"I couldn`t agree more , it always astounds me the amount of people who see grass cuttings and leaves as a burden rather than free mulch or compost dressing.
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Should all gardens be composting ?
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- I started out as tree surgeon and qualified with an OND Arb, the three year course included landscaping nursery production and of couse plant knowledge as well as many other related topics.
After leaving college I spent some time working in Germany to gain additional experience.
On returning to England during a bleak economic period, I extended my skill base by moving into garden maintenance and then into landscaping, as well as tree surgery.
It was during this period that I developed a passion for transforming large gardens, and over the next ten years I worked alone in 2 to 3 acre gardens maintaining, designing, developing.
Working with wood and stones and plants, and of course hard landscaping materials.
I am experienced at natural stone walling, after many years of practice.
I now have two employees, and I am still lucky enough to spend all my time working outside in the gardens. We try to be as organic as possible when working in these gardens, and will only resort to the use of chemicals after every possible avenue has been explored, and of course after consulting with the home owner, we would honestly prefer not to use them at all.
We are based in Kingswear in Devon and mainly work in South Devon, from Torquay to Kingswear and across to Ashburton.
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Preparing a bank for wildflowers
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 10:57 3 Comments 2 Likes
The area to be prepared for sowing wildflower seeds was a steep bank over looking a swimming pool in a secluded part of the grounds of a large block of residential flats in Torquay.
It was thought that the area needed changing to attract more people down to the swimming pool by growing wildflowers and attracting more insects, especially bees, butterflies and hoverflies.…
Continue Plants for life
Posted on February 18, 2012 at 20:04 1 Comment 1 Like
Plants for life, Next time you decide to buy plants for the garden, take time out to check whether these will assist the biodiversity of the garden. Try not to get swept away by the bright colours and the fancy flower shapes of the heavily cultivated plant varieties.
Perhaps this is a legacy from the garden competitions that occur all over the UK each year, where bright, big and convoluted usually wins an award. But times are slowly changing and many people are starting to realise…
Continue Winter Garden Work in Devon
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 22:00 3 Comments 2 Likes
Like many gardeners in England, I do not hibernate during the winter months, in fact
In many ways I am just as busy, only hindered by the shorter hours and the weather, which so far this year, has not reduced the working hours.
The winter months allow us to catch up on projects that will improve things for the following growing season, where those ideas that occur during the hectic whirlwind of gardening in spring and summer, can be brought into fruition, when all the gardens…
Continue Excel spreadsheets
Posted on May 28, 2011 at 19:19 1 Comment 1 Like
Just one way of using Excel spreadsheets to keep track of money owed by customers and for sending out invoices. For people who have never used spreadsheets before.
Before reading this check out the example first.
Then work through it with an empty…
Continue The ice age
Posted on May 22, 2011 at 18:23 0 Comments 2 Likes
One of those crazy lunchtime chats,
The melting polar ice caps got us chatting the other day at work,
The earths wobble was the subject of the day, the cause of the seasonal, and the global temperature changes, and the earths weather, as the tilt disperses the angle that the rays of the sun hit the earths surface.
The same phenomenon that caused the invading Romans to grow grape vines on the South sloping slopes in England in the warm concentrated…
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Jez Young replied to John www.acegardenservices.co.uk's discussion Should all gardens be composting ?
Phil Voice replied to John www.acegardenservices.co.uk's discussion Post replies on LJN"I know you care John but I wouldn't worry:)
LJN serves (has served) its purpose for many people. There are groups across the British Isles who've met their friends or sucked out what they've needed and moved on to pastures…"
Ian @ redbarrow.com replied to John www.acegardenservices.co.uk's discussion Post replies on LJN"Great flounce, John! ;)
We're all blaming the weather!"
David Channon replied to John www.acegardenservices.co.uk's discussion Post replies on LJN"I don't go to the pub every night. Maybe a couple of times on the trot and then not for days or weeks sometimes.
Same with LJN. I drop in, catch up, chip in if I think it might help and just observe if I can't add anything usefull.
Look on…"
Mark replied to John www.acegardenservices.co.uk's discussion Post replies on LJN"Toys cot....out..?
It's always quiet when it's this busy....!
That's a good thing !!!!!?
Off to cut the grass ;-)
Mark
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David Cox replied to John www.acegardenservices.co.uk's discussion Post replies on LJN"True - the loss of this experience has certainly hit responses and help given - undermining the value of ljn.
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Craig McGibbon replied to John www.acegardenservices.co.uk's discussion Post replies on LJN"John,
Sadly l think that for numerous reasons LJN has lost some very key and active members in the last year... we are definitely seeing the effects of this!
Craig"
"John, don't take it personally - just remember what are important topics and threads to you, me and some others will not be so important to remainder on LJN and vice versa.
Certainly the weather has people's minds on other things at the…"
Stuart @ Eco Garden Maintenance replied to John www.acegardenservices.co.uk's discussion Should all gardens be composting ?"I hope my response was not taken as a moan or anti composting. My view is quite the opposite - composting is very important. My comment about compost areas being smelly was not my own view but it is mentioned by people who know nothing about…"
Stuart @ Eco Garden Maintenance replied to John www.acegardenservices.co.uk's discussion Post replies on LJN"Don't go John, i will miss you. The eco movement needs voices such as yours. I have been more tired than usual of late because of the heat and work load and so have not contributed quite as much as usual. The forum has lost a few key players…"
Pip Howard replied to John www.acegardenservices.co.uk's discussion Lawn biodiversity"A Practical guide to digging a hole and quick evaluation of topsoil:
http://www.naturalengland.org.uk/Images/EA-think-soils_tcm6-28196.pdf"
Nick @ NM Garden Services Ltd replied to John www.acegardenservices.co.uk's discussion Post replies on LJN"I never bother with the chat and only reply to things if I can add useful comments.
I guess the good weather means that everyone's chasing their tails a bit!
Nick"
Geoffrey King North Yorkshire replied to John www.acegardenservices.co.uk's discussion Should all gardens be composting ?"Composting, (which we do) requires pro active participation in your garden, something that many people seem to have an in built reluctance to do.
The idea that your garden and household green waste turns into a rich organic food for your garden,…"
Geoffrey King North Yorkshire replied to John www.acegardenservices.co.uk's discussion Post replies on LJN"Hi John,
Consider the time, 9.45 pm Sat night, blue skies all day, first time in ages a sunny weekend, maybe everyone is just not ready to discuss your never ending list of subjects....LOL"
Martin www.classicgardens.org replied to John www.acegardenservices.co.uk's discussion Post replies on LJN"I started on the forums from the very start, and it's always the same at this time of year. Please don't take this the wrong way but people are just to busy to be posting on here when they get home after a hell of a long day."
David Cox replied to John www.acegardenservices.co.uk's discussion Post replies on LJN"John - take the evening off and come back - activity is down due to the heat - many of us are in the shade panting for breath.
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Comment Wall (14 comments)
- 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,
Graeme @ BGS said… - 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, Pip Howard said…
- 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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