Grass cutting can be a daunting task for many who either don't have the time or suitable machinery. Few home owners can justify spending large amounts of money on professional quality mowers and clients in the commercial sector usually don't have the
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Comfrey (Symphytum officinale)has long been used in the garden mainly for it's use as an organic fertiliser. The properties of this "wonder plant" are well known to the older generation of gardeners and growers as well as those interested in organic
In noise sensitive areas consideration must be given to the distraction and annoyance caused by contractors using petrol powered machinery. In this instance a company such as Eco Garden maintenance may be utilised to undertake garden and landscape
The Landscape Juice Network (LJN)
What is it?
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…
Britmow weren’t aware how much of an impact attending a trade show would have on their future endeavours. In the run up to their 50th anniversary, they were exploring ideas of how to celebrate. It’s only when they met Kate Cooney from…
“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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Open forum activity
"If you're happy with what you made on the job, then I reckon the price is fine. There will always people that say you should have charged more......... maybe you could have........... but no point in worrying about it as presumably you went away…"
"Another bump for w/c Monday 14/10/24"
"5 loads £250
Plus however many hours at hourly rate
Plus hire rate for stump grinder
Yes you are definitely to cheap I'd want atleast £850"
Plus however many hours at hourly rate
Plus hire rate for stump grinder
Yes you are definitely to cheap I'd want atleast £850"
"Thanks Billy, appreciate the feedback.
And has anyone else used them that would like to share thier feelings on them too? Always useful to hear from a number of users if possible."
And has anyone else used them that would like to share thier feelings on them too? Always useful to hear from a number of users if possible."
"Sooted spark: just pop it out and clean off with a wire brush, be careful you dont cross thread it when you put it back in. A regular maintenance task for 2stroke."
"I only use e5 in my regular machines, then aspinol in occasional use machines and for storage. The stihl green 2 stroke oil has stabilisers in it, also run cleaner than the red.
E10 is junk, I put it in my Mrs car once the performance was terrible. "
E10 is junk, I put it in my Mrs car once the performance was terrible. "
"I have noticed when you open your fuel can to refuel, (when the can's been in the back of a warm van) you don't now get so much of the inrush of pressure. I presume this means the new fuel isn't so volatile as the old, does this lead to performance…"
"Some of the old machines doesn't like the E10 fuel ,we use E5 for all 2 stroke machines now - lawnmowers E10 but will change over to E5 now due to the mowing season coming to a end don't want any E10 sitting in the machine for to long , I run the…"
"When felling/clearing up windblown trees I usually put a premium on my hourly rate (or a good price).An extra £10 an hour is completely reasonable imo.
Leaving aside the obvious element of danger and personal risk, there's also a high cost involved…"
Leaving aside the obvious element of danger and personal risk, there's also a high cost involved…"
"And that is exactly why I avoid tree work and leave it to the tree surgeons.
There's enough ground level work out there for us garden maintenance guys......I stay in my lane!"
There's enough ground level work out there for us garden maintenance guys......I stay in my lane!"
""Tree Guy" here.
You're way too cheap and working on a site, on your own with a chainsaw is a big no-no. If something goes wrong you won't be insured and if you're really in a mess who's coming to save you??
Just to cover costs for a day for a…"
You're way too cheap and working on a site, on your own with a chainsaw is a big no-no. If something goes wrong you won't be insured and if you're really in a mess who's coming to save you??
Just to cover costs for a day for a…"
"My mechanic's advice is to use E5 with fuel stabiliser, a bit more expensive but less issues and spare/rebuild costs in the long run. Had loads of issues in the past but after following his advice no fuel related issues at all. I also drain the fuel…"
HLA 135 Hedge Cutter
Hi all, just looking for some feedback on the Stihl HLA 135 hedge cutter. We have used the 65 & 66 for 5 years now and love them but looking for something a little bit better suited for a number of large conifer jobs we have to do over this coming…
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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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