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Do you have a disaster avoidance plan?

Posted by Phil Voice on October 1, 2008 at 10:00am

There is no denying in my book that it is going to be grim for a while and landscaping and gardening contracts will be leaner and fewer and far between. I have this morning written a post on the Landscape Juice blog titled 'The storm before the storm

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Welcome to the Landscape Juice Network

Posted by Phil Voice on September 28, 2008 at 9:30am

Welcome to the Landscape Juice Network.

My name is Phil Voice and I have created this site to help professional gardeners, landscapers, designers, product manufacturers and suppliers [and also private gardeners and home owners] who might be looking

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The lovely Saturday E Mail

Posted by Kerrie John-The garden design Co on September 27, 2008 at 5:44pm

I finished planting a contemporary garden a week last Friday. I designed it, Dale Pellatt built it.It's always good to hear that the clients are happy with the thought and skills taken to produce 'THE' garden that they dreamed of. This is the 'makes

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Natural perspectives exhibition at Moors valley country park

Posted by Richard Loader on September 23, 2008 at 9:00pm

Sue and myself have just set up our third exhibition at Moors valley country park in East Dorset. The images are all locally captured and are themed into three sets: Floral, Landscape and Animals. The animals set has a strong bias towards New Forest

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Environment Agency issues guidance on the permeable surfacing of front gardens

Posted by Phil Voice on September 21, 2008 at 1:30pm

We were reminded by Stuart Marler about the impending - new legislation for driveways from October 2008 and Lara Warner - Permeable Paving. The information has now been released and it does not look as onerous as first thought. The bullet points are

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A day in the life of...

Posted by Cat Fereday on September 15, 2008 at 9:00pm

Anyone who follows my blog - yes, both of you.... will have surmised that today's news about Lehman's was likely to have led to - well, to say the least - an 'eventful' day for me. Most of the morning, I sat at my desk during the day, typing 'Lehman'

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Gardening Excellence goes Digital

Posted by Andrew Fereday on September 15, 2008 at 8:37pm

Well, it's about time that I got up to date with technology so I went out and got myself an inexpensive (OK, cheap) little digital compact camera at the weekend. I've been struggling with some beautiful but very awkward old fashioned film cameras for

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Win a blog and free marketing for a year

Posted by Phil Voice on September 15, 2008 at 11:00am

I know that everyone here has the ability to optimise their own advertising and marketing by blogging, until your fingers are sore, here on the network. I want to take the strain and help ramp up one lucky members business by building and writing the

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Have you renewed your photo driver's licence?

Posted by Cat Fereday on September 13, 2008 at 9:30am

This is a community service message - I've have recently become aware that the new style photo driver's licences require renewing (for a fee) every ten years. If you have one of these, and it is more than ten years old, you may be driving without a v

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Government Guidance on Permeable Paving finally issued

Posted by Lara Warner on September 12, 2008 at 9:21am

Just in advance of the commencement date for the new Regulations of 1st October the Government has provided its guidance paper on implementing the new rules.I for one am pleased to see that common sense appears to have prevailed and as long as a rain

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DEFRA at it again it would appear - now they want to ban the lawn!!!

Posted by Lara Warner on September 10, 2008 at 9:30am

I will simply post the link for now to the headline from yesterday's Daily Express. I am trying to get a copy of the "consultation" document to post on here too.This is hardly the input the industry needs from the government when we are facing the cu

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A taste of the Life the Gardener's Wife Aspires to...

Posted by Cat Fereday on September 9, 2008 at 11:00pm

This is going to sound sooooo dreadful, but before I get into it, I have to swear that this is completely uncommon... in fact, it's very nearly unique, like the Bosin-Higgs particle (I probably spelled that wrong!). Okay, here goes.... last Saturday,

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Using images from the web in blogs and web sites

Posted by Richard Loader on September 9, 2008 at 10:00pm

A picture speaks a thousand words - an old saying but perhaps even more true now than when it was said by an early Emperor of the Xia Dynasty in China about 4,000 years ago.With the coming of broadband, photographic and graphic images have become eas

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Writing a blog post and using photographs

Posted by Craig McGinty on September 9, 2008 at 12:09pm

I HAVE noticed a number of great photographs being uploaded to the site in the past few days, they clearly show the hard work, imagination and skills of members. But here are a few tips to make sure you are getting plenty of bang for your buck: - Eac

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The Silent Witness that will never talk

Posted by Phil Voice on September 6, 2008 at 2:21pm

You may have been forced to stay in this weekend as the rough weather takes it's toll and causes many plans to change. I have written quite a few posts that many of Landscape Juice readers would have missed because the stores were posted before they

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Begging for marrows....

