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Have you ever wondered when the right time to apply fertilizer to your yard is or whether itās ok to cut the grass really short? To celebrate National Lawn Care Month in April we are sharing these myth-busting tips. Myth #1: You can water your lawn and landscape any time of day. Reality: Water is […]
People who live in the parts of the country that have cold winters can take a page from our warm-weather friends who use their yards year-round. Just because it gets colder for part of the year, doesnāt mean we should put away the lawn furniture after Labor Day and lock the back door until […]
While waiting to board the plane, I leaned over to hug my son, Joshua, and realized he had grown so much since last yearās Renewal and Remembrance. Ā I almost didnāt come this year, too much on my plate. Life was too complicated, finances werenāt there, abrupt changes that rattled me, oh I could give […]
āWhy do you waste your time?āĀ the lady I sat next to on the plane asked after she inquired what I was going to do in D.C., and I explained about Renewal & RemembranceĀ and Legislative Day with PLANET. āWell ,ā she continued negatively, āitās supposed to be really hot, humid, and donāt forget the time change […]
Iāve been facilitating CEO peer groups with my partner Tom Oyler for over a decade. I thought the best reasons for joining would vary from year to year depending upon shifts in the economy, the market, changing customer preferences. But you know what?Ā They havenāt.Ā The number one takeaway year after year has never changed:Ā […]
Ā Thereās an old saying in business: Youāre only as successful as the people you surround yourself with. I believe this implicitly from my experience in the corporate world, working with other trade groups, and certainly, most recently, serving as your president. Itās been an exciting and very rewarding year for me in many ways, […]
As 2012 comes to a close, most green industry professionals would say, āIt hasnāt been a bad year, but it hasnāt been a great one, either.ā Still, the industry is picking up, albeit slowly in some markets, and 2013 promises to bring more good news. Homeowners are once again opening their wallets to enhance their […]
Expanding membership to state groups is something other national associations have done successfully.
Ā Ā by: Jeffrey Scott, PLANET Consultant Ā If you can eliminate the risks involved with buying a company, it can be good for your company. However the chances are far greater you will get a bad deal. To increase your chances of success, avoid the following twelve scenarios: Ā 1. You buy company and […]
PLANET Student Career Days has come and gone for 2012.Ā Thinking back to a few months ago…it was filled with fun, excitement, intensity, late nights and early mornings but what a great success it was.Ā The Pennsylvania College of Technology team started its 1,161 mile journey to Manhattan, Kansas, two days before the events of […]
