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Business name
Karen and Peter's gardening service
Address
Stourbridge in the West Midlands
Primary telephone number:
01384 374362
Email address
superpete@tiscali.co.uk
About your business
Domestic and Commercial Garden and Grounds Maintenance.

We're based at Stourbridge in the West Midlands. We initially started our garden maintenance and improvement business for local private households, then we were invited to work on a retirement estate in Oldswinford, Stourbridge.

We currently work with four management companies at properties in Bridgnorth; Himley (near Wolverhampton) and Stourbridge, mainly on retirement estates where our man and wife team goes down well and we (nearly always :-) like very much. We also tend local private gardens.
Qualifications and/or skills
City and Guilds I, II and III in Amenity Horticulture
Combined 30 years experience.
Business category
Maintenance
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pete commented on Landscape Juice's blog post Weed killer found in human urine across Europe
"Fenland Phil said: It looks like more research is needed into this - this is the most up to date info I have found: "The way glyphosate works is that it interrupts the shikimate pathway, a metabolic function in plants that allows them to create…"
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pete replied to Robbie @ PremierLawnsni's discussion Selective Weed Killers
"I'd tell your friend it's all part of the fun of gardening and he doesn't want the stress of having to beat mares (horse) tail;-) - It doesn't stop the other plants from growing. - It is said to recede in well tended gardens...…"
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pete replied to Jen@A&J Owenwindows&gardens's discussion Badger cull
"not my intention to start up Jenny's post again - this was written several years ago but I thought it may be of interest to some.. TUBERCULOSIS ALERT - by Mark Purdey "TB is virtually endemic in the soils, waters and atmospheres of the…"
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May 17

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Phil Voice replied to pete's discussion Hornbeam hedge - leaf retention
"If you look at Pete's photos of the hedge you it's clear to see that the top growth is much denser: rapid divisions appear to start just above mid-way. One would suspect that this is where the plants have been clipped regularly? It seems…"
May 13
Nick Steele replied to pete's discussion Hornbeam hedge - leaf retention
"The gold standard solution would be to take this hedge out, and replace with beech (Phil is right, hornbeam doesn't hang onto its leaves as well as beech) planted more densely. Our beech hedge (which you can see here is planted 4 plants per…"
May 13
David Benson replied to pete's discussion Hornbeam hedge - leaf retention
"what about interplanting with beech or copper beech"
May 12

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Paul McNulty replied to pete's discussion Hornbeam hedge - leaf retention
"I hate Laurel, it needs to be cut by hand to avoid shredding the leaves if you want a really good finish, and 100m is a big job. Lon. Nitidia, avoid at all costs; it's a straggly, horrible thing unless you trim it about 6 times a year, and even…"
May 12

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Sequoiadendron giganteum.

Posted on October 14, 2010 at 17:30 4 Comments

Our newest grounds maintenance contract is around some converted barns that were last used as a motor museum, it's down the hill a bit from a Hall where several Wellingtonias are growing.



he previous owner got into trouble and the bank took everything off him. The two places are now…

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At 8:02 on March 12, 2013,
PRO Member
Phil Voice
said…

Hi Pete

Thank you. According to GoCardless the first step has been successful.
Funds will be withdrawn in about 7 days.

I'll be on my travels until Saturday afternoon but I'll report back if I hear anything to the contrary.

All best

Phil

At 21:07 on July 23, 2012, Melissa Morton said…

HI Pete. Thanks for the comment.... not actually tried Melissa tea for some reason  must try it.

Yes, your post was the one I tagged my query onto - it follows the same topic and found it useful.  I take it you got it sorted in the end?  Melissa

At 11:40 on July 5, 2012,
PRO Member
Phil Voice
said…

Hi Pete and Karen

Just wanted to say a big thank you for your kind donation to my mowerthon:) It's a great boost to my target.

At 17:44 on February 27, 2012,
PRO Member
Jen@A&J Owenwindows&gardens
said…

Hi Pete, it's letting me comment now! Hope you got the message :)

At 21:26 on October 7, 2011,
PRO Member
Gardens4u.co.uk
said…

hi,  that golf-club type weeding tools is great ( i have my dads uncles old one) excellent . , and the 'enville' ales !

im tempted to hedgecut my roses ,but think ill lop' them instead ;)

 

www.gardens4u.co.uk

 

robin

At 16:28 on May 27, 2011,
PRO Member
Jen@A&J Owenwindows&gardens
said…
Hi Pete - thank you very much for that, much appreciated!!! We are probably 75% window cleaning these days, the domestic market seems flooded with newbie start ups by us :)
At 11:01 on January 11, 2011, Alba Trees said…
Oh the midori and caik notebook do look fantastic - especially filled with lots of notes on tree and shrub planting!!
At 21:00 on November 8, 2010, pete said…
yes Briggit, that's a very good thing - very nice - and very lovely
At 20:52 on November 8, 2010, Brigitt Stevenson said…
Is that a good thing, Pete???
At 20:00 on November 3, 2010, AndyCharles-EnborneGardeningCo said…
Pete - OK, musical taste IS a personal thing, but me, Afrika Bambaataa, Tito Puente, Lois Armstrong, Gwen Stefani and the millions of Lebanese Blonde/Thievery Corporation fans don't think that Rob Myers should be ashamed of himself. And anyway, I first heard the track laying on a Maldivian beach with the guys from the O'Neill Deep Blue Surfing Tournament, so he could have been playing the spoons and it would have sounded blissed out... It always takes me back.

Laurel and Hardy? Amusing, yes. Classic chilling music to bliss out to? I don't think so. I'm off to the woods with my axe to find the lonesome pine... :)
 
 
 

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