This year, my landscaping business, Holland Landscapes, celebrates 35 years of creating gardens for people in (mainly) Essex and Suffolk. My Dad business the started in 1988, just one man with his van. Today, we have completed over 500 garden make
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Judging by discussions on various social media platforms, there are a lot of very worried people in the landscape industry right now. Folks are concerned about low numbers of enquiries and an even lower conversion rate. I've even seen a couple of p
It's been a while since I added a new blog to the My Garden Design website, but here it is.
Several of my colleagues in the landscaping industry have expressed their frustration at domestic clients who either don't understand why they need a garden de
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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…
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"Josh, think you will struggle at 6k to buy anything that is going to be up to a commercial environment. The machines listed are home owner machines really, that may or may not be upto the job, no doubt there will be readers who disagree suppose on…"
Hello, I'm in the market for a Zero Turn mower around 42" and up to £6000. I'm looking for recommendations for any models preferably with a grass collector attachment so I can get more use out of it as this will be my most expensive tool yet.So far…
"Plus one for Dipel."
Good morning all.I'm Pete from Wrexham, an ex mechanic turned tanker driver, retired but still busy fixing things for friends etc. I'm hoping that someone here can help me. If, I'm premature in asking as a new member then I understand.But,…
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"We spray every other week with an insecticide mixed with seaweed fertiliser and not seen any caterpillars for years. Topiary is harder but I find stuffing the spray nozzle inside has helped. We have given clients two options to either spray at…"
"Really like the look of the Husqvarna gear. We went Stihl as that's what we had the best local support for, but the Husqvarna stuff looks very good."
"I can only tell you my experience which is I've had my Husqvarna trimmers 6 years (the short standard one, 520ihe3, and extendable 520iht4) and I use the middle sized 520ihe3 one probably 80% of the time. Occasionally the small one for small hedges…"
"They are absolutely everywhere this year. Even in some gardens I work in that have never had it before that I hoped were free. I am constantly, constantly spraying Xentari at great expense as i don't seem to be stopping them in the tracks or…"
"I used to use Zentari, which is very expensive imo. Then Brucco from Progreen which is now DIPEL DF, active ingrediant Bacillus thuringiensis. The same as zentari) I start treating April, depending on the client & spray fortnightly. Even with this…"
"Lots of BTCM in my area. I use decis as a preventative once or twice per year, & where there's an infestation retreat roughly every 6 weeks.
important to use good quality sprayer to really penetrate to insides of the bush.
combined with TopBuxus…"
important to use good quality sprayer to really penetrate to insides of the bush.
combined with TopBuxus…"
"Run an estate with lots of box, we used Xentari for an initial treatment but not cost effective as we have 1000sm2 of hedges/topiary
Weve moved onto Dipel DF through a knapsack sprayer (2g per 1litre) and so far we have no more damage- spraying…"
Weve moved onto Dipel DF through a knapsack sprayer (2g per 1litre) and so far we have no more damage- spraying…"
Zero Turn Cut & Collect Mower
Hello, I'm in the market for a Zero Turn mower around 42" and up to £6000. I'm looking for recommendations for any models preferably with a grass collector attachment so I can get more use out of it as this will be my most expensive tool yet.So far…
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Etesia 100 Hydro
Good morning all.I'm Pete from Wrexham, an ex mechanic turned tanker driver, retired but still busy fixing things for friends etc. I'm hoping that someone here can help me. If, I'm premature in asking as a new member then I understand.But,…
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Help....Box caterpillar has attacked
Ive never experienced this one before. In the larger garden I look after (5 acres of it, with lots of old clipped box) I noticed a 2' high quadrant of box hedges were bare (the owner and I agreed it was the exceptionally dry weather. The next week…
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Echo or Stihl?
Need a short arm hedgecutter petrol for box topiary, won't be used for anything else so Stihl HC45 Echo 2320 or Echo 2020 ? Anyone got any of these?
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