Like many small businesses, tree service and landscaping companies are having a difficult time staying afloat during the 2020 shelter-in-place. Work has reduced dramatically, and tree service companies all over the Midwest have been laying off employees and reducing their staffing. Can a tree service...
This question has been coming up with some consistency since the initial shelter-in-place orders arrived in March of 2020. What businesses are essential and which are not? Certainly, grocery stores and hospitals are deemed essential. Gas stations must stay open. Convenience markets and bodegas are...
Pandemic Garden Progress Provides a Landscaping Need During the pandemic, people who were stuck at home began to spend more time, energy, and money working on their home gardens. Once homeowners began returning to their usual commutes, they didn’t want all of that effort to...
Now that the sun is shining and the weather is terrific, it’s the perfect time to work on the backyard. So, now might be the perfect time to pick up a few landscaping tricks, right? Here are a few that you might find helpful as...
The number of monarch butterflies worldwide has dropped by 90 percent in less than a quarter-century. Climate change, habitat loss, and pesticide use are believed to be largely responsible for this precipitous drop. These butterflies may soon be on the Endangered Species list. But the...
Particularly in this age of fancy beards — the era of Dollar Shave Club, moustache wax, and lumberjack chic — men often compare their facial hair to natural plant growth. “Woodsy topiary.” “Facial forest.” “Handsome hedges.” And it is certainly true that trimming your beard,...
