Investment in the maintenance of athletics tracks is as vital as the initial design and specification. Replay Maintenance, who are one of the most respected and longest established names within the synthetic surfaces’ maintenance sector, has recently
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The Landscape Juice Network (LJN)
What is it?
LJN is an open association of individuals and companies involved in landscaping, garden maintenance, horticulture and garden design.
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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…
Britmow weren’t aware how much of an impact attending a trade show would have on their future endeavours. In the run up to their 50th anniversary, they were exploring ideas of how to celebrate. It’s only when they met Kate Cooney from…
“Gardening programmes tend to be very ‘traditional’ white middle-class in their attitude towards gardening”, Julia Sargeant said in an interview after she won gold at Chelsea Flower Show in 2016. She was the first black gardener to design…
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…
Open forum activity
"puts a new twist on 'mow and blow'"
"Hi Matthew,
Sorry for the late reply and I know we have now spoken but for the benefit of everyone else I will answer here.
You can have one client so a landloard and have multiple seperate jobs within his jobs and you can invoice for each job…"
Sorry for the late reply and I know we have now spoken but for the benefit of everyone else I will answer here.
You can have one client so a landloard and have multiple seperate jobs within his jobs and you can invoice for each job…"
James Mead, Grounds Manager at the world-famous Rugby School in Warwickshire, has revealed why he has used MM50 grass seed for the last ten years.Rugby School, founded in 1567, is one of the oldest public schools in England, and is renowned…
"Yep, for me it would have been, unless it is mid winter and I need the work "
"The GMA has bought all current drought restrictions together and accessible thru this link :
https://thegma.org.uk/guidance-temporary-water-restrictions"
https://thegma.org.uk/guidance-temporary-water-restrictions"
"So if your pricing a job that way am I right let's say £130 materials job would be £260 materials plus labour "
"I'd not do any more work, and certainly not them run up a bill with others.... and make it clear to them (nicely) that things for you are tough at the moment (dry weather plants not growing... whatever you want to say) - also ask for an indication…"
"Gary, what make/brand do you have? Does it have a clutch or a mechanism that stops the auger if you hit something? The Stihl which does is very pricey and there's numerous Chinese ones on the market difficult to know what to buy?"
"We never found a problem with establishment and have planted everything from roses, herbaceous, shrubs, hedges, bulbs, it might not be by the book but never seem an issue with it, going to a site where we planted over 5000 plants this way 8 years…"
"How do you find the plants establish? It sounds about as not by the book as you can get- circular hole, polished sides with hard ground the other side!"
"My reading on Southern Water's website is that watering of plants in the ground and not under cover on commercial premises is permitted- but I can't see that that extends to private gardens. https://www.southernwater.co.uk/drought-restrictions…"
Ewan Hunter, Grounds Manager at Nottingham Forest FC, has praised the products and service he receives from Mansfield Sand.After starting his career as a greenkeeper, Ewan Hunter moved into football grounds management and has remained in the sector…
"When someone can't pay their bills for what I assume is a one off job I look at it from the point of view of what efforts have been made. If you set out tomorrow to buy a piece of equipment. For talk sake a machine worth 10k which is being sold for…"
"Personally Jes l would speak to suppliers so the product can meet your needs and budget. There are many wetting agents out there but as above it's not always productive.
If a fertilser product was compatable for tank mixing with a wetting agent and…"
If a fertilser product was compatable for tank mixing with a wetting agent and…"
Hose use
My fellow pro gardeners raised the question during a hose pipe ban Are we allowed to use domestic clients hoses as professionals carrying out our work to keep a planting job alive ? I understand nurseries garden centres etc can and via a standpipe u…
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Reply by Gary @ Landscape Juice Network yesterday
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Customer Cash Flow dilemma .
Not sure what to do for the best here .Doing a one off maintenance project for a customer i have worked for in the past but not a regular customer , however they always paid promptly and never any issues , lovely people .Have submitted Two invoices…
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Glut of Gardeners looking for work
Because of the very hot dry weather there seems to be a lot of gardeners who are out of work and looking for a job. This morning I looked at my emails and found fourteen people had applied for a job over the weekend. I supose that most of these…
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Posthole borer for planting
We have a job coming up to plant 2000 plants in 2lt pots in ground that has brick ends,rubble etc Has anyone used a petrol posthole borer for similar? We do know we need one with a clutch as the one's without are wrist breakers.Be grateful for any…
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