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Tag: Keeping It Green
Judge Says TruGreen Can Keep Callin’
I just won another 3-day, 2-night vacation to the Bahamas. I think it’s the fourth or fifth such vacation I’ve won these past three...
The Unappreciated Difference Between Labor and Employees
I’ve always been an employee and never an employer. I’ve worked for small family-owned businesses and within large national corporations. I feel confident that...
Anti-Lawn Care Ban in Maryland Leaves Industry Seeking Answers
Outmanned and outgunned. Is that a fair assessment of the failure of professional turf care providers and their allies to stop an industry-damaging anti-lawn...
Always Keep Your Promises, Cameras or No Cameras
Many of us baby boomers fondly remember Allen Funt’s “Candid Camera” television show. The half-hour program ran through the 1960s and 1970s, and was...
Why Irrigation Must Finally Enter the 21st Century
A six-question conversation with Chris Spain of HydroPoint.
Heads Up, Here Comes El Niño
Weather experts say this El Niño could be one of the strongest ever recorded.
As Our World Shrinks, Our Opportunities Expand
One of my favorite movies is “The Incredible Shrinking Man.” I saw it as a boy and returned to it on DVD a year...
I Think We’re Gonna Need a Bigger Truck
I am an inveterate DIYer. I gained that disgusting habit long ago as the teenage owner of a ’51 Ford Custom. That jet-black, two-door was...
Smartphone app from OSHA for heat safety
OSHA offers a smartphone app, available in both English and Spanish, that workers can use to calculate the heat index at their worksite. It’s...
Peer Groups are Powerful Business Builders – Fun Too!
Want a sure-fire, time-tested way to improve your landscape company and have more fun, too? It’s simple: Hook up with the owners or key managers...
Will Americans Abandon Their Lawns to Grow Food?
The article “Why Americans should opt out of lawns for growing food” appeared in the June 15 issue of the respected Christian Science Monitor....
What Happens In California Doesn’t Stay in California
Hey wake up America. We can’t afford to ignore California anymore, not that we ever could. To twist a phrase often seen on T-shirts...
What Are Lawmakers Thinking With These Minimum Wage Hikes?
“Fight for $15” is the rallying cry for raising the minimum wage in many U.S. cities. In mid May the Los Angeles City Council...
Ugliest Yard Contestants Need Your Help — Pronto
Do you want to see ugly as in dog-butt ugly? I’m referring to the winners and contestants of the recent “Ugliest Yard Contest” sponsored...
10 Smart Blower Tips
The best way to avoid blower bans is to not give clients reasons to gripe in the first place.
Don’t Get Blown Away
The best way to avoid blower bans is to not give clients reasons to gripe in the first place.
Organics’ Day Just Around the Corner, Finally?
Keeping It Green By Ron Hall "You know, sometimes when they say you're ahead of your time, it's just a polite way of saying you...
Diversification is OK to a Point
Keeping It Green By Ron Hall Many successful professional landscape company owners start modestly and go down one of three well-trodden paths in growing their...
Our Race to Lower the Bar
Keeping It Green By Ron Hall The premiere event in field and track is the 100 meters. No other competition in the Olympics excites spectators...
Avoid Being Too Busy to Serve
Keeping It Green By Ron Hall
Steven Covey in his "Seven Habits of Highly Successful People" writes the following, which expresses what I want to...
Firewise Landscaping
Expert advice on designing and maintaining reduced-risk landscapes in an era of extreme wildfires.
Unilock ® Scholarship Helps Shape the Landscape Industry
Unilock is accepting applications for their Paving the Future Scholarship. The winner will receive $5,000. Deadline for submission is 9/16/24.
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