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There's no such thing as a stupid question.......
I have been watching with interest the recent thread following the 'deleting dormant accounts' email that was sent out over the weekend.
I note that a few 'less active' members say that they feel perhaps a little intimidated as they 'know less than some of the established LJN names'.
I doubt there is ANYONE on LJN that can profess to know EVERYTHING there is to know about this industry - I for one certainly don't.
I use, repair, overhaul, maintain and modify machinery that a lot of people on LJN would perhaps throw away as 'time expired' but its an approach that works for my business - although the 'Mad Max' four engined, 5 foot wide out front mower sadly still isn't finished due to a lack of time.
Lots of topics on hard landscaping are not particularly of interest to me as a maintenance business, however there is plenty of maintenance related discussions here too.
If anyone has a question, have a quick search through the handy LJN search box, if you can't find an answer just post a new discussion and I'm sure that a few people will come along and help you - often with several different ideas of how to go about solving the problems that you have.
What van, trailer, hedgetrimmer, or mower, which patio pointing product, how to build a fence (properly), how to gain customers and how to deal with things when a job or customer goes bad - I don't know where else you would find all this information in one place.
I have asked questions on several occasions on LJN, both serious and light hearted - this site has been an invaluable source of information, advice and support throughout the last year or so.
Anyway, enough waffle from me - I'm off out for 6 hours grass cutting in the rain!
(Yes - with a Hayter! )
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Permalink Reply by Geoffrey King North Yorkshire on -
Well said, Adam.
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Permalink Reply by Fenlandphil on -
I was taught the only stupid question, was the one you should have asked but didn't.
I am only quoting.
But it I do ask a lot of questions.
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Permalink Reply by paul mcdermott on -
Hat off to your Madmax creation Adam.every site should have a Mad Professor,well done and keep it up,Regards,Paul
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PRO MemberPermalink Reply by Rowly Hill on -
Here's one Adam - have you got headlights on your Hayter if your mowing grass until 3.30am? That's how I read your thread - your going now - right or wrong?
I'm being pedantic and I agree with your sentiments entirely and would encourage and support anyone from any field of the industry who "bites the bullet" and adds a thread for discussion.
I've just had a quick read back of the replies to Phils delete thread and not only has the cunning fox drawn out ( please excuse me) a lot of folk but they have inadvertently mentioned enough thread material to keep this site running with in depth and informative discussion for a good few weeks/months.
Gwen Podd get on it- this is only one example from the thread.
"I see problems with hard landscaping, carbon footprints of plants, cheap bedding plants, sourced unsustainably, peat useage, pesticides, artificial fertilisers, water wastage, lack of composting/recycling, plants not suited to benefit native insects ect"
Time issue - this has been raised as a reason not to post replies or threads.
Granted we are all busy people ( hopefully) in business and family life but I ask a question - why can't you spare a few minutes a day / week/month to benefit from or contribute to the major industry forum..how long does it really take to log on and reply to the odd thread..seconds, a few minutes. Distribute your thoughts and ideas or information or ask that stupid question!
I'm prepared for the odd retort on that one but why do the busiest business owners appear (to me) to be the major players? There you go I've said it - I'm going to get my tin hat on now:-)
Never feel that anything you think or believe in will be dismissed or overlooked and replied to in a manner befitting the professional membership.
I hasten to add you may not agree with a reply but that's positive debate in action...you can simply agree to disagree with no malice intended - it's just a case of divergent thinking.
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PRO MemberPermalink Reply by Anthony @ JDC Maintenance on -
Agree totally, we are the problem(humans) end of. Theres just too damn many of us, nice though it is for every member of your family to survive for generation after generation, its not the natural way of things. The sooner we can get into space and bugger off somewhere else(hopefully bigger) then maybe this little planet we call earth will have a fighting chance.
I dread to think what state the planet will be in, in another 100yrs, thankfully i wont be around to experience it!
Duncan said:OK then, what do you think about the unnatural extermination of the human race? lol.
