solution - LJN Blog Posts - Landscape Juice Network2024-03-29T14:09:40Zhttps://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profiles/blogs/feed/tag/solutionCost effective de-compaction of sports turf using compressed airhttps://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profiles/blogs/cost-effective-de-compaction-of-sports-turf-using-compressed-air2014-01-15T08:58:22.000Z2014-01-15T08:58:22.000ZLynda Greenhttps://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profil/LyndaGreen<div><p>Every area of public and private expenditure is under scrutiny to see where savings can be made and the approach to pitch drainage can make a significant difference to long and short term expenditure.</p><p>Terrain Aeration is one company that offer a long term economic solution which will carry the sports club through not just one but many seasons.</p><p>Lynda Green, Operations Director of Terrain Aeration explains how the Terralift works. “The Terralift offers a clean, reliable, and cost effective and environmentally impact free system for the treatment of compacted soil structures through the forceful injection of air into otherwise poorly aerated soil. The Terralift treats the area and gets rid of any compaction. This treatment is long lasting and has the added benefit of seaweed which is injected into the soil during the treatment to improve it.</p><p>The Terralift air blast decompaction and aeration technique has proven itself to deliver not just instant remedies for compacted soils, but long lasting effects which improve and retain these positive changes for up to ten years. By using its Terralift the company says football pitch aeration generally lasts five to seven years and ten to fifteen on a golf course. In addition it is an economic but highly effective alternative to installing a complete new drainage system.</p><p>By taking radical action to dramatically improve your drainage now you can avoid costly problems in the future.</p><p>For further information please contact Lynda Green at Terrain Aeration<br/> Tel: 01449 673783 email: terrainaeration@aol.com <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.terrainaeration.co.uk">www.terrainaeration.co.uk</a></p></div>CWC Gives Celtic Manor Total Solution Programmehttps://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profiles/blogs/cwc-gives-celtic-manor-total-solution-programme2013-04-02T13:19:01.000Z2013-04-02T13:19:01.000ZFusion Mediahttps://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profil/FusionMedia<div><p>Specialist weed control contractor Complete Weed Control has brought its technical expertise into play to ensure that the Celtic Manor Resort in South Wales is always in pristine condition - and continues to flourish with a long-term maintenance programme.</p><p>Director of Golf Courses & Estate Management James McKenzie MBE is convinced the fantastic-looking resort is in no small way due to the high standard of work and service provided by Complete Weed Control (South Wales).</p><p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3314205736?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="350" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3314205736?profile=RESIZE_480x480" width="350" class="align-left"/></a>Following a positive testimonial from a greenkeeper at a nearby golf course, CWC has been working with James for almost twenty years having first been brought in on a short term basis to combat problem weeds during the construction of the Roman Road Course in 1994.</p><p>Since then, CWC have become a regular visitor to the resort with work including moss control, weed control, disease management and last minute cosmetic spraying applications as well as emergency works, ensuring that the course greens and fairways look their best at all times.</p><p>“Complete Weed Control are experts in their field and we see them as an extension to our in-house team,” explains James. “Visitor experience is very important. We need to ensure that the three courses are open all-year-round, which is why it’s important that Alan and his team are flexible and can come in either early morning before our visitors arrive or late evening – something that is only possible by working with a local company.”</p><p>A major innovation in recent years has been the introduction of new technology to apply pesticides more accurately as part of a continuing drive to apply fewer quantities and conform to the EU sustainable use directive (SUD).</p><p>“The technology of weed control and spraying applications is quite sophisticated these days, and CWC is widely recognised as the number one contractor in the industry. They put a lot into research and development and really look after us. What we receive from them is a total solution, not just spraying, but a scientific approach and the best expert advice for the future. It's very cost-effective too, and we receive excellent value for money."</p><p>The CWC team know all three courses intimately – something James appreciates. “It can take years to train someone to know the sites as well as Alan and his team do. They work out of sight which lets our visitors enjoy their day. It’s been known for Alan to be working as early as 4am and as late as 10pm – I really couldn’t recommend Alan and his team highly enough.”</p><p>You can view a video of what Director of Golf Courses & Estate Management James McKenzie MBE think about Complete Weed Control by <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwlHKW4qgcI" target="_blank">clicking here.</a></p><p>For more information, please contact Complete Weed Control’s National office on 01325 324 277 or visit <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.completeweedcontrol.co.uk" target="_blank">www.completeweedcontrol.co.uk</a>. You can also follow CWC on Twitter @CWCLimited for much more news, reviews and insightful views.</p></div>Marshalls Weatherpoint 365https://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profiles/blogs/marshalls-weatherpoint-3652012-03-23T08:46:21.000Z2012-03-23T08:46:21.000ZPaving Onlinehttps://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profil/PavingOnline<div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff6600;"><strong><span class="font-size-6"><span style="color: #ffcc00;">Marshalls Weatherpoint 365</span></span></strong></span></p><p><img src="http://www.pavingonline.co.uk/image/cache/data/Weatherpoint-500x500.jpg" height="200" width="200" class="align-center"/></p><p></p><p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.pavingonline.co.uk/paths-and-edging/Marshalls-Weatherpoint-365" target="_blank">Marshalls Weatherpoint 365</a> is a revolutionary pointing solution. There is no more wasted days waiting for good weather as it is equally effective in the wet or the dry. 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Have you used this product before? If not, are you willing to give it a go?