Can I cut my lawn in winter?
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Alan Abel, a Complete Weed Control franchisee for over 30 years, gives his take on winter spraying.…
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A product designed to add colour and bring benefits to fine turf during pre-dormant and dormant times of year is being introduced into the UK for the first time by Sherriff Amenity, one of the leading turf care and sports equipment…
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Complete Ice Control is brought to you by the same people who deliver Complete Weed Control and has been introduced in response to the overwhelming need for a professional, reliable and trusted local gritting service to deal with snow and ice…
Winter lawn care is all about preparation, adequate lawn preparation during the fall will mean that during the winter your lawn will almost take care of itself - almost!
During the winter months the…
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Up to £250,000 will be available to reimburse farmers for the cost of removing sheep killed in freak snow in England last month, farming minister, David Heath announced today.
This is the latest move in a programme of support to help…
The bark of some trees can be fascinating in winter gardens and sometimes, among all the reasons to choose a tree from a…
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Welcome to week four in my series of posts on starting and running a landscape or gardening business.
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I've been itching to let you in on a little…
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"Sounds drastic but sometimes the simplest solution is to just fit another carb which you can pick up for £10-£20 on ebay from China...... pretty sure that'll sort the problem out. The only snag is can take a couple of weeks to arrive."
"Mine had the same problem and the dealer replaced the carb and that sorted it, but it cost over £100 as out of warranty a cheap chinese one from ebay is only £10.00 and they also work fine."
My Stihl kombi km 94 rc has developed a frustrating starting problem . Initially it starts first time from cold and runs great until i switch it off then it refuses to start again until it cools down it doesn't matter how long i have being using it…
Hi, everyoneI've been in business now just over 3 years and in that time I've been concentrating on working towards building on clearance and weed control . I've done all the relevenat tickets including pesticides and machinery but struggling to sor…
"I had a Kaaz 21" roller. I got a hi lift from L&S for it, and collection was superb... had two of these machines over 4-5 years. BUT I wouldn't buy another. Drive/shaft/gearbox problems cost a fortune, after just a year they started.
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"Thanks for that Nick. That's the second bad report i've had about them so likely to give it a miss. Thanks."
"I have been using QB Self employed for years. However I use wave for all of my invoices. I assume that part will still function? I didnt get an email from them?"
"My partner is a dog behaviourist so I've picked up a bit down the years. The problem with shock collers on dogs is it's what they see when they get the shock that can have unwanted effects on the dog.
As a for instance, I know someone who used one…"
As a for instance, I know someone who used one…"
"Apparently the dogs learn pretty quickly not to go near the perimeter so it's not as though they're constantly getting a shock which is something like the static shock you can get sometimes when you touch certain things. Not saying I agree with the…"
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I've used the free accounting software of wave to do all my accounting and invoicing for many years but just had an email saying in September they will cease to provide the connection to uk banks due to changes to banking regulations here. What a pa…
"We paid around £600 (thought the price was excellent and worth a punt) for ours (19" Lawnflite with Subaru Engine) and it lasted around a season. Difficult to start with the autochoke and the drive was incredibly slow. We have now reverted back to…"
"A lot of hedge cutting jobs I look at is 1 hour / half day / full day"
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Pricing a large hedgecutting job is a bit of an art form, I regularly underestimated how long it would take when I first started out. Personally I have never bothered with square metreage to price a job as I find factors such as access t…"
Pricing a large hedgecutting job is a bit of an art form, I regularly underestimated how long it would take when I first started out. Personally I have never bothered with square metreage to price a job as I find factors such as access t…"
Stihl KM 94 rc starting problem
My Stihl kombi km 94 rc has developed a frustrating starting problem . Initially it starts first time from cold and runs great until i switch it off then it refuses to start again until it cools down it doesn't matter how long i have being using…
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Building on weed control and pricing
Hi, everyone I've been in business now just over 3 years and in that time I've been concentrating on working towards building on clearance and weed control . I've done all the relevenat tickets including pesticides and machinery but struggling to…
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Wave accounting ditching the uk
I've used the free accounting software of wave to do all my accounting and invoicing for many years but just had an email saying in September they will cease to provide the connection to uk banks due to changes to banking regulations here. What a…
Read more…Pricing hedge work
Folks I dont normally do a lot of headge work but have a customer with many meters needing late summer tidy trim, not into old wood at all. I have the meterage and height, if anyone can gibe me an indication of how they price jobs like this I would…
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