Landscape ManagementApr 29, 2013
I wonder what would happen if I sneaked into, say, southern France (I've heard that's a swell place to live) and I started marching around…
Ultra-conservative Joseph Farah, founder and editor WorldNetDaily, claims there are 20 to 30 million "illegals" in the United States and that the Council on Foreign…
How did things get so out of control with this immigration mess? It didn't happen overnight that's for sure. It didn't happen by accident either.…
If you haven't seen it yet, this week's edition of the satirical news Web site The Onion had its own take on the national immigration…
The National Gardening Association has been tracking the lawn and garden market for more than 25 years, and is not happy with the trends it's…
"People have dual interests," says Jared Bernstein, an economist speaking about the immigration reform debate now before Congress. "Ask them, do you want your lawn…
The other day as I'm getting on the bus at the Park & Ride and hoping like all get out that nobody gets on the…
There's only one law that can never be broken, other than by silly government intervention that is. And that law is the law of supply…
A friend forwarded me a news release announcing the publication of a new book by Ted Steinberg, an historian at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland,…
Spent a couple of days in Monterrey, Mexico, a week ago and you won't hear any whining about work from this corner, not as long…
The U.S. Geological Survey released a study this past Friday saying that pesticides have been found in almost all the nation's rivers and streams, and…
We all know that well-designed, well-maintained landscapes provide incredible paybacks to property owners in lots of different ways. Or we think we know that. Or…
If you're in the lawn care business, you gotta check out the following URL. It is DYE-NO-MITE information! http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/Lawn/printall.phpYou can thank me later. — Ron…
Here's a doozie. Tell me what you think.The city of Lake Forest, IL, recently came up with the idea of charging fees to all landscapers…
Kevin KehoeNov 3, 2023
At or around $900,000 in annual revenues, you need a project manager. And if you hire the right one, you can grow to $2 million with the only other hire (aside from crew leaders and members) being a design/draftsperson.
I saw the following scenario play out years earlier in Southern California. A lot of the people that work there, especially people working in low-paying…
A guy in the south Florida village of Wellington got hammered with a $6,500 fine for letting the grass in a lot he owns grow…
You've got to wonder how things get to such a sorry state. What I'm referring to is a lawsuit and a resulting countersuit involving a…
LM Staff, Landscape Management and LMOct 14, 2024
When the facility closes for football on Feb. 25, its new synthetic turf field, installed for Super Bowl practices, will be donated to a Pontiac high school
Hey friends, it's that time again — time to let your U.S. representatives and senators know what you think about the H-2B Seasonal Guest Worker…
Just got back from the Golf Industry Show (GIS) in Atlanta, the biggest Green Industry trade show in the United States. This year's event was…
This morning I received a link as part of my Google Alerts (topic for another blog post entirely) about an upcoming event sponsored by the…
Cudos to the Brandon Sun newspaper. On Monday, Feb. 6, an editorial writer at that newspaper pointed out the folly of attempting to ban pesticides…
Maybe he felt he wasn't making enough money on clients' properties. Or maybe he just needed something to keep himself busy on his lunch break.…
