Big Wooden Ball Project from Mike Leuis on Vimeo.

Here’s our round-up of cool stuff from the web. Check it out and have a great weekend. (And call your dad!)

• The coming mosquito invasion. (via @senskeblog)
• Church covers its nave with turfgrass for the queen.
• Economics: 100 years of consumer spending.
• Science: pH explained.
• Why people hate unkempt lawns.
• Above: What to do with those old stumps.

Here’s our weekly collection of fun and educational stuff from the web. Enjoy, and have a great weekend!

• It’s official – warmest spring on record.
• 5 great summer water movies.
• Canada’s pesticide ban means Toronto’s parks ‘going to seed.’
• New research on small business from Bank of America.
• Why you should drink more coffee.
• Above: Manufacturers focus on faster mowers for pros and homeowners alike. (via @OPEInstitute)

Here’s our weekly collection of stuff you should know about. Enjoy, and have a great three-day weekend.

• Homebuilders are more confident.
• Why trees matter.
• What you can do with two hours a day.
• A control freak’s guide to delegating. (via @jasoncupp)
• Listen in to my conversation with Chris Heiler on the GetSocial! Radio Show.
• Above: Our latest podcast – selling color with windowboxes.

Here’s our weekly collection of fun stuff from the internet. Enjoy!

• The longest-serving employee at the Morton Arboretum also lives there. (via @ChicagoTreeMD)
• Rutgers launches rain barrels designed by local artists.
• Roanne Miller on why local green industry businesses are better for their communities.
• A great round-up of landscaper-friendly apps from @JShilan.
• Eye candy: 55 photos of Frank Mariani’s personal gardens.
• Above: A new video from the ASLA on how urban agriculture can be adapted to small spaces in cities.

Here’s our digest of fun, interesting and important links from the week. Dig in and enjoy!

• SoCal water fight heats up.
• Plans underway to create world’s largest online plant database.
• Many small businesses are avoiding loans. (via @genemarks)
• Top green building trends for 2012. (via @ValleyCrest) 
• An oldie but a goodie: Email checklist.
• Above: Mark Ciccarelli from the Neave Group and his famous bourbon bacon chicken wings. (via @chris_heiler)

Here’s our Friday digest of fun and interesting stuff from the web. Enjoy, and have a great weekend!

• Small business M&A activity is at its highest point in three years.
• Phoenix housing is back on track. (via @martygrunder)
• How we pay taxes.
• Joe Calloway offers some great advice.
• We should all aspire to this level of brand loyalty.
• Modern (business) etiquette.
• Above: Mike Schwarze of Mike’s Tree Care saves a baby owl, remains awesome while doing so. (via @voiceoftreecare)

Here’s our weekly update on cool stuff from the web. Enjoy!

• A farm replaces golf as in the suburbs. (Via @turfhugger)
• Monkshood making a comeback in the Midwest.
• A visual representation of what Americans spend their money on.
• Top 5 social media branding mistakes.
• ASLA publishes report how much cash green roofs and similar infrastructure can save.
• Make your designers’ lives easier with Pinterest. (via @uphelpsr)
• Flower subscription service H.Bloom raises $10 million. (via @getsocialshow)
• Above: Landscape lighting series by Barry Underwood, an artist and professor of photography at the Cleveland Art Institute. (via The Dirt)

The L&L offices are closed tomorrow, so you get your weekend roundup a day early. Enjoy!

• A great read for your customers on how to get birds interested in their landscape.
• What to plant by a pool.  (Via @landscapingnews)
• How to advertise well to people with ever-shorter attention spans. Wait, what were we talking about?
• 3 steps to create a beautiful xeriscape.
• Blue trees coming to Seattle.
• Above: Casey Trees created an easy-to-use map of all the cherry trees in Washington.

Here’s our weekly update on cool stuff we found online. Enjoy, and have a great weekend!

• NPR gets really NPR-y with a story on how sound can impact plants.
• Which metro areas in the U.S. are recovering fastest. (via @UrbanLandInst)
• An apples-to-apples spreadsheet for your favorite property manager or HOA.
• Seth Godin makes the case for follow-up calls.
• A new international competition will award 15,000 Euros to the best sustainable landscape design. (via The Dirt)
• Above: Chris Heiler and our own Carolyn LaWell discuss the changes Facebook made this week and what they mean to small business owners.

Here’s our weekly round-up of interesting and (somewhat) relevant stuff from around the web. Enjoy!

• Landscape benefits by the numbers.
• Related: Resodding can quickly boost curb appeal. (h/t to Norm Goldenberg)
• Photos of the urban forest in New Orleans.
• The Pando is one of the world’s largest living organisms.
• The High Line could be coming to Chicago.
• Above: The Parklands, a massive new park planned for Louisville, Ky. (via The Dirt)