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Katie Ketelsen Tree Topping at Home Depot

I was really hot yesterday about Home Depot's genius decision to start stocking trees and small shrubs. I could barely communicate to you the blatant fact that the quality of their trees was almost laughable....in the sense of "I just can't believe it"....laughable.

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Added by Katie Ketelsen on March 13, 2010 at 10:54pm — No Comments

Katie Ketelsen The BOX STORE'S race for spring



I had to scrape my jaw off the pavement when I saw Home Depot's spring stock lined up along their store front today. HELLO! It's still March! If you're from Iowa or have at least lived here a year or two,… Continue

Added by Katie Ketelsen on March 13, 2010 at 10:53pm — No Comments

Becky Litterer Any of you get a phone call from the USDA about a survey?

We got a call late last night from USDA during a survey about what we grow. No problems with that, but when they asked how many we sold of mums, hosta and another perennials. I said I didn't know. Then she said that will be a no response to the survey. What do you think about this? Any concerns if they are asking too much? Continue

Added by Becky Litterer on March 3, 2010 at 10:52am — 2 Comments

Patrick J. Brickman threadless

If anyone on here goes on threadless, please comment/score my new design:

http://www.threadless.com/submission/257365/Skullunker?streetteam=pjbrick7

Thanks - Patrick
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Added by Patrick J. Brickman on February 25, 2010 at 2:32pm — No Comments

Matt A J. New Year New Growth

A fresh new start to an old me back to work back to the greenhouse a site that i long forgotten
farm fresh to the market stands of spring, summer, and fall.
A lost landscaper turned the corner and found new light in the organic field of Veggies, fruits,and back to
my roots.
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Added by Matt A J. on February 24, 2010 at 11:54pm — No Comments

Tish Llaneza Countryside Gardens Opens E-Commerce Store


Countryside Gardens

Hampton, Va.

Press release February 2010

Subject: Grand Opening of new Home and Garden e~commerce store

Countryside Gardens, an award winning home and garden store in business since 2003, has everything you need

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Added by Tish Llaneza on February 16, 2010 at 10:17am — No Comments

Doug Walters Bittercrest weeds

Is there anybody out there that knows how to keep this weed under control in crops in the greenhouse Continue

Added by Doug Walters on November 20, 2009 at 5:08pm — No Comments

Timothy Lamprey Unproductive Customers

I guess that calling some customers unproductive sounds harsh, but what I am really talking about is the customer who comes into the store and asks, say, how to put in a lawn. You spend the time telling them what to do, and you usually get, "OK, I'll come back with my spouse on Tuesday and we'll get what we need." My business is small enough that I know that they never came back. They probably used the information to go to the box store and buy what they need for less money. I have been in lawn… Continue

Added by Timothy Lamprey on October 26, 2009 at 6:26pm — 2 Comments

Sherrie Severt Taylor Real Christmas Trees: A Great Environmental Choice

Each holiday season, shoppers find themselves confronted with a choice: celebrate with a fresh, real tree, or one that is artificial plastic or aluminum. What most people don't realize is that the best choice has always been the traditional and natural choice - a Real Christmas Tree. Consider this: • While they're growing, Real Christmas Trees support life by absorbing carbon dioxide and other gases and emitting fresh oxygen. • Real Christmas Trees are grown on farms just like any crop. Harve… Continue

Added by Sherrie Severt Taylor on October 22, 2009 at 9:06am — No Comments

Becky Litterer Question for greenhouse owners?

We are changing our heating to the greenhouse with hotwater using an outdoor wood furnace. So with that we are changing my growing area. We want to use poly to make a curtain but with the hoops we have the brackets will not let the poly hang down. So how do we do it? I know all of you have done this, but just can't figure it out. Pictures would be good but any advice would be appreciated. Thanks, Becky from Becky's Greenhouse Iowa Continue

Added by Becky Litterer on October 21, 2009 at 6:32pm — 13 Comments

snewman7118 Colorado State University Greenhouse and Floriculture Extension Web Page

