The common misconception in the UK is that the last thing we need to do in our gardens is irrigate. But because of our weather which can be unpredictable,(downpour one minute, sunshine the next), it is precisely this cycle of drenchor drought that ne
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The Landscape Juice Network (LJN)
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LJN is an open association of individuals and companies involved in landscaping, garden maintenance, horticulture and garden design.
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As Blue Monday is fast approaching, I thought it would be a good idea to give a small reminder to our community here on Landscape Juice to remember to tell people about your worries and if you’re having negative thoughts. Talking about emotions…
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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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"That puts you on about £160 a day before business costs are accounted for. Personally I do grounds maintenance excluding tree work and I aim for £200-£250/day in labour alone, if I was to remove waste it'd be cost + 1hr labour and hiring specific…"
"It took me about 1.5 days and waste cost about £130Access is good though"
"Basically, my 'tree guy' starts with stump grinding at £100. I don't know how small (or big) your van is, access to the job, your waste disposal costs incurred or how long it took you...
If it was around a half day- although I would have charged…"
If it was around a half day- although I would have charged…"
I recently cut down and removed 5 cupressocypress trees that were between 10 and 14 foot high. I ground the roots down below the ground, and removed all waste. Three was approximately. 5 small van loads of waste. I charged. £375 including…
Just looking to get some hygiene kits for my 3M Optime III ear defenders and found a company called Best4Headsets.co.uk with free shipping at £50.00 and great prices.One team member Dale Benett e mailed me that there is a sister site…
"Thanks, yes have seen that site and those gloves. We prefer a knitted wrist so go for the 292. However been trialling some Pfanner stretch flex polar at £6 which tick all the spec apart from conductive cold but seem more waterproof than the 292 and…"
"Check out safety gloves.co.uk. They have a range of EN511 1,1,1 rate gloves including the below, and also even cheaper Ejendals.
https://www.safetygloves.co.uk/ejendals-tegera-297-insulated-waterp..."
https://www.safetygloves.co.uk/ejendals-tegera-297-insulated-waterp..."
"I always use E10 with no problems in Stihl equipment and mowers. Worth remembering E5 still contains 5% ethanol Why did your carbs need replacing? Dealers are very quick to just fit a new carb rather than stripping he carb down, cleaning it…"
"Yes same spec as the Skytec which do not comply with all EN 511. Just have a level 2 rating for contact cold and 0 for convective cold and water permeability. Thanks amyway."
"I use these and they are very good in our opinion."
"Not noticed any starting issues or poor running performance to date with E10 .
Two stroke mix of choice is the Stihl red one shot at the pump for accuracy , One shot to five litres of E10
My machine repair mechanic recommended adding fuel…"
Two stroke mix of choice is the Stihl red one shot at the pump for accuracy , One shot to five litres of E10
My machine repair mechanic recommended adding fuel…"
"The Briggs engine in my mower seems to run very poorly on some E10, but fine on a different petrol can fill up. I suspect that either the quality of some E10 at petrol stations is iffy, or maybe it degrades worse over time. I also had an older…"
Accurate costing for tree work
I recently cut down and removed 5 cupressocypress trees that were between 10 and 14 foot high. I ground the roots down below the ground, and removed all waste. Three was approximately. 5 small van loads of waste. I charged. £375 including…
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Ear Defenders Deals
Just looking to get some hygiene kits for my 3M Optime III ear defenders and found a company called Best4Headsets.co.uk with free shipping at £50.00 and great prices.One team member Dale Benett e mailed me that there is a sister site…
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Winter gloves
We generally buy Ejendals Tegera 292 gloves for Winter but at £20 plus £4 delivery wonder if there are gloves of equal performance at less cost?The specification we need as a minimum is compliance to EN 511 at level 1 for conductive cold , contact…
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E10 petrol
We've had several machines fail recently (stihl hedgetrimmers and blowers) where the carburettor needs replacing- and on older machines, this can tip the balance from 'worth repairing' to 'not worth repairing'. I suspect this is down to E10 petrol.…
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