CARY’S CORNER – EGGS, SEX EDUCATION & GRASS SEED?
SEEDING 2012 When I was in eighth grade we had to take Health class. Nobody ever wants to take Health class, but boys especially don’t want to take Health class. It was not just because the topics covered were boring like diet and exercise. Or, those topics were slightly embarrassing like sex education and male […]
CARY’S CORNER – OVERCOMING OBSTACLES
SUMMER 2012 This was written before Oscar Pistorius was accused of the death of his girlfriend. Oscar Pistorius. If you do not know the name yet, you will soon. Oscar is the South African Olympic runner that made it in to the Olympics as a double amputee. Not the Para-Olympics, but the regular Olympics. […]
Green Commitment
What does Grow GREEN mean? To us it is providing lawn care and landscaping services while being environmentally friendly. We minimize the use of chemicals and if at all possible we don’t use them. We can customize our lawn and tree programs to suit your specific environmental concerns and needs.To Grow GREEN also means that […]
CARY’S CORNER – THE BIRTH OF FEZ
EARLY SPRING 2012 One day while walking behind my spreader, I had one of those light bulbs over the head ideas. I had been thinking of a way to market ClassicLawns and to help customers with tips and advice. That is when it hit me. ClassicLawns needed a mascot, or as I like to say […]
CARY’S CORNER – DEADLINES AND COMMITMENTS
LATE SPRING 2012 April 15th. We all know that day as the dreaded day that we have to pay Uncle Sam. Around my house when I was growing up April 15th was the day dad finally got to relax and spend time with us. My dad has been a CPA for over 40 years and […]
CARY’S CORNER – JUST WHAT THE DOCTOR ORDERED
FALL 2011 When I was in High School I hurt my shoulder playing baseball. My mom dragged me to a doctor to have it checked out. The Doctor determined there was nothing seriously wrong with it. He gave me some pills, a long list of exercises to do and told me not to play baseball […]
CARY’S CORNER – LOOKING FOR GREENER GRASS
FALL 2011 I know that this summer has been tough on lawns. I don’t think that anybody’s lawn looks too good right now. Well as tempting as it is to sit around and complain about it, that is not going to fix anything. So, let’s roll up our sleeves, dig in and fix our lawns. […]
CARY’S CORNER – IF IT’S NOT ONE THING
SUMMER 2011 After working in the lawn care industry for 20 years now, I have learned that when it comes to lawns in the Midwest that there is always something causing a problem. Last year in this newsletter I wrote about excessive rain and the problems it caused for our lawns. This year…we are begging […]
CARY’S CORNER – SUMMER FUN? NOT FOR YOUR LAWN
EARLY SUMMER 2011 Summertime! Summer brings us great things like; warm weather, swimming pools, vacations, baseball, trips to the lake or a float down a river. All of these activities are some of my favorite things. When we were kids summer seemed to last forever. Now it goes by so fast I never get to […]
CARY’S CORNER – OPRAH AND GRASS?
LATE SPRING 2011 Last Christmas a relative of my wife gave us a subscription for Oprah magazine. Now I nor my wife have ever been big Oprah fans. I have rarely even seen her show because I am usually working when it is on. For the most part the magazine is filled with ads and […]