Posted by Cat Fereday on September 3, 2008 at 8:23pm

Next Friday, the office bunch are off volunteering for a local school. They're tidying up an area which is going to become a 'woodland classroom'. When news of this volunteering escapade was first mooted in July, I have to say I felt an overwhelming

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Well duh!

Posted by Cat Fereday on September 1, 2008 at 10:11pm

Standing on the precipice of redundancy with only the dead tree root which is my technical knowledge keeping me from plummeting down into the valley of cohabiting with the in-laws as I am.... I'm constantly on the look out for new career avenues and

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Ooooo - Naughty Plant Show People

Posted by Cat Fereday on August 31, 2008 at 10:00pm

Plans went a bit awry today... originally, we had intended to motor up to Newby Hall for a large scale plant sale. Okay, seems a bit late in the season, but... have Volvo estate, have gardening husband (with map) and have some spare cash.... besides,

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A Roundup of landscape and gardening news

Posted by Phil Voice on August 31, 2008 at 9:30am

The Horticulture Week reports the banning of Sodium Chlorate by the European Commission (EC). The Pesticides Safety Directorate (PSD) announced that the EC pesticides review committee voted in July was for non-inclusion of chlorates in Annex 1. The G

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Announcement - Autumn has arrived

Posted by Cat Fereday on August 28, 2008 at 10:00pm

I have been notified of the formal arrival of Autumn... by Fereday as he put the duvet back onto the bed... The following banter ensued....Me: "You'll be fretting over chillblains soon...."Fereday: "Already am...."Me: "And it'll be all worrying about

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The Landscape Juice Network's Aims and Objectives

Posted by Phil Voice on June 30, 2010 at 9:00am

The Landscape Juice Network (LJN)

What is it?

LJN is an open association of individuals and companies involved in landscaping, garden maintenance, horticulture and garden design.

The site is…

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A Quick Reminder to Talk

Posted by Fleur Voice on January 17, 2020 at 6:32pm

As Blue Monday is fast approaching, I thought it would be a good idea to give a small reminder to our community here on Landscape Juice to remember to tell people about your worries and if you’re having negative thoughts. Talking about emotions…

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Diversity in the Horticulture Industry

Posted by Fleur Voice on February 20, 2020 at 7:49pm

“Gardening programmes tend to be very ‘traditional’ white middle-class in their attitude towards gardening”, Julia Sargeant said in an interview after she won gold at Chelsea Flower Show in 2016. She was the first black gardener to design…

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The Impact of Burglary on the Individual

Posted by Fleur Voice on November 20, 2019 at 4:14pm

Studies report that burglary is one of the most emotionally impactful crimes to be a victim of. The prevention of being succumbed to it is always at the back of our minds – is anything on show? Are all the windows closed? Did you definitely lock…

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The LJN Big Interview with Westhill Garden & Landscaping Ltd

Posted by Fleur Voice on October 10, 2019 at 9:13pm in Company publicity

Dan never knew that he would be orchestrating a ten-man-band five years ago when he packed in…

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Starting a gardening or landscaping business?

Posted by Phil Voice on October 1, 2010 at 6:30am

This series isn't just for landscapers and gardeners starting out: it's also a refresher for existing…

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Open forum activity

Peter sellers replied to David Benson's discussion liquid moss killer

"Pro kleen liquid iron sulphate direct from Pro kleen around £21 for 2x5lts delivered. We put 2.5lts in a 12lt knapsack, thoroughly wet area, avoid hot windy days.
Have used it for years highly recommend."

