Landscape ManagementApr 29, 2013
Louisville, KY, in mid winter is not one of America's party cities. But it is a darn good location to hold a big educational/networking event.…
Granted the Internal Revenue Service tax code is long, complicated and best left to those green-shaded, pasty accountant types. But that's not to say we…
Fox News in Memphis is reporting that ServiceMaster, parent company of TruGreen ChemLawn, Terminix and Merry Maids is building a new $122 million headquarters two…
In it's never ending struggle to make the world a safer place it seems the Environmental Protection Agency delivered a dumbfounding ruling, one which might…
Sometimes, when we've come across a news story about a landscaper being robbed or worse, most of the time it's a case of being in…
Contractors are so busy thinking about the next sale or the next day's operations they too often neglect to protect what they've got. If you…
"The best thing that could be for this man is that he gets locked up because if I ever run into him he's going to…
Moles can be a serious and frustrating problem, but some things are just better left to the professionals. In a scenario reminiscent of Bill Murray…
Sometimes, and I only mean sometimes - when I'm feeling particularly generous - I feel sorry for the EPA. At least, as sorry as you…
Check out this “school” if you're short of help and looking for an employee with some Green Industry knowledge - the school of hard knocks.The…
Kevin Campanella, a landscaper from Rhode Island, was featured in an article celebrating the holiday of Festivus, an anti-Christmas holiday created on Seinfeld. If you…
Countrywide Lawn Doctor, a UK-based landscaper is offering free franchises. It's a brilliant marketing scheme, but will it hurt the industry? The company is getting…
Give Snow King John Allin credit. The former Erie, PA-landscape company owner and one of the forces in the formative years of the Snow &…
Jim and Lea Sharp, Sharp Lawns, Mooresville, IN, say the holiday decorating season keeps getting longer and longer, with some customers wanting their home decorations…
LM StaffDec 18, 2014
We've heard about many landscape companies are offering holiday decorating as an add-on service. From what I've seen so far this season, for the sake of good taste, even more companies need to be doing this.
Nothing could be more tragic than the loss of the child. Being responsible for that death and having to live with that knowledge for the…
It's sometimes amazing the stories you'll see come across when you "Google" the word "landscaper." A lot of the time, the news involves the police…
Reporter Tarron Lively wrote an excellent piece about Project Evergreen's GreenCare for Troops program. The article appeared on Thanksgiving day in the Washington Times newspaper.…
The Tampa Tribune newspaper on Friday, Nov. 17, reported that a man operating a tractor mowing unit on I-75 about 9 p.m. was the cause…
Interesting piece in "Heard on the Street" column in the Wall Street Journal. There's speculation that investor groups are looking at the parent company of…
I can't recall my dad, Cliff, ever saying a bad word about anybody — ever. He wasn't the most ambitious guy, that's for sure. He…
A vote can't get much closer than the one in Brunswick, ME, mandating the use of organic practices on all city-owned properties. The initial tally…
A big attaboy to Kurt Steinke, a professor of turfgrass ecology at Texas A&M University. When it came time to dispose of a large section…