If you think about it, it's the only logical conclusion of conservation policy. We're the problem. Nature will do just fine once we're gone, it'll always find a way, it's while we are around that the problems persist. I think there is no happy balance to be found while the planet hosts one animal that is quite so dominant as ourselves. I think even if the population was reduced by 90% we'd end up back in the same position, in time.
Plenty who preach conservation are still all too happy to pay 'X-amount' for a loaf of bread from a supermarket, which would cost 10 times that 'X-amount' if produced using 100% sustainable methods. (I bought an organic orange once, grown in Scotland, it cost a fiver. Tasted nice!) I think that may be where the problem lies, a problem which will never be solved. ''Conservation is all that matters, as long as it doesn't affect my privileged 21'st century western lifestyle.. too much.''
So that's the answer, (although in this industry we all consider nature and our impact upon it on a regular basis) if you felt strongly enough about conservation you'd kill yourself tomorrow, wouldn't you??
Is that the kind of question you meant? Or was this a rhetorical thread regarding questions about the landscaping industry...?
Rowly Hill said:Never feel that anything you think or believe in will be dismissed or overlooked and replied to in a manner befitting the professional membership.
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PRO MemberPermalink Reply by Brian www.mibservices.co.uk on -
Dig along and join up the six holes into three larger holes and plant your 3 shrubs, think of the advantage the three shrubs will have with all that extra hole to be filled with lots of extra compost :-))
John www.acegardenservices.co.uk said:What if I buy three shrubs and dig six holes to plant them in ?
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PRO MemberPermalink Reply by Pip Howard on -
Population trends on LJN - Wow. I disagree though with the sentiment, I have to, I have a son and we are at now at this moment in time just approaching the tipping point. http://www.sfu.ca/pamr/media-releases/2012/study-predicts-imminent-...
Landscapers, along with the full range of land management practitioners, do not just work alongside nature and thus appreciate it , we can manage it (and ALL relevant academic and scientific research concludes that the best environmentally sound landscapes are those that are well managed - particularly as we have made our mark on most landscapes now to an irreversible state) - we should be at the forefront in sorting this mess out. This fact is too widely ignored - the sustainable guru in the heads of the general population is a suited and booted solar panel salesman, which is nonsense - it is the person who can manage your garden and create compost - gardeners, farmers and foresters can save the world we know, with a lot of condoms also.
Duncan said:OK then, what do you think about the unnatural extermination of the human race? lol.
If you think about it, it's the only logical conclusion of conservation policy. We're the problem. Nature will do just fine once we're gone, it'll always find a way, it's while we are around that the problems persist. I think there is no happy balance to be found while the planet hosts one animal that is quite so dominant as ourselves. I think even if the population was reduced by 90% we'd end up back in the same position, in time.
Plenty who preach conservation are still all too happy to pay 'X-amount' for a loaf of bread from a supermarket, which would cost 10 times that 'X-amount' if produced using 100% sustainable methods. (I bought an organic orange once, grown in Scotland, it cost a fiver. Tasted nice!) I think that may be where the problem lies, a problem which will never be solved. ''Conservation is all that matters, as long as it doesn't affect my privileged 21'st century western lifestyle.. too much.''
So that's the answer, (although in this industry we all consider nature and our impact upon it on a regular basis) if you felt strongly enough about conservation you'd kill yourself tomorrow, wouldn't you??
Is that the kind of question you meant? Or was this a rhetorical thread regarding questions about the landscaping industry...?
Rowly Hill said:Never feel that anything you think or believe in will be dismissed or overlooked and replied to in a manner befitting the professional membership.
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PRO MemberPermalink Reply by Rowly Hill on -
You know me too well John and I've learnt my lesson.
I now sit here looking stupid rather than typing away and proving that I am:-)
John www.acegardenservices.co.uk said:Rowly definitely has asked a few ! :)
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PRO MemberPermalink Reply by andy@ Doughty Garden Maintenance on -
we need you back on here Rowly :-)
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