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Topiary Balls rooted in ancient gardening…
Most landscaping and garden related jobs will produce waste in some form or another, and larger jobs may require a waste disposal solution. There are a number of options available, but whatever you choose, it is important that you get a great…
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Thanks to Jason Hornby, an award winning garden designer, for sharing his knowledge on hardy perennials in his first blog post exclusively for Jacksons.
How perennials add consistent colour to…
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The soil beneath the grass on your lawn tends to become compacted over time and as a result has too many solid particles in a certain volume or space which prevents…
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A survey to over 1,500 respondents commissioned by the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS)* has found that 80% of the UK is getting outside gardening over the 2014 National Gardening Week, 14th to 20th April, and Easter Weekend.
The top three…
You might have a healthy, green lawn and a variety of plans in your garden, but this does not make it ‘green’ in the truest sense. Many gardens use chemical pesticides and insecticides that harm the environment and fail to attract vital wildlife,…
You don’t have to wait to until the summer months to make valuable improvements to your garden. Here are three simple ways to develop your garden this winter.
Plan for the Season Ahead
Just because you don’t spend…
When people do work on their gardens they often get carried away with filling it with plants, ornaments and other items, and they overlook a very important aspect. This is the fencing around the perimeter, and this should be on the top of your…
Prize money in The Artisan Garden Design Competition being run by the organisers of Gardening Scotland has risen to £6,000 following support from The Cross Trust.
There are now three awards of £2,000 each will be given to designers who…
House builder David Wilson Homes has been named as sponsor of the Show Garden Avenue at Gardening Scotland 2014.
The national flower and outdoor living show, which next year will take place from Friday, 30 May until…
The organisers of Gardening Scotland are calling on the…
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…
- Gardeners are less likely to display signs of depression
- Poll found 80 per cent of gardeners feel satisfied with their lives
- Only 67 per cent of non-gardeners feel the same…
Seed potato grower, Ian Barbour from Annan, has smashed…
Five-year-old Edinburgh twins Olivia and Matthew Ducreux who are…
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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.
Covered so far:
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I've been itching to let you in on a little…
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"...really without a soil analysis done you're, at best, guessing how much P & K is required. Phosphorous is increasingly regarded as a pollutant and is very persistent in soil. So any excess followed by blind fertilising simply creates a bigger & bi…"
"Here are a few previous threads Darren:
https://landscapejuicenetwork.com/forum/topics/black-limestone-re-c..."
https://landscapejuicenetwork.com/forum/topics/black-limestone-re-c..."
"OK to cut and keep leaves off. You just need to minimise use - not exclude all of it. So no kids playing footy etc"
"Hi guys. Sorry to be best, would it be OK to cut the grass as it is getting rather long. If I wait 6-8 weeks in this weather it will be tall grass.
Would like to get leaves off the lawn as well.
Thanks all.
Cheers Lee"
Would like to get leaves off the lawn as well.
Thanks all.
Cheers Lee"
Hi, I’ve been looking online for the last few weeks trying to find a solution to a problem I’ve had with a Black Limestone patio. I run a small one man Landscaping company in Bedfordshire, I’ve recently laid a black Limestone patio approx.35m2..thi…
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"Oh wow. The wife isn't going to like that. What about the occasional mow and brushing off casts? Again, thanks so much for your help.
Been to wisely today and I have grass envy. Thick and bright green. They have this robot lawnmower that cuts the…"
Been to wisely today and I have grass envy. Thick and bright green. They have this robot lawnmower that cuts the…"
"Interesting, so when you cut them down to size how did you make the joint?"
"200kg per ha a year equates to 20g per m2, I assume this is just N we are talking about? 4 treatments of that a year mean each treatment should be an average of 5g/m2 max, or 4x14% N content treatments a year of 30g/m2 feed. This seems a lot to me,…"
"Another factor is whether regular mulch / drop mowing. This will return around 50% of required nutrients over time, and so you halve the requirements."
Black Limestone Nightmare
Hi, I’ve been looking online for the last few weeks trying to find a solution to a problem I’ve had with a Black Limestone patio. I run a small one man Landscaping company in Bedfordshire, I’ve recently laid a black Limestone patio…
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And you think you've got problems!
There's no patching this up:) https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6294191/School-forced-cancel-football-matches-sports-day-BOAR-tore-playing-field.html
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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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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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