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
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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
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It's that time of year again (already), finishing off little jobs, last minute present runs... before winding down for the holidays. Christmas is always a favorite in our household, my Dad used to love it, and would keep the…
"We use one of these https://www.progreen.co.uk/sds-algoclear-softwash-delivery-system-p... - pricey but brilliant. So much quicker to apply, no mixing and nothing heavy to carry."
"I always find it best to strim off moss where its significantly above the surface and then spray the area. I uses BAC50 from Trade Chemicals https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/232214948482?_skw=bac+50&itmmeta=01J... I get a 25 litre container…"
"Out of interest what are you spraying to get rid of the moss, how many times a year do you apply and do you find you still need manual removal or are the chemicals good enough?
anything to make life easier im in favour of"
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I have a couple of tennis courts to keep free of moss - both attract it like magnets !My old right arm was having severe difficulty keeping up with the pumping on the 20litre CPG knapsack sprayer. I did a bit of googling and came across this from…
"Agree, there's always something that can be done to improve, clients realise they are paying a flat monthly rate so are underpaying in certain months this being balanced out by no or restricted visits in the Autumn / Winter , it's worked for us on…"
"When the weeds are gone?!! I can see the point you're trying to make though. There's invariably something more you can do in someones garden to maintain and even improve it. You could spend an hour in there or all day. Horror...horrow..... I…"
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"A sign written van is asking for trouble, we have never have ours written"
"Good point Graham I only attracted machine and tool theft when I invested in a brand new van and had it signed written , I never encountered a single problem before this .
The problem with older vans is the Caz and ulez charges they attract .
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The problem with older vans is the Caz and ulez charges they attract .
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"not sure about emtying everything out... sounds like a right pain! All the Stihl stuff comes out for sure and that only takes a couple of minutes. Might not look so "profesional" but an oldish, tatty van that's not signwritten certainly helps…"
"I empty the van every night it takes 10 minutes. They can have the van it's worth more on insurance than I paid since the covid hike. Failing that get a better gate block. I have a friend who drops a concrete block in the middle of that every night…"
"Do you not find that people then just tell you what your hourly rate is even if you give a figure for the job...and then say it is too high? Say you quoted a big hedge and call it £1000, dont you find that they just say at things like...at £15 per…"
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Dear Juicers, It's that time of year again (already), finishing off little jobs, last minute present runs... before winding down for the holidays. Christmas is always a favorite in our household, my Dad used to love it, and would keep the…
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I have a couple of tennis courts to keep free of moss - both attract it like magnets !My old right arm was having severe difficulty keeping up with the pumping on the 20litre CPG knapsack sprayer. I did a bit of googling and came across this from…
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Evening has anyone used this insecticide for chafer grubs and or leather jackets, what was your experience with it like?thanks
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Echo pb 8010 - hip belt?
Evening folks, just upgraded from my trusty br600 to an echo 8010 ( arriving tomorrow) do they do a hip belt for. This model? Seen them for some other models but nit this one? Tia
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