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"Colonises bare soil successfully, is biennial so not too difficult to thin and maintain. Depends on how regular the maintenance is. They certainly are great architectural plants in yr 2 but are pretty naff in year 1. Flocks of goldfinches dotting…"
In 2009 the Colt Course at Close House Hotel and Golf Resort in Newcastle Upon Tyne was constructed with a sand soil rootzone from Mansfield Sand. Brian Clark, Golf Course & Estates Manager, has continued to use the company’s sand-based products…
"Depending on how many drippers each pot requires, it may be worth running a 19mm. supply pipe along the whole stretch of pots with 4mm. pipe into each pot and individual drippers. 19mm. pipe will reduce the pressure loss over that distance and allow…"
"I've used these guys for kit - https://www.waterirrigation.co.uk/ "
"We look after a garden for Natural England and they have a few clumps of teasel.... they dont seem to be anymore invasive than many other plants. Obviously if you do not maintain the area they will collonise it, but it is (as far as I am aware) by…"
I have a customer who would like a patch of common teasel , I know it can be very invasive and i have suggested alternatives but they like the architectural quality of teasel .Has anyone encountered serious infestations of teasel ? I presume it can…
"It will save you that much inte alone within a few uses."
"I also use waterirrigation.co.uk for vegetable bed irrigation. Can be a bit of a mine field navigating what fits what but thier customer relations is pretty good"
"The wallet's £525 lighter tonight, but there's a 12' pro Henchman on it's way to me. Better be worth it!"
"Try www.waterirrigation.co.uk, much cheaper than Hozelock & Gardena. I'd be looking at a long stretch of 13mm supply pipe with micro-drip circles teed off to the pots."
"Hi Graeme
We rendered the back of my house last year with K Rend - I'm just a landscaper but my right hand man was a plasterer so he did the technical bit.
I would say that £500 would probably be a fair rate for your job as it is quite small , so…"
We rendered the back of my house last year with K Rend - I'm just a landscaper but my right hand man was a plasterer so he did the technical bit.
I would say that £500 would probably be a fair rate for your job as it is quite small , so…"
Any help would be appreciated I've been asked to replant 12 concrete 'bowls' ...they are about 30 inches in diameter and 16 inches deep at the lowest point ...and it requires a watering system they are spaced out over a distance of 70 feet with the…
"I would say never use a pressure washer. I always service my own machinery, but when the local Dealer used to do it they always pressure washed it first. So every year, about two to three weeks after using it again in spring, I would hear a bearing…"
Teasel ( plant or weed )
I have a customer who would like a patch of common teasel , I know it can be very invasive and i have suggested alternatives but they like the architectural quality of teasel .Has anyone encountered serious infestations of teasel ? I presume it can…
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Watering system for containers
Any help would be appreciated I've been asked to replant 12 concrete 'bowls' ...they are about 30 inches in diameter and 16 inches deep at the lowest point ...and it requires a watering system they are spaced out over a distance of 70 feet with the…
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