John Rippin, head gardener at the stunning Bodnant Estate in North Wales, believes that his battery powered Airion hand blower from Pellenc is the perfect machine to avoid disrupting the estate’s visitors.
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Hi guys - first post! I've got the above model and really struggling to find out how to check and replace the transmission oil. Just can't locate a dipstick or see how to check the level. If someone could point me in the right direction I'd be very…
"The other issue is, the Type 1 is not free draining, it packs down into a hard pan, unlike chippings and gravel.
Round river gravel rolls around when driven on, chippings, crushed rock has angular edges and doesn't roll around but are free draining."
Round river gravel rolls around when driven on, chippings, crushed rock has angular edges and doesn't roll around but are free draining."
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"Grass cutting only jobs will massively increase your earnings provided you price them per job rather than for time. If you really want to focus on the more hands on gardening work than grass cutting, then at least fit a few grass cuts in in-between…"
"You might have already seen this, but there is a spreadsheet on working out your hourly rate here: https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3314062352?prof...
And whilst it is an old thread, this might help as well:…"
And whilst it is an old thread, this might help as well:…"
"This is a difficult one, when I started a long long time ago I did not have holidays for 15 years, no pension and continued to work through illness. Unfortunately the only way forward is to replicate this by reducing your outgoings/costs and or…"
Hi all,I'm looking for a bit of advice really if anyone has any thoughts. I'm a mum to a young toddler so work part time and fit hours into nursery runs so for me it works well to have set regular hours at customers' gardens. Eg x2/3 hours a…
"Depitox 500 for the selective herbicide and for the feedback Ive been using Nutrigrow phased release fertiliser, with food results. "
"I also had to clean my shoes to get the dust off them as well, it's filthy stuff to walk on both wet and dry, because of the dust it contains.
It is all over my car as well, if you used around a house or other building it would be difficult to keep…"
It is all over my car as well, if you used around a house or other building it would be difficult to keep…"
"MOT Type 1, a granular sub-base material, is a crushed aggregate, typically limestone or granite, graded to 40mm down to dust.
I was in a car park laid with stone like this today, it's completely unsuitable for areas where there's vehicles, as it is…"
I was in a car park laid with stone like this today, it's completely unsuitable for areas where there's vehicles, as it is…"
"Agree with you on the Honda and as we cetainly will not be buying a prostripe or new 56 stsrted to look for optiond the only thing we have found is the Lawnflite / Cobra 553HRSP-HST which has variable hydrostatic drive but the handles are very…"
"John, thanks for your well considered reply and agree ( mostly) . The variable speed on the 56 I still feel is better than the 3 speed but anyway Hayters presentation on the "new 56" I found to be the usual corporate bullshit that you can expect…"
Hello all,Does anyone know where to dispose of soil in the Billingham / Teesside area?
"I've been running a Toro ProStripe 560 for several years. I bought it mainly because of the 3 speed belt driven gearbox so I have control over the speed and the ability to feather the clutch, so to speak. It also lays down nicer stripes than the…"
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Hi guys - first post! I've got the above model and really struggling to find out how to check and replace the transmission oil. Just can't locate a dipstick or see how to check the level. If someone could point me in the right direction I'd be very…
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How to make ends meet as a professional gardener
Hi all,I'm looking for a bit of advice really if anyone has any thoughts. I'm a mum to a young toddler so work part time and fit hours into nursery runs so for me it works well to have set regular hours at customers' gardens. Eg x2/3 hours a…
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Waste disposal
Hello all,Does anyone know where to dispose of soil in the Billingham / Teesside area?
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Country path
Hi everyone, I was looking for a little bit of advice if possible.This is an existing path through a country park near me. This was done 3 years ago now. Can anyone tell me what type of stone/gravel was used for this top layer?Any help much…
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