Welcome to the Landscape Juice Network.
My name is Phil Voice and I have created this site to help professional gardeners, landscapers, designers, product manufacturers and suppliers [and also private gardeners and home owners] who might be looking for inspiration, help and advice.
At the core of the site lies a very powerful search engine friendly matrix, which means any content (and this gets stronger and stronger by the day) that you put up is being picked up by search engines, meaning it can easily be found by others looking for information.
It is likely that anyone searching on the internet for topics, geographical locations and people that are linked into here, will be picked up in advance of anywhere else. And because it is the sister site of Landscape Juice, which has over 2000 9,000 87,000 100,000 items of information and advice built into it, the effect is heightened enormously.
Participation
I hope that you feel comfortable and confident enough to participate by adding information that you may consider to be of interest and of use to others. Bear in mind that we all know something that someone else doesn't and vice versa so please, however small or trivial you might feel it is, please add anything you feel could be of use to someone else.
Please also feel free to link out to any other website on the internet which enforces or strengthens what you are saying. It may be to a photograph to help with an explanation or it may be a news item that is relevant to the discussion.
Craig McGinty has written a section about tips on using the site which will help in getting you started. The tips page is always being updated so please check back regularly.
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You will have noticed the green tick in the left hand side bar. This is a voluntary scheme for any member who joins here. The ethos behind it is that you if you are going to put yourself and your company up for scrutiny in a public place such as this network, then your intention is to provide the best possible service that you can.
Feel free to add the green tick logo to your own website and to give customers the opportunity to check you out, link to your profile page on the network.
If you have any questions, suggestions or problems using the site then please do not hesitate to contact me.
Kind regards
Phil Voice
Phil
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Open forum activity
"I initially had a good gardening round where I lived in Sussex and then moved to Essex where I had to start all over again.
I met someone years ago who said to me 'advertising is king' and it is. Putting a couple of ads in the free magazines…"
I met someone years ago who said to me 'advertising is king' and it is. Putting a couple of ads in the free magazines…"
"I wouldn't touch it with a barge pole. I am guessing that if you want a fence down the middle there are issues with your neighbour. It would look horrendous as well as totally impractiable, as others have said. Anybody worth their salt should walk…"
"Agree the steps are not wide enough to put a fence down the middle, how are you going to get anything past of any size with a fence down the middle? Can of worms !"
"Hi
Thank you for your thoughts and advice!
I'm going to try parish magazines for sure. 😊"
Thank you for your thoughts and advice!
I'm going to try parish magazines for sure. 😊"
"I have worked for 15 years as a gardener and not long after I first started I put ads in parish magazines in three local areas and also Yell. Now I think Yell is a bit outdated these days, and is also very expensive and didn't produce what I…"
"Privacy perhaps or to prevent a pet from escaping through the neighbours garden .
If it's for mobility a handrail would suffice .
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If it's for mobility a handrail would suffice .
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"My first question would be WHY!
Why on earth would someone want a fence down the middle of a narrow shared footpath of steps...... it seriously starts to limit what can and cant be moved up and down the steps in the future what with the exitsting…"
Why on earth would someone want a fence down the middle of a narrow shared footpath of steps...... it seriously starts to limit what can and cant be moved up and down the steps in the future what with the exitsting…"
"The higher voltage (after a certain point) doesn't necessarily mean a faster stroke rate. For fine conifer and the like I use a Stihl HSA94T (older version of the HSA130T) which is incredibly fast, in fact I can't even cope with it on the highest of…"
"Personally i think you are opening a can of worms, i would hazard a guess that somewhere in the title deeds you can not put a fence down there as both parties are responsable for the up keep of the steps, if you had asked me to quote i would walk…"
"If the fence has to go on top of the concrete steps I'd put up a continuous post and rail feather edge fence with the posts in holes cut through the concrete. (I hate using metpost supports) You won't need as many post holes as you would using…"
"I’m not sure thats the case with all. As I said the stihl petrol is 4.7 kg minus petrol. A lot of battery models I’ve been looking at come in at under 4kg inc battery, also the run times dont look bad if you’ve a 5AH battery. Anyway as Im now only…"
"Parish magazine and recommendations are the only way if you expect to be fully booked in a.month think again. It takes time and effort you have to be better than the rest to recommendations or cheaper. I'd go cheaper at the start then as you fill up…"
"What is the width of the steps (side to side)? They don't look very wide, and putting a fence in the middle might make the steps unusable for both parties. You could spend a lot of time and money doing this, only to have your neighbour legally…"
Advice: Fencing down Concrete Steps
Hi all,Basically, the centre of the concrete steps in the boundary line. I want to put up fencing that runs down the length of these steps and I've been quoted by two landscapers...Landscaper #1He suggested that he would cut aquares of the concrete…
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Small, compact battery strimmer with variable speed trigger?
I am looking for a small, compact, lightweight strimmer that is battery powered for small garden edging - I already have a Stihl FSA60R but its just a bit to powerful and unweldy for some of the smaller, finnicky edging. The strimmer MUST have…
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Lawn Water Conserver
A question for those offering lawn treatments. Does anyone use a specific product, separate to their normal treatments, that's specifically used when we have long, dry periods? Can anyone recommend a good product? I imagine it would likely be a…
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Brendon 2000psi pressure washer
So a couple of customers have asked for pressure washing and I saw the above machine for a good deal. Has anyone experience with it at all?It's a honda gx200 so not blazing power but with 13lpm should be OK for most smaller domestic jobs I assume.
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Comments
I hope that everyone has the confidence to participate in the discussions either by starting a topic in the forum, writing a blog post or by adding a photo or video.
Please get involved in any discussion that you feel you can help with. It doesn't matter how small your contribution or how trivial you might feel your point is; it might just be the answer or help someone else is looking for.
Bear in mind that we are all at different levels of experience and every one of us have a unique set of skills.
I am around most of the time so if you need a guiding hand then please do not hesitate to pop me an email or give me a call.
If you need further help then please feel free to drop me a line.
I hope to be able to catch up wit you and send a personal message soon.
Hello Philip
Glad to have come across this site I think it will be most useful, when I get a few minutes over the weekend I will explore the site in more detail.
Best regards
Terry
we're growing at such an extraordinary rate at the moment that I thought it worthwhile to bring this post to the top.
If you are a new member then I hope you are getting to grips with how the site works but if you need any help, please do not hesitate to get in touch at any time.
We've loads of members - old hands now - who have been in your position and they are the ones who are now passing on their advice and knowledge to others and I hope you'll feel confident enough to do that too.
Hi Philip and all members.
Had a look through here a few times and finally joined up. Going to spend the next few day looking through old post and getting used to using this site.
We are a machinery dealer in London selling Stihl, Husqvarna, Hayter and loads more. I'm not here to hard sell anything just get a feel from your side of the fence. I'm always up for a few questions and if I can help I will.
Cheers,
Justin.
Thanks for joining and I hope LJN is worthwhile to you and your business.
Loving the site, really enjoyed your visit and so glad you enjoyed it too, hope to meet up again soon.
Comment by Phil Voice on April 26, 2011 at 11:50am
Thanks Dana
Welcome to the site. It was great to meet you too and thanks for the tour of the Marshalls site.
Hello Philip and all members of LJN
What a great site! Can't wait to find a couple of hours to have a good look at all the blogs and links.
We are a family run business making bespoke timber gates using first grade Oak, Iroko and Redwood. We aim to offer a quality product at a competative price and believe small businesses should stick together!
Take care - Claire and Jason
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