tlcstaff (TLC)BusinessFleet Tracker Helps Recover $70,000 Worth of Stolen EquipmentWhen Dave Rogers signed up Elcon Corporation for Zonar’s fleet management system to keep tabs on company equipment, he didn’t think he would be using it to track and catch thieves red-handed with $70,000 worth of his company’s equipment in a remote area of northwestern Oregon.February 15, 2013BusinessCollapsed Connecticut Greenhouses Could Hurt Landscape IndustryThe massive storm that dumped more than 2 feet of snow in many parts of Connecticut was only the latest headache for Mark Sellew as he struggles through storms and a weak economy to run his family farm in rural Lebanon.February 15, 2013BusinessTop 10 AttachmentsUntil just recently, the Great Recession put a good many landscapers across the country in survival mode. A dearth of new home construction along with a tsunami of foreclosures and high unemployment resulted in the loss of many longtime landscape maintenance customers as well as the availability of new landscaping projects. As a result, many landscapers have been forced to reconsider the equipment they need to remain productive and profitable.February 15, 2013BusinessJohn Deere Reveals 35G Compact ExcavatorJohn Deere has introduced a 35G Compact Excavator. A smaller, nimbler cousin to John Deere’s G-Series excavators, the 35G is designed for rental, commercial/residential building, landscaping, underground and site development, and offers a Final Tier 4 engine, without the need for an after treatment device.February 14, 2013BusinessMower Shop Fixes Mower, Much MoreTom Adinolfi is owner of the Mower Shop of Dayton, but he’s also been an auto mechanic, contractor, DJ, nightclub manager, chemical reactor operator, semi-pro hockey player, lifeguard and bouncer.February 14, 2013BusinessXeriscape Can Include Plants From Every ContinentIf the Cline Shale oil play is as big as Prudhoe Bay, water will become even dearer. Many more people will be moving here, wanting housing with some sort of attractive landscaping. The amount of water we have available for irrigating home landscapes will continue to shrink — some sort of public water restrictions will be in place forever.February 13, 2013BusinessIrrigation audits help reduce customer costs, improve water efficiencyIrrigation audits give landscapers a new tool to reduce customer costs and use water more efficiently. For many business owners, audits are about as popular as broadleaf weeds on a new lawn. But there’s one kind of audit that landscapers who install irrigation systems should embrace: irrigation audits, which can lower their customers’ water bills, promote sustainable water-management practices while developing “green” credibility and help their companies stand out among competitors.February 13, 2013BusinessLack of Impatiens a Blow to GardenersFor decades, it’s been a rite of spring. You hop in the car, head for the nearest garden center and load up on impatiens, the best-selling, candy-colored annuals that thrive in shade, mound up like half a beach ball, and bloom their heads off till frost, asking little in return.February 12, 2013BusinessBayer CropScience Introduces Bayer Specticle GEnvironmental Science, a division of Bayer CropScience LP, has launched Bayer Specticle G – a versatile, pre-emergent herbicide that provides green industry professionals up to six months of broad-spectrum weed control for use in landscapes, including mulched areas and around ornamentals, and in warm-season turf.February 12, 2013BusinessSummoning Nature for HealingThe Crown Sky Garden, on the 11th floor of the Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, is a 5,000-square-foot area for play and contemplation and the second healing garden completed last year by Mikyoung Kim. Ms. Kim, a 44-year-old landscape architect, is regarded as an artful weaver of nature and sculpture. The Sky Garden features a bamboo grove and interactive furniture that emits sounds when an embedded brass hand is touched with a live one.February 11, 2013Previous PagePage 48 of 341Next PageTop StoriesHomePebble Technology International introduces PebbleTec glass tileNew selection of glass pool tiles complements PebbleTec’s line of pool finishes.HomeBobcat unveils "RogueX3" autonomous, electric compact loaderHomeThe TurfMutt Foundation’s tips to keep pets safe this winterHomeConducting a great client property walkthroughHomeIgnite Attachments expands lineup with 80-inch severe-duty bucket for skid steers, CTLs
