A3 hand drawn planting plans are designed created for your gardens, landscape and rammed earth projects, all plants will include full names, positions and quantities of plants for each planting area, the planting plan will be numbered with the correc
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Developing design in a rammed earth garden feature, the rammed earth water wall has been designed and created for a domestic client Newton Abbot, Devon.
Day 14:
I hope that the worst of the cold snap has passed us by now.....like you, I'm sure it slow
Who designs and builds rammed earth walls in the UK?
Jacksons Landscape Design based in Newton Abbot, Devon specialise in the complete design and construction for all garden, interior and landscape projects.
Screwing the front panel to the stop ends.
On
How do you build a wall using rammed earth? This blog will show you images and describe how to create a rammed earth Water wall, Designed By Jacksons Landscape Design, Devon
Day 5:
All 600x600 existing paving lifted and stacked, the 5 spot paving bed a
How to prepare for a rammed earth wall, the following images and description should assist with the preparation of this bespoke rammed earth project.
Day 10:
My garden build schedule is going to plan.....now the time has come for the rammed earth water
Welcome to the rammed earth water feature blog of Jackson’s Landscape Design, JLD, this blog will show you the daily garden build which will also include a rammed earth water feature with images and descriptions.
JLD, will provide sustainable enviro
As part of LONDON GARDEN DESIGN's services, David Beasley (t/a a design and build company) offers other garden designers, landscape contractors, garden product manufacturers and retailers the option of having their ideas/products drawn up in glorious
Hi All and welcome.
For those of you that are not familiar, allow me to introduce my self.....
My name is Kerry Jackson and I design, create and landscape gardens, my company Jackson's Landscape Design (JLD) is based in Newton Abbot, Devon.
My aim f
Rammed Earth by Kerry Jackson
Talented multi RHS award winner, garden designer, Gaynor Witchard writes a weekly garden design column for the Western Mail every Saturday, here's what Gaynor has to say about my rammed earth garden structures in S
Eco-Maze is a company that specialises in creating traditional and contemporary garden structures with an approach to building durable, solid garden components like no other.
Green and Eco-friendly garden structures built to last
..No bricks, no blocks
What a breath of fresh air to recently accomplish, with the landscaping and design team, a Rammed Earth course in Norfolk, UK.
I've researched rammed earth construction for over a year now and enjoy every aspect of the diversity, such an ancient build
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"The older ones which first came out were indeed frustratingly slow. I had a Bosch set many years ago where I could have made about 3 cuts with manual secateurs in the time it took to do 1. Soon gave up on those. The Milwaukee shears I use now are…"
"I was given some by an elderly client,, I think they were Gardena or similar. They cut well, though no possibility of doing "a Felco" and swapping blades or other parts... they were also very bulky and slow. I think the new Stihl ones have corrected…"
"Thanks John I will have a look at Epsom.
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"Hi Neil - have you tried the surrey county council tips at either Epsom or Leatherhead, green waste is charged at £100.00 per ton with a minimum charge of 500kg.
Alternatively Envar have a green waste tip at Lyne near chertsey.
cheers
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Alternatively Envar have a green waste tip at Lyne near chertsey.
cheers
john"
"yes totally genuine despite the price. You need the (separately sold and not cheap) cable/belt set up to use it with your AP batteries. As it's not "cordless""
"It looks perfect, eg Stihl is spelled correctly! When I scanned the barcode it was automatically added to 'my equipment' in the Stihl app..."
"Hi mate.
Are these genuine Stihl?"
Are these genuine Stihl?"
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Have used this approach myself with varying degrees of success until I established a regular customer base and no longer had the need to advertise .
First off the positive results contributed to me establishing that customer base I…"
Have used this approach myself with varying degrees of success until I established a regular customer base and no longer had the need to advertise .
First off the positive results contributed to me establishing that customer base I…"
"Bear in mind they are generally a bit heavier and larger than normal secateurs which might defeat the object. I wouldn't be without mine, not so much for thin fresh growth but a god send for thicker/older wood, they replace loppers rather than…"
"thats why I'd be very wary about having a pair!! I can just see me cutting my finger off.
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"Wow that sounds nasty, hope you've recovered. I had heard that about some of them, I would have thought in these days of elf and safety that the blades would only close whilst the trigger is pressed. "
"I have a pair of the Stihl ones and they are excellent you can cut quite thick stuff with ease and it definitely takes the stress out of your hands,the battery life is good as well, just one word of caution and this was down to my stupidity while I…"
"Currently thinking of getting some myself. The Kebtec ones are well reviewed by various gardeners on YouTube, but then so many of them get sent stuff for free it's hard to believe everything they say. I heard the Stiga ones were pretty good too.…"
Good morning. Thinking of getting some battery secateurs, initially for my wife as she has some arthritis. Have any of you tried and tested any ? Prob looking at Stihl but then came across Kebtec which I've never heard of before, or maybe Makita…
Battery secateurs
Good morning. Thinking of getting some battery secateurs, initially for my wife as she has some arthritis. Have any of you tried and tested any ? Prob looking at Stihl but then came across Kebtec which I've never heard of before, or maybe Makita…
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Best professional battery hedge trimmer at present?
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