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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Caring for your garden when there’s a hosepipe ban in place…
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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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"there was a culdesack where i had three houses one of them asked me to clear the autum leaves up on the road and would pay me extra so while doing next door i blowed the leaves onto the road to make it easer to pick up and convinced her self that sh…"
"Got the 48 Pro and the dealer upped the revs to get a better throw, might be worth asking for yours ?"
"So, it begs the question, how many customers are prepared to pay a landscape maintenance contractor or gardener to keep the streets tidy around their homes?"
"Oddities occur at times.
Today I have been working at some Housing Association flats, it is a small estate with a public road within it. The HA pay a landscape maintenance contractor to be the whole estate clean and tidy with lawns and hedges cut a…"
Today I have been working at some Housing Association flats, it is a small estate with a public road within it. The HA pay a landscape maintenance contractor to be the whole estate clean and tidy with lawns and hedges cut a…"
"Id expect that various councils or parishes will start to treat the issue dependant on the wishes of their residents, rather than one approach for all.
I personally have no issues with council using weedkillers in a responsible fashion, but id say…"
I personally have no issues with council using weedkillers in a responsible fashion, but id say…"
"That would be David Camerons' "Big society" with volunteers undertaking work and providing services that were previously the responsibility of government and councils.
If you consider spraying footways alongside roads and in public places with weedk…"
If you consider spraying footways alongside roads and in public places with weedk…"
"I guess there would be some situations where some physical damage could be done by weed growth but i would imagine in a minority of cases.
I believe the council stopped weed killing around here well over a year ago - and in many areas probably far…"
I believe the council stopped weed killing around here well over a year ago - and in many areas probably far…"
"Ah, but!
This is the first year that the paths have not been sprayed as far as I know.
The paths don't actually have good foundations and plants can easily start breaking up the tarmac and surfaces.
The common consensus seems to be that if people …"
This is the first year that the paths have not been sprayed as far as I know.
The paths don't actually have good foundations and plants can easily start breaking up the tarmac and surfaces.
The common consensus seems to be that if people …"
"If you had a choice would you rather councils spent their money on keeping footpaths weed free or repairing the pot holes and terrible state of the roads ?
Paths outside homes can be kept clean by local residents - which used to be common place, an…"
Paths outside homes can be kept clean by local residents - which used to be common place, an…"
"it is best pratice to store it in the origanal container so you know what it is and the safty data and use of the product is there for any one to read
can you make a wooden box to stand the bags in and a boot lace to fasten the part bags up
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can you make a wooden box to stand the bags in and a boot lace to fasten the part bags up
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"With the footways not being sprayed this year, this is a fairly common sight with much more growth on other paths. "
"You could use a DR trimmer and have the lines at different heights. You could, theoretically, carry it into the field. Then you just push and strim."
"According to my Fitbit, I average about 22,000 steps but my "record" is 36,000. No idea how far that is though?"
"Thank you Sean "
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LiberRate (libr8) software
Any users of LiberRate (libr8) on LJN ? If so, would appreciate a chat (off/online) about how you are using it and in what segment of our industry.
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Storing Seed/Fert in plastic buckets.
I'm forever nicking the sides of bags, not quite doing them up correctly as well as not really being able to neatly store bags of seed etc. Would food grade plastic buckets work for storage without shortening the shelf life of the product? By some…
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pedestrian flail mower hire maidenhead
Afternoon all. As per the title I am looking to hire a pedestrian flail mower. Do you know where I can get one high Wycombe / maidenhead way, or get one delivered to site? I know helpful hirings thame way have one but thats a bit too far in the…
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Public Space Protection Order.
The local council appear to be targeting professional dog walkers, along with anyone else who wants to walk more than four dogs in a local country park. https://www.facebook.com/157624024263273/posts/2605531369472514/
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