Leicestershire CC, have purchased a TurfTeq grass edging machine to…
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The contents of this page shows how we install kerbs, kerb, road kerbs, kerb installers, road edgings, kerb stones, block kerbs, standard kerbs, edging kerbs, block paving edging kerb, edge restraint in Exeter,…
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I think this post may help ones that install or plan the use of astro turf ( synthetic turf/ fake turf).
In the last week, my business seems to be dead from orders. Not surprising Christmas coming ,…
Lawn Edging…
Lawn edging ideas
Some people still wonder why or what material, I added a video of an australian firm using metal edgings- to share some lawn edging ideas with…
I read this week, as a fire fighter- retained (part time) about work/lesiure balance. One recomended thing (that succesful people do) is to reduce unneeded tasks!
or how not to be like this hamster that his life seems like one very…
What began as a set of insights aimed at making gardening life easier for Seniors, has now evolved into a far more generally-applicable set of systems which make life easier for any gardener at all. A glance over the items listed…
We love our gardens. All around the world there is a great proliferation of gardening bogs, articles, websites and real retail and wholesale dealers for gardening lore and products. It seems the modern world has actually…
Garden Pathway Edging - Doing It Ourselves
How many times have we laid down something perfect in our gardens, only to have it change character over time? I mean, we can choose among a billion subjects, really, Trees grow,…
Hi all, hope the last few weeks were good for you. Lots of things are happening for me and some things takes too long.
The internet is amazing tool for information, as you know, think about all things that happening in many arrabs…
Hi to you all, it is the just few days into 2011, after reading here one of the threads at the forum about maintenance of lawn edging - I thought that you must here this story.
It is a real story, about my father in law that may…
Yes it is mad! Our dinning table is full of plastic crumbs... I should say recycled plastic crumbs.... the…
Looking at some blogs I bumped into things you may want to read…
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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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"Sounds drastic but sometimes the simplest solution is to just fit another carb which you can pick up for £10-£20 on ebay from China...... pretty sure that'll sort the problem out. The only snag is can take a couple of weeks to arrive."
"Mine had the same problem and the dealer replaced the carb and that sorted it, but it cost over £100 as out of warranty a cheap chinese one from ebay is only £10.00 and they also work fine."
My Stihl kombi km 94 rc has developed a frustrating starting problem . Initially it starts first time from cold and runs great until i switch it off then it refuses to start again until it cools down it doesn't matter how long i have being using it…
Hi, everyoneI've been in business now just over 3 years and in that time I've been concentrating on working towards building on clearance and weed control . I've done all the relevenat tickets including pesticides and machinery but struggling to sor…
"I had a Kaaz 21" roller. I got a hi lift from L&S for it, and collection was superb... had two of these machines over 4-5 years. BUT I wouldn't buy another. Drive/shaft/gearbox problems cost a fortune, after just a year they started.
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I agree, the W…"
"Thanks for that Nick. That's the second bad report i've had about them so likely to give it a miss. Thanks."
"I have been using QB Self employed for years. However I use wave for all of my invoices. I assume that part will still function? I didnt get an email from them?"
"My partner is a dog behaviourist so I've picked up a bit down the years. The problem with shock collers on dogs is it's what they see when they get the shock that can have unwanted effects on the dog.
As a for instance, I know someone who used one…"
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"Apparently the dogs learn pretty quickly not to go near the perimeter so it's not as though they're constantly getting a shock which is something like the static shock you can get sometimes when you touch certain things. Not saying I agree with the…"
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I've used the free accounting software of wave to do all my accounting and invoicing for many years but just had an email saying in September they will cease to provide the connection to uk banks due to changes to banking regulations here. What a pa…
"We paid around £600 (thought the price was excellent and worth a punt) for ours (19" Lawnflite with Subaru Engine) and it lasted around a season. Difficult to start with the autochoke and the drive was incredibly slow. We have now reverted back to…"
"A lot of hedge cutting jobs I look at is 1 hour / half day / full day"
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Pricing a large hedgecutting job is a bit of an art form, I regularly underestimated how long it would take when I first started out. Personally I have never bothered with square metreage to price a job as I find factors such as access t…"
Pricing a large hedgecutting job is a bit of an art form, I regularly underestimated how long it would take when I first started out. Personally I have never bothered with square metreage to price a job as I find factors such as access t…"
Stihl KM 94 rc starting problem
My Stihl kombi km 94 rc has developed a frustrating starting problem . Initially it starts first time from cold and runs great until i switch it off then it refuses to start again until it cools down it doesn't matter how long i have being using…
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Building on weed control and pricing
Hi, everyone I've been in business now just over 3 years and in that time I've been concentrating on working towards building on clearance and weed control . I've done all the relevenat tickets including pesticides and machinery but struggling to…
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Wave accounting ditching the uk
I've used the free accounting software of wave to do all my accounting and invoicing for many years but just had an email saying in September they will cease to provide the connection to uk banks due to changes to banking regulations here. What a…
Read more…Pricing hedge work
Folks I dont normally do a lot of headge work but have a customer with many meters needing late summer tidy trim, not into old wood at all. I have the meterage and height, if anyone can gibe me an indication of how they price jobs like this I would…
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