An insight to the daily life of a garden design and landscaping build up on a rear garden located in Cullompton, Exeter, Devon.
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Slippery softwood decking, here is Jackson Landscape Designs durable, anti slip, aesthetically pleasing, money saving solution for all gardens and landscapes in Newton Abbot, Devon and surrounding…
The winter gardening calendar is now well underway. We have been getting phone calls to remove trees, clear leaves, sort out borders and finish of clearing up lawns. There are also new ground maintenance contracts agreed and we are geared…
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Welcome to week four in my series of posts on starting and running a landscape or gardening business.
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"So I finally get to go out into the garden today to brush off the worm casts as they were quite dry. A good thing is they were mainly sand due to the top dressing mix so brushed around easily. The bad news is the sand or soil or both seems to have K…"
"501 I'm hiring, with gx200 engine, Honda. "
"The 501 is simple to adjust(spring levers) , 401 has a differnt system and can take a few minutes. Mine has the Honda gx200. Had it 4 years now. BEAST!I'll need to treat it with anti rust paint this year as a precaution, but in my experience you wil…"
"Wow..where do you start ? Requirements are dependent on type of grass - what its used for, how often its used, whether clippings are returned, etc - so while organisations like the STRI will give guidance - its very subjective. For private customer…"
"Rotovate Subsoil ? "
"Hi Oliver, is the one you've been hiring the 401 or 501? Also is it the Hayter or Honda engine? It would be really helpful to know as i'm currently looking into them like you are. "
"I've been hiring an eliet this week and compared to the canon and petrol Viking ones it's a million times better, easy to use, cleaner finish, everything about the machine is well thought of. Well worth the price if you ask me. Also this machine is…"
Hi all,What would be the benchmark figure for kg/ha per year for NPK for lawns? I've heard different figures even though I'm sure there must be an average sum so that you can base Lawn Care programmes on it!?Thank you in advanceJonny
"I have only done 2 treatments 6 weeks apart as its very good at what it does and the lawns were quite stressed due to weather but now they look very very good. did one hit at beginning of July not thinking it would do much due to the heat but after…"
"He he. It was pretty similar to one of those bird ball things. Gave me a boost to finish the job though.
Yep, fertilised as well.
For some reason I didn't get notified of your post? "
Yep, fertilised as well.
For some reason I didn't get notified of your post? "
"We tried this product this year and I am a fan, greened up the lawns without masses of growth and mixes well with Lawn herbicides with no adverse effects."
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Average NPK for lawns per year?
Hi all, What would be the benchmark figure for kg/ha per year for NPK for lawns? I've heard different figures even though I'm sure there must be an average sum so that you can base Lawn Care programmes on it!? Thank you in advance Jonny
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Reply by Progreen Weed Control 16 hours ago
Spongey grass
Hi, looking for some advice please. Been looking after a lawn for a couple of years now and it has always been spongey underfoot and whilst the lawn has always looked good there’s been no appetite from the customer to tackle this.......however it’s…
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Artificial grass sleepers on raised garden.
Hi all, I have a job coming up soon and the customers wants railway sleepers all around the perimeter , however the garden raises up slightly towards the back. Not sure what this will look like. I want to do a higher bed at the back of the garden.…
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Please remove if this isnt allowed. After 20 years on the same site we are now losing it to developers. I have 3 20ft shipping containers and parking for van and 2 trailers. We are based on the northern edge of Leeds and are now hunting around for a…
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