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Hardscaping & Installation

Three Things to Know Before Installing a Retaining Wall

A retaining wall can add beauty, but its true purpose—erosion control or slope stabilization—is more functional.

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Fungicides, Herbicides, Insecticides

Company Turning Beetle Kill into Organic Bio-Fertilizer

Lawn care companies can use an organic bio-fertilizer made from beetle-kill trees instead of conventional fertilizer.

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Fungicides, Herbicides, Insecticides

Rethinking Groundcovers: Ecologists Suggest It’s Time to Reimagine the Modern Lawn

Negative environmental consequences outweigh the natural benefits of green lawns; new groundcovers must be explored.

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Fungicides, Herbicides, Insecticides

Specialty Herbicide No Longer Considered Restricted-Use Pesticide

Dow AgroSciences

Corteva Agriscience Kerb SC specialty herbicide recently received EPA federal registration on an amended label.

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Debris Handling

One of the Highest Performing Handheld Blowers on the Market

ECHO presents its PB-2620 professional handheld blower as one of the highest performing on the market.

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Compact Equipment

JCB’s First Zero-Tailswing Compact Excavator in the 1- to 2-Ton Class

JCB designed its first zero-tailswing compact excavator in the 1- to 2-ton class—the 18Z-1—to be durable.

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Mowing & Maintenance

Reach under Low-Hanging Obstacles and Fit into Tight Spaces

The Grasshopper Company

Reach under low-hanging obstacles, and fit into tight spaces with the 524V-42 Grasshopper FrontMount mower.

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County in Florida Nixes Fertilizer Ban Extension

One county worker cited negative impacts to landscapers as an argument against extending the ban to November 30.

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Birdscaping—Landscaping that's for the Birds

Birdscaping plants, especially plants native to your area, should be chosen to provide food and shelter year round.

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Recruitment & Retention

Shortage of H-2B Worker Visas Still Squeezing Landscapers

Businesses that used to get all the workers they applied for now must compete in a lottery for those 66,000 visas.

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Industry Updates

See You at GIE+EXPO

It’s that time again—the Green Industry & Equipment Expo (GIE+EXPO)—except it’s bigger than ever.

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Don’t Be Left out in the Cold … Especially without Salt

Snow is already falling in parts of the continental United States, so hopefully you’re already ramped up for winter.

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