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How Tax Changes Will Affect You
Make sure you are prepared, and know ahead of time how these changes will affect you. You’ve probably heard of the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 – the bill to avert the fiscal cliff passed Jan. 1 – but do you know and understand everything that is in it, other than the expiration of favorable tax exemption limits and the increase in the payroll tax? And as a small business owner, is there anything in the 157-page legislation that could be helpful to you?
February 27, 2013
Tax Changes
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Bright Side of Blizzard
As an extensive snow storm left its mark on more than 20 states, with Kansas receiving 17 inches of snow, many residents are struggling with returning to their normal schedules.
February 26, 2013
Cat Skid Steer Removes Snow In Kansas
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Have Your Lighting Questions Answered
Have you ever wondered why landscapers first started offering lighting as a service, what styles are trending, where you can install the fixtures to increase security and what are the essentials for a successful lighting project?
February 25, 2013
Mc Kay Lighting
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Safety watch: Got spring fever?
It’s always important to improve and maintain your equipment for the spring season, but have you thought about prepping your employees?
February 22, 2013
Employee Motiviation
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Outdoor Living Trends
American homeowners increasingly are drawn to adding outdoor rooms for entertaining and recreation on their properties, according to the 2013 Residential Landscape Architecture Trends survey conducted by the American Society of Landscape Architects. The results also show demand for both sustainable and low-maintenance design.
February 22, 2013
Outdoor Living Area
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Mower Maintenance
Watch videos, including air filter, fuel filter, mower deck, oil and lubrication, spark plug and removing/attachment mower deck maintenance on John Deere’s website.
February 21, 2013
Grasshopper Mower Maintenance
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Diesel Makes Headway
Now, having a diesel engine in a smaller pickup is no longer just a fantasy for landscapers. Chrysler will offer a diesel Ram 1500 pickup in the third quarter of this year, making it the first modern 1/2-ton pickup in the U.S. market with a diesel power option. Before now, there has not been a […]
February 20, 2013
2014 Ram 1500
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Going Green with Lawn Care
The Ozark Empire Fairgrounds E-Plex was filled Saturday with vendors putting greenery at the forefront at the annual Lawn and Garden Show.
February 19, 2013
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Overcome Business Struggles
Like many landscapers, Ken Noll, one of our Landscaper of the Year Finalists, had his fair share of struggles when starting his business, The Garden Kingdom, in Glen Carbon, Illinois.
February 19, 2013
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Pets We Dig
Profitable pooches create down-home feel These two loyal, friendly and energetic canines have left a huge paw print – although sometimes muddy – on Wesley Graves’s business, Graves Lawn and Landscape in Royse City, Texas. “We’ve had people hire us because of the dogs,” Graves says of one golden-retriever-loving client. “Clients say showing the dogs’ […]
February 15, 2013
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Love What You Do
With the average American manager spending 42 hours a week at their job, enjoying what you do is an important part of living a happy life. If that does not seem like many hours for the landscaping industry, these stats probably hit closer to home: Three in 10 (10.8 million) people work 49 or more hours each week. And […]
February 14, 2013
Love What You Do
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Irrigation audits help reduce customer costs, improve water efficiency
Irrigation 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, 2013
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Changing Times
Just as Apple was on the verge of being unable to peak my interest, they started experimenting with wristwatches. I may not be a watch person, but having my smart device strapped to my arm does sound futuristic, and thus exciting. If it worked for Dick Tracy and Inspector Gadget, a smart watch must be […]
February 13, 2013
Apple Smart Watch
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Pain at the Pump
Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock for the past few weeks, you (and your wallet) have felt the effects of gasoline prices going up. U.S. gas prices jumped nearly a quarter per gallon during the past two weeks as higher crude oil prices and refinery shutdowns drove prices upward, a nationwide survey reports. Here’s a […]
February 12, 2013
Pain At The Pump2
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How to avoid tax audits
By now, you should have your W-2 forms in hand and be starting to work on your taxes. As a business owner, that can bring on some extra hurdles and things to avoid as we inch closer to the April 15 deadline.
February 11, 2013
Audit
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Paid to Eat
Forget about harmful emissions, gas prices and the ethanol debate when you add these wooly grass eaters to your lawn-maintenance fleet. Eddie Miller founded Heritage Lawn Mowing in Oberlin, Ohio, and did just that by renting out Jacob sheep as a landscaping aid. He took the sheep to about 20 clients’ yards where they grazed […]
February 8, 2013
Sheep
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Pets We Dig
Friendly obedience Said to be man’s best friend, dogs like this black British Labrador Retriever can ease spirits and bring a smile to your employees and clients. Jeff Schwartz, president of Ashton Manor Environmental (formerly Greenskeeper Environmental) in Ashton, Maryland, adopted Ovie as a puppy from a Labrador rescue organization to add to his growing […]
February 7, 2013
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Add pizzazz to your hardscape designs with paver patterns
This functional art can add pizzazz to your hardscape design. With so many landscape professionals adding hardscaping to their portfolios, it’s important for you to strike out on a path less taken and explore the world of paving patterns, rather than opting for the safe and often mundane, straight path.
February 6, 2013
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