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Under the trading banner of South Lincs Grass Care, ANP Services Spalding Ltd provide standalone lawn and grass care services right across the turf management sector as well as our complete garden and grounds maintenance services.

From weed and moss c

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In the first of a several part blog that we are writing, we will explain some of the terms that are often used in lawncare service leaflets and by contractors but many of you out there may not actually understand what they mean!

Lets start with a term

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Even in our local area, not many people know the true scale of the works that we can offer - basically if its grass (of virtually any description), we can offer services to help you maintain it, improve it, or even prepare the ground and reseed it.

As

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Perhaps you own or run your own business and need your grounds maintaining or are in a HR department and have been tasked with finding a grounds maintenance contractor to maintain your site(s)?

Some things you need to ask for from anyone tendering or

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Many people in the Lincolnshire area own or loan horses, or have some involvement in equestrianism.

For many, owning their own few acres of land is the result of many years of yard work and indeed many prefer it to the expense of keeping a horse (or m

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SOUTH LINCS GRASS CARE - Who are they you may be asking yourself?

Its a question we, ourselves have been asked before - so here is the answer!

Based just outside the market town of Spalding, Lincolnshire, South Lincs Grass Care has been established sin

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How can I control weeds in my lawn or paddock?

This is a question that is commonly asked, where 'undesirable weeds' such as plantains, daises or ragwort threaten to take over from the grass!

Unfortunately, its not a simple solution if you want to 'do it yourself'....

There are now not many selectiv

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Do you own or run a Guest House, B and B, pub or hotel in Lincolnshire?

Would you like more customers, turnover and profit? - of course you would!

There's one very simple way to increase your passing trade, which as we all know, often leads to recommen

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ANP Services Spalding are well known throughout the Spalding area and due to demand, we are happy to announce we have now extended our coverage into the Bourne, Baston and Morton regions too.

We have had several requests for works throughout this regi

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If you are reading this blog post, you may be asking yourself some or all of the following questions:

WHY should I scarify my lawn?

Lawns benefit from regular scarifying in order to remove and control the build up of moss and 'thatch'. 'Thatch' is the

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Open forum activity

Graham Taylor posted a discussion
I've always been sceptical about using this fuel as I just reckoned it a waste of money at 3x the price at the pumps.  Anyway, read you can leave it in machines for years with no problem and having some tools that just get used once a year at the…
5 minutes ago
John F replied to Peter sellers's discussion Bahco tools vs Chinese?
"It's a bit like the analogy , Do you prefer to buy one pair of shoes costing £100 or Ten pairs of shoes costing £10 a pair ? 
I have had a Halfords socket set for over Twenty years and it's still serving me well but I feel the quality was better…"
3 hours ago
Nick @ NM Garden Services Ltd replied to Peter sellers's discussion Bahco tools vs Chinese?
"We have several of the S106 socket sets and they are just brilliant - built to last a lifetime with fine movement on the ratchets!"
6 hours ago
Edward baker replied to Henry Voice's discussion Season's greetings 🎄🎅🏼
"Happy Christmas to you too. Thank you for this great forum. "
8 hours ago
Peter sellers posted a discussion
Well it's that time of year for some serious machine fettling.The shortcomings in our tool collection have once again brought us to a halt with some jobs, where did those Whitworth spanners come from!? Like most people our tool kits have been built…
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Adam Woods replied to Adam Woods's discussion This works well
"Algo Clear Pro.... as has been said below you really have to wet the surface... and only do it when there is no rain or frost expected for a few days."
Saturday
Henry Voice posted a discussion
 
Dear Juicers, 
It's that time of year again (already), finishing off little jobs, last minute present runs... before winding down for the holidays. Christmas is always a favorite in our household, my Dad used to love it, and would keep the…
Saturday
Nick @ NM Garden Services Ltd replied to Adam Woods's discussion This works well
"We use one of these https://www.progreen.co.uk/sds-algoclear-softwash-delivery-system-p... - pricey but brilliant. So much quicker to apply, no mixing and nothing heavy to carry."
Friday
Graham Taylor replied to Adam Woods's discussion This works well
"I always find it best to strim off moss where its significantly above the surface and then spray the area.  I uses BAC50 from Trade Chemicals      https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/232214948482?_skw=bac+50&itmmeta=01J...         I get a 25 litre container…"
Friday
Jake replied to Adam Woods's discussion This works well
"Out of interest what are you spraying to get rid of the moss, how many times a year do you apply and do you find you still need manual removal or are the chemicals good enough?
anything to make life easier im in favour of"
Friday
Fusion Media posted a blog post
ICL Growing Solutions, a global leader in specialty fertilisers, announce today the acquisition of GreenBest, a UK-based manufacturer specialising in tailored specialty fertilisers and solutions for the Sports Turf, Landscape, and Horticulture…
Friday
Adam Woods posted a discussion
I have a couple of tennis courts to keep free of moss  - both attract it like magnets !My old right arm was having severe difficulty keeping up with the pumping on the 20litre CPG knapsack sprayer. I did a bit of googling and came across this from…
Friday
Peter sellers replied to Andrew B's discussion Quoting yearly and billing monthly for domestic clients?
"Agree, there's always something that can be done to improve, clients realise they are paying a flat monthly rate so are underpaying in certain months this being balanced out by no or restricted visits in the Autumn / Winter , it's worked for us on…"
Friday
Graham Taylor replied to Andrew B's discussion Quoting yearly and billing monthly for domestic clients?
"When the weeds are gone?!!  I can see the point you're trying to make though.  There's invariably something more you can do in someones garden to maintain and even improve it.  You could spend an hour in there or all day.  Horror...horrow..... I…"
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Stihl Motomix fuel

I've always been sceptical about using this fuel as I just reckoned it a waste of money at 3x the price at the pumps.  Anyway, read you can leave it in machines for years with no problem and having some tools that just get used once a year at the…

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Bahco tools vs Chinese?

Well it's that time of year for some serious machine fettling.The shortcomings in our tool collection have once again brought us to a halt with some jobs, where did those Whitworth spanners come from!? Like most people our tool kits have been built…

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