Storage Buildings For Lawn and Landscape Businesses

Keeping your tools safe and protected from the weather is important for every trade, and particularly for those businesses that use a lot of expensive equipment. If you are involved in lawn care, or landscaping, you know how important it is to keep your mowing, edging, and trimming equipment in good condition and out of the weather. Equipment that is not well stored, loses value more quickly and repair or replacement is costly, both in terms of money spent, and down time. Your equipment keeps your business running, and keeping it running is a high priority!  Proper equipment maintenance is important, and requires a proper place to perform.

Storage for lawn and landscape materials is also important. Having fertilizers, mulch, soil amendments, plants, and seed available at the right time, can boost your sales, and the speed at which you operate. Storage space is very important in the lawn and landscape industry, but how and where do you get it?

We have a suggestion. Your local portable utility building company has buildings in many shapes and sizes, and with a wide variety of amenities and options such as ramps, roll up doors, vents, windows, and insulation which can help you to get exactly what you need for your growing business.

For more information on Storage Buildings see: Storage Building Blog

The Best Lawn May Be Less Lawn

If the lawn care blues are getting you down, you might consider this idea from the “green” community: To be more green, have less green! By less green, we mean less turf covered area. Turf grasses are pretty efficient at cycling water and nutrients if they are fed and watered properly, and they do a good job of providing clean oxygen, but most of them are not native to our area, no, not even Bermuda grass, and they require more nutrients, and more water than other types of plants in order to maintain that lush green color we all love! They also require an inordinate amount of pesticides compared to trees, shrubs, and ground covers.

Planting native trees and shrubs can be a nice alternative, and offer a little relief for your pocketbook in these tough times. There are even some pest control benefits if you plant the right combination. If birds are attracted to your yard, they will handle a lot of your pest control for you!