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Business

Special care needed to overcome soil types’ specific challenges

Since most plants want moist, well-drained soil and loamy soil isn’t abundant in all locations, click for some common soil conditions and their cures.

August 11, 2016

Business

Using mulch properly isn’t rocket science, but does require care

There is no one ultimate mulch for landscapers, so there are a number of factors to consider when selecting which type and how much to use to create a unified landscape.

March 15, 2016

Landscaping equipment

Barreto introduces track trencher, chipper-mulcher-shredder

Total Landscape Care reviews Barreto's walk behind trencher with detachable front end. Click here to read the story!

February 24, 2016

Design-Build

Critics take aim at mulch made of recycled tires

Setting aside a client’s personal landscaping preference, there are pros and cons to adding rubber mulch. Here are the most hotly debated issues.

February 17, 2016

Business

Lessons for landscapers in wake of winter storm ‘Jonas’

Delaware-based landscaping design company Borsello Landscaping has some simple tips to pass on to clients to help protect their gardens and backyards this winter.

January 26, 2016

Business

Freeze warnings: 3 levels of frost protection for plants

It's freezing, and every gardener needs these three major levels of frost protection for your garden -- all of which are especially effective for edibles.

January 4, 2016

Business

Arborists: Some common tree-care practices are ill-advised

Landscapers, click here to read tree care practices that you should never use.

December 21, 2015

Business

Helping your landscaping customers prepare for winter

is coming and while your clients are thinking about poinsettias and Christmas trees, there is still work to be done before snow begins to fall. Here are five things you can remind your customers that they – or, better yet, your crews – should do before the cold sets in for good. Get digging […]

November 25, 2015

Business

Add roses to landscapes for long-season color

Roses often get a bad rap as being too fussy, dainty and demanding. But during the past few decades, breeders have created new disease-resistant varieties with improved cold and heat tolerance, repeat blooms and minimal maintenance requirements. In fact, most new roses don’t require deadheading and need only to be cut back by a third […]

October 1, 2015

Business

’Tis the season for landscapers to renew salesmanship

As the growing season comes to a close, it’s a good time to remind both residential and commercial clients about ancillary services – adding mulch, for example, to flower gardens and other plantings. Here’s some information from the Green Blog published by the University of California’s Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources that may be […]

September 25, 2015

Business

Landscaper crashes truck after bout of sneezing

A landscaping truck in South Harrison Township, New Jersey, wrecked when the driver had a bout of serious sneezing on Monday, Sept. 14. The truck, owned by T.J. Lawns and Landscapes, was loaded with mulch and towing a trailer full of other landscaping equipment. It went up an embankment when the driver lost control and […]

September 15, 2015

Business

Forestry mulching produces year-round revenue

When Andrew Jenkins, owner of Visual Edge, bought a tractor with a loader, it was just because he only had one skid steer and needed to be able to move debris. What he didn’t expect to discover was the world of forestry mulching and the business it would bring him. Visual Edge is a commercial […]

September 15, 2015