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With the ground being so wet the idea of turfing is perhaps not high on your agenda it may surprise you to know that we have been selling turf throughout January, the quality of the grass is good for the time of year and the sandy soil on which…
As the proud owner of a tennis court, you will know only too well that cleaning is the most important part of tennis court maintenance.
A well maintained tennis court should last twenty years of safe and trouble free play but only if you…
ROYCE TURF AND IRRIGATION LAUNCH APP FOR SMART PHONES
TURF APP NOW LAUNCHED
now available for all your smart mobile equipment our Royce Turf App. We are the first turf company to launch an app in the UK. On the app you will find hints…
Over the last few months, the South West Landscape Centre have reviewed their pricing.
The result is very simple, as follows. For all our home-grown production, our prices will be fixed for the next 12 months.
5 litre -…
Over the past few months I've had great difficulty in finding someone to join and eventually run our garden maintenance service in the Surrey and Hampshire areas. I've always heard that finding people was the most difficult part of running a…
Spring is almost here and for us who have sandy soils they are starting to become lighter which enables us to get onto the soil earlier than other types of soil.
We took on an allotment last July and have spent the time since bringing it up…
The team were working this week in a garden in Virgina Water, Surrey and we suddenly noted a rather nice smell, looked around and our client had a beautiful looking witchhazel or Hamamelis mollis. This got us thinking about the gardens and sites…
It is with regret that T&S Plants/SWLC have parted company with Somerstock, following our discovery of historical financial problems within Somerstock.
For our customers, this is good news, since our prices were inflated by 25% to…
As London gears up to host the 2012 Olympic Games, athletes from across the world will be busy preparing to display their skills on an international stage. It is not only sports men and women who have the chance to shine at the Olympics, though.…
Phew, where has the year gone?
I have recently been in the dying thoes of an edit on my next book Evergreen Plants, which will be released on Amazon et al in March 2012.So look out for…
At the opengardencompany we had luxury ( and challenge) of designing a modern Islamic garden in the Eastern…
Front gardens have popped up with increasing regularity in my work over the last couple of years.
Not only do people want a good looking approach to the house, they need somewhere to park the cars, easy access to the front door, and as our…
Easter Weekend, - the shops are closed, the sun is out, so it's a day for a family walk in our local bluebell woods…
There comes a point in life when you can’t (or don't want to) undertake the mowing of your own lawn perhaps for health reasons, lack of time or equipment, whilst away on business or holiday.
Maybe you have tried to get that perfect lawn…
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This series isn't just for landscapers and gardeners starting out: it's also a refresher for existing…
Welcome to week four in my series of posts on starting and running a landscape or gardening business.
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Is it OK to use degrasant to clean the blades ? prior to lube; with gloves on I watched a you tube recently where the man suggested spraying diesel on the blades regularly. He seemed to oppose all arguments against and I was wondering whether any ot…
"Thanks all for responses. I have managed to find the last RBC2510 in the UK by going directly to Makita. I mostly trim hedges and the Makitas I mentioned before are just streets ahead of anything else I've tried - and I've tried a lot of options, in…"
"I've had metres and metres of hedging in a private estate riddled with suspected viburnum beetles. I had only seen 1 twice before but last week I must have had atleast 2 dozen I could have picked off as adults, the larvae feasting all year. I read u…"
Biological controls have been around for a number of years with mixed results. Their use has now come to the fore with the pressure on users to reduce the volume of pesticides they are applying, together with the loss of key active ingredients. The…
"That looks like it might be adult Vine Weevil which is snacking!"
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any ideas as to what is eating these hydranger leaves i do not think its slugs or snails as some of the holes are in the middle of the leaves
"You can certainly be pigeon-holed into a certain 'type' of business.
One that sticks in my memory - My first big client who had a private estate, orchard, paddocks, herbaceous borders, ...the lot ! told me after I started that he did not interview…"
One that sticks in my memory - My first big client who had a private estate, orchard, paddocks, herbaceous borders, ...the lot ! told me after I started that he did not interview…"
When Andy Jackson, grounds manager at Stoke City FC, trialled a number of different seed mixtures eight years ago, he felt that there was one in particular which was far superior and that was Limagrain UK’s MM60.From apprentice to grounds manager, A…
"My business name doesn't tell people what I do, so I'm toying with changing it sometime in the near to medium future. Mind you, I change my focus now and again so I don't really want to make it too specific. I carry out two main areas of work just n…"
"that is the weight of 1m3 of stone, builders/ bulk bags only carry about .75m3 due to the load weight of 1 tonne per bag "
"I go off road here in Derbyshire [we have hills here] and sometimes get 'cross axled', or in other words, I drive over moguls.I don't get stuck in the Hilux. But hey, it's all good. The L200 is one of the few other pickups I have considered owning. "
"A retaining structure at 2m high, sounds like major work. I agree with Andy, get a structural engineer involved.
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http://www.hy-ten.co.uk/gabion-design-service"
http://www.hy-ten.co.uk/gabion-design-service"
"Many years ago I used to prepare and submit plans to Building Control for extensions on houses and the like, for a two metre high structure with made up ground behind it I would run the design past a structural engineer and let them have that one on…"
care of hedgetrimmer blades
Is it OK to use degrasant to clean the blades ? prior to lube; with gloves on I watched a you tube recently where the man suggested spraying diesel on the blades regularly. He seemed to oppose all arguments against and I was wondering whether any…
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whats eating the leaves
any ideas as to what is eating these hydranger leaves i do not think its slugs or snails as some of the holes are in the middle of the leaves
Read more…How accurate is your business name / description ?
Wondering how we all describe our businesses, our job description and our skill set ? Does, for instance, calling yourself XYZ Gardening preclude you from certain types or work ? Would you expect XYZ Gardening to be able to perform hard landscaping…
Read more…Stone - area coverage?
Hi all, have an area of roughly 50 meter squared. Would any one able to give me a help on how many tonne bags of stones I’d need to cover the area? Thanks
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