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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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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
"carbs seem to be the number one problem on all hand held 2 stoke these days -- my local dealer dont even bother trying to clean the carbs any more they just replace them to save time -- apparently the problem is so wide spread stihl have dropped the…"
"Yes invoicing will still work. Looking at it i could manually upload my bank statements which i think i will do at least until the end of the financial year and then look at the options after that. "
"I've got the older model with kawasaki engine, bought 2nd hand. Been very pleased, decent collection and once sped up a decent speed for me. Nothing like a sped up 21" honda hrd though.
A customer has a brand new wheeled version with suburu engine.…"
A customer has a brand new wheeled version with suburu engine.…"
"Sounds drastic but sometimes the simplest solution is to just fit another carb which you can pick up for £10-£20 on ebay from China...... pretty sure that'll sort the problem out. The only snag is can take a couple of weeks to arrive."
"Mine had the same problem and the dealer replaced the carb and that sorted it, but it cost over £100 as out of warranty a cheap chinese one from ebay is only £10.00 and they also work fine."
My Stihl kombi km 94 rc has developed a frustrating starting problem . Initially it starts first time from cold and runs great until i switch it off then it refuses to start again until it cools down it doesn't matter how long i have being using it…
Hi, everyoneI've been in business now just over 3 years and in that time I've been concentrating on working towards building on clearance and weed control . I've done all the relevenat tickets including pesticides and machinery but struggling to sor…
"I had a Kaaz 21" roller. I got a hi lift from L&S for it, and collection was superb... had two of these machines over 4-5 years. BUT I wouldn't buy another. Drive/shaft/gearbox problems cost a fortune, after just a year they started.
I agree, the W…"
I agree, the W…"
"Thanks for that Nick. That's the second bad report i've had about them so likely to give it a miss. Thanks."
"I have been using QB Self employed for years. However I use wave for all of my invoices. I assume that part will still function? I didnt get an email from them?"
"My partner is a dog behaviourist so I've picked up a bit down the years. The problem with shock collers on dogs is it's what they see when they get the shock that can have unwanted effects on the dog.
As a for instance, I know someone who used one…"
As a for instance, I know someone who used one…"
"Apparently the dogs learn pretty quickly not to go near the perimeter so it's not as though they're constantly getting a shock which is something like the static shock you can get sometimes when you touch certain things. Not saying I agree with the…"
"Appalling to use shock therapy on pets:
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Stihl KM 94 rc starting problem
My Stihl kombi km 94 rc has developed a frustrating starting problem . Initially it starts first time from cold and runs great until i switch it off then it refuses to start again until it cools down it doesn't matter how long i have being using…
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Building on weed control and pricing
Hi, everyone I've been in business now just over 3 years and in that time I've been concentrating on working towards building on clearance and weed control . I've done all the relevenat tickets including pesticides and machinery but struggling to…
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Wave accounting ditching the uk
I've used the free accounting software of wave to do all my accounting and invoicing for many years but just had an email saying in September they will cease to provide the connection to uk banks due to changes to banking regulations here. What a…
Read more…Pricing hedge work
Folks I dont normally do a lot of headge work but have a customer with many meters needing late summer tidy trim, not into old wood at all. I have the meterage and height, if anyone can gibe me an indication of how they price jobs like this I would…
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