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The Landscape Juice Network (LJN)
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LJN is an open association of individuals and companies involved in landscaping, garden maintenance, horticulture and garden design.
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As Blue Monday is fast approaching, I thought it would be a good idea to give a small reminder to our community here on Landscape Juice to remember to tell people about your worries and if you’re having negative thoughts. Talking about emotions…
Britmow weren’t aware how much of an impact attending a trade show would have on their future endeavours. In the run up to their 50th anniversary, they were exploring ideas of how to celebrate. It’s only when they met Kate Cooney from…
“Gardening programmes tend to be very ‘traditional’ white middle-class in their attitude towards gardening”, Julia Sargeant said in an interview after she won gold at Chelsea Flower Show in 2016. She was the first black gardener to design…
A carefully-planned turf nutrition and treatment programme utilising three key Sherriff Amenity products has produced a sustained rise in the health, condition and playing standard of greens at the Milford Golf Club in Surrey.
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Open forum activity
As we approach the new year, it’s the perfect time to reflect on the challenges and successes of 2024 while looking ahead to the opportunities 2025 might bring for the landscaping industry.
This past year has proven, once again, the resilience and…
This past year has proven, once again, the resilience and…
"Halfords... on the basis that I can buy lost items locally.
The catch with the CHinese ones is when they turn to toffee on a particular job - it will be totally the wrong job/time/client for them to have done that"
The catch with the CHinese ones is when they turn to toffee on a particular job - it will be totally the wrong job/time/client for them to have done that"
"Nick, we normally use half inch drive , just wondered how useful the three qt and quarter sockets are along with the screwdriver / torx bits are ? Thanks"
"Happy Christmas Henry, hope you had a good one."
"It's meant to demonstrate buying preferences in general Dave .
Quantity over quality is it false economy ? , You could apply it to secateurs £10 ones or pay much more for a pair which will last you the duration of your work life hopefully if you…"
Quantity over quality is it false economy ? , You could apply it to secateurs £10 ones or pay much more for a pair which will last you the duration of your work life hopefully if you…"
"But the shoe analogy doesn't work as when the tool that you using lets down when you need it then most when used in the field to fix something to get job finished and your cheap socket shatters or the gap in the spanner has loads of slop in it."
I've always been sceptical about using this fuel as I just reckoned it a waste of money at 3x the price at the pumps. Anyway, read you can leave it in machines for years with no problem and having some tools that just get used once a year at the…
"It's a bit like the analogy , Do you prefer to buy one pair of shoes costing £100 or Ten pairs of shoes costing £10 a pair ?
I have had a Halfords socket set for over Twenty years and it's still serving me well but I feel the quality was better…"
I have had a Halfords socket set for over Twenty years and it's still serving me well but I feel the quality was better…"
"We have several of the S106 socket sets and they are just brilliant - built to last a lifetime with fine movement on the ratchets!"
"Happy Christmas to you too. Thank you for this great forum. "
Well it's that time of year for some serious machine fettling.The shortcomings in our tool collection have once again brought us to a halt with some jobs, where did those Whitworth spanners come from!? Like most people our tool kits have been built…
Looking forward to 2025
As we approach the new year, it’s the perfect time to reflect on the challenges and successes of 2024 while looking ahead to the opportunities 2025 might bring for the landscaping industry. This past year has proven, once again, the resilience and…
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New garden robot putting more of our jobs at risk
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Stihl Motomix fuel
I've always been sceptical about using this fuel as I just reckoned it a waste of money at 3x the price at the pumps. Anyway, read you can leave it in machines for years with no problem and having some tools that just get used once a year at the…
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Bahco tools vs Chinese?
Well it's that time of year for some serious machine fettling.The shortcomings in our tool collection have once again brought us to a halt with some jobs, where did those Whitworth spanners come from!? Like most people our tool kits have been built…
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