Martin Ashdown posted a discussion

New episode of Two Ordinary Blokes Podcast

We chat over knowing your numbers, eating frogs and RASI forms. Please like and share to help us grow this channel.https://open.spotify.com/episode/0PwhpTOoJrhqiyRRK32qM7?si=252f7534...

Dave Colton replied to David Benson's discussion liquid moss killer

"I haven't use liquid iron but do use soluble iron sulphate, takes a wee bit more mixing as it's a powder but I find it goes further and is cheaper than the liquid, I get mine from agrigem."

David Benson posted a discussion

liquid moss killer

i have to treat some small areas of lawn with a lot of paving round them and one area there is a swiming pool. my usual way is lawn sand and a broardcast spredder but this is not ideal for this job, what liquid killer do you recomend for a knapsack…

James Brett liked Martin Ashdown's discussion Two Ordinary Blokes in Business Podcast

James Brett updated their profile

Bryn Edmondson updated their profile

Sam Bainbridge replied to Dougie's discussion Looking for a new roller machine

"Horrible in the wet just shows we are all different. I wouldn't even consider hayter for the terrible collection reason"

Groundleader replied to Peter sellers's discussion Retirement advice

"This is definitely NOT my field of expertise, but I'd guess what most buyers might be interested in, could include:
1) What's the realistic market value of your "hard" assets (vehicles, machinery, tools, materials etc).
2) For the "goodwill" part…"

Greenlawns replied to Dougie's discussion Looking for a new roller machine

"I've used Hayter harrier 56 pro mowers for 30 years . They're the best for maintenance, admittedly not great in the wet , but I wouldn't change . "

Sam Bainbridge replied to Dougie's discussion Looking for a new roller machine

"Interesting with the weibang I've had 1 for 5yrs bought new and it's been fine nothing to report as of yet which compared to the honda new needing a new back end after 18 months."

Sam Bainbridge replied to Dougie's discussion Looking for a new roller machine

"Buy an old Honda roller mower, the new ones break in 18 months and cost you £500 that is then repeated every 12 months.
Either a honda or others the same which actually came out of the same factory with different names, sharp, lawnflite, kaaz, all…"

Max alam posted a discussion

how good does this look?

Im looking for my first 100 founding members to join and use canopy and i have approx 65 spaces left.. if your in the UK running a garden maintenance / landscaping company and could be intrested , feel free to enter the waiting list.Thecanopyapp.com

Tim Bucknall replied to Daniel Gillings @ DC inc's discussion Rumble strips in lawn!

"Can you change the direction of mowing? Always using a roller mower in the same pattern can cause this.
"

Max alam posted a discussion

Invoicing / Quoting

does anyone find themselves spending money on an invoicing and qouting app? do some of you use tradify to manage bookings and schedule?whats the best way to manage workflow when you get busy in the season ?

Paul Errington replied to Daniel Gillings @ DC inc's discussion Rumble strips in lawn!

"Try using a Turf Teq Power Rake to smooth it out. It will mill off the high spots and work the spoil into the low bits."

New episode of Two Ordinary Blokes Podcast

We chat over knowing your numbers, eating frogs and RASI forms. Please like and share to help us grow this channel.https://open.spotify.com/episode/0PwhpTOoJrhqiyRRK32qM7?si=252f753485694354

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Started by Martin Ashdown in Accountancy, Business, and Marketing

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liquid moss killer

i have to treat some small areas of lawn with a lot of paving round them and one area there is a swiming pool. my usual way is lawn sand and a broardcast spredder but this is not ideal for this job, what liquid killer do you recomend for a knapsack…

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Started by David Benson in Pesticides

2 Replies · Reply by Peter sellers 17 hours ago

Views: 42

how good does this look?

Im looking for my first 100 founding members to join and use canopy and i have approx 65 spaces left.. if your in the UK running a garden maintenance / landscaping company and could be intrested , feel free to enter the waiting list.Thecanopyapp.com

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Started by Max alam in Business

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Views: 38

Invoicing / Quoting

does anyone find themselves spending money on an invoicing and qouting app? do some of you use tradify to manage bookings and schedule?whats the best way to manage workflow when you get busy in the season ?

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Started by Max alam

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