Eleven landscaping students took a muddy leap into the world of heavy machinery.
Michigan’s Leelanau County air vibrated with the roar of engines and shrill beep of back-up alarms. The cacophony made it impossible to hear the squish of mud sluicing under oversize implement tires.
The air carried an unseasonable April chill that required the students to wear coats, gloves and hats as they trudged through sloppy mud between workshop stations that offered beginning lessons in the operation of a chainsaw, a pair of front-end loaders, commercial mowers, a backhoe and a wood chipper.
"It's all about teaching best practices," said Mark Polinko, landscape architect for TruNorth Landscaping. "We want to pass on our experience to the younger generation."
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