William Sinclair - the growing media and horticulture product supplier - says that whilst order intake and sales early in the season were encouraging, the extent of the growth in revenues compared to the prior year that had been anticipated to result
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Roll up, roll up… It’s time for the great Arbworx summer sunflower competition!
These oh so cheerful plants are native to central America but thrive in the UK and across Europe. Hugely popular with gardeners of all ages, sunflowers are loved by bees a
Garden fencing is key for protecting your pets, both from escaping and from attack by other animals. The best type of pet fencing will depend on your pets and where you live. The main considerations are, can your pets escape through a gap or weakened
THE SEED catalogues have been arriving in the post this week and they got me salivating at the prospect of summer blooms and a bountiful autumn harvest, all on a credit-crunching budget, writes James Iles of jigsawgardens.co.uk
The range, diversity an
In 2010 Age Corncern launched their ‘Adopt a Garden’ scheme. The idea behind the scheme is that older people with gardens which they cannot maintain register and people who would like a garden but do not have access to one register. They are then pai
It’s a common misconception that sustainability and being kind to the environment equates to being unkind on the wallet. Here are some ideas of how you can create a stunning garden whilst still doing your bit to help the planet and without breaking t
In an ideal World I am sure everyone would have a mini orchard, grapevine and strawberry
patch in their back garden. Unfortunately many of us do not live in this
figurative ‘ideal World’, but that does not mean that you have to forego growing
your own f
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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.
The programme…
Studies report that burglary is one of the most emotionally impactful crimes to be a victim of. The prevention of being succumbed to it is always at the back of our minds – is anything on show? Are all the windows closed? Did you definitely lock…
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"Yes, definately there should be no confusion over licensing & qualifications. To spray a professional pesticide anywhere, or to spray an amateur pesticide on any land that you do not own or rent, requires a Certificate of Competence (eg, PA1 & PA6…"
"Bring in a trades person with the correct skills and add a wedge on for yourself. Professional job done and everyone is pleased 😀 I hope my experience helps "
"Hi Sorry
I should have said rendering with a 3-1 mix of plastering Sand and Cement . It will take several coats to build out over the corbels to shape them."
I should have said rendering with a 3-1 mix of plastering Sand and Cement . It will take several coats to build out over the corbels to shape them."
"john when you say plaster do you meen sand and cement render as you cannot use plaster outside "
""Gallup" glyphosate 360 is what I am using at the moment. Seems to last pretty well if left diluted in the sprayer. One 5 litre tub of concentrate lasts me all year as just letting weeds proliferate then loads of remedial spraying is bad practice"
"What weedkiller would you use for it please? Dose the weedkiller go off if part use at all, please?"
"It was verbally Gary. Though from your answer, it would seem to me there should not be any confusion - either you need certification or you don't eh?
Thanks again, Richard"
Thanks again, Richard"
"Was that advice taken from a post on LJN, if so let me know where I can/will follow it up to clarify?
If verbally, maybe some confusion as what was being asked / answered by either party existed ?
If I am wrong, I've totally misunderstood the need…"
If verbally, maybe some confusion as what was being asked / answered by either party existed ?
If I am wrong, I've totally misunderstood the need…"
"Thanks Gary RK,
Interestingly, the latest bit of advice we got on this subject, came direct from one of the professional suppliers of weed killers that comments on this site. Who knew that 'old wives' existed even there?
However... point most…"
Interestingly, the latest bit of advice we got on this subject, came direct from one of the professional suppliers of weed killers that comments on this site. Who knew that 'old wives' existed even there?
However... point most…"
"I can think of no exception of the PA1/PA6 etc licensing for ANY business where you are applying pesticides with a MAPP no. as part of service to a 3rd party - whether you are making a profit or not, nor charging or not.
The only loophole was…"
The only loophole was…"
"We used roundup after explaining things to customers. You have a reply from weedcontrol and I can highly recommend them as we used their services when I was still fit and running my company. You could try a weed burner. We bought one from Amazon or…"
"I would like to add an additional question to Jame's...
We use Round-Up Provantage. We don't specifically do it for profit (though the cost is built into our service of course), and we only use a 7L pressure sprayer to apply it in accord with the…"
We use Round-Up Provantage. We don't specifically do it for profit (though the cost is built into our service of course), and we only use a 7L pressure sprayer to apply it in accord with the…"
"This could easily be built using a soft style stock brick. You would roughly cut the brickwork to the shape required and then shape with plaster. For the corbels you can lay bricks sideways overlapping the main structure and then smooth out with…"
"yes that's not necessarily the way I would do it, I think these people didnt have a strimmer so they put the cloth over the vegetation which was 3 foot tall and pegged it down at the edges! After a few days all the grasses and weeds underneath…"
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Not mine, but this little 'story' sent to me via SM and so relevant : A customer asked a contractor how much it would cost to do this project. The contractor gave him a quote: £4500 The customer responded: That’s seems really high. The contractor…
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Reply by Adam Woods on Saturday
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Spraying long grass
Hi AllI look at a job the other day it a piece of wast ground with long grass and weeds in it!The cline what it cut down and weedkiller use on it, then put matting over the top!Now how the best way of doing this, please?Do I cut back then spray and…
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A Tour of Cator Park, Kidbrooke Village
As part of the London Festival of Architecture, the design team at HTA Design, Berkeley Homes, and London Wildlife Trust would like to invite you, friends, and family, to take you on a tour of the 20 Acre Cator Park at the heart of Kidbrooke…
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Fence Post Failure - Has It Happened to You?
As a producer of long life fencing products, we're always interested to hear about peoples experiences using timber fence posts. We're seeing more and more fence post failures from unprotected timber and the damaging effects it can have on peoples…
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