LM StaffNov 3, 2023
Like a wizard, I command water to flow — clean, fresh water. When I turn on the faucet handle in my shower, I expect the…
LM Staff and LM StaffAug 14, 2023
By: Ron Hall Most of you probably aren’t old enough to remember the Peanut Gallery. In the 1950s the Peanut Gallery was the small group of…
LM Staff and LM StaffMay 27, 2015
By: Ron Hall As I was riding my bicycle near our local high school on a recent afternoon I saw something I hadn’t seen before. It…
Ron HallAug 26, 2024
Andre J. “Frenchy” Rheault is the only landscaper we know who has had a frozen dessert named in his honor. During a 20-year career as…
Everybody in my economically challenged city in northwest Ohio is becoming a contractor of one ilk or another, or so it seems. Many are suddenly…
By: Ron Hall “ Nothing is more useful than water: but it will purchase scarce anything; scarce anything can be handed in exchange for it. A…
LM StaffNov 9, 2023
On July 20, about 80 landscape/lawn service company owners and managers traversed the halls of the Senate and House office buildings in Washington D.C. to…
“Even after 30 years with Lawn Doctor, we still get calls here from people saying, ‘I want to speak with the guy with the funny…
Commercial cutters are warming to the COST SAVINGS and environmental benefits offered by alternative fuels. Tall and outgoing, Eric Hansen’s youthful enthusiasm keeps him investigating…
Just over 20 years ago, a colleague wrote a short article alerting readers to unflattering test results for a product being promoted as the next…
In 1979 Wayne Volz wanted a 10-speed bicycle. “My Dad told me that if I wanted it, I would need to earn the money to…
The Sustainable Sites Initiative’s (SITES) two-year pilot program runs from June 2010 to June 2012. Feedback from the more than 150 participating projects will be…
By: Ron Hall Lawn care companies in communities on Florida's Gulf Coast are being forced to adjust their turf nutrient programs, and their customers may have…
LM StaffMar 19, 2021
With his first job at All American Turf Beauty (AATB), the company his father started in 1976, Kevin Johnson earned $48 delivering brochures in the…
The huge dead limb shifted and crashed, without warning, to the dried leaf litter covering the soft earth on the other side of the towering…
It’s mid-spring, and many of us are putting in 50 or more hours a week to meet property owners’ expectations. What level of expectations are…
Ron HallAug 27, 2024
From the state that gave us skateboards, the Beach Boys and many of the trends we associate with modern landscaping comes an outdoor living innovation…
When Rick Kier turned 16 and was finally old enough to get his driver’s license, he took the money he had saved from a paper…
We’re over the shock of the seemingly unrelenting stream of bad news that dominated winter 2009. The daily reports of massive bank failures, record-breaking numbers…
Green, sustainable — or whatever you call it — is here. It offers us limitless opportunity. Few industries stand to gain as much from the…
LM Staff and Ron HallAug 26, 2024
Everybody wants a deal these days. Let me rephrase that. Everybody expects a deal these days. A discount. An introductory coupon. An extra perk. A…
By: Ron Hall COLUMBUS, OH – Should the U.S. turf/grounds care industry develop and adopt an IPM accreditation program? You bet, said Teri Yamada, TY Environmental…
LM Staff and LM StaffJun 15, 2015
By: Ron Hall "In managing turfgrass, your only goal is perfection. The closer you get to perfection, the more obvious your imperfections and the more difficult…
HOLLAND, MI -- The setting seemed incongruous. Here was Dr. James "Jim" Beard, who has spent more than a half century researching turfgrass and educating…
