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I'm Not Alone!!

Hello to you all at Landscape Juice Network from Jan & Paul Rogers!What a great looking site. When I stumbled across LJN looking for hedge trimming advice I skimmed through a few topics & pages and it was quickly evident that I needed to join the com
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Habitat Aid

A quick hello...we sell high quality products (mostly trees, plants, and seeds) which will help create beautiful and diverse habitats for garden, smallholding, farm or estate. We also offer ecological services. Half of the profits we make go to speci
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First time lanscape. part 1

Hello all. I am writing this blogg to share my first project with you. My own garden. I moved in to my house just over a year ago. On first inspection the garden did not seem to bad. Basically it was just grass. It did need a bit of a clean up and a
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You get what you pay for

I received a voicemail message at ten past eight this morning from one of my clients asking if I could call them back urgently.It turned out that they had a “visit” the other day from a gardening company asking if they would like their hedges cut. No
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Where have all the flowers gone?

Hopefully I'm no so much older than everyone else here that some will recognise the title of this post is the same as the one written by Peter Seeger as a call for peace.A common misconception is the second verse is 'where have all the children gone?
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Bloggin' freely and feelin' happy

The newsflash of the evening was that the two American journalists had been pardoned in North Korea following the intervention of former US President Bill Clinton (Elvis minus the music). This has very little to do with gardening, I grant you, but it
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Boxes, elder bun issues, jam and stuff

It is a widely held belief that Coleridge indulged in illegal substances.... at some point, he wrote the following....."In Xanadu did Kubla Khan an ancient pleasure dome decreeWhere Alph the sacred river ran through caverns measureless to man down to
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Insha Khan is now a member of Landscape Juice Network
7 hours ago
Honey Badger replied to DerbyLad's discussion Fence spike in clay

Palisade fence, single or double.
I've used spike without concrete for panel fencing. Don't think I'd like to use them on close board without concrete because of the extra weight. 
I figured out method for the spikes. Used a 6ft digging pushed…"
11 hours ago
Peter sellers replied to DerbyLad's discussion Fence spike in clay
"Trying to drive fence spikes into the ground so that they stay straight we've found to be nigh on impossible, the smallest obstacle seems to send them in all directions apart from vertical. Are you suggesting spikes as you are using timber posts and…"
12 hours ago
DerbyLad posted a discussion
Hi all,I'm erecting a close board timber fence in clay soil. Due to the clay and poor drainage I'm thinking of using fence spikes. Would clay be suitable? Would it provide enough stability for a 1.8 mt high fence? I'm considering using 15cm wide…
13 hours ago
DerbyLad is now a member of Landscape Juice Network
yesterday
Dominic Gillespie replied to Richard Farley's discussion Nature Loving Customers !!!
"I tend to look at things from their perspective, whilst also hoping to educate them of the benefits of a thriving ecosystem - so in your case, I'd have probably started with questions right back like "why do you want to get rid of them?" or "what do…"
Saturday
MF Hodgson replied to Richard Farley's discussion Nature Loving Customers !!!
"I talk to customers and do my best to gently subvert them into taking more care over their 'neighbours'. I point out piles of little stones that show the entrances to worm burrows and where ground and wall bees are nesting. 
Most are fascinated and…"
Saturday
Peter sellers replied to Neil brown's discussion Project completion forms
"Yes, could not agree more."
Friday
Fusion Media posted a blog post
GroundsFest 2024 is gearing up for its second year with remarkable growth and expansion.With an impressive 90% rebook rate from 2023 exhibitors and many new first-time exhibitors, it's clear that GroundsFest has become a must-attend event for…
Friday
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Friday
Acacia Groundcare Hire posted a photo
We've taken delivery of a new Etesia AH-75 brushcutter! Suitable for the most demanding of terrain and can deal with slopes up to 30 degrees. Visit https://bit.ly/AcaciaAH75brushcutter or call 01273 494939 to hire today!
Friday
Adam Woods replied to Neil brown's discussion Project completion forms
".. I generally refuse to sign such things on a personal level. If you want that signed, I'll go somewhere else - and if the work is done, what are you going to do? Now if I don't pay you, well that is a different matter"
Friday
JANINE MCMAHON replied to Oliver clarkson's discussion Rose spray
"Look forward to hearing your results.
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May 1
John F replied to Richard Farley's discussion Nature Loving Customers !!!
"It's interesting though how many customers see any creature within their garden territory as an intruder . 
Fear of the unknown perhaps ? 
Must admit though the unfortunate  label of slow worm does them no favours . "
May 1
Billybop replied to Richard Farley's discussion Nature Loving Customers !!!
"to be fair, if they were unaware of what Slow Worms are, from the name alone, they might sound like a pest, like some outdoor type of tape worm"
Apr 30
Honey Badger replied to Richard Farley's discussion Nature Loving Customers !!!
"By breaking the laws on protected species."
Apr 30
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