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Volume 53, No. 1
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4 Online Now
6 Editor's Note: Frequency Illusion
8 News + Views
9 Correction
12 Best Practices: A Look Through the Marketing Glass
13 The Benchmark: Voila! You have a Budget
14 Weed Watch
14 -Common Dandelion: Taraxacum officinale
14 -False Dandelion: Hypochaeris radicata
16 All Systems Go: Weed Man USA's Strategy Banks on Planning, Processes and People. How You can Learn from Its Model
22 Online Image: How to Manage Your Online Reputation: Learn from One Landscape Contractor's Concerted Effort to Make His Company's Online Image Shine
29 Market Watch: Service Segment Snapshots
30 -Lawn Care: The New Norm? Suppliers Discuss the Underlier for Turfseed Shortages and High Prices
32 -Irrigation: Marketing Moguls: Virginia Contractor Comes Out on Top of Smart Marketing Contest
34 -Design/Build: Spotlighting Spaces, Locking in Leads: Through Its Outdoor Living Spaces Tour, Tussey Landscaping Markets Itself Amid Giving Back
38 -Maintenance: Fields of Green: A Contractor Uses Crop-Sensing Technology to Save Money and Improve Athletic Turf Conditions
40 Profiting from Design: Do More Sales Calls = More Sales?
41 Add-on Biz: Indoor Holiday Decor: McHale Landscape Design's Move Toward Interior Holiday Work has Strengthened Client Relations
42 LM Showcase
44 LM Reports
46 Resources: Ad Index
47 LM Classified
48 1-Minute Mentor: Pan Berrios: Secretary of the National Hispanic Landscape Association Board of Directors, Owner of Alexandria Lawn Service, Alexandria, Va.


Volume 53, No. 2
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6 Editor's Note: Recommended Reading
8 News + Views
10 Best Practices: 5 Ways to Build Bench Strength
11 The Benchmark: The Simple Sales Pitch
14 Weed Watch
14 -Smooth Crabgrass: Digitaria ischaemum
14 -Chamberbitter: Phyllanthus urinaria
16 Recommended Reading
16 -'The Book That Changed My Business': Which Titles have had the Greatest Impact on Green Industry Companies? Four Business Owners Share Their Must-Reads
24 -Beyond the E-Myth: The Landscape Management Interview with the Author of the Legendary Book
29 Market Watch
30 -Design/Build: As Seen on TV: Georgia-Based Company Works Against the Clock to Deliver a Dream Backyard on 'Yard Crashers'
34 -Irrigation: Recruiting from Retail: Cougar Irrigation Staffs Up with Former Nordstrom Employees to Deliver Excellent Customer Service
36 -Maintenance: Grinding Logic: Mowing Professionals Share Why They Sharpen Mower Blades in-House or Outsource the Task
38 -Lawn Care: Help Technicians Sell
40 Project Portfolio: Sculptural Showcase
42 Add-on Biz: Scoring with Ice Rinks
44 LM Showcase
46 LM Reports
50 LM Classified
50 Resources: Ad Index
52 1-Minute Mentor: Terry Delany: Owner, GroundSERV, Fayetteville, Ark.
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Volume 53, No. 3
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6 Editor's Note: Difference Makers
8 News + Views
12 Best Practices: The Long View on Customer Loyalty
14 The Benchmark: Getting on Page One
16 Weeds 101
16 -Annuals
16 -Perennials/Biennials
18 Same Tree: Different Branches: What Started as a Sibling Lawn Mowing Endeavor for the Klausing Brothers has Grown into Two Distinct and Thriving Landscape Businesses
26 Leveraging Porch: Word-of-Web Referrals: How Landscape Professionals are Using Porch, a New Online Home Improvement Platform
35 Market Watch
36 -Maintenance: Covering Your Bases: Company Owners Protect Their Assets with Noncompete Agreements
40 -Design/Build: Service Relief: Jerry McKay Sheds Light on How Hiring a Lighting Service Tech Freed His Team from the Burden of Service Calls
42 -Irrigation: The Green Infrastructure Opportunity: Irrigation and Landscape Pros can Brighten Their Futures by Acting as Resources to Water Quality Managers
44 -Lawn Care: Testing a New Strategy: How One Lawn Company Formed an R&D Business Unit to Improve Customer Retention
50 Profiting from Design: When do You Disclose Design Fees?
52 Add-on Biz: Learning to (Yard) Walk
54 LM Showcase
56 LM Reports
62 LM Classified
62 Resources: Ad Index
64 1-Minute Mentor: Gary LaScalea: President of GroGreen, Plano, Texas


