I’ve been thinking of ways to create new original content for my followers outside of the usual ‘how to‘ articles and ‘price guides‘ when it comes to my gardening and landscaping blogs and after conversations with some readers, I’ve made the decision to write weekly articles showing what it’s like to actually run a gardening…
Category: My work
We now have a gardening discussion forum
So it’s been over a year since creating this website where I hoped to help you with your gardening needs, from planting and growing your own vegetables to laying your own paving slabs, erecting your own fence panels right through to price guides and how much you should expect to pay to have work done…
A nice little garden project installing fake grass and a raised flower bed
With the majority of my jobs taking a good couple of weeks to finish at the moment, it was nice to take on a little landscaping project which included the installation of artificial turf, a raised flower bed by using railway sleepers and the addition of a trellis on the garden shed to finish it…
I installed a garden fence and removed a concrete foundation
One of my most recent jobs included the erection of 7 – 8 fence panels as well as the removal of a large, 10″ deep concrete base which was previously used to hold a car garage. The owners of the property explained that the reason that there was a random car garage in the middle…
A nice little gardening job that went well…
Up until now, I have been busy with hard landscaping which has included the laying of paving slabs and installation of fence posts and panels, so it was a breath of fresh air to receive a random text one day, along with pictures, asking for a price to cut down some laurels, cut down a…
I smashed a customer’s Window with a garden strimmer!
Well, as a gardener offering garden maintenance, it has happened before and it will happen again…I smashed a customer’s Window when using a garden strimmer! This was a new one-off customer who was looking to tidy the garden up after the previous tenants moved out, and was looking to put the property back on the…
I just finished building a large shed!
This job was actually done for a neighbour of my mother’s where the lady had asked if I could build her a large shed. Upon my first visit with Dorrie to discuss her needs, she actually wanted options for a brick built shed as she was planning on using half of it as an office…
New plans for my gardening blog
It’s been a year since my first post on my gardening blog, and in that time I’ve only written 26 posts, a far cry from the 3 posts per week I originally planned on doing. But this year I want to do things differently, and if I write about it, I’ll have to stick by…
How to install a metal side gate for your garden
It’s not everyday that you see metal side gates, which is crazy when you think that they are pretty much indestructible compared to the more common wooden gates. I can only imagine that the real reason is due to the price difference (yes metal gates are fairly more expensive compared to wooden ones) but when…
My biggest Winter landscaping job yet
Being a self employed landscape gardener as well as providing garden maintenance does have its upsides, such as working in those hot summer days, freedom to work when you want to as well as going as far to pick your customers, but the absolute biggest challenge is when Winter comes! That’s not because it’s cold…