by Tom Girolamo | Mar 2, 2017 | Uncategorized
I occasionally hear people expound about the virtues of growing plants in greenhouses and inside other structures. “There are no weeds, insects or diseases to deal with” is a universal message from novice greenhouse growers. That could not be further from...
by Tom Girolamo | Jan 18, 2017 | Uncategorized
I put on my fuzzy slippers and eat bonbons all day! Not quite! Landscapes that create measurable benefits for others aren’t created overnight. While other landscapers are out plowing snow during the winter, I’ll spend the coldest months planning out the...
by Tom Girolamo | Dec 7, 2016 | Uncategorized
Don’t you hate the waste regarding packaging? While cardboard and some wrapping paper is reusable and recyclable in many ways, foam is often not so easy. Most foam and plastic packing materials end up in the landfill or worse yet in our oceans. Part of a...
by Tom Girolamo | Dec 7, 2016 | Uncategorized
AccuWeather’s Advertising Sales team is based out of Rockefeller Center in midtown Manhattan. This is not a low-rent district and a testament to how much money changes hands in the weather forecasting business. Not only are there private and government weather...
by Tom Girolamo | Oct 19, 2016 | Uncategorized
Have you ever noticed around Halloween that some properties look just plain scary? Over night big, white styrofoam barrels appear, shrubs are wrapped in tattered burlap and straw is strewn about. Sometimes you even see elaborately constructed “gallows”...
by Tom Girolamo | Aug 30, 2016 | Uncategorized
By this time of year, most gardeners are ready to fall in their tracks, exhausted from months of weeding. I see many people pull weeds up by the roots, stuff them into plastic bags and put them out in the garbage-permanently banning these invaders from their property....
