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Our ancient woodlands are being bulldozed

Smithy Wood can be traced back to the 11th century. Long-eared and soprano pipistrelle bats fly among its oaks.

Marsh tits, badgers and dingy skipper butterflies make their home in this ancient woodland, on green belt surrounding the famously tree-ri

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Bees and pesticides 'missing link' found

Scientists say they have found the "missing link" in the debate over the risk of pesticides to bees.

French researchers say neonicotinoid pesticides harm individual honeybees, but whole colonies are able to recover in the wild.

This accounts for disc

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We have a truck for sale.

I don't know if anyone would be interested but we are selling one of our fleet trucks.

http://trucks.autotrader.co.uk/used-trucks/daf/cf-series/2007-daf-cf75-diesel-hughenden-valley-tfpa-2c929b9c50dd2b9e0150ec5845325298/makemodel/make/daf/bodytype/cur

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Glyphosate: EFSA updates toxicological profile

EFSA and the EU Member States have finalised the re-assessment of glyphosate, a chemical that is used widely in pesticides.

The report concludes that glyphosate is unlikely to pose a carcinogenic hazard to humans and proposes a new safety measure tha

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Remembering UK war graves

While services take place on Armistice Day, the government is also launching ‘The Living Memory Project’ to remind people of the UK's 300,000 war graves and memorials.

Many of these memorials lie in forgotten corners of graveyards; the Living Memo

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The stunning £10 million Bishop Wilson Church of England Primary School in Birmingham, delivered by Morgan Sindall, is one of many additions to the North Solihull School improvement programme, and is complete with a striking hard landscape from Tober
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Mill Green School is a co-educational development, created to provide seamless special needs education in St Helens. Designed by Aedas, the school has recently been successful through the Priority School Building Project (PSBP) as the first priority
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Horsham Golf and Fitness is already the proud owner of two magnificent golf courses but it appears that they are saving the best for last. The ‘Oaks’ - a stunning 18-hole course, is set for its grand opening in spring 2016 and it has already reaped t

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Welcome to the Hedged In

See how we transformed the hedgedin warehouse into a lively working environment with few artificial hedges.

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Please come to visit us at: Unit 18, Enterprise Centre Two, Ford Street, Stockport, SK3 0BT Tel: 0161 477 7419 www.hedgedin.co.uk

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Landscape Juice replied to Peter sellers's discussion Help change email on here
"Hi Peter,
Let me have a look into this.
Craig"
5 hours ago
Peter sellers posted a discussion
Trying to change my email on here, followed instructions and received an email from LJN asking me to confirm changes by clicking on link within the email ,but there is no link!!  Why make it so difficult?  LJN is not exactly a high risk site , in…
7 hours ago
Peter sellers replied to Brian's Garden Maintenance's discussion Revive a lawn
"Liquid fert, anything will do miracle gro etc. Liquid iron will help it green up and get some granular fert on it when rain is forecast or water it in."
7 hours ago
Intelligent Landscapes updated their profile
17 hours ago
Juliet Roper and The Stonemart Ltd are now friends
22 hours ago
Billybop replied to William Frost's discussion Paving pushing up because of the hot and super dry weather
"A good idea to have a "Force Majeure" clause in your contract for such work. Just as nobody would expect a patio to withstand an earth quake of significant magnitude, nor a sink hole opening up beneath it, less exciting than such unexpected events,…"
yesterday
John F replied to Graham Mitchell's discussion Gardening & Landscaping Recruitment
"Initially I started gardening after being made redundant from a trade where decent take home pay would depend on lots of overtime but the bottom dropped out due to cheap imports . 
I started with a push bike , a pair of vintage rolcut secateurs and…"
Sunday
Brian's Garden Maintenance posted a discussion
Hi AllI would like some advice on the best way to revive a lawn after this hot weather we've had, please.I look forward to hearing from you
Saturday
MF Hodgson replied to William Frost's discussion Paving pushing up because of the hot and super dry weather
"Not the patio, but the ground where I work has changed shape and developed dips and bumps across all the lawns. It's quite strange to walk on and not what I've been used to for the last 12 years. 
The other issue this summer has been the surrounding…"
Saturday
Honey Badger replied to William Frost's discussion Paving pushing up because of the hot and super dry weather
"You got membrane under the hardcore? 
I wouldn't put any less than 150mm to 200mm hardcore under on clay.
I've heard this is a problem this year. I haven't seen any effect sofar.
I've only done one patio with a step this year the sucker hasn't…"
Friday
Richard Matthews replied to William Frost's discussion Paving pushing up because of the hot and super dry weather
"I think a few guys have experienced this, possibly ground heave. I've had a Patio I laid 6 years ago do a similar thing. It's a difficult one, because if you followed all the correct guidelines for your install, what do you do?
After an incredibly…"
Friday
William Frost posted a discussion
I would love to hear if anyone has had an experience of paving being pushed up because of the hot and dry weather this summer. We have had a number of patios where this has become a problem (a couple we laid ourselves and quite a few more where…
Friday
LandscapeBase is now a member of Landscape Juice Network
Friday
Jon Goves updated their profile
Thursday
Jon Chandler replied to Jon Chandler's discussion Growth/Shoots in lawn
"Thanks all for your help and advice.
Great to have the expertise on here as a guide and backup. 🙏"
Aug 24
Adam Woods replied to Jon Chandler's discussion Growth/Shoots in lawn
"Others have ID ed it.
I chop them off at ground level with secutears then spray a drop or two of Praxys on the wound... if it doesnt killt he first time, it will the 2nd or 3rd"
Aug 24
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Growth/Shoots in lawn

Hi All, In a cleints garden, I'm having a real problem with these shoots that are coming up in the lawn.I'm digging them out as I go, they are on long roots. they have an oval shape leaf and develop nasty thorns. See pics.Can anyone help identify…

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