LJN Blog Posts

"This Garden Planner seems to be all fine with the scale side of things - I haven't noticed anything wierd there....? I've got the plan loaded into my Surface Pro, and another good thing is while I'm on the job, setting out the plants, if I need to c…"

"Hi Karsten, yes I meant a 2D graphic in plan view, saved as a  component so I can generate a report to get the right quantities.  I know what you mean about the 2D face-me graphics, they are an irritation and move around from where you’ve placed the…"

"Hi Jane,
Yes, the Garden Planner is truly a simple software compared to Sketchup (I like to call it Ketchup! ((~8). I can easily see why you wouldn't use it after getting established with Sketchup. I wouldn't even say it has plant lists, just genera…"

"Yes Nicola, who wouldn't hanker after Vectorworks ((~8When you say a 2D plant graphic, do you mean 2D in plan view? This Garden Planner, I'm discovering, is relatively simple, but really seems to go right to the limits of its simplicity. What I like…"

"They both contain flazasulfuron so to all intents and purposes they are the same."

"Hi again Karsten,
I've just had a look at the Garden Planner.  A nice simple tool.. But I am too far down the line with Sketchup to get this.  I was looking to have one that produced a plant list, but this has too few plants.  You can build up a lib…"

"Is this chikara the same as katana which is purchased from sheriff amenity
i work for a local authority and we use glyphosate and katana mixed on gravel roundabouts I must say they stay weed free for most of the season 
we have used proshield before…"

"Hello Karsten,
I too hanker after Vectorworks but use Sketchup.. If you have a sketch of a design you want to put in 3D you can import a jpg of your drawing into Sketchup.  If it's to scale you make the faces 'Xray' and draw over the sketch, then us…"

"Hi Karsten, I’m a garden designer and I use SketchUp, it’s really a good tool for the job (although I hanker after Vectorworks). You can switch between views really easily, especially if you set up ‘scenes’ in the model, which is very simple to do.…"

"Done it, and got the t shirt!
I took on a 16 year old 2 years ago he has just finished his apprenticeship - overall I would do it again.
The catches.... you have to keep the college "on-side" they can be real bu**ers or totally helpful. There is one…"

"Agreed with others... get qualified before playing with these chemicals - if anyone spots you spraying and follows up, or you suddenly get a medical condition because you have used the stuff incorrectly your PLI will not cover you.
All in all for th…"

"It's an easy fix . Theres a rod the runs from the roller to the front wheels.  It goes on the rod . Take blade and rear part of underside deck off , you'll see where it goes . You can run it without the spring till you get a replacement,  but you'll…"