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Answer for the clue "Landscaper's activity ", 6 letters:
liming

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Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Liming is a process used for parchment or leather processing, in which hides are soaked in an alkali solution . It is performed using a drum and paddle or a pit. Its objectives are: Removal of interfibrillary proteins . Removal of Keratin proteins. Collagen ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
alt. 1 (present participle of lime English) 2 (context Trinidadian Caribbean slang English) hanging around, usually in a public place with friends, enjoying the scene. vb. 1 (present participle of lime English) 2 (context Trinidadian Caribbean slang English) ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lime \Lime\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Limed (l[imac]md); p. pr. & vb. n. Liming .] [Cf. AS. gel[=i]man to glue or join together. See Lime a viscous substance.] To smear with a viscous substance, as birdlime. These twigs, in time, will come to be limed. --L'Estrange. ...

Usage examples of liming.

Sam Hayward threshing—Billings and Bass carting earth and seaweed and liming the compost.

We would all be glad to reach the end of this journey, for the weather had turned raw, with sleet showers more frequent, as well as frost liming the grass in the mornings.

Nobody here had much grasp on stuff like liming the soil or rotating crops, either.

Probably they also required dumping one's wood ashes into privies, as a form of liming them.