John Brookes MBE celebrated his 80th birthday last week. He has been designing gardens for over 50 years, and is well known for his classic book Room Outside, which was first published in 1969. In my opinion John has done for garden design what Eliza
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After large public projects it is inspiring to work on a smaller scale for private clients. This was a medium scale piece of work for a person who had strong and clear ideas about what she wanted.
The project involved making Steel structures with York
Critically Acclaimed Gardening Greats: John Brookes (MBE), Noel Kingsbury, & Michael King, Launch New Online Courses with MyGardenSchool to Propagate Gardening Excellence Globally.
Perhaps the most influential living landscape designer of our time,
Just been talking to BALI about what landscapers and designers really want to learn about. Interesting - when we set up MyGardenSchool it was originally intended to be a consumer proposition. What we're finding though, is a large proportion of our
A Christmas gift of a gardening course with some of the world’s best gardeners is just a click away as MyGardenSchool launches a unique online gift certificate
MyGardenSchool, the world’s first online gardening school, has today launched gift certifi
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If you're wondering why there is a lack of good used vans at reasonable prices seen previously, this graph shows the effect of Covid generated demand on LCV used prices...
It show the average auction price over the last 12 months.
From our recent…
It show the average auction price over the last 12 months.
From our recent…
How many on here take on just grass cutting,hedge trimming as their main income jobs Myself when i started in 1999 i was taking everything on for the past 2 years the only customers i have from March to November is grass cutting with the odd hedge…
"The second hand van market is very strong
Ford are pushing heavily the hybrid van mainly because at a shopping mall they informed me the electric only custom can only pull a trailer upto 200kg my trailer weighs 4 times that empty
regards new yes…"
Ford are pushing heavily the hybrid van mainly because at a shopping mall they informed me the electric only custom can only pull a trailer upto 200kg my trailer weighs 4 times that empty
regards new yes…"
"I bought some Kurtail from Progreen and sprayed some 2 weeks ago, they are now wilting quite nicely. I was asked to kill off the enite area, so I didn't have to be too careful about other plants when spraying. They are going to sow wildflower…"
I have a client who has recently moved to a new house and unfortunately under the privet hedge and a large Laurel, horsetails are popping up all over the place. Any suggestions on the best way to manage these would be much appreciated. I've told…
"Must cost you a bit in knee pads 😂"
"I replaced my two screwfix ones with Stihl ones in February
Happy so far 🤗"
Happy so far 🤗"
"Hi Brian. I also have the Titan breaker and use in combination with a Wickes 'rabbitter' I think they call it a fencing spade.Also if there's space I dig a hole in front of the old post and use the rabbiter to lever the old post forward and out.…"
"I use my 18v sds dewalt drill with a selection of drill bits and pointy bits
Job done "
Job done "
"Same with the Titan.
Also got myself a Draper SDS Max breaker.
Difference is it is 7kg instead of the Titan's 15Kg.
Put aside the weight and the main plus point is you can put a 600mm long steel on it and sit down to use it.
If the postcrete mix is…"
Also got myself a Draper SDS Max breaker.
Difference is it is 7kg instead of the Titan's 15Kg.
Put aside the weight and the main plus point is you can put a 600mm long steel on it and sit down to use it.
If the postcrete mix is…"
"I have a post puller. If you have good access it's great especially if you are just replacing the posts in the old holes. You just pull the post and drop in new post into existing hole.There is a claw that you can get that will pull out the concrete…"
"Hi Paul sorry for the late reply. I'm still waiting for the replacement from Amazon, It's coming direct from Germany this time I think. I will keep you informed. Cheers"
"I have the 48 Pro BBC, now in it's thrid season. Orignally it had an issue with 'running on' & ploughing into beds etc. Weibang wouldn't admit a problem until I videoed it, then they changed the gearbox. It still did it for a bit but once the…"
"Ditto the Titan 15kg plus a root bar for once you get too deep in the hole for the breaker. Sound investment."
"Good idea until someone wants to plant a climbing plant in the place there's a lump of concrete. I'd rather dig the old concrete out, I reuse it anyway for the new posts, saves on materials plus you can put it in your price."
"That's a good point, we tried to buy a van last week and we're told by Ford/Vauxhall et al none available till October.... "
Used LCV (Vans) Market
If you're wondering why there is a lack of good used vans at reasonable prices seen previously, this graph shows the effect of Covid generated demand on LCV used prices... It show the average auction price over the last 12 months. From our recent…
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Who on here do.
How many on here take on just grass cutting,hedge trimming as their main income jobs Myself when i started in 1999 i was taking everything on for the past 2 years the only customers i have from March to November is grass cutting with the odd hedge…
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Horsetails 😱
I have a client who has recently moved to a new house and unfortunately under the privet hedge and a large Laurel, horsetails are popping up all over the place. Any suggestions on the best way to manage these would be much appreciated. I've told…
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Hayter 48 poor collection
I changed my Honda HRH536 Pro for a Hayter 48 BBC as I found it much easier to handle. However it is absolutely rubbish at picking up twigs and leaves off lawns. The Honda collected most debris no problem but the Hayter hardly lifts it. I have the…
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