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Skip Diving

Yesterday I discovered just how fun skip diving can be. Ive always loved a freebie and used to enjoy taking home the plants, from the garden centre, that where going to be thrown out and bringing them back from the brink.Since leaving that job I have
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Young People Today - An open message

The next few months are going to be a very stressful time for thousands of young people.SATs for 7, 11 and 14 year olds, GCSEs for 16 year olds and those resitting them, A Levels and those who are having to do end of year tests on their degree course
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Show gardens and children do mix

Well May is nearly on us and its time to put pen to paper and let everyone know how the Sandringham show garden is progressing.So far it has been going slowly, as have I, trying to walk when your in the latter stages of pregnancy is difficult enough
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Fritillaria meleagris

We planted 5,000 snakeshead fritillaries last autumn as part of a rural garden design in the Saffron Walden area. As with all bulb planting, it's one of the few garden jobs that you see no difference in at all until they start coming up months later.
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Young People Today - Education

So when does education start and finish?Often it was thought of as those years between starting reception at five and finishing when the young people leave school at 16, 18 or even possibly up to mid 20’s depending on what course they do at universit
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Young People Today - Family Life

One of the earliest influences for many children is the family. Family underwent major changes in the second half of the 20th century, and this has had a huge impact on childhood.Extended families offered a great deal of support to children and their
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Tackling A New Skill

The best thing for me about being a garden designer is not only the drawing side of the job which I thoroughly enjoy (but which can be quite lonely at times), but the 'doing' part of the work.I have always been a 'hands on' designer. I love to do eve
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Young people today - What has gone wrong?

There was a time, like many others, when I questioned what was going wrong with our youth. It was listening to others berating young people that finally gave me the answer.The answer, I am more than happy to share, is…NOTHING!!26th July 1832 Thomas K
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Young People today Introduction

As this is the only place I blog I have decided to go ahead with a series of blogs looking at young people today.I make no apologies for my liberal views, and welcome comments that disagree with me. I have a simple rule in debating issues, and that i
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web site

l just view the web site which has be designed for me,looking for any comments other than the pictures as l am trying to sort them out and the contact page and what the best way for me to get the best from the site like getting better listing and so
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Open forum activity

Intelligent Gardening replied to Marc Ollerenshaw's discussion Insurance
"NFU are very exensive but are very good when it comes to making a claim apparently... but hopefully never have to. I was looking for a combined policy to cover all insurances but according to my broker there isnt one so I end up paying a broker fee…"
yesterday
Amy is now a member of Landscape Juice Network
yesterday
Peter sellers replied to Duncan Neville's discussion Instant hedging
"Agree with you Graham, we have a client with a long run of Laurel which we only cut once a year mid june and have done for over 20 years, the client is fussy with a capital F ! It's a superb evergreen hedge which is bomb proof.
As to this so called…"
Wednesday
Graham Taylor replied to Duncan Neville's discussion Instant hedging
"Disagree there!  I maintain a site with a couple of of large laurel hedges and one cut in July suffices and keeps it looking nice.  Agree.... looks nasty immediately after cutting but quickly perks up so you don't notice the cut leaves.  Pretty much…"
Tuesday
Duncan Neville replied to Duncan Neville's discussion Instant hedging
"Thanks Tim"
Tuesday
Duncan Neville replied to Duncan Neville's discussion Instant hedging
"Wow,  that's impressive !  Thanks"
Tuesday
Duncan Neville replied to Duncan Neville's discussion Instant hedging
"That's pretty much my thinking, but I am seeing them more and more. Mostly at expensive new builds. Mostly people with very limited gardening experience wanting an immediate finished product. "
Tuesday
Kevin Harden replied to Duncan Neville's discussion Instant hedging
"Elveden Brochure Edition 3 (EMAIL).pdf
I hope this helps, if anyone has any hedging requirements, we are happy to help.
Regards,  Kev"
Tuesday
Brett Bouchard is now a member of Landscape Juice Network
Monday
Tim Bucknall replied to Duncan Neville's discussion Instant hedging
"Yes 5' actual instant shaped hedging is very expensive, but if that's what he wants he'll have to pay for it.  A good compromise is use individual plants- you could use 1.5m, but 1.8 or 2m plants would probably be bushier, and by trimming to height…"
Monday
Tim Bucknall replied to Duncan Neville's discussion Instant hedging
"He needs instant 5' hedge."
Monday
Kevin Harden updated their profile photo
Monday
Robbie posted a blog post
Sunday
Anthony Toop replied to Duncan Neville's discussion Instant hedging
"Agree, nothing worse than driving past a new Cherry Laurel hedge planted too close to boundaries or buildings, and thinking they'll regret that decision in a few years time!
If a client really wants Laurel, i atleast try to push them towards the…"
Nov 16
Kevin Harden replied to Duncan Neville's discussion Instant hedging
"Hi NevilleI would be happy to help and chat with you when you are free Elveden Brochure Edition 3 (EMAIL) copy.pdf
kevin.harden@elveden.com"
Nov 16
Kevin Harden is now a member of Landscape Juice Network
Nov 16
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