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Social Media By The Numbers
When you’re writing a blog, posting project photos on Facebook or tweeting an update from the jobsite, you may wonder if it matters. Will your clients and others in your network pay attention to your posts, and will it bring in more traffic to your sites? Studies show, “Yes.” Regular blogging results in a 55-percent […]
March 15, 2013
Blogging
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Fleet Management Can Help Drive Down Costs
Mike Fucile, national GPS consultant at FleetMatics, answers questions on challenges in the landscaping industry and how using fleet-management systems can help lower costs for businesses. Q. What are some of the challenges you see facing landscaping companies today? A. Most landscaping businesses rely on a fleet of vehicles to service their customers. Tracking these […]
March 14, 2013
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Recycling Equipment Easier Than You Might Think
Landscapers across the country are implementing new ways in commercial and residential properties to “go green.”
March 13, 2013
Landfill
Lawn maintenance
Pest control: Lights out for mole crickets
Tried-and-true methods are your best bet for controlling this Coastal Plain pest. Mole crickets continue to be a problem in the areas stretching from North Carolina to East Texas. Recognized in many of those states as the No. 1 insect pest for home lawns, millions are spent each year trying to control them.
March 12, 2013
Mole Cricket
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Start the GIE+EXPO 2013 Countdown
Landscaping companies, dealers and manufacturers are cranking up engines, rolling up sleeves and focusing once again on the 2013 GIE+EXPO coming in October.
March 12, 2013
Three Dog Night
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Students, Companies Excited About Future
The next generation of landscapers looks promising at PLANET’s Student Career Days. A room full of enthusiastic, cheering college students, industry experts and landscapers filled Beard-Eaves-Memorial Coliseum on Auburn University’s campus Friday while I visited the Professional Landcare Network’s (PLANET) green industry career fair. Nearly 900 students from 71 colleges came together March 7-10 in […]
March 11, 2013
Brian Steel from OneSource talks with Clemson University students during the career fair.
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Underhill Introduces Novo Converter for Multi-Wire Controllers
Novo, a compact two-wire converter from Underhill International, is designed to quickly transform any standard multi-wire controller to two-wire operation by using a “plug and play” feature.
March 11, 2013
Underhill Novo
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Photo plagiarism? Avoid making photo mistakes on your website
Your work is what sets you apart from the competition, so what if that edge is dulled by wrongful photo usage? With Google images and other easily found project photos available to the public, it seems we all need to follow proper etiquette when it comes to posting images on our sites. Here are some […]
March 8, 2013
Photo Plagiarism
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Time to Be Social
How to use the Internet’s advancements to your benefit With the recession continuing to cast a dark cloud over how many of us view our country’s economy, it was refreshing to be reminded of what all we have actually accomplished. Business magnate Bill Gates offered a unique perspective on the United State’s progress in the […]
March 7, 2013
Time to Be Social
Lawn maintenance
Florida Landscapers Restore Mansion’s Lawn
Raji Corey of Corey Enterprises explains how their team tackled the Stetson Mansion lawn restoration project and brought this lawn back to life. The Stetson Mansion is a 9,000-square-foot home that sits on more than 2 acres in the heart of DeLand, Florida.
March 6, 2013
Before
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Do You Like Winning?
What may appear is a simple giveaway, I believe our RZ Mask means more than what most people might think.
March 6, 2013
RZ Mask Give-away
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Crystal-Clear View
Enjoy this intricate hardscape while inside or out. Whether it’s the antiqued edges of the gently distressed pavers or the soothing blue ripples of the pool, this Knoxville, Tennessee, project extends the house’s elegance and charm to the backyard.
March 5, 2013
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Celebrate Industry Women
Sunday marked the official beginning of this year’s “Women in Construction Week.”
March 5, 2013
WIC Week Button Final Outlines
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Save Water Every Day
With many landscapers looking for ways to go green on the jobsite, here are things from Loch Ness Water Gardens they can do to cut back on water in their daily lives.
March 4, 2013
Loch Ness Water Gardens Infographic
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You Might Be A Landscaper If…
As the weekend inches closer with each tick of the clock, here’s some light reading for a good chuckle. You might be a landscaper if… You suffer from zone envy. No matter what winter hardiness zone you live in, you will insist on growing plants from the next warmest zone. You would rather share your […]
March 1, 2013
Landscaper
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Symposium Promotes Region’s Biodiversity
In his award-winning book, “Wildflowers and Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains,” botanist and author Tim Spira, Ph.D., brings to light the tapestry of plant life native to the southern Appalachian Mountains. His book organizes plants into natural communities in an effort to connect the public’s growing understanding of the environment and how all parts of the natural world are mutually dependent.
February 28, 2013
Wild Flowers
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How to master time management
Many landscape businesses are now dealing with smaller staffs, more work and less time to complete their projects. And despite these changes, many of them haven’t changed much in how they approach their workload or employees, who are likely also burdened with additional work. It’s time to stop and assess time-management skills and develop strategies […]
February 28, 2013
Time is Money
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Photo Contest
Whether you lay pavers, install fire pits or create cozy outdoor patios like this one from RYCO Landscaping, we want to see your hardscape projects!
February 27, 2013
RYCO Landscaping
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