Landscape ManagementApr 29, 2013
Did you hear about the landscaper out in Oregon who won a giant lottery last week? We're talking a national, multi-million dollar win here, and…
Thieves struck the landscape businesses of two friends this past week. They stole two trucks from one and one truck from the other. Both run…
LM's parent company, Questex Media Group, is moving out of our ancestral home at the Middleburg Heights headquarters of Advanstar Communications. On Monday, we're moving…
If the telephone rings anytime between 6 p.m. - 10 p.m. at our home during the week or anytime between 9 a.m.-5 p.m. on Saturdays,…
Ottawa is the capital city of Canada. Wednesday, Nov. 9, lawmakers there defeated a bylaw aimed at banning the "cosmetic use" of pesticides on properties…
Brown is the color of the face of labor in southwest Florida. Behind the McDonald's register, stocking supermarket shelves, yanking soggy pink insulation from the…
Looking back at the Green Industry Expo (GIE) that finished up Saturday evening it's difficult for me to describe its success. Even after 21 years…
There was something funny going on in Orlando at the Green Industry Expo. It started with the opening speaker, corporate comedian Greg Schwem, who poked…
As Ron mentioned yesterday, the Landscape Management team is busy here in Orlando at Green Industry Expo. We're testing equipment, meeting readers and looking out…
Nothing stays the same and industries, like people, change. The same goes for trade shows. The Green Industry Expo is underway in Orlando this week.…
If you're expecting to read about some issue related to landscape or grounds care in this blog, you can stop. If you want to read…
Lawmakers in Ottawa, the capital city of Canada, were supposed to vote on a bylaw to ban the use of lawn care chemicals. There are…
We got a news release the other day about a guy by the name of Steve Sandalis. Not only has his face and/or chiseled body…
Can an aging editor, one with a scarcity of hair but still somewhat lively of step, learn the tango? That's the question. When David Zerfoss…
The job requires that I stay close to my computer and the Web, which means I spend a fair amount of time in libraries and…
Those of you who have been to big trade shows like EXPO and GIE know what it's all about: The maze of booths inside, mowers…
Thanks Mr. Fred Haskett, who along with his lovely wife Kelly, operate a U.S. Lawns franchise in St. Louis. He was the speaker we (Landscape…
The buzz at this year's OPEI EXPO in Louisville centers around the possibility of combining it with the Green Industry Expo (GIE), the trade show…
There's a new "smoke shop" on the main street of of our town. I walk or drive by it every day. It's a busy place.…
The headlines today trumpet the catastrophic and potentially catastrophic, the effect of it is to: a) remind of us of that terrible things happen and…
How many people are living and working in the United States without authorization, so-called illegals? I've heard somewhere in the neighborhood of 10-12 million. How'd…
A beautiful weekend here along the south shore of the great big pond we call Lake Erie and everybody is movin' and groovin'. The roads…
LM StaffJan 8, 2015
A defining event 31 years ago set this landscape company owner on the road to professionalism.
I’ve always been slightly disappointed in the lack of technological progress in the world. Sure, we now have portable telephones that also take pictures, record…
