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A new, free guide to the many specialist nurseries and hidden gardens across East Dorset is now available.
Celebrating a proud heritage that dates back to the 1800s, ‘Specialist Nurseries and Hidden Gardens’ not only explains why nurseries…
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Many people experience the frustration of having their lawn invaded by weeds, there may be just one dandelion to start with, but let it flower and seed and there will soon be a hundred!
So…
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Whether you carry out your own gardening, or employ a gardener or have a contract with a garden maintenance business, ALL gardens create waste - this is an undeniable FACT.
So what can you do with this waste?
Larger gardens may find…
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Some people will read the title of this blog and think HOW can hiring a professional gardener or maintenance person to maintain my garden actually SAVE me this much time?…
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10 Month Lawn Care Guide
Here is a little guide that we have put together on how to look after you lawn over a 10 month period
January
There is generally little…
Hi there for those who don’t know me, I’m Dave Jessop, Operations Manager for The Marshalls Register. In light of Marshalls attending the Creating Landscapes show in a couple of…
Resin bonded aggregates can be installed over any hard surface ideally tarmac or concrete,installing over block paving, slabs or crazy paving may lead to cracking.
Initially any cracks or small holes must be repaired using a expoxy…
Hi to you all, it is the just few days into 2011, after reading here one of the threads at the forum about maintenance of lawn edging - I thought that you must here this story.
It is a real story, about my father in law that may…
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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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"Seaweed has been used here in Guernsey got years, mabe not so much now. Mainly on fields, collected from the bracket and spread then left for a while. The salt gets washed off and it starts to break down, then plowed in. There is also a chap drying…"
"Thanks Robbie. I came across your blog when I was looking into seaweed for lawn use earlier in the year Very informative. "
"Badgers ripped up the turf on the general play area of the playing field behind my house earlier this year, it looked like ploughed field, the council sent a couple of guys with rakes to try and straighten it up. They couldn't really do much, but it…"
"Thankyou David & Edward for your advice .
I was thinking along those lines of trial and error .
Its such a small amount i went with what seems to be the quickest fix of mixing the mortar tone with mortar .
It is a sandy yellow tone which i am tryi…"
I was thinking along those lines of trial and error .
Its such a small amount i went with what seems to be the quickest fix of mixing the mortar tone with mortar .
It is a sandy yellow tone which i am tryi…"
"The timing of nematodes depends on the grub - so you need to make sure. Eg for some chafers, its Aug to Oct, Leatherjackets could be April or Aug/Sep. Best to have a poke around and see what can be found.
Either way, the grub control will not be any…"
Either way, the grub control will not be any…"
"Thanks Andrew - It sounds like the solution is going to involve a bit more work than I thought. Could we skip the aeration/moss control and go straight to a grub treatment at the right time? Would that be spring?"
"It's most likely chafer grubs that they are going for - you'll need to confirm. Aeration and seaweed conditioners will strengthen root zone. You'll need to address the grubs with the correct nematode at the right time of year.
This time of year, it'…"
This time of year, it'…"
"As Dave says it's trial and error.
You're not clear if a dye has been added to the original mortar.
In my experience its not often that a dye is used so then it comes down to the sand used. Local builders merchants will have a range on offer such as…"
You're not clear if a dye has been added to the original mortar.
In my experience its not often that a dye is used so then it comes down to the sand used. Local builders merchants will have a range on offer such as…"
HiSo as the title suggests, some of the lawns on a commercial site we manage have come under attack from badgers/crows.In a relatively short space of time they have made quite a mess and I'm trying to put together a bit of a plan in terms of managin…
"its trile and error you will have to do test samples making notes of the mix then let it dry then compair the results with the exsisting "
Our insurance brokers have confirmed that we are covered for clearing paths and drives (not roads). Does anyone have a method statement or similar that we could follow while clearing snow?
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Damage to lawns caused by badgers
Hi So as the title suggests, some of the lawns on a commercial site we manage have come under attack from badgers/crows.In a relatively short space of time they have made quite a mess and I'm trying to put together a bit of a plan in terms of…
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Snow clearing
Our insurance brokers have confirmed that we are covered for clearing paths and drives (not roads). Does anyone have a method statement or similar that we could follow while clearing snow?
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Husqvarna online chainsaw academy
For both experienced users and novice operators Husqvarna have launched a number of simple chainsaw tutorials that can be accessed via tablet or smartphone. Definitely worth a look on this link: Husqvarna chainsaw academy
Read more…matching mortar colour to original spec
I have to re point the gaps between some paving stones in a courtyard after some was blasted out by a firm carrying out pressure washing . Most of the existing mortar left is sound so its just random areas that need doing but in a prominent place ,…
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