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Turf Fall 2019 Issue

Turf Fall 2019 Issue
Turf Fall 2019 Issue Table of Contents Buying Insurance For Your Business | We’ve rounded up advice from some industry pros to help ensure you are asking the necessary questions. Maximizing Customer Referrals | While one size does not fit all, a well-established referrals strategy eases the task of finding new customers. What New Services Should I Add In 2020? | From seeding to snow removal, the options abound. Six Essential Tips To Grow Your Lawn Care Business | In every business, there are areas of opportunity that can be explored to further success. Employee Owned, Employee Driven | At The Greenery, Inc. enterprise in Hilton Head, SC, everyone takes ownership. How Do I Keep More Of The Nitrogen In My Soil? | When using nitrogen fertilizer, one concern is that water may wash it away and reduce its effectiveness. Reducing Water Needs At A Desert Property | At Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, turf replacement is a linchpin to conservation. Putting Pesticides In Place | Consider these several aspects to address before offering these services next spring and beyond. Landscape Crew Has A “Field Day” | Maryland-based Ruppert Landscape connected with a community by helping a Georgia church update its property. My Landscape: Surveying Commercial Owners | Turf asked facility executives at commercial and institutional properties about their landscape management plans.

Trencher Opens Floodgates For Irrigation Business

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This article is provided by Little Beaver, a manufacturer of quality, safe and productive drilling equipment for three generations. The company offers a a full line of equipment, along with accessories, including augers, extensions, points, and blades, and this story highlights the impact using Little Beaver’s Kwik-Trench trencher had in the early days of a Texas contractor’s business. Every day we benefit greatly from the precision achieved when professionals use tools designed specifically for their jobs. Surgery, for instance, would be far more risky and leave less than ideal results if surgeons did not have some of the sharpest scalpels in the world that allow them to work with extreme precision. Installing landscape irrigation lines is a similar endeavor, albeit less life threatening. When it’s done with the best tools around it can deliver extremely precise and high-quality results, saving contractors headaches and labor costs. Bill Waltz is not a surgeon, but he and his crew at Green Oasis Irrigation in Tomball, TX, know firsthand that using the right tools for the job can have a huge impact on success. Waltz owns Green Oasis, and he and his crew install and service sprinkler systems in southeast Texas. The task involves digging trenches as narrow as 1 inch, as deep as 8 inches and, in some cases, hundreds of feet long for placing irrigation lines. When Waltz first started the business, it wasn’t always as easy as it sounds. An Unexpected Business Partner “One of my good friends and I were ...