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A carefully-planned turf nutrition and treatment programme utilising three key Sherriff Amenity products has produced a sustained rise in the health, condition and playing standard of greens at the Milford Golf Club in Surrey.
The programme is being i
Studies report that burglary is one of the most emotionally impactful crimes to be a victim of. The prevention of being succumbed to it is always at the back of our minds – is anything on show? Are all the windows closed? Did you definitely lock the
A recent school grounds seminar held at Charterhouse in Surrey has been hailed a huge success by all who attended.
The event attracted over 50 delegates from all levels as several topical issues were explored and discussed. Supported by prominent supp
Dan never knew that he would be orchestrating a ten-man-band five years ago when he packed in his internet sales job in favour of a mower and a van. But since, he has progressively grown his business thanks to acute attention to detail and v
Welcome to week four in my series of posts on starting and running a landscape or gardening business.
Covered so far:
Ask yourself some tough questions before you get started
Planning a business plan
Determining your market and finding customers
Ha
I've been itching to let you in on a little information regarding a positive transition of my garden design and Landscaping company, based in Newton Abbot, Devon.
Business for Jackson's Landscape Design before joining LJN on the January 23, 2009 wa
As Blue Monday is fast approaching, I thought it would be a good idea to give a small reminder to our community here on Landscape Juice to remember to tell people about your worries and if you’re having negative thoughts. Talking about emotions…
A carefully-planned turf nutrition and treatment programme utilising three key Sherriff Amenity products has produced a sustained rise in the health, condition and playing standard of greens at the Milford Golf Club in Surrey.
The programme…
Studies report that burglary is one of the most emotionally impactful crimes to be a victim of. The prevention of being succumbed to it is always at the back of our minds – is anything on show? Are all the windows closed? Did you definitely lock…
A recent school grounds seminar held at Charterhouse in Surrey has been hailed a huge success by all who attended.
The event attracted over 50 delegates from all levels as several topical issues were explored and discussed. Supported by…
Dan never knew that he would be orchestrating a ten-man-band five years ago when he packed in…
This series isn't just for landscapers and gardeners starting out: it's also a refresher for existing…
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"If its really wet i have to stick a pair of gloves on and tip it slightly and scrape it off by hand maybe twice a day, If i neglect it and it dries I use a plastic scraper (my own fault for neglecting it, the deck on the 5 year old push 248( and st…"
"Thanks Paul. Sounds like you have a similar round to me, although I don't do quite so many! The fabric bag of the Izy is so hopeless with wet grass, I have even thought about trying to make a hard box for it (didn't get anywhere though).
How do you…"
How do you…"
"I dont know about the roller mowers but I knock out over 50 small domestic gardens a week using the Viking/Stihl 248t and it has been in only once for a drive problem (cost about 30 quid. I service them myself ( have a push version as well) and the…"
" I'll say that I've done sites much bigger than that for under £8000 and still made very good money from them. I'd suggest another site visit or two and take your time walking around imagining the tasks."
" 8500 seems way too high to me and i do contracts were i there all day long. I would say it could even be under half that price. "
"thank you for the advice "
"I started a grounds maintenance business some 40 years ago, initially for domestic customers soon realising that there was little money to be made from customers requesting an hourly rate. We now maintain primarily commercial sites of up to 30 acres…"
"We are long established primarily commercial contractors at the top end of the market and bought a the new version of the Hayter 56 pro in June 2019, this has been used for around 12 hours/week since with no reliability issues. Having used a variety…"
"I have done before and after treatment . after is best and it takes a little longer if moss is thicker but its a lot better than brushing or scraping by hand"
"guy's .... youre all doing it wrong ... everybody and their grannie knows that the only valid way to charge for gardening is by an hourly rate ... 8 pounds an hour but its cash in hand and you can use their 30 year old black n decker"
"You misunderstood...I'm yanking YOUR chain!"
"I don’t know about ‘yanked chains’ Dan. I was actually trying to support your comments, posted today, that we can all do things differently. I won’t bother next time.
Price per cut is best in my opinion and 29 years of being in business.
All my work…"
Price per cut is best in my opinion and 29 years of being in business.
All my work…"
"Thanks, John. Robbie has previously posted some good videos. It would be useful if you could find the link. I have now returned the edger as I feel the half moon is the better option for me. I wasn't convinced when I was buying it and the comments o…"
Residential landscape design
Landscape designing includes the scheduling of all the necessary scapes including soft scapes and hardscapes. Residential landscape design is all about what are the equipment that will be included and where exactly they should be placed, to make the…
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Van shelving
Getting a bigger van in April l1l2 mwb mwb roof and need some shelving ideas any pictures of anyones van on here please
Read more…Stiga cordless
Does anyone have any experience of using Stiga Cordless tools , particularly the cordless long reach hedge trimmers ? I was looking at buying a stihl cordless HLA56 long reach when i got distracted by a Stiga SMT 500 48 v multi tool comprising of…
Read more…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…
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