Volume 53, No. 4
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4 Editor's Note: 'That's Not My Job'
6 News + Views: 2014 PLANET SCD Creates Friendly Competition in Colorado
8 Best Practices: Don't Unravel Under Spring Pressure
10 The Benchmark: A Year of Opportunity
12 Weed Watch
12 -Matchweed: Lippia nodiflora
12 -Common Burdock: Arctium minus
14 Ownership Pride: Many Green Industry Business Owners Overlook the Employee Stock Ownership Plan as an Exit Strategy. Yet Some Executives Look Past the ESOP's Intricacies for the Benefit of Their Employees, Legacies
24 When to Add: How do You Know When It's the Right Time to Ramp Up Personnel?
27 Market Watch
28 -Design/Build: Up in the Air: A Michigan Landscape Company Uses Drones to Capture Aerial Images of Large-Scale Projects
30 -Irrigation: Hands-on Approach: A Texas Irrigation Company Makes Water Conservation Its Top Priority
33 -Maintenance: More Than Mowing Grass: Relationship Building: The Driving Force Behind Michael Lancaster's Success as a Businessman in the Green Industry
35 -Lawn Care: Learning Curve: New York Lawn Care Operator Creates Long-Term Customers Through Education
38 Project Portfolio: Flat-Out Beautiful
40 Add-on Biz: Un-Stumped
42 LM Showcase
44 LM Reports
47 LM Classified
47 Resources: Ad Index
48 1-Minute Mentor: Norman Goldenberg, Retired Senior Vice President of Government Affairs and Industry Relations for TruGreen
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Volume 53, No. 5
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4 Editor's Note: People are Talking
6 News + Views
8 Best Practices: Help Production Managers Produce
10 The Benchmark: How to be a Grinder
12 Weed Watch
12 -Smutgrass: Sporobolus indicus
12 -Stinkgrass: Eragrostis cilianensis
14 Risk Management: Storing Pesticides Safely: How to Protect the Environment and Your Employees
16 New Direction: How Landscape and Lawn Care Pros Use Strategies from Their First Careers to Improve Their Green Industry Operations
23 Snow + Ice Guide
23 -An 'Unprecedented' Dilemma: Salt Suppliers, Experts Quell Snow Removal Contractors' Concerns Over What Appeared to be a Salt Shortage This Winter
28 -How to Use Weather Data for Sales, Renewals
30 -Products
33 Market Watch
34 -Irrigation: Keeping It Fair: A Look at How Companies Approach Irrigation Service Pricing - with a Flat Rate or Charging on Time and Materials - and Why They Favor Their Method
38 -Maintenance: Out with the Old: A Washington Firm Streamlines Operations with a Marketing Overhaul
41 -Design/Build: A Second Set of Hands: Independent Landscape Design Firms Fill the Role of Staff Designers for a Fraction of the Cost
44 -Lawn Care: Tricks for Techs: Brickman's Joe Ketterer Shares Five Pointers for Lawn Care Applicators to Increase Efficiency with Landscape Bed Weed Control
48 Profiting from Design: Beyond Commercial Bid/Build
49 Add-on Biz: Taking a Stab: York Landscape Opts for Verticutting to Remove Thatch and Ramp Up Revenue
50 LM Showcase
52 LM Reports
55 LM Classified
55 Resources: Ad Index
56 1-Minute Mentor: Tom Canete: CEO of Canete Snow Management, Wayne, N.J.


Volume 53, No. 6
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5 Editor's Note: Guided Learning
6 News + Views: Washington Firm Begs for Workers
8 Best Practices: Merger Anxiety
10 The Benchmark: Timing is Everything, but be Careful
12 Postemergent Control Tips
12 -North: Curly Dock
12 -South: Dollarweed
14 Brickman/ValleyCrest: Culture Clash?: A Look at Their Cultures, What Defines a National Company Mentality and TruGreen LandCare Comparisons
19 Market Watch
20 -Design/Build: Survey Says…: A Consumer Study Conducted by Home Improvement Website Houzz Unveiled Good News for the Landscape Profession
50 -Irrigation: Going Gray: California Contractors Turn Loads of Laundry into an Irrigation Source with the Help of an Incentive Program
53 -Maintenance: Big Contracts Pay Off for Lawn Patrol: A Texas Company Takes a Measured Approach to Growth as It Targets Muni Contracts
56 -Lawn Care: In the Pipeline: LM Surveyed Chemical Manufacturers to Provide a Breakdown of the Pesticide Products Slated for Release in the Lawn Care Industry
60 Project Portfolio: Mid-Century Paradise
62 Add-on Biz: Going Dark: Recessionary Circumstances Prompted a New Service Offering for a Michigan Contractor
64 LM Showcase
66 LM Reports
69 LM Classified
69 Resources: Ad Index
70 1-Minute Mentor: Chuck Carr: Business Development Manager, Commercial Maintenance, Pierre Landscape, Simi Valley, Calif.
   
 
LM 150
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S2 Sponsor's View: Learning from History
GF Rankings
S3 Overview: Getting Schooled: A Look at the Numbers Behind the Largest 150 Firms in the Landscape and Lawn Care Industry
S4 Top 25
S7 Expanding Footprints: Here’s How Some LM 150 Companies are Adding to Their Territories
S8 Grow Getters
S12 Lessons Learned: "What do You Know Now That You Wish You Knew Then?"
S21 Company Index
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