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    Quote Originally Posted by PaulG View Post
    I see they spared no expense on plant selection
    Yeah I know, She wanted a very minimalist low maintenance garden, I have convinced her to put some ground covers in to fill in the gaps a bit. Atleast she let me play with a bobcat lol, first time in many years.
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    I'd love to have a job for a client where I had a real reason to hire a bobcat like that Shame she didn't want to spend more on plants though. It's always nice to be able to make an instant impact with mass plantings of a few select plants.

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    Have you seen Retain It. would have worked great for that job http://www.whiteswires.com.au/Produc...st-System.aspx
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    Well Done Brett73, Looks good
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    Yep. made some goo money on that one. its now a regular job to keep it at bay.
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    I hope you make good dollars for a clean-up like that!
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    Cant believe it but the new people who bought the place have requested a garden reno.... They want all the stones removed, mulch and agapanthas....
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    A good wager i did the other day.Attachment 6320Attachment 6322
    Everything looks good with a haircut.... ɐuıɥɔ ɯoɹɟ pɹɐoqʎǝʞ ɐ ʎnq ı ǝɯıʇ ʇsɐl ǝɥʇ sʇɐɥʇ

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    lmfao sorry mate but its nice to see im not the only one who has that sort of stuff happen to
    I dont break things ...I just use them beyond their operational limitations
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    Did this one during the week - 36 cubic metres of mulch (6x6m loads) all by hand, by myself. Took just over 12 hours. Perfect weather - 28 with nice breeze, great views and get paid well to keep fit. Also looks like I picked up the house over the road that just sold for around the 2 million mark. Will post pics when I am 100% sure.1726.jpg1731.jpg1733.jpg1736.jpg

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    Holey cow!!! that looks like real hard yakka, I'm going up there in mid Aug for a 7 day warm up
    Quote Originally Posted by troppo View Post
    Did this one during the week - 36 cubic metres of mulch (6x6m loads) all by hand, by myself. Took just over 12 hours. Perfect weather - 28 with nice breeze, great views and get paid well to keep fit. Also looks like I picked up the house over the road that just sold for around the 2 million mark. Will post pics when I am 100% sure.1726.jpg1731.jpg1733.jpg1736.jpg

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    Looks like one heavy downpour and it will all collapse onto the house? How'd you rake it over or whatever?

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    I wondered how it will cope with heavy rain....




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    It will cope with heavy rain no problems, especially if it gets some light rain to bind it all together first. Have done slopes this steep before and no problems. Yes, I used the mulch fork to get it over the edge as far as I could, then worked my way down with a steel rake to get the even spread. Used a long screwdriver to test for depth as I went. between 150 and 200mm thick. The suppliers have 2 grades, fine and superfine. The fine is the stuff that comes straight out of the grinder which is set at its tightest setting. Every now and then when the council has too much green waste at the tip they get this mob in and grind a heap up for the public to pick up free of charge, but they set the grinder at its coarsest setting. I would never use that stuff as it hasn't sat in a stockpile for long enough to build up enough heat to kill all the seed and any other nasties. I mainly use the superfine which has gone through a cylindrical screed as well to get rid of all the hairy stuff in established garden beds as it is easier to spread between the plants plus has a denser coverage which stops the weeds better. Always put urea down first because when the mulch breaks down it can suck too much nitrogen out of the soil and make everything look a bit drab. Also highly recommend using Katek Supergrowth organic fertiliser underneath to really give everything a huge kick along as well. When I first started out I used to look at a 6 metre load and think this is going to take forever, but now that I am much fitter, it's a walk in the park in comparison.

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