Landscape ManagementApr 29, 2013
Written by North Carolina State University horticulturalists Helen Kraus and Anne Spafford, "Rain Gardening in the South", provides great information on the wise use our…
James Young, president of Spring-Green Lawn Care Corp., based in Plainfield, IL, says the company offers “organic” lawn care service in addition to the traditional…
One of the aims of NOFA (Northeast Organic Farming Association), headquartered in Stevenson, CT, is to spread the word about organic growing methods and discourage…
Here’s a chance to help one of our own receive positive national recognition. Kelly Giard, founder of Clean Air Lawn Care, is one of five…
Steve Tusen is a neighbor I didn’t know, not until this past Sunday that is. Steve’s Garden Railroad was one of 10 local gardens selected…
Why is it that people, including some professional cutters, keep mowing lawns so short?Travel through just about any neighborhood and you will see turfgrass on…
For $3,300 you can buy a report from Packaged Facts telling you that the lawn and garden industry is cranking along relatively well in this…
I like the name “Joe”. Everybody that I’ve known by that name has been a regular guy, hard worker, dependable, uncomplicated.So it’s not surprising to…
My wife, Vicky, and I live on a brick street shaded by massive silver maples in a city of approximately 6,000 people in northern Ohio.…
LM Staff and LM StaffAug 7, 2012
LAKE FOREST, CA — Underhill International offers a new series of swing joints for Mirage long-throw sports field sprinklers. Available in ductile iron and PVC,…
There are more exciting ways to spend a summer day than to walk around under a hot summer sun and check out the differences among…
The generation of the Great Depression has faded away, and so too has the political ranker of that era. Few individuals remain of that era…
If you’re a young owner or just starting your landscaping business you might want to follow the example of Columbus, OH-area company owner Tim Chiles,…
Which is the better turftype tall fescue cultivar — Tarheel II or Wolfpack II?An innocent enough question, given that the question surfaced at a turfgrass…
If you’re in the landscaping business and looking for a new revenue opportunity, take a couple of minutes to investigate adding synthetic turf installations to…
Labor is the single largest expense for landscape companies. In these economically challenged times when everybody is looking for every efficiency, a remote-control mower that…
GRAND RAPIDS, MI — Emergency room doctor Nathan Arnold makes house calls.But he won’t be bringing a little black satchel of pills and ointments. He’ll…
NASSAU, THE BAHAMAS — The Bahamas Landscape Association (BLA) launched this spring. As of the end of May more than 50 individual and company members…
Not all the news you read in the newspapers or see on television makes you want to jump off a tall building. Every once in…
Paul Tukey's film, Hudson: A Chemical Reaction, premiered in Hudson, Monday night. Hudson is the small town in Quebec Province that set off the chain…
You won’t be seeing this movie in the local cinemax, but you might get to see it at a regional or state conference. Or maybe…
I recently read with interest an article in the Aurora Beacon (IL) newspaper about Kevin Franz and his Go Green Mowing Company. Apparently, Frantz has…
Years ago, a good friend was in charge of the cemetery maintenance in our small town. For some reason he didn’t get the cemetery in…
Abu Dhabi is one of the seven emirates and the second largest city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on the Persian Gulf. Although it…
