Hello all,

Back in January I wrote my first blog, "Onwards and Upwards" http://www.landscapejuicenetwork.com/profiles/blogs/onwards-and-upwards

This described my origins and my plans for my business. Well I think it's time for a bit of an update.

Well I did state that I would like to get a bigger van and as it happens my hand was kind of forced with this as my poor old Renault Kangoo…

Our businesses occupy a large percentage of our time, being self employed is a different world from being employed. With most employed work when you clock off you can go home and relax until the next morning.

 Self employment, running your own business, means many hours outside of the actual working day spent on paperwork, purchasing, quoting, or even just thinking about everything. I've also spent a lot of dreamtime at work too!

 I relish this about running a business, I love…

One of my favorite aspects of my job is tree work, I love looking at trees, the form of their branches, the shape of their crowns.

When I am pruning a tree it is a job that engages my brain, I'm not just following a lawnmower for a few hours lost in my own thoughts, I study the tree and think about each cut and what shape the cuts are…

As i'm sat here on my one day off thinking about the weeks work to come, it got me thinking about things.

I was brought up with parents and grandparents who worked hard for a living, My Grandad worked all of his life from the age of 14 until 3 months before he died, he did a whole range of jobs, had his own businesses and always worked to the best of his ability.

The same goes for my mum and dad, when i was young my dad started up a Radiator manufacturing company in partnership…