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There is still time compete in the Institute of Horticulture Young Horticulturist of the Year (YHoY) 2014 competition. Prizes valued at more than £10,000 are on offer, including the coveted £2,000 Percy Thrower Travel Bursary prize for the…
The Horticultural Trades Association is delighted to announce that Raoul Curtis-Machin has agreed to…
2012 was an enormous year for Vialii Garden Design. On…
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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…
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Chavasse Park - Liverpool One
A few years ago as part of the Liverpool Capital of Culture we took…
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…
Did my first gardening job of the year (I always take a break in January as it's ususally cold and miserable). Surprisingly the soil was very easy to work - I expect the snow and ice we've had has helped break up the clay.. it made me realise…
Green issues; the environment, biodiversity, sustainable development, permaculture, forestry and landscapes etc., have a large and irreversible presence on the web in printed media and in most…
Whilst following the media reports and subsequent response from Caroline…
Trees are rarely valued properly, there are numerous factors to take
into consideration and as such the real or financial value of a particular tree is hard if not simply impossible to ascertain. Following on from work carried out by D R…
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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’re so inclined, bag it, tie it up, leave in a sun kissed position near rear or front door.
Soon get the message... or perhaps a version of attached sign might work ;)"
Soon get the message... or perhaps a version of attached sign might work ;)"
"When I first started I used to hate the poo and I used to add a charge for removing them if no one was home, now if there's like 4 or less I just pick them up. I keep some carrier bags and disposable gloves in the van for the regular occurances.
Thi…"
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"Can't really see much point in cutting the lawn at all if you leave big areas uncut.........there might be a dispute over whether you get paid for it + it won't look very any good. If there was no-one in I'd have just phoned the boss, explained the…"
"I take it you mean 36 sq.m. Graeme. If you have already completed and charged for the clearing, then all you have to price is prepare and lay. Very worse case, including hire of rotorvator + day to prepare + day to lay + cost of turf + profit. You…"
"im a 2nd mate in a 3 man company. (the lowest man). today while the boss was at his primary customer, me and 1st mate visited the homes. One garden has 8 or 10 dogs. Cant count them all. Anyway, loads on shit on the lawns. I steer around it all and…"
"I have a stihl dethatcher for the MM multi engine two sets of tines but it takes different accessories brushes etc , I think its MM55 but mine is a very old model It clears moss in no time at all but i dont know how this compares to a dedicated sca…"
Have quite a few lawns to treat and fertilise..Is it ok to mix Thrust with other treatments such as a slow release fertiliser or an Iron sulphate solution in a knapsack sprayer?Or should i stick to seperate applications?Just rather busy at the minut…
"Always guaranteed safer applying separately but may depend on the type of iron sulphate - held in solution, fully chelated etc...as Andrew says , the phenoxy hormone weedkillers (2-4D, MCPA, etc) are more prone to react and clag with iron (especiall…"
"Haven't used Thrust so not sure - it looks like the same class as Relay, Prompt, Super Selective etc, and they don't/didn't mix well with Iron. Try a small sample in a jug and see what happens.
Crossbar/Holster , Greenor/Interfix and Mogul/Praxxs al…"
Crossbar/Holster , Greenor/Interfix and Mogul/Praxxs al…"
"Try Charlie Armstrong - armstrongcharl@hotmail.com
He’s based in Hambleden, worked with him for years before I went my own way ( I don’t do hard landscaping btw ). I’m not sure on his availability, he always seems to be busy.
You can mention Sean se…"
He’s based in Hambleden, worked with him for years before I went my own way ( I don’t do hard landscaping btw ). I’m not sure on his availability, he always seems to be busy.
You can mention Sean se…"
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im guessing this is the company that did all the planting / landscaping ?
they sound a nightmare !!!!"
im guessing this is the company that did all the planting / landscaping ?
they sound a nightmare !!!!"
"Update - 2 weeks later. Dear oh dera oh dear!
Soke to the customer yesterday. Apparently they are Oranges and this particlar variety are supposed to be ok for the UK. It came to light that the people who planted them also came and covered them up…"
Soke to the customer yesterday. Apparently they are Oranges and this particlar variety are supposed to be ok for the UK. It came to light that the people who planted them also came and covered them up…"
"That does sould like robbery to me...................I'd guess the gearbox has failed.......you can pick up a good secondhand gearbox on Ebay for under £100................. there's a brandnew one going for £224 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Honda-HRD…"
"I traded in a Hayter 48 pro for a Weibang 48 pro non bbc last season, it was a really good move! The Weibang is a great performer in wet and dry with a very good commercial warranty. "
Customer Complaints
I had a bricklayer build a small pond brick wall 3 years ago and the customer is complaining the jointing has failed and is crumbling I have offered to get the wall re pointed which in my opinion should resolve the issue He has said he has had a…
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Pricing a turf job
i know theres no set price on metres square (unfortunately) with loads of variables . But is there a rule of thumb. I have seen a couple of stories on facebook of customers paying £800 ish for tiny new build back gardens. One thing, i have no way of…
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Lawn treatments.. OK Mixing selective herbicide (thrust) with Fertiliser / Iron sulphate etc??
Have quite a few lawns to treat and fertilise.. Is it ok to mix Thrust with other treatments such as a slow release fertiliser or an Iron sulphate solution in a knapsack sprayer? Or should i stick to seperate applications? Just rather busy at the…
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