running - LJN Blog Posts - Landscape Juice Network2024-03-30T02:36:42Zhttps://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profiles/blogs/feed/tag/runningWhite Horse Contractors Get New Equestrian Centre Up and Runninghttps://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profiles/blogs/white-horse-contractors-get-new-equestrian-centre-up-and-running2013-12-04T13:37:17.000Z2013-12-04T13:37:17.000ZFusion Mediahttps://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profil/FusionMedia<div><p>A new equestrian centre in Oxfordshire has been completed courtesy of specialist construction company White Horse Contractors. The Abingdon–based company extended its portfolio of such projects with the recent completion of Pound Farm Livery and Equine Services near Bicester.</p><p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3314178819?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="450" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3314178819?profile=RESIZE_480x480" width="450" class="align-left"/></a>The Centre has under gone a complete transformation, under its new owners, making it one of the most popular Equestrian Centre’s in the area. White Horse Contractors provided full design and installation, plus the successful initial application for planning permission.</p><p>The brand new, purpose-built equestrian facility close to the M40 features new American barn stabling for 14 horses, plus a refurbished existing barn providing a further three isolation stables. Focal point of the new enterprise, run by mother and daughter Sue and Angelica Logan is a 50m x 30m all-weather, floodlit riding arena.</p><p>Among the other features incorporated into the project by White Horse were tack rooms, rug rooms and feed rooms, a wash-down area with solarium & hot-water equine shower, and a bedding & hay storage area.</p><p>Works at the site also included the installation of an extensive surface water drainage system, access road, fencing and gates, plus all electrical and water supply services.</p><p>Pound Farm will have instructors providing training clinics, and aims to offer horse owners what it describes as a ‘bespoke, personalized livery package’.</p><p>“The demolition and rebuilding of Pound Farm Yard was a huge undertaking,” Commented Sue Logan. “The whole team from White Horse Contractors have had to put up with a lot on site, horses and extremes of weather in particular. They have always been very considerate with our horses, checking on them when using loud machines etc.</p><p>“The standard of the work has been exceptional and if I needed further work done or had to recommend them in the future; then I would have no hesitation in doing so. They have patience, knowledge and skill in spade-falls.”</p><p>Offering a complete package, from initial design through to construction using the company’s vast range of in-house specialist machines and knowledgeable staff, White Horse Contractors Limited is committed to providing a product of quality and ensuring Client satisfaction at all times.</p><p>For further information, please contact White Horse Contractors on 01865 736 272 or visit <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.whitehorsecontractors.co.uk" target="_blank">www.whitehorsecontractors.co.uk</a>. You can also follow White Horse Contractors on Twitter <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.twitter.com/WHCLtd" target="_blank">@WHCLtd</a></p></div>How to stop bamboo's roots from spreadinghttps://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profiles/blogs/how-to-stop-bamboos-roots-from2011-02-13T12:52:02.000Z2011-02-13T12:52:02.000ZOfer El-hashaharhttps://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profil/OferElhashahar<div><p><b>How to prevent bamboo plant’s roots from spreading</b><br/> <br/> The various cultivars and native species of Bamboo have waxed and waned in popularity over the decades. For a while, the glories of Japanese and Chinese Gardens were imported to the British isles and the US, including every instance of elegant bamboo screening and beauty. Inevitably, certain problems almost invariably showed up - almost always involving problems with rampant root expansion or else the issues of bamboo getting “too happy”, with where it was planted. ‘Acculturation to new geographies’ for some plants can often be a synonym for “Thriving beyond measure”.</p><p><b>Rhizomes</b><br/> <br/></p><p>Stop running bamboo rhizomes<br/> Bamboos are divided into two very distinct root patterns: “Running bamboo” and “Clumping Bamboo”. Running Bamboos have a rather Imperialistic manner. They send out “rhizomes” - roots - which travel surprising distances and in water-hogging ways. In rainier climates, they can chew through a sidewalk or even cross under a street, simply because it can. Maintenance of these plants’ tendencies has historically involved “root pruning”. This implies digging down and find the expanding roots and rhizomes, then cutting them off. To say that this is ‘labor intensive’ is quite an understatement.<br/> <br/> <br/> Clumping Bamboos have a far more manageable style. This varieties hold their roots closely without the rampant expansion of the “Running Bamboo”. Having said that, they also expand their very structure, growing at a reasonably rapid pace. <br/> <br/> All Bamboo - it seems - grow rather rapidly. In the end, true maintenance involving this plant can most easily be accomplished upon planting them.<br/> <a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3314199838?profile=original"><img width="750" class="align-center" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3314199838?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750"/></a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3314205708?profile=original"><img width="750" class="align-center" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3314205708?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750"/></a> <b>Root barriers for bamboo</b><br/> <br/> Modern technology has provided us with an excellent product for containing these gorgeous plants. Plastic <b>root barriers</b> are now readily available with which to contain the expansive qualities of the more aggressive types and which can reduce root pruning to “never”. Set around 24-36” below grade, during the planting process - or retroactively, of course - these plastic containment mechanisms act to prohibit expansion. <br/> <br/> The limits, in terms of distances, around which these barriers can act are limitless, since the barriers themselves are segmented and easily attachable by hand. This can provide a truly wonderful scenario as we watch the expansion take place and halt at out predetermined dimensions. This is real design in action.<br/> <br/> The other truly marvellously efficient factor with barriers such as these is that many specialists in this product provide barriers which are also made completely from recycled plastic. As a Green Technology, this is a wonderful development.<br/> <br/> Efficient and Green both are a wonderful way to design and build are most gorgeous gardens.</p><p> </p><p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.best4garden.co.uk/shop/page/15?shop_param=" target="_blank">how to stop bamboo roots and rhizomes</a></p></div>Practical advice for starting a businesshttps://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profiles/blogs/practical-advice-for-starting2010-06-10T13:30:00.000Z2010-06-10T13:30:00.000ZPhil Voicehttps://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profil/philvoice<div>Starting a new business from scratch can be a daunting task with a seemingly overwhelming amount of information to read and digest - and that's before you even write and put a plan into action. Here on the Landscape Juice Network, we have a very useful forum with a section dedicated to <b><a href="http://www.landscapejuicenetwork.com/forum/categories/business-1/listForCategory">business</a></b>. It is worth looking through this section (or using the search facility in the top right hand corner) to see if there is a topic that suits your needs. The most useful aspect of the <b><a href="http://www.landscapejuicenetwork.com/forum/categories/business-1/listForCategory">business forum</a></b> is that it is built up of posts and answers by fellow members who have been faced with being in a similar position: no tailored document can easily provide you with the answers that member first hand experience can. Other resources you might find useful when starting or running a business: Business Link - <b><a href="http://www.businesslink.gov.uk/bdotg/action/layer?r.s=tl&r.l1=1073858805&r.lc=en&topicId=1073859146" target="_blank">Practical advice for business</a></b> HM Customs and Revenue - <b><a href="http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/startingup/index.htm" target="_blank">Starting a business</a></b>
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