Miscellaneous Tis the season for cold, cold weather. Frozen ponds, layer upon layer of snow on the ground, the mechanical blare of Vplows and straight blades and salt spreaders plodding the white from Winter Wonderland—this is what the season is made of.   More

Miscellaneous ROBERT TAYLOR FLED HOUSTON ON Friday, September 12, to avoid the wrath of Hurricane Ike. The fate of his home and his company was left in the hands of Mother Nature, and though Taylor, president of Bio Landscape and Maintenance, Inc., a Yellowstone Landscape company...    More

Miscellaneous As energy costs go up, so does our concern over how to conserve. Among these concerns is our water supply. It seems like more and more municipalities are placing restrictions on the amount of water we can use. Some homeowner groups are thinking of posting bulletins to inform its neighborhood residents that they can only water their lawns on certain days of the week for limited amounts of time, but that’s just one option.    More

Miscellaneous An irrigation system is made up from component parts. Here are a few new, and some established, products for your perusal.    More

Miscellaneous rather, they work with controllers to calculate evapotranspira tion (ET). A network of weather stations broadcast solar ener gy, wind speed, temperature and humidity data to the ET Man ager, while rainfall is measured onsite to pinpoint each site’s unique moisture conditions.    More

Miscellaneous BESIDES INDEPENDENCE DAY, there’s another reason for contractors to celebrate July: Smart Irrigation Month. As July is one of the peak months for landscape water usage, it’s a good time to look closely at smart irrigation practices, water-saving irrigation products and water efficiency in general.    More

Miscellaneous WHEN A TRACTOR PUSHING FIVE LAWNMOWERS first rolled down the fairways of the Minikahda Club in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1921, it must have turned some heads. Little did onlookers realize that the small company responsible for creating this innovative machine would one day become a household name.    More

Miscellaneous The continued emphasis on water control and conservation is contributing to the downsizing of irrigation emission devices, like drip or microspray irrigation, which provide pinpoint applications at very low rates.    More

Miscellaneous Business seek the services of money managers, experts whose job it is to save companies and individuals money.    More

Miscellaneous John Deere was born into a poverty stricken family in Vermont in 1804 more than two hundred years ago. Today, his name and the company that he started are one of the most recognized names in the business world; however, his beginnings were much less auspicious.    More