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4 First Cut
B Y NICOLE WISNIE WSKI
18 The Hall Mark
B Y RON HALL
22 The Benchmark
B Y KEVIN KEHOE
36 Best Practices
B Y BRUCE WILSON
44 Info Tech
B Y T YLER WHITAKER
48 Jacobs’ Journal
B Y DANIEL G. JACOBS
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LM reveals its elite list of the 150 largest landscape
contractors in the industry. BY NICOLE WISNIE WSKI,
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46 Classifieds 47 Resources
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DEPARTMENTS
6 News & Views Industry
survey, Fire ants, LM Awards,
Dow AgroSciences
expansion, Gravely’s
pink mower, Beyond
logic?
32 Lawn Care Pro Kevin
Johnson, All American Turf
Beauty, Van Meter, IA
BY RON HALL
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34 Weed Watch
Canada thistle; Spurge
40 Problem Solver
A misstep could lead to trouble
for some landscapers.
B Y BRUCE HELLERICK
24 LM Reports Combination
chemicals; mower engines;
trenching and excavating;
pavers, edging and
retaining walls
38 Project Portfolio
Bever Landscaping improves on
paradise with a design on the
island of Oahu.
42 A Cut Above New Way
Landscape & Tree Service,
San Diego, CA
B Y DANIEL G. JACOBS
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