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Planting happiness

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Colin Hunt replied to John's discussion Extra work from no advertising
"We still do the 7.30-4.30 day as above. Once you start working an extra hour here and there it soon becomes the norm. Bit like buying a bigger shed - you can keep going until you have an aircraft hanger full of cr*p. "
Mar 30
John Baker replied to John's discussion Extra work from no advertising
"Last week I took a couple of hours off work to try and re organise our weekly work scedule. Interesting hobby!"
Mar 30
John replied to John's discussion Organic or chemical lawn treatment - which is cheaper ?
"It is an interesting report Pete, but there seems to be something missing from the organic treatment which would have quite an effect on the costings. For whatever reason they have not mulched/recycled the grass clippings. "
Mar 25

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Stuart @ Eco Garden Maintenance replied to John's discussion Organic or chemical lawn treatment - which is cheaper ?
"Excellent report Pete. Thanks for sharing this."
Mar 25
pete replied to John's discussion Organic or chemical lawn treatment - which is cheaper ?
"Cost Comparison of Chemical and Natural Turf Management"
Mar 24
Colin Hunt replied to John's discussion Stihl new 4 mix r engine
"Give us a clue Mark, I'm thinking of getting a combi before the end of the month. "
Mar 18
Ben Scott replied to John's discussion Stihl new 4 mix r engine
"Hi Mark, What sort of problems, so I know what to expect. I also have the 460. Ben."
Mar 18
Mark Gibbens replied to John's discussion Stihl new 4 mix r engine
"We are having huge problems with the FS460"
Mar 17
John replied to David Flinders's discussion Recommended 3D Garden design
"Google SketchUp 8 - free download, easy to use, and just a first class program."
Mar 9
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Robbie @ PremierLawnsni replied to John's discussion Lawn care
"1/ Scarification Should be carried out either at the start of the growing season or the end. Preferable when it is warm and wet - i.e. March, April, May & Late August, September, early October 2/ Hollow / solid tined aeration Depending on what…"
Mar 9
John replied to John's discussion Lawn care
"We scarified a large lawn this week, it was in a really bad state, we got about 20 ton dumpy bags out of it. :( - Mainly moss. We took over the maintenance contract last year, and realised that the lawns had been previously badly treated - cut…"
Mar 9
David Grimes replied to John's discussion Lawn care
"Scarification we start April or as soon as the Grass is growing well. and done again during the season as and when required if thatch is a problem heavy scarification takes place in autumn we will feed one or two wks before to help recovery"
Mar 9
Matthew Crudgington replied to John's discussion Lawn care
"Have a look at this, gives a rough timetable for various operations"
Mar 8
John replied to John's discussion Lawn care
"Still waiting an answer to my question Mark "
Mar 8
John replied to Dave Bruton's discussion Advice on buying my first van
"High top vans enable you to get many ton dumpy bags full of rubbish in with the tools, saving you the cost of a trailor."
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At 13:36 on February 6, 2011, Brigitt Stevenson said…
Nice, MUDDY, Rubber Boots, John....???
At 0:26 on July 10, 2010, Helen Nock said…
Perhaps not a bad thing you couldn't listen to my funny voice!! Anyway, thank you for looking and supportive comments, and yes it is scary.
We have plenty of wildlife towers in the quarry via mountains of discarded wood piles but not beautiful like your construction. Been so busy with work all my gardening interests have taken a back seat but I have plenty of interesting bits and found objects to construct something when I get roundtuit!
I do have a Bee Tower sculpture, my second garden sculpture situated by my studio. I was so excited when I created it. It has hosepipe lined chambers and slate louvres to flash off rain fall but I didn't realise then that bees prefer to burrow their own holes. Lady birds and other small creatures make good use of it though. I like the idea of making something out of drift wood with encouraging nooks and crannies.
At 21:08 on July 3, 2010, Helen Nock said…
Hi John,
thank you for your attention and great comments on the work videos. I really owe the push to Phil Voice. I'd been considering when I read his short post on using videos for art work etc to give a more rounded and interactive view. I've been doing it ever since. My client's love it when I surprise them with a work in progress video update (so far). I'm even adding talk over now. Still feeling nervous and clumsy but getting better with practice. Here's my latest mid development of current work
At 22:51 on June 5, 2010, Matt said…
Hi John, its great to hear from you. Its not an easy living up on the moor and I have been trying to look further a field... if there is anything I can help with in any way, let me know. Cheers.

As to the comment about fencing styles... we are all standing on the shoulders of giants mate. My styles and designs came from better men than me.

Matt
At 8:37 on April 2, 2010, Anne Hardcastle said…
Thanks for your positive comment on my mown path photo. It can be chilly on that site but the views which include the Bell Rock Lighthouse on the horizon ARE fabulous. Good to see your photos, I love Devon too and not being a native Scot am often home sick.

Anne
At 20:43 on April 1, 2010,
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Graeme @ BGS
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Cheers John - At first I tought it was an Aprils fool joke!! Nice feature for the members
At 9:48 on March 21, 2010, HM GARDENS said…
Hi John thanks for the invite, I've learnt so much from reading the threads given me a boost, think I will be asking lots of questions over time!!

Miranda
At 23:16 on March 13, 2010,
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Pip Howard
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Thanks John, I cannot say too much at the moment but can state that from networking on the LJN could well have improved my life beyond my best expectations. Hope all well in Torquay according to my Mother in Law you have had much better weather there than we have.

Pip
At 13:23 on February 15, 2010, Nicky @ GardenImprovements.com said…
John - never made it to the park - bloody half marathon was on on Sunday morning so transport was knackered - got to see Sagrada Familia, La Pedrera and Casa Batllo though so got plenty of inspiration!! Great city - definitely going back sometime!

Hope we can rally the support for this association - I'm enjoying your comments!!
At 14:20 on February 7, 2010, Nicky @ GardenImprovements.com said…
Haha - John I look forward to meetin you for a pint one of these days...and teaching you some decent patter!! I have SketchUp 7 but I am versed in the skills of other software I've been using which, in my opinion is far more in-depth that SketchUp - although SketchUp has a few features unavailable to mine, but I can import SketchUp objects which is neat.
 
 
 

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