Bear Grylls Race a disaster.
The ultimate survivor, an obstacle course race (OCR) took part at Trent Park last weekend the 3rd/4th of October 2015 and was designed by Bear Grylls and his team, the woods…
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Sherriff Amenity is pleased to announce a 100% pass rate for greenkeepers and other turf professionals for the BASIS Foundation Award in Amenity and Horticulture for the second consecutive year, held at BTME in January, which raises the knowledge…
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The Emerson Country Club in Sejong City, South Korea has recently upgraded its turf maintenance machinery with the delivery of a SISIS Javelin Aer-Aid 1500 tractor mounted aerator by local SISIS dealer Arcwin Co, which has led to six further…
wp>Today, the RHS announces the launch of the world’s first global online gardening for wildlife course- to educate people on planting and creating attractive habitats for wildlife in their gardens. The course is bookable from September 7 via…
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"The cold wet summer experienced in Western Europe this year doesn’t seem to have held back the flowering of the ornamental grasses in my garden. From now on until the end of autumn is when things really begin to get exciting here. Of course…
Matt has had a slow week on site due to the weather, as most of the jobs he needs to complete on the garden design and build in…
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Whilst online forums are a great resource for researching how and when to start a business, it is always…
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Welcome to week four in my series of posts on starting and running a landscape or gardening business.
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Welcome to week two of 'How to start and run a gardening or landscaping business'. Last week we…
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Welcome to my Landscape Juice 'How to start and run a gardening or landscaping business', online course.
The current recession (I'm writing this whilst the world tries to recover from the worst financial crisis since the greatest…
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Welcome to week four in my series of posts on starting and running a landscape or gardening business.
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"Give them a price. If you do day rate and other houses need it doing, what if they think it's only half a days work and you think its 1 1/2. If you give them a price each they know what the final cost will be and also it's harder for them to compa…"
"Thanks Andrew. Bracken might be an achievable plan b."
"Great link Gary, just to get model from my son so many thanks again - enjoy summer"
"Hi Geoffrey, good input thank you.
I love everything outdoors and am always most comfortable out in nature, i love it. I am always peeping over fences (weird), visiting the botanical gardens in cities I visit, reading books on nature etc. So the dr…"
I love everything outdoors and am always most comfortable out in nature, i love it. I am always peeping over fences (weird), visiting the botanical gardens in cities I visit, reading books on nature etc. So the dr…"
"Ok great stuff. I'm pretty good at networking and creating good relationships so hopefully I can find a similar partnership in my area. Trades are different but I am not a typical corporate square, I'm a bit rougher around the edges! Are they also…"
"Devil's advocate is good Glen because its the reality. How do you manage situations where others skills are needed or can you/your company do it all? the ideal would be to have a close landscaper who can help out and visa versa...but I would be a co…"
"Cheers Dan. I did not realise they cover the design elements at the later stages. I have been digging the web and found that most only sell the course as separate parts. I did find one home learning provider who sells both parts of L2 together with…"
"I Hope he doesnt do chainsaw reviews .Ethuastic or a nut.ermm."
"Day rate and rubbish charges.Watch out for wasps and maybe consider wearing a dust mask ivy dust horrible."
"Hi Colin, day rate plus a good profit! It's hard work as you say.
Last time I took Ivy off a house I sharpened a small digging spade with a fairly flat blade, it worked a treat scraping it off the wall in big sheets."
Last time I took Ivy off a house I sharpened a small digging spade with a fairly flat blade, it worked a treat scraping it off the wall in big sheets."
"There’s a difference between being competitive and buying work.
The are occasions when I end up feeling like I have bought work.
Andy"
The are occasions when I end up feeling like I have bought work.
Andy"
"Price it on your day rate plus cost of waste removal cheers ken "
"I can see this market gathering momentum as once set up they will be energy efficient and virtually noise free. Fortunately for me only 10% of my business is solely grass cutting as I do a lot of border work and so forth. "
"Bracken or ferns are just as good as a mulch. You can literally cut them down and then lay them on the ground beneath the azelea or rhododendrons to rot down. This is what the gardeners did on the country estates in Victorian Times. You could always…"
"Yes. I've got a KM130 Kombi. I understand why people moan about 4mix, but personally I've not had any trouble. It has it's own peculiarities starting which would baffle a different operator(s), but I've always got it started. It's a beast whichever…"
"Haha, if he can’t sell you one, nobody can. Reminds me of a review of a lawnmower I watched where the guy got so emotional, he had to turn the camera off.
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Removing ivy From house.
Morning ladies and gentlemen, (late one) Ive been asked to quote for ivy removal having only done it twice before (and it being alot of hard work) but at the time i was working for somebody, so im looking for advise on what to charge i was thinking…
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Reply by Darren Walters 13 minutes ago
Azalea mulch
Hi all. Looking for a mulch for a large mature azalea/rhododendron border. I have been trying to find someone selling pine needle mulch/straw but having no joy. I understand oak leaf mulch is good too - I could bring plenty of that in from another…
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Any recommendations for a good heavy duty strimmer/brushcutter?
Hi, my work is mainly grass cutting and often get work that requires several days of strimming, as well as the usual lawns with neat edges etc. I’ll be replacing mine soon as it’s no longer as reliable as I’d like and want to see what people would…
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Petrol strimmer
I have access to a Spiets and Jackson petrol strimmer - the recoil cord no longer retracts. Will I be able to get a replacement recoil unit anywhere?
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