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“Gardening programmes tend to be very ‘traditional’ white middle-class in their attitude towards gardening”, Julia Sargeant said in an interview after she won gold at Chelsea Flower Show in 2016. She was the first black gardener to design…
A carefully-planned turf nutrition and treatment programme utilising three key Sherriff Amenity products has produced a sustained rise in the health, condition and playing standard of greens at the Milford Golf Club in Surrey.
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"Hi Jim, I'm trying to phase out all my weeding and general tidying jobs , I enjoy mowing lawns and cutting hedges and my end game is just to do this, as I get more mowing jobs I'll drop my jobs I don't like
I'll probably lose a few customers but…"
I'll probably lose a few customers but…"
"Thanks for your reply Andrew.
I have looked through various threads about this on here, it does seem to vary enormously and ultimately seems to come down to what someone is prepared to pay. As we are in a rush, it does put us at a disadvantage,…"
I have looked through various threads about this on here, it does seem to vary enormously and ultimately seems to come down to what someone is prepared to pay. As we are in a rush, it does put us at a disadvantage,…"
"There are a couple of ways of looking at this - one based on revenue and the other based on marketing costs. Revenue selling parameters tend to be based on selling the whole business as a going concern - eg vans, equipment, systems, staff, website…"
"I'm in the middle of selling up to retire, happy to have a chat 1:1 but don't want to put anything here yet as the deal is in the final stages.... PM me if you want or email on info@honestservices.co.uk. Mind you there was little science behind my…"
Hi there, I hope people on here can help.We are closing our lawn care business (established for 7 years) and are hoping to sell our client list (with each clients permission) to another lawn care business if we can. We are on a tight time scale (end…
"Hi Jim. I'm in a similar position,wanting to focus solely on lawn care, and wanting to loose hedge work and weeding/digging.
How did you go about loosing thd General gardening work to focus on lawn work?
Did you notice a considerable loss of income…"
How did you go about loosing thd General gardening work to focus on lawn work?
Did you notice a considerable loss of income…"
With a new season just around the corner, the green at Wycliffe Bowls Club has never been in such good condition, and greenkeeper Keith Freakley believes that is thanks to MM Sports Seed.Formed in 1956 and located on the outskirts of Lutterworth in…
"It's not too big, so if the customer will give a good water once per week from June onwards, then give it another multi pass scarify now, aerate, overseed and feed. If watering not possible, then wait for say mid September for the heavy scarify etc."
"Yep, I second gunk it works on concrete but I would test a wee patch first."
Evening.yHow many of you use olive trees in your landscape desiqns ?We are already reserving trees for next year.
"I'd just scrub it with Gunk and then wash it off. "
A client's car has dripped oil on our lovely new tegula block paving! Has anyone found an effective oil remover? I'm sure some are better than others. TIA
How to price a client list for sale??? ASAP
Hi there, I hope people on here can help.We are closing our lawn care business (established for 7 years) and are hoping to sell our client list (with each clients permission) to another lawn care business if we can. We are on a tight time scale (end…
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Olive trees
Evening.yHow many of you use olive trees in your landscape desiqns ?We are already reserving trees for next year.
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Oil on drive
A client's car has dripped oil on our lovely new tegula block paving! Has anyone found an effective oil remover? I'm sure some are better than others. TIA
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Gator blades
Good morning, I came across Oregon gator blades on the interweb, wondered if they might improve mulching/ bagging performance on my Toro recycler. Anyone using/ used them? Regards, Martin.
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