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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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Open forum activity
"If you had a choice would you rather councils spent their money on keeping footpaths weed free or repairing the pot holes and terrible state of the roads ?
Paths outside homes can be kept clean by local residents - which used to be common place, an…"
Paths outside homes can be kept clean by local residents - which used to be common place, an…"
"it is best pratice to store it in the origanal container so you know what it is and the safty data and use of the product is there for any one to read
can you make a wooden box to stand the bags in and a boot lace to fasten the part bags up
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can you make a wooden box to stand the bags in and a boot lace to fasten the part bags up
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"With the footways not being sprayed this year, this is a fairly common sight with much more growth on other paths. "
"You could use a DR trimmer and have the lines at different heights. You could, theoretically, carry it into the field. Then you just push and strim."
"According to my Fitbit, I average about 22,000 steps but my "record" is 36,000. No idea how far that is though?"
"Thank you Sean "
"I wondered what was going in there. Could be useful thank you. "
"Turfleet/Burdens have relocated with Farol to the old countrywide depot at the A4 Hare Hatch near Twyford. They may have something."
"Presumably any dog mess that is produced whilst the dogs are under the care of professionals is actually trade waste and technically it should not be disposed of in the bins provided by council s in parks.
There is a park across the back of my home…"
There is a park across the back of my home…"
"Try Southern Plant in Henley."
"Proffesional dog walkers are charging customers to walk dogs on public owned land, A while ago, fitness instructors were 'tageted' for the same reason, for running 'boot camps' in public parks."
"Beware, washing up liquid contains salt, which can wreck the integrity of mortar.
Lime, in itself, is plascticised and you shouldn't need any additives.
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Lime, in itself, is plascticised and you shouldn't need any additives.
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"Which is why you can you washing up liquid as a plasticier, though it's not recommended. "
"Plasticier is an air entrainer, it makes bubbles in the mortar, so the mortar ends up like Aero chocolate bars.
It actually lightens the mix and make a it easier to work with, but porous.
Waterproof does the exact opposite , it drives out the air f…"
It actually lightens the mix and make a it easier to work with, but porous.
Waterproof does the exact opposite , it drives out the air f…"
"such as in expanshon and contraction"
"Cheers Neil appreciate that. Yeah the turning must be so much better especially around trees etc. Will look into this and demo the 56 cheers. "
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Storing Seed/Fert in plastic buckets.
I'm forever nicking the sides of bags, not quite doing them up correctly as well as not really being able to neatly store bags of seed etc. Would food grade plastic buckets work for storage without shortening the shelf life of the product? By some…
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pedestrian flail mower hire maidenhead
Afternoon all. As per the title I am looking to hire a pedestrian flail mower. Do you know where I can get one high Wycombe / maidenhead way, or get one delivered to site? I know helpful hirings thame way have one but thats a bit too far in the…
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Public Space Protection Order.
The local council appear to be targeting professional dog walkers, along with anyone else who wants to walk more than four dogs in a local country park. https://www.facebook.com/157624024263273/posts/2605531369472514/
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Mower
Hi, we currently have a Weibang Asd but finding it’s not as good as what people said about collecting grass in the wet. Seems to clog up on way to grass box anyone else find this and has anyone got experience with Toro mowers, we always used toro…
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