Sometimes there are several different ways of completing the same landscape task. People do what they do based on their […]
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Training apprentices
Sometimes I can’t believe how fast the landscape seasons piled up on me. Becoming a landscape professional is a wild […]
Codominant stems
Last week, while my crew was busy staying busy on yet another sub-zero temperature morning, I stepped into a dry riverbed […]
Soils are key!
Interviewing one of my landscape horticulture apprentices about his year two course recently, I asked him what he disliked the […]
January landscape maintenance tasks
Landscape maintenance in January can be challenging, especially considering the recent cold spell. The worst cold in thirty years has hit […]
Will the recent cold kill off the European chafer beetle?
One question I have been getting lots at work lately is about the European chafer beetle. Our local landscapes have […]
Sending the elevator back down
“Sending the elevator back down” is a phrase I read somewhere in a business book. It refers to sharing your […]
CanWest Horticulture show 2017
I plug the CanWest Horticulture Expo every year because it’s a fun multi-day event. It’s also the premier horticulture event in […]
2017 resolutions for landscape professionals
2017 promises to be a great, busy year. Our company grew 25% + over last year. We have new trucks, […]
10 snow shovelling tips for landscapers
This past Saturday, December 10, 2016, I had a new experience. I walked to a nearby Starbucks with a snow […]
