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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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APL & Shoot Question Forum

Dear All,Have you heard about APL (Association of Professional Landscapers) & Shoot who will be hosting a garden landscaping and design question forum? It's been organised through the HTA and will take place on the Shoot website www.shootgardening.co
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This is a shameless promotion for our bargain primroses and pansies.The cold weather held things back and now we need space so:Primroses (10.5cm pot size) 15 plants for £5Pansies £1 per six pack buy six x six for £5Primrose hanging baskets £5Pansy ha
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Fereday 1 - Chickens 1

Fereday has been back up to see the 'girls' today - Jalfrezi, Bhuna, Tikka Masala and Nugget... (see previous blog post)... and returned with six beautiful, huge eggs.... he thinks that probably evens up the scores.... at the very least it means egg
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Open forum activity

Adam Pilgrim replied to Dougie's discussion New roller mower
"Throttle screws and move the governor spring across a hole.Takes less than five minutes. Can't say I have had any complaints about noise but then again I have customers I have worked for for years and never even met!"
4 hours ago
Julian chambers posted a discussion
Hi AllWhat are member's experiences of magnetic signage gor vans. I appreciate that the name and nature of the business will be free advertising  but the flip side of this is advertising a cache of gardening tools available to plunder. Will this…
10 hours ago
Tim Bucknall replied to Dougie's discussion New roller mower
"Thanks Adam, an interesting counter-argument! 2 questions- 1) is this just the throttle-stop screw, and 2) are they then very noisy?  We do seem to have some very noise-averse customers!"
15 hours ago
Tim Bucknall replied to Dougie's discussion New roller mower
"Thanks Peter, I did notice there was no forward speed on the specs!"
15 hours ago
Fusion Media posted a blog post
Etesia UK has announced three new appointments as the company continues to invest in its people, dealer network and customer support.Steven Massey has joined as Business Development Manager, Jim Maynard has taken on the role of Technical and After…
17 hours ago
Graham Taylor replied to Nicholas Breakspeare's discussion Propane torch to burn moss
"it certainly takes longer to work this time of year but it still does the job. Make sure t here's no rain due for a few days though"
yesterday
Adam Pilgrim replied to Dougie's discussion New roller mower
"Peter Sellers - you are sort of wrong ref the RM48SPH.... I have several...ALL of mine have been tuned - to a VERY brisk walk on full throttle.
There's lots of 'dealers' out there that really don't understand the machines - or really care. To meet…"
yesterday
Dougie replied to Dougie's discussion New roller mower
"Thats what i use now 4 wheeled weibang"
yesterday
Peter sellers replied to Dougie's discussion New roller mower
"Very very slow 2mph!"
yesterday
Tim Bucknall replied to Dougie's discussion New roller mower
"I was tempted by the Weibang, but horrified by the weight!  Having seen Adam's comments, I'm tempted to look at the Cobra RM48SPH (this is mostly doing small-medium gardens).  What are other people's thoughts re this mower, or Cobra in general?"
yesterday
Fusion Media posted a blog post
Redexim is pleased to announce the launch of the Turf-Tidy 5000. The Turf-Tidy 5000 is meant for cutting and collecting over large areas.Big capacity means big results. It holds up to 5,000 litres and features a dust-suppression-cover, a…
yesterday
Paul Errington replied to Sam Bainbridge's discussion Moss brush advice
yesterday
matt replied to Dougie's discussion New roller mower
"4 wheel weibangs are what i use in the wet great machines and not as heavy as the roller version"
yesterday
Jason Smith is now a member of Landscape Juice Network
yesterday
Adam Pilgrim replied to Dougie's discussion New roller mower
"Depends how much you want to spend.... Cobra/Kaaz/Lawnflite etc are a good machine for the money - I have run them for about ten years now. Yes the gearbox cogs are a consumable, but they aren't all that bad to do. Roller bearings do wear out…"
Monday
PGM replied to Dougie's discussion New roller mower
"We had a Weibang for 3 years and had no issues with it, but it was just so heavy. Plus, if you have a 4 wheeler for the wet then you don't need to worry about wet collection with your roller mower. That's why we have the Hayter, we think they're…"
Monday
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Magnetic signage for vans

Hi AllWhat are member's experiences of magnetic signage gor vans. I appreciate that the name and nature of the business will be free advertising  but the flip side of this is advertising a cache of gardening tools available to plunder. Will this…

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