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Business cards that make people smile

Although business cards are often derided as a bit old fashioned, they are usually your only lasting connection with someone after chatting to them so it helps to make an impression. Here are a couple of services I have used that are competitively pr
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Landscaping in Western Australia

Having just returned from a christmas break to australia to see family i was stunned by landscaping in and around Perth, Western Australia. You may be thinking is it good or bad? Well there are two aspects, first the good.Obviously they have the weat
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Uses of a Robert Peston

I don't know if anyone has noticed, but Robert Peston has been curiously absent from our screens and airwaves recently. It really struck me when I noticed that the Beeb had polished up Evan Whatshisname from Dragon's Den to do a financial programme..
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Time is rationed out to us all at the same rate: 24 hours per day and 7 days per week. But it isn’t enough. One moderately successful way around this is to hire someone else’s time, and though this costs money it frees up one’s own time a little to c
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getting a good team

is it me or is it nigh on impossible to get more than one good team member. Ive employed upto six last year & it only needs one to not pull thier weight & all the pins fall.Having said that i suppose its the same old saying while the cats away.it jus
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Short one this...

What can you do in the off season? Join a Morris Dancing side... stay tuned, this is likely to be a goldmine of material.....
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Flock it...

I see more and more interest in social networking, Facebook, Twitter, Myspace, Flickr etc. etc.Having set things up though it's easy to let ones interest wane and fail to keep up-to-date with the goings on within the various groups.I'm finding a spin
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Landscaping in 2009?

Having read some of the many articles on the effects of the credit crunch on small businesses, I wonder how it will affect my small business and how other garden designers and landscapers around Glasgow, and indeed around the UK, will cope with the c
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Spring -Summer 2009- ?

What does everyone think/expect will be the trend for 2009 in Gardening ?More effort required? more hours? less overheads? / Less Landscaping than 2008 (is it possible)! - more green stuff? advice required please.God Bless
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Will Roberts replied to Ben Huntington's discussion Advice: Fencing down Concrete Steps
"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…"
4 hours ago
robert pryor replied to robert pryor's discussion Battery hedgcutter advice
"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…"
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Stuart @ Eco Garden Maintenance updated their profile
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Sam Bainbridge replied to Andrew Bentley's discussion Finding work
"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…"
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Ian Harvey replied to Ben Huntington's discussion Advice: Fencing down Concrete Steps
"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…"
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Peel Projects updated their profile
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Adam Woods replied to Ben Huntington's discussion Advice: Fencing down Concrete Steps
"ok.. I thought it was along the hedge line... in the middle of the steps i agree, my idea isnt going to work"
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Ben Huntington replied to Ben Huntington's discussion Advice: Fencing down Concrete Steps
"The boundary line runs down the centre of these steps so esstentially it will run from the gap between the window/patio door right down the steps to where the bin is on picture 2"
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Ben Huntington replied to Ben Huntington's discussion Advice: Fencing down Concrete Steps
"Thanks for your response but we definetly want fencing instead of a hedge"
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Ben Huntington replied to Ben Huntington's discussion Advice: Fencing down Concrete Steps
"Does this give you the view you need?"
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Tim Bucknall replied to Ben Huntington's discussion Advice: Fencing down Concrete Steps
"How are you going to put a hedge down the centre of concrete steps?"
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Tim Bucknall replied to Ben Huntington's discussion Advice: Fencing down Concrete Steps
"A better picture would help, so we can see what's at the foot of the steps, and what happens to the boundary line at the top.  To get posts in any depth you'd need a big hole which would make it very hard to do neatly.  I would probably be thinking…"
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Paul Errington posted a blog post
The team at Wulstan Fencing and Landscapes, based in Stoke-on-Trent, love their Ziplevel! If you need a quote for installing fencing, driveway gates, decking or block paving, call Wulstan on  07517 205011 The Ziplevel is on Special Offer until the…
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Adam Woods replied to Ben Huntington's discussion Advice: Fencing down Concrete Steps
"I have a neighbour with a similar situation - a fence was installed to the boundary (6' posts bolted to the concrete), while it doesnt fall over it waves in the wind precariously, basically not enough support from the brackets.
Personally I'd be…"
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Ian Harvey replied to PAUL's discussion Small, compact battery strimmer with variable speed trigger?
"Have a look at the Ego St1400. Cracking piece of kit with 2 power levels and variable trigger which is easy to hold at extra low speed. Well balanced with either 2.5Ah or 4.0Ah batteries. Can take 1.6mm up to 2.5mm "string"
The only thing it doesn't…"
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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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