Before we now it this year will be gone, it has been my most succesful year to date, in terms of projects and creations, decking has been the top earning this year, the first time its overtaken patios for about 5 years.
I put this…
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Sketch or cad drawing?
When you go to do a quote for a potential client how do you present your ideas to them about the job at hand?
Do you sketch something out on paper and talk to the client right there and then?....or do you go…
Natural sandstone patio installation in Liverpool undertaken by Dempsey Landscaping.
Before work commenced
Mot type 1…
The contents of this blog shows how to install patios, garden paving, paving slabs, paving stones, patio, stone paving, paving stone, patio stone, patio stones, concrete slabs, slabs, flagstones in Devon.…
We…
Garden makeovers by Dempsey in Liverpool. Natural sandstone paving, softwood decking with…
A new project submission has been made to www.garden-design-pictures.com and the pictures can be viewed by clicking…
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Open forum activity
"I bought a Mavic Air and it's great. Really easy to fly but it's worth watching a few You Tube videos first to help. I'm so far behind with all my plans, admin and just about everything that I've hardly used it. Just need to catch up, get organise…"
"What drone/licence did you go for? I'm thinking either a mavic mini or a mavic pro (2nd hand)"
"Ouch! I often wish such species weren't allowed to exist!"
"Thank you both.... I now can see that this is (relitively) common requirement - though given some of those hedges are pyracantha and berberus its not going to be a nice job !"
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"Common practice on a lot of sites I used to tend. A 30 or 40 inch trimmer blade is your friend. If litter is part of your job make sure you allow time to litter pick it. You won't have space to properly blow it clean.
First visit you need to allow…"
First visit you need to allow…"
"We do this with quite a few sites, we have only found one way of keeping them clear and that's by using a blower to blow it all out and and separate the rubbish from brash. I was stabbed by a used hypodermic needle earlier this year that was hidden…"
A question... do any of you have to maintain a hedge against the wall of a building with a gap (the suggested is 10cms) between the wall and the shrub/hedge? - These shrubs/hedges go all round the building, creating the gap is one thing, maintaining…
Can anyone confirm if using grassguard is considered part of soft landscaping by local authorities ?
"Cheers dan. I didn’t even know there was different nozzles.
The wider spray ones sound like they could be good. I’ll order some and give them a go. "
The wider spray ones sound like they could be good. I’ll order some and give them a go. "
Hedges/Shrubs against walls
A question... do any of you have to maintain a hedge against the wall of a building with a gap (the suggested is 10cms) between the wall and the shrub/hedge? - These shrubs/hedges go all round the building, creating the gap is one thing, maintaining…
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Using Grassguard
Can anyone confirm if using grassguard is considered part of soft landscaping by local authorities ?
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