</p><p style="text-align: center;"> </p></div>The Christmas Treehttps://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profiles/blogs/the-christmas-tree2010-12-13T17:00:00.000Z2010-12-13T17:00:00.000ZSustainable Land Managementhttps://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profil/SustainableLandManagement<div><p>I love the new Tate installation -<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11968334" target="_blank">Tate Britain Unveils Naked Christmas Tree.</a></p><p></p><p>Whilst to many involved within the horticultural and landscaping industries it could be viewed with a sneer and as with so much new art in the UK it will and needs to gain criticism. I personally feel that it celebrates the conical shape of the classic Christmas tree in its own beauty.</p><p></p><p>The symbolism of the Christmas tree is not an ancient symbol for Yule or even for Christianity, There is lore that St Boniface cut down an ancient Oak symbolising pre Christian religion, in the 8th century and left a fir tree which was growing from the basal area - thus declaring the fir tree to be a Christian symbol. But in real terms the modern Christmas tree dates back only as far as the 15th century in the Baltic states.</p><p></p><p>One ongoing factor with regards the Christmas tree is that it is still very much separated from the relatively modern phenomena of symbolism and emphasis onto the natural world in a completely non religious sense, and that the tree is considerably better known as a Christmas image more so than nativity or religious symbolism for Christmas. Perhaps there is a subtle or subconscious mind set that the symbol of the evergreen tree harks back to our more primitive feelings and the need to celebrate the midwinter as in the case of mistletoe, holly and ivy and as such is simply a modern commercialism of this inexplicable desire to celebrate midwinter using available green foliage? Even if this is the case why does the classic Christmas tree still habitually fail to excite during the rest of the year?</p><p></p><p>Evergreen conical trees remain largely unfashionable in landscape and garden design in the UK and conifer forests suffer from a lower public usage and lower landscape value than our native broadleaved or Scots Pine forests and woodlands. There are very practical reasons for this; these Forest trees are relatively short lived, require high maintenance and extract more than their fair share of existing nutrients from a soil, which they can quickly alter to a state unfavourable for other plants or gardening requirements. The fashion for what were termed 'environmentally friendly' or 'green' Christmas trees as they were sold with roots for replanting is generally dissuaded by any professional in land industry due to the problems these trees have within an urban or rural garden environment. And there remains a backlog of maturing Norway Spruce in suburban environments which are nothing more than a pest for the soil and surrounding infrastructure and this in turn leads to a lesser opinion of these magnificent trees.</p><p></p><p>The Norway Spruce in its natural environment is beautiful within the classic North Eastern European landscape, which can only be matched in suburban or urban UK by way of larger commercial landscaping, where the trees can be grouped.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3314166620?profile=original" target="_blank"><img class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3314166620?profile=original" alt="" width="314"/></a></p><p></p><p>The rising fashion for needle fast trees has resulted in a huge increase of Noble and Nordmann Firs which are trees that could stand alone as an aesthetic tree for landscaping purposes, but again suffer from being inferior to many other ornamental conifers, which are in turn also becoming increasingly unfavourable due to the unsuitable root plates and soil dependency for garden planting. Many conifer tree forms can appeal for both the urban / suburban garden landscape and for the once only appearance in a house for Christmas, but due to the popularity of having a Christmas tree, if this were encouraged the UK landscape and soils would change dramatically and quickly for the worse.</p><p></p><p>The industry has many well established players who have developed the business as a profitable by product of the forest industry itself. Many Christmas trees were actually nurse trees for commercial timber plantations or indeed for broadleaved new planting on large scale rural schemes during the height of the Woodland Grant Scheme. This is a more sustainable attribute, (let down by the transportation carbon footprint), and often the large town and city centre Christmas trees will have been trees removed for additional purpose. In 2002 Falmouth, Truro and Camborne purchased several large Christmas trees that had been removed as part of a habitat creation scheme for Ospreys in Scotland - ecologically friendly but unfortunately the carbon footprint was just too high.</p><p></p><p>The Danish governments decision to stop tax incentives for Christmas Tree plantations, (Denmark was one of the largest European producers) allowed many more hectares of previously arable agricultural land to become financially viable for Christmas tree plantations across EU member states. Large scale Christmas tree plantations are not very sustainable, (although slighter better environments and ecologically more stable than modern agriculture), the land used is often poor quality and has to be dosed heavily with fertiliser and ongoing chemical treatments. Following annual cutting for the Christmas market, transport distances are phenomenal and many of the trees in the UK will have travelled far.</p><p></p><p>To conclude, whilst an individual Christmas tree should and can be viewed as a magnificent tree in its own right, the UK cannot support them within both the garden or country landscape, large scale production is unsustainable and using trees felled for a purpose often dictates a hefty carbon footprint - what is the solution?</p><p></p><p>With the ongoing schemes and initiatives, (of which the <a rel="nofollow" href="http://ww2.defra.gov.uk/news/2010/12/02/tree-plant/" target="_blank">Big Tree Plant</a> is only one of many) for community and local tree planting - surely it is sensible to add suitable coniferous nurses amongst the new plantations. At the right age they can be removed to help supplement the appetite for Christmas trees and provide a local sustainable source. The chosen conifers can be more suitable for local conditions - Pines in the west etc., which still make excellent Christmas trees and will provide more localised work for practitioners by way of ensuring the form is maintained for the trees eventual sacrifice for Christmas. Include all necessary windbreaks and trees for purpose across the UK and the Christmas tree becomes a double asset and one that can help to manage the landscape in sustainable terms. Surely also it will help establish the Christmas tree as ongoing symbol of the protection and nurturing of our landscape as a whole and as such enjoy further earned praise in its own right during the Christmas period.</p><p></p></div>