-preparation-to-perfection2017-11-29T21:17:49.000Z2017-11-29T21:17:49.000ZAdam @ SLGChttps://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profil/AdamSLGC<div><p>Even in our local area, not many people know the true scale of the works that we can offer - basically if its grass (of virtually any description), we can offer services to help you maintain it, improve it, or even prepare the ground and reseed it.</p><p>As well as the usual pedestrian equipment expected of a business of our type, we also have a range of compact tractors and implements dedicated to grass care and the preparation and maintenance of grass areas.</p><p>Services we offer include:</p><p></p><p><strong>To domestic properties:</strong></p><p>This service operates to domestic properties within an approx 10 miles radius of Spalding, Lincs and can include (as well as the grass cutting) fertilizer applications through the year, moss control, scarifying and weed control as necessary to most sized lawns on a weekly or fortnightly basis.</p><p>Generally on each visit these lawns will be cut with a pedestrian roller mower, lawns edges maintained and all grass cuttings taken away as part of the service. Additional treatments undertaken as seasonally necessary and at appropriate times.</p><p>If you just want your grass cutting and no lawn care services - we can offer that too!</p><p></p><p><strong>Commercial and amenity grass cutting:</strong></p><p>Commercial and amenity grass cutting services are generally offered with 25 miles of Spalding, Lincs and can be caaried out on a one off or regular (generally) fortnightly basis - for other options please contact us.</p><p>Pedestrian mowing using roller or wheeled machines, collection, discharge and mulch options available - we have a waste carriers licence in force enabling us to legally remove grass cuttings from your site for off site disposal via an approved composting facility.</p><p>Using our compact tractors we can offer mowing services including flail mowing without collection with our Sovema flail mower or with collection facility with our Amazone flail mower (we can flail mow and collect cuttings from wildflower areas using this machine if necessary).</p><p>We also have Teagle rotary finishing mowers with rear discharge or mulch options and Huxley cylinder gang mowers for cutting finer turf areas.</p><p>With a quick blade swap, the Amazone machine also converts into a flail scarifier, again with or without collection option. Ideal for sports pitches, large lawns etc where pedestrian scarifying would be uneconomic.</p><p></p><p><strong>Equestrian paddock maintenance:</strong></p><p><b>Wide range of services available throughout the year!</b></p><p>We also have available in house a full selection of equipment for maintaining and improving equestrian paddocks, we can offer chain harrowing (both mounted frame types and trailed fully floating types), we also have a Sisis Deep Slitting machine which we find ideal for aeration of horse and pony paddocks. With a working width of four feet and tines that can penetrate over 6" into the ground this tool quickly makes thousands of thin 'slots' in the ground helping alleviate the inevitable compaction caused by horses hooves vastly improving grass health and surface drainage.</p><p>We also have heavy harrows and a tractor mounted roller for smoothing out heavily poached or damaged areas of grass.</p><p>If you have a severe waterlogging or compaction issue or are on heavy clay land, then we can also offer mole draining services. This consists of a specially constructed mole 'plough' that creates a cylindrical passage through the earth and through the compaction layer above allowing water free passage from the surface into the lower layers of soil.</p><p>If your paddock needs fertilizing or weed control - we offer that too. In conjunction with our agronomists, we can analyse your soil, find out what fertilizer would be most appropriate and correct most mineral and trace element deficiencies to give your grass a much needed boost.</p><p>We can also offer weed control services to deal with most common paddock weeds including the dreaded Ragwort. </p><p></p><p><strong>Preparation of ground and seeding of new grass:</strong></p><p></p><p><strong><br/></strong>We can also carry out preparation of ground and carry out seeding of new grass or repairing of existing areas wheter you just need a light chain harrowing and overseeding to thicken the grass in your paddock or need an area of ground preparing and transforming into lawn, we have the equipment to do so.</p><p>We can plough and/or rotovate, level out, consolidate and then seed most areas that it is possible to get a compact tractor into.</p><p>We have access to seed mixtures for all occasions be it sports turf, paddock grazing, general purpose or formal lawn.</p><p></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-5"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Got a question?</span></strong></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-5"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Need some more information?</span></strong></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-5"><strong><span class="font-size-5">Think we can help?</span></strong></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-5"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">For all your grass care needs, don't hesitate to contact us:</span></strong></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-5"><strong><span class="font-size-5">By phone to the office 01775 830250, by phone to Adam's mobile 07745 247488,</span></strong></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-5"><strong><span class="font-size-5">or by email southlincsgrasscare@yahoo.co.uk or info@lawncaresspalding.co.uk</span></strong></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-5"><strong><span class="font-size-5">South Lincs Grass Care is a trading name of ANP Services Spalding Limited.