Some of the country’s smallest metro areas have grown mightier. From 2015 to 2016, quite a few U.S. metro areas traded places in the overall metro population rankings. Some metros went up the ladder and some metros went down the ladder, while others simply stayed on the same rung. A […]
Thousands of people — both tourists and new residents — flock each year to the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC, metro area for the beaches, the abundant sunshine, the golf courses and more. It’s safe to say that most Americans think first and foremost of the Myrtle Beach area as […]
A whole lot of Iowans love their lawns. A LawnStarter analysis of Google Trends data from March 2012 to March 2017 shows the combined area of Cedar Rapids, Dubuque, Iowa City and Waterloo in Iowa led all U.S. metro regions in Google searches for the term “lawn care” during the […]
Hebron — once the home of three cotton gins and a post office — is a tiny town of about 400 residents sandwiched between two affluent suburbs of Dallas-Fort Worth, TX. To the north of Hebron is The Colony. To the south is Carrollton. Certainly, those two thriving suburbs overshadow little […]
Admit it: Garden gnomes are kinda cute. Characterized by red pointy hats, long white beards and pudgy bodies, gnome figurines are smile-inducing fixtures in gardens around the world. According to legend, underground gnomes “came alive at night” to toil in gardens and protect them from “evil sorcery,” the Balcony Container […]
Residents of Omaha, NE, were a little hotter under the collar than usual in 2016. A LawnStarter study of data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) shows Omaha ranked No. 1 among the 50 largest U.S. cities for warmer-than-normal weather in 2016. Last year, Omaha recorded an average […]
Portland, OR, and Seattle, WA, are the two biggest cities in the Pacific Northwest. They’re also two of the biggest city-versus-city rivals in the country. As proof of the rivalry, we offer this swipe at Seattle from Andy Kryza, senior editor of Thrillist Portland: Seattle likes to think of itself […]
The mountain town of Bend, OR, is known for its love of craft beer, mountain biking and dogs. Now, you can add something else to that list: landscaping. Bend is No. 1 in LawnStarter’s new ranking, based on Google Trends data, of the 5 Places Where People Are Most in […]
Drones buzz across our skies, and gadgets like Amazon’s Alexa respond to our every question and command. So, of course, that type of high-tech wizardry is emerging in the lawn care industry. As described by the Wall Street Journal, robotic lawn mowers “resemble a Roomba, except they target grass instead […]
When you think of Eugene, OR, what comes to mind? The University of Oregon. Track-and-field athletes. Microbreweries. The great outdoors. And naked gardening? We don’t know whether Eugene qualifies as the U.S. capital of World Naked Gardening Day, but we do know that plenty of people in the Eugene area […]