After several years, I have finally taken the time to update my website for the CSU Greenhouse and Floriculture Extension program. I have included some new features including links to social media that I use to keep you all posted. Check it out and give me any suggestions that you may find helpful. http://ghex.colostate.edu Steve Continue

Added by snewman7118 on August 21, 2009 at 12:30pm — No Comments

Diane W. Carruthers Go Green! theme for Tradewinds Elementary School

Green Team Leaders (teachers, volunteers and administrators) are initiating projects for our students and we need help. Our theme is general but our hopes are to have classroom projects dealing with fresh air provided for by plants and trees. Any suggestions on resources that we could request help from? Thanks for any help you can give.~diane Continue

Added by Diane W. Carruthers on August 3, 2009 at 2:24pm — 1 Comment

Lela Kelly Dosatron Injector Maintenance?

I travel all around North America visiting growers and everywhere I go I ask the growers if they maintain their Dosatron fertilizer injectors. Most of the time the answer is no! Some of the injectors have never been touched in over 10 years! In the past 20 years I have given talks, written articles, done trade shows and cannot get growers to understand how important this maintenance is. This is so important to crop quality, how can I get growers to see the importance of this? I welcome your feed… Continue

Added by Lela Kelly on June 27, 2009 at 12:46pm — No Comments

Dean Chaloupka Gasoline Price change - Impact on Spring Sales

I think the survey done on this site for Spring 2009 and the changes and impacts made is a very good one. The only thing I feel that may have over looked as a potential impact on both retail (and subsequently wholesale) sales in 2009 has been the decrease in gasoline prices. Gas prices on average across the US were down significantly (38% or $1.50 per gallon comparing Memorial Day each year. Source is Energy Information Administration website, http://eia.doe.gov/ ) and have a major affect on the… Continue

Added by Dean Chaloupka on June 1, 2009 at 5:08pm — No Comments

Jeff Ferney Red lettuce

Can anybody suggest a suitable cover for a greenhouse in the deserts of the middle east so I can grow red lettuce Jeff Continue

Added by Jeff Ferney on May 23, 2009 at 7:01am — No Comments

Lela Kelly Dosatron Fertilizer Injector Questions

Please contact me and I will be happy to answer any questions you may have. Sometimes it is the small things that can make all the difference in your success with our fertilizer and chemical injectors! Maintenance is the key to keeping the injectors acurate and working perfectly! Continue

Added by Lela Kelly on March 31, 2009 at 2:46pm — 2 Comments

Amanda When are you in control?

How many commercial and garden center operations honestly keep a close eye on their energy usage through their environmental control systems? Or is that system an undisclosed amount of rusty, old t-stats and a few complaints to the staff when you see the unit heaters running with the exhaust fans? I've read the average cost to heat one square foot of greenhouse space is $1.25. That adds up to a new control device investment pretty quick.... Continue

Added by Amanda on March 30, 2009 at 9:54am — 1 Comment

dee dice plant person

looking for that plant person who can help me sell those plants, buy, organize and have fun. Martha's Vineyard is a good place for a garden center, but there is plenty of competition. I'd love a plant person for a few months, then they can enjoy the summer and have time off in the best part of the season. Don't we know someone like that? Call me at 508-693-0910 spread the word thanks, Dee Continue

Added by dee dice on March 28, 2009 at 10:34pm — 2 Comments

Eric Rohloff Selkirk Lake

Heres the link to the Selkirk Lake website that I made. I have a lot of hours working on this site but it has a lot of content. I used Coffee Cup HTML 2008 to design it. I've made a couple of other sites with just two to 4 pages which was easy.

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Added by Eric Rohloff on March 24, 2009 at 9:23am — No Comments

Michael F Social Network to Reach Customers

The amount of buzz being generated by social networking has finally drawn attention to the need for landscape professionals to get online. Because of my work with Landscapedia.info, I spend a fair amount of time talking with retailers and designers about how to get online. I spend almost as much time convincing some that hiring a webdesigner and adding a website to their business cards is just the first step in leveraging the web to drive business. So many landscape professionals expect to laun… Continue

Added by Michael F on March 16, 2009 at 5:23pm — No Comments

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