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Rash of Snowplow Blade Ripoffs


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Police in the Attleboro, Massachusetts area are advising landscaping businesses that do snow removal and others to chain plow blades to immovable objects, following a rash of thefts from local contr   More
 
Wednesday, January 18, 2012

EPA & Toro Partner in WaterSense Program


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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s WaterSense program recently welcomed The Toro Company as its newest manufacturer partner. This acknowledgement is recognized as the first step in the pr   More
 
Monday, January 16, 2012

Fake Landscaper “Distraction Burglaries” Spread


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A few weeks ago, we warned of a burglary ring on Long Island whose modus operandi is to pose as landscapers. They ring a residential doorbell, chat up the homeowner and then get him or her to show    More
 
Monday, January 16, 2012

ASABE to Develop Landscape Water Use Standard


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The American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE), has initiated a project to develop a new standard, S623, Standardized Procedure for Determining Available Water for Landscapes    More
 
Monday, January 16, 2012

Equity Firm Buys Lawn Doctor


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The private equity firm Levine Leichtman Capital Partners has acquired Lawn Doctor, a nationwide network of more than 460 independently-owned franchise locations. This is the first investment from t   More
 
Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Slow Season for Snow Removal


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By this time last year, Vermont landscape companies were sitting pretty, making money hand-over-fist in the snow removal game. Last season’s unprecedented snowfall resulted in a steady stream of l   More
 
Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Irrigation Contractor Indicted for Hiring Illegals


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Southern state crackdowns on employers who hire illegal workers reached Paul and Barbara Love, owners of Love Irrigation, Ridgeland, Mississippi, in the form of multi-count federal indictments. The    More
 
Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Goats Help City’s Budget


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About 25 miles northwest of Fort Worth, Texas, the Wise County city of Newark is using goats to get rid of  grass and weeds, in an effort to save money on the cost of landscaping. Earlier th   More
 
Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Landscape Companies Merge


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There’s a new juggernaut in the landscape industry in Tucson, Arizona. Santa Rita Landscaping and Southwest Enviroscapes, two of the Grand Canyon State’s oldest landscape companies, have decided   More
 
Monday, January 9, 2012

Safety First


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Two accidents over the holidays remind owners of landscape companies of the need to ensure that their field crews are properly trained, and to remember that safety comes first. On Burmuda, an 18-   More
 
Monday, January 9, 2012