Transplanting Mountain Ferns
I'm a huge fern guy! This was in the mountains on upstate SC, on the edge of NC. I have a thing where every time I travel to the mountains,…
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Transplanting Mountain Ferns
Tulips under Pansies, try it!
This was a technique that I learned while working at Springdale Outdoor. We planted in annual beds hundreds of tulip bulbs under the pansies. In the second week October when…
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Tulips under Pansies, try it!
Reflecting at Philmont
During one of my favorite backpacking trips, a trip of a lifetime, I paused a minute to look out over the horizon and reflect on life. This was at Philmont,…
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Reflecting at Philmont
Selling Matt’s Lawn Service
When I decided that I had no choice but to get out of the Lawn Service, my dad was quick to tell me that I had something of value. He…
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Selling Matt’s Lawn Service
CAMPING & BACKPACKING as a kid – loved it and learned so much
I learned early on in scouts how to give CPR, and like a true boy scout, I carried around for a long time a mouthpiece that they gave us. That…
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CAMPING & BACKPACKING as a kid – loved it and learned so much
Warren Swimming for Scholarship
The State paper did a write up about the big State Championship at USC. it was a little embarrassing when it came out because they called me out about shaving…
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Warren Swimming for Scholarship
Basic Selling Tip for Approaching Client’s Doors- Don’t cut corners
Selling popcorn and coupon books was a sport for me in Boy Scouts. Everyone knows that they Boy Scouts have their buttery popcorn that is way overpriced. I took selling…
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Basic Selling Tip for Approaching Client’s Doors- Don’t cut corners
Tools At 14, Palm Pilot, Blackberry, & warrenventures@hotmail.com
Palm Pilots were state of the art twenty years ago. I remember I was the only one in Middle School who had "a palm." I used it all the time…
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Tools At 14, Palm Pilot, Blackberry, & warrenventures@hotmail.com
Forest Pansy Redbuds
One of my top ten trees has to be the Forest Pansy Redbud. The brilliant "scarlet-purple" color on the bare branches are breathtaking to me. I love how they are…
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Forest Pansy Redbuds
Matt’s Lawn Service
Many days, I would cut three to four yards in a row. Before I could legally drive, I had to carry all my equipment with me. Dad and I built…
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Matt’s Lawn Service