</span></strong></span></p><p></p><p> </p></div>Looking for a grounds maintenance contractor in Lincolnshire?https://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profiles/blogs/looking-for-a-grounds-maintenance-contractor-in-lincolnshire2017-02-28T20:56:03.000Z2017-02-28T20:56:03.000ZAdam Pilgrimhttps://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profil/AdamPilgrim<div><p><span class="font-size-4">Perhaps you own or run your own business and need your grounds maintaining or are in a HR department and have been tasked with finding a grounds maintenance contractor to maintain your site(s)?</span></p><p>Some things you need to ask for from anyone tendering or quoting to maintain your site include:</p><ul><li><em>Length of time that they have been working in the grounds maintenance sector (shows commitment and experience)</em></li></ul><p></p><ul><li><em>Proof of public liability and employers liability cover, (A legal requirement!)</em></li></ul><p></p><ul><li><em>Risk assessments and method statements for operations required on your site, (satisfies Health and Safety requirements)</em></li></ul><p></p><ul><li><em>A valid waste carriers licence registration number, (a legal requirement for anyone involved in the transport of waste of ANY description)</em></li></ul><p></p><ul><li><em>Certificates and proof of competence qualifications for any pesticide or herbicide (weedkiller) applications needed on your site (City and Guilds or equivalent training group certificates will be required by the contractors insurer to prove competence in using what can be potentially hazardous chemicals)</em></li></ul><p>In addition, make sure that the contractor is familiar with working on a site of your type and has all the necessary equipment available 'in house' and isn't relying on hiring in or borrowing tools and equipment to meet your contract requirements.</p><p><span class="font-size-3"><em><span><strong>Are you looking for a contractor that can immediately fulfill all of these, has a wealth of experience at dealing with areas sized from just a few hundred square metres to many acres in size, has all equipment available in-house with experienced operators AND has an in depth knowledge of the local area as well?</strong></span></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-5"><strong>Here at ANP Services Spalding Limited, we can help!</strong></span></p><p><span class="font-size-4"><span class="font-size-4">We have been established over 6 years and have hundreds of satisfied clients over a wide spectrum of domestic and commercial grounds maintenance. Wheter you need regular scheduled grass cutting, shrub bed maintenance, weed control to grass land or car parks, leaf clearance, hedge trimming or any other grounds maintenance service you might like to mention, we can tailor a service to suit your site or work to your own contract plan - the choice is yours.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span class="font-size-5"><strong><span>Why not call us today - ANP Services Spalding Limited - Office 01775 830250, direct mobile 07745 247488 - or email anpservicesspalding@yahoo.co.uk</span></strong></span></span></p><p><span class="font-size-4"><strong>Some examples of previous works can be found on our website at www.anpservicesspalding.com</strong></span></p><p><span class="font-size-4"><strong>'ANP Services Spalding Limited - For all your garden and grounds maintenance requirements'</strong></span></p></div>South Lincs Grass Care - a bit of background information...https://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profiles/blogs/south-lincs-grass-care-a-bit-of-background-information2017-01-19T20:43:37.000Z2017-01-19T20:43:37.000ZAdam @ SLGChttps://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profil/AdamSLGC<div><p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span class="font-size-4"><strong><span class="font-size-4">SOUTH LINCS GRASS CARE - Who are they you may be asking yourself?</span></strong></span></span></p><p><span class="font-size-4"><strong><span class="font-size-4"><span class="font-size-3">Its a question we, ourselves have been asked before - so here is the answer!</span><br/></span></strong></span></p><p>Based just outside the market town of Spalding, Lincolnshire, South Lincs Grass Care has been established since early 2015 and has already made a good reputation for itself within the sector.</p><p>It is a trading division of the longer established 'ANP Services Spalding Ltd' that has been successfully trading in the garden and grounds maintenance sector since 2011.</p><p>South Lincs Grass Care has a white on green theme and the easily recognizable 'Grassy Heart' logo seen here:</p><p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3314766187?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="750" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3314766187?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="526" height="329" class="align-center"/></a></p><p></p><p><span style="text-decoration: underline;" class="font-size-4"><strong>So what can South Lincs Grass Care offer?</strong></span></p><p><span class="font-size-3">Put simply, we cater for all aspects of domestic, commercial, amenity and equestrian grass care.</span></p><p><span class="font-size-3">Wheter you need a good quality domestic lawn frequently and professionally mowing or several acres of neglected paddocks flail mowing back into condition, we have all the equipment in-house to be able to provide you with a complete service. We are also in a position to be able to provide soil analysis, fertilizer applications and selective weed control treatments to areas such as these.