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Delay Today, Regret the Next
Stop procrastinating. There’s never going to be a wide-open weekend where you can finish everything, so stop making excuses and pick one thing a week to mark off of your to-do list. As the American philosopher William James said, “Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task.”
June 3, 2013
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Add Elements of Living Artwork to Your Portfolio
Living pictures — cuttings of assorted succulents woven together in everything from picture frames to pallet boxes — have caught on among garden designers and landscapers this spring as an easy, modern way to add color and texture to an outdoor space.
May 31, 2013
Source: Chicago Botanical Garden
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Artistic Hillside
To sculpt a luscious retreat where the homeowners could host VIP parties, while also having space to camp out with their young daughters, Tobi Wilde, Glorious Earth Landscapes’ landscape designer/earth sculptress, used strokes of artistic creativity to erase what was once “rubble, chaos, confusion and mishap.”
May 31, 2013
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Securing Your Equipment Secures Your Business
One landscaping materials company is facing a serious lawsuit after a St. Clair County, Illinois woman claims the company overloaded her pickup truck with pavers. The woman was riding as a passenger when the vehicle crashed, and claims the company negligently loaded materials onto the trailer in way that made it “unstable and unsafe to operate, overloaded the trailer and loaded more materials on the trailer than was ordered,” according to The Madison-St. Clair Record.
May 31, 2013
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Mystery Solved?
I love mysteries. One of my first board games was Clue, and I watch Dateline NBC every week — which is especially exciting when Keith Morrison is reporting.
May 30, 2013
Photo By Kirby Gallagher
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Program’s Nothing Short of Amazing
When I was working at a newspaper, I covered many stories that involved at-risk youth and programs that catered to helping those that had been involved in the court system.
May 29, 2013
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Power of ‘Just Doing’ Will Be Revealed in Moore
It was a few days short of six months ago that I wrote about Hurricane Sandy and how volunteers should respond in the wake of catastrophic natural disasters. Those of you who are heading to Oklahoma soon might do well to read it here first.
May 28, 2013
Volunteers from Samaritan’s Purse help tornado victims after the April 27, 2011 tornado that went through Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
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Five tips to keep trees healthy
There is more to keeping trees healthy on a property than just having them look nice for the neighbors and passersby. Unhealthy trees can cause dangerous accidents and costly property damage from storms or even everyday living.
May 28, 2013
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Should LEDs be EPA Energy Star Qualified?
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) ENERGY STAR program has been listening to a new source about LED lighting. Soraa has been urging the company to address light quality, specifically color rendering, in its new lamp specification.
May 28, 2013
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Educate Clients on How to Keep Lawns Healthy
Helping a client understand the importance of maintaining a healthy lawn can potentially make your job easier. Here are few helpful hints from The Telegraph Herald to encourage your clients to maintain a healthy lawn and potentially make a worthwhile investment.
May 28, 2013
Source: Publicutilities.columbus.gov/
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Threat of West Nile Nearing
People across the United States will see more than temperatures increase this summer. The number of Mosquitoes are on the rise, and some regions are already on alert and prepared for a rough summer of the pesky bug.
May 24, 2013
Source: Perdue University
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Kick back & relax for Memorial Day
Break out the barbecues and fire up some hamburgers, because summertime is here. You may have noticed the grass getting a little greener and the sun shining a little brighter as the heat quickly rolled in across the country over the past few weeks.
May 24, 2013
Source: Grilling Simple
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Are You Covered?
Trying to recover from a near-death — or at least possibly painful — experience was not exactly how I planned to spend my wedding anniversary with my husband. But there we stood, staring at what used to be our deck railing, as we caught our balance. While leaning against the side of our deck, the […]
May 23, 2013
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Caterpillars Posing Problems in Northwest
Caterpillars could start climbing the list of insects that harm landscapes after one species began to devastate a schoolyard in Washington. Tent caterpillars started burrowing into newly planted Yoshino cherry trees and started to move to the birch trees and laurel shrub at Charles Wilkes Elementary School, according to the Bainbridge Island Review.
May 22, 2013
Source: Washington State Department of Agriculture
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Economics 101: Decide your going rate
The economy is a roller coaster of shifting prices, which has left many companies pondering the never-ending question: What’s the going rate?
May 22, 2013
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Aerating Gives New Life to Lawns
One landscaping company is giving a few tips and reasons on why aerating a lawn is crucial for creating a healthy lawn. Dynamic Landscaping & Lawn Maintenance says aerating a lawn prevents thatch from building up within the yard.
May 21, 2013
Source: Aerate-Lawn
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Get Creative with Outdoor Spaces
Europeans have got the hang of things when it comes to outdoor living. Outdoor dining in countries like France, England, Germany, Italy, Greece and Switzerland is very common, and each country captivates their own culture in the setting.
May 20, 2013
Source: Kokobo Greenscapes, one of TLC’s Landscaper of the Year finalists.
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Engage Agro Introduces Turf Soil Adjuvants to U.S.
Engage Agro USA has introduced turf soil adjuvants to the United States. Originally used in England, the product has started to be implemented on golf courses in Florida, Arizona and the northeast.
May 20, 2013
Source: Engage Agro USA
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