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It is all in the detail – fences, sheds, flowers, lighting and raised beds all can make a dramatic impact in your garden. In this blog post we share a few ways you can create the wow factor in your outdoor room.…
Louise wanted to put the house on the market to sell. There was a problem, because from her living room she could see a mouldy wall in her courtyard.
Louise searched…
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Jacksons Fencing, the UK’s biggest fencing and gate manufacturer, has launched a new hedgehog friendly gravel board.
A gravel board is the protective barrier between the ground and your fence. The newly designed…
Before we now it this year will be gone, it has been my most succesful year to date, in terms of projects and creations, decking has been the top earning this year, the first time its overtaken patios for about 5 years.
I put this…
Located on a block of flats in London's Tooley…
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Just like your interior accommodation, the outside room that is your garden needs to fulfill a number of functions, which means there is a strong risk that outdoor based clutter can sometimes be at odds with the desired stylish alfresco living…
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Gardens that don't cost the…
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Why Choose Decking?
Most people choose to have a deck built so they have a space between the garden and the house in which they can entertain guests, use as an outdoor dining area, an area to relax in warmer weather or…
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Bicester in Oxfordshire has been chosen as the site for the coalition's second new garden city, the government has confirmed.
Up to 13,000 new homes are due to be built on the edge of the town, as part of the coalition's plans to help deal…
"Why don't we go into the garden?"
(3 November 2014)
Our reseach into why care homes don't use their gardens more, even when designed to latest…
When we think of home security, we automatically think about our bricks and mortar as well as our contents and valuables. However, with current popular trends of making our gardens integral to our lifestyles, including socialising and…
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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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"501 I'm hiring, with gx200 engine, Honda. "
"The 501 is simple to adjust(spring levers) , 401 has a differnt system and can take a few minutes. Mine has the Honda gx200. Had it 4 years now. BEAST!I'll need to treat it with anti rust paint this year as a precaution, but in my experience you wil…"
"Wow..where do you start ? Requirements are dependent on type of grass - what its used for, how often its used, whether clippings are returned, etc - so while organisations like the STRI will give guidance - its very subjective. For private customer…"
"Rotovate Subsoil ? "
"Hi Oliver, is the one you've been hiring the 401 or 501? Also is it the Hayter or Honda engine? It would be really helpful to know as i'm currently looking into them like you are. "
"I've been hiring an eliet this week and compared to the canon and petrol Viking ones it's a million times better, easy to use, cleaner finish, everything about the machine is well thought of. Well worth the price if you ask me. Also this machine is…"
Hi all,What would be the benchmark figure for kg/ha per year for NPK for lawns? I've heard different figures even though I'm sure there must be an average sum so that you can base Lawn Care programmes on it!?Thank you in advanceJonny
"I have only done 2 treatments 6 weeks apart as its very good at what it does and the lawns were quite stressed due to weather but now they look very very good. did one hit at beginning of July not thinking it would do much due to the heat but after…"
"He he. It was pretty similar to one of those bird ball things. Gave me a boost to finish the job though.
Yep, fertilised as well.
For some reason I didn't get notified of your post? "
Yep, fertilised as well.
For some reason I didn't get notified of your post? "
"We tried this product this year and I am a fan, greened up the lawns without masses of growth and mixes well with Lawn herbicides with no adverse effects."
"Now I ask myself, was it all worth it... After spending £300 on soil, machinery, seed and feed and then look in the garden for the 1st time today and basically I just want to cry. It looks like a mine field. Worm casts!!!!! "
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Average NPK for lawns per year?
Hi all, What would be the benchmark figure for kg/ha per year for NPK for lawns? I've heard different figures even though I'm sure there must be an average sum so that you can base Lawn Care programmes on it!? Thank you in advance Jonny
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Reply by Progreen Weed Control 7 hours ago
Spongey grass
Hi, looking for some advice please. Been looking after a lawn for a couple of years now and it has always been spongey underfoot and whilst the lawn has always looked good there’s been no appetite from the customer to tackle this.......however it’s…
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Artificial grass sleepers on raised garden.
Hi all, I have a job coming up soon and the customers wants railway sleepers all around the perimeter , however the garden raises up slightly towards the back. Not sure what this will look like. I want to do a higher bed at the back of the garden.…
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Please remove if this isnt allowed. After 20 years on the same site we are now losing it to developers. I have 3 20ft shipping containers and parking for van and 2 trailers. We are based on the northern edge of Leeds and are now hunting around for a…
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