</span></p><p><span class="font-size-3">We will be publishing a series of short blogs about what each 'aspect' of the business covers in the coming few months but to give you a brief idea of the machinery that we are using on a daily basis, this includes Kubota W821 wheeled and roller 21" pedestrian mowers, a 1.2m flail mower/scarifier combi unit, a 1.5m Sovema flail mower, a Teagle Dynamo 150 finishing mower, a set of 66" Huxley mounted gang mowers - and that's just some of the cutting machinery!</span></p><p><span class="font-size-3">We also provide large lawn/pitch scarifying, mole draining, paddock services including aerating, harrowing and rolling and much more besides - we will, in time be publishing blogs on our service sectors such as 'Domestic Lawn Care;, 'Commercial Grass Care', 'Amenity Grassland Maintenance' and 'Paddock and Equestrian Grassland Maintenance' so keep checking back for regular updates.</span></p><p><span class="font-size-3">For now - if you have any questions or would like more information on our services, just drop us an email southlincsgrasscare@yahoo.co.uk or call us on 07745 247488 or 01775 830250 and ask for Adam.</span></p></div>Etesia – coming to a garden near you!https://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profiles/blogs/etesia-coming-to-a-garden2011-03-28T08:42:03.000Z2011-03-28T08:42:03.000ZGraeme @ BGShttps://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profil/GraemeBGS<div><p><span class="font-size-3">Ask any gardener or grounds maintenance person what they think about Etesia mowers and to those that haven’t used them before will either tell you that they are not suitable for the their clients lawns or aren’t they just used on council grass verges , round-abouts and other public spaces.</span></p><p><span class="font-size-3"><br/></span></p><p><span class="font-size-3">So it seems that Etesia have been servicing a niche market predominately selling to the Ground maintenance contractors.</span></p><p><span class="font-size-3"><br/></span></p><p><span class="font-size-3">I must confess that I am a big fan of Hayter and to a lesser degree Honda – nothing can match a well cut, striped lawn. My mowers will cut anything from 10 to 40 lawns every day ranging from the average size domestic back garden , luxury large lawns to commercial properties, in fact pretty much the complete range other than golf courses and bowling greens. My mowers will cut more lawns in a day than the average householder will cut in a year, they have to be reliable and earn their keep!</span></p><p><span class="font-size-3"><br/></span></p><p><span class="font-size-3">I make my living cutting lawns and I am known for my striped lush lawns so maybe it was fear or snobbery that stopped me in the past from using the Etesia on most of my clients lawns. However this year I decided that the Etesia mower will be used on every lawn (well at least once). I tried to pre-empty any problems from the clients by explaining that at the start of the season and in damp conditions the non-roller mowers would be a better option.</span></p><p><span class="font-size-3"><br/></span></p><p><span class="font-size-3">The fear was totally unfounded, the Etesia delivered a crisp quality cut and handled everything that was thrown at it. If you use a Hayter on fairly long damp grass you will be well versed in making “pea soup” and spending countless minutes unclogging the roller and discharge chute. Not once did I encounter this with the Etesia Pro 46 and what a joy to have clean hands after each cut and made every cut a pleasure.</span></p><p><span class="font-size-3"><br/></span></p><p><span class="font-size-3">The Etesia Pro 46 collection ability is second to none, it even picked up the few stray cuttings from the previous visit done with the Hayter’s. The quality of every cut was impeccable and as an added bonus increased efficiency with less time being spent on mowing and tidying up afterwards.</span></p><p><span class="font-size-3"><br/></span></p><p><span class="font-size-3">I even smiled to myself when cutting a large HA block which is over looked by the Honda HQ as I walked up and down mowing the lawns and verges.</span></p><p><span class="font-size-3"><br/></span></p><p><span class="font-size-3">At the end of the day it is the clients’ verdict that matters and not one complained about the lack of stripes. To be honest, the Etesia reinforced the stripes on most of the lawns that were previously cut with the Hayter. I even had quite a few clients insisting that we use the Etesia when going back for their second or third cut.</span></p><p><span class="font-size-3"><br/></span></p><p><span class="font-size-3">So will I be putting the roller mowers out for retirement ? Not just yet but I can foresee the Etesia being used 50% of the time. It isn’t the total answer to all my lawn cutting requirements but one that will be used a lot more and will be loaded into the vans every day alongside the Hayters.</span></p><p><span class="font-size-3"><br/></span></p><p><span class="font-size-3">With a steady roll out of new Etesia dealer networks being planned, professional grass cutters will be better serviced.</span></p><p><span class="font-size-3">Whilst they will in the foreseeable future never mass product equipment along the lines of Hayter and John Deere you can be sure that support and backup will be readily available. However with their build quality, solidity and durability I can’t see the mowers being in the workshops too many times.</span></p><p><span class="font-size-3"><br/></span></p><p><span class="font-size-3">Etesia unlike many of the major manufactures / importers have set a high standard in listening, talking to and looking after their professional users that other suppliers will have trouble surpassing.</span></p><p><span class="font-size-3"><br/></span></p><p><span class="font-size-3">I fear Etesia will no longer be one of the best kept secrets and just servicing the niche market, it will only be a question of time before an Etesia mower will be seen in a garden near you.</span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p></div>