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Rating
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361 episodes
Language
EnglishPublisher
Michael PletzExplicit
No
Date created
2019/10/14
Latest episode
2026/04/20
Average duration
62 min.
Release period
7 days
Description
A podcast dedicated to helping hardscapers start and grow their business. If you are a hardscaper, landscaper, or a contractor of any sort, this podcast is going to help you professionally. Landscaping companies and contractors alike will benefit from discussions with leading experts in the industry talking installation, tools, products, marketing, business, and so much more to help you grow your business. Whether you are a lawn care specialist, a contractor looking to add new services to grow your bottom line, or already active in the industry, there are topics covered that will help you.
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Bahler Brothers to Pave Tool with Phil Bahler
2026/04/20
Today we are joined by Phil Bahler of Pave Tool. We talk about his beginnings in the industry starting Bahler Brothers with his brothers back in 1985 and lessons learned being in business. We then get into inventing tools for the industry and starting Pave Tool.
Sponsors:
Cycle CPA
Knowledge Tree Consulting
PatioSEO
How to Hardscape Headquarters
Lagging and Leading Indicators with Cycle CPA
2026/04/13
Today we are joined by Joe Policastro of Cycle CPA to talk about lagging and leading indicators as well as financial and non-financial indicators that you can use to run a healthy business.
Check out their article here.
Sponsors:
Cycle CPA
HR Masterclass
2026/04/06
Today we publish an HR Masterclass episode with 3 past guests including Tricia, Jason Taylor, and Jacki Hart. They discuss training and onboarding employees, behavioral reports and how you can us this in your business, and structure of a landscaping company.
Sponsors:
Cycle CPA
Knowledge Tree Consulting
How to Hardscape Headquarters
Sales Masterclass
2026/03/30
Today we publish a Sales Masterclass episode with 4 past guests including Sam Bauman, Shawn Van Dyke, Tom Reber, and Chris Lux. We get into presentation of designs, selling value not price, the client's budget, and an entire sales process dissection.
Sponsors:
Cycle CPA
Knowledge Tree Consulting
How to Hardscape Headquarters
Budgeting and Overhead Recovery Workshop
2026/03/23
Today we publish our Budgeting and Overhead Recovery Workshop that we did talking about budgeting for Cost of Goods Sold, Overhead, creating a Profit and Loss, Direct Labor and Management Labor Efficiency Ratio, and choosing an Overhead Recovery Method for your business.
If you are interested in getting the spreadsheet and joining a workshop click here.
Sponsors:
Cycle CPA
Knowledge Tree Consulting
How to Hardscape Headquarters
Role Specialization and Meetings with George Urvari of KTC
2026/03/16
Today we are joined by George Urvari of Oriole Landscaping and Knowledge Tree Consulting to role specialization for employees and meetings to improve communication in your business.
Sponsors:
Cycle CPA
Knowledge Tree Consulting
How to Hardscape Headquarters
Qualifying Clients and the First Consultation with Marty Grunder
2026/03/09
Today we have two past interviews with Marty Grunder on the podcast to discuss qualifying clients and the first consultation. He is the founder and CEO of GLC, founder and president of Grow Group, and host of The Grow Show.
Sponsors:
Cycle CPA
Knowledge Tree Consulting
How to Hardscape Headquarters
Lessons Learned Navigating a Difficult Market with 6 Pasts Guests
2026/03/02
Today we have clips from 6 past guests talk about how they were able to navigate a difficult market or recession from their time in business. Guests include: Jody Grunden, Stanley Genadek, George and Peter of Oriole Landscaping, Phil of PJE Lawn and Landscaping, Sam Bauman of Earthscapes, and Neil Pond of Urban Landscaping.
Sponsors:
Cycle CPA
Knowledge Tree Consulting
How to Hardscape Headquarters
Growth Challenges with Tyler Speirs of Eco Plant Creations
2026/02/23
Today we talk with Tyler Speirs, co-owner of Eco Plant Creations. He talks about his experience in the industry starting his own business, going off and working as a designer for two other companies, and then coming back to starting his own business. He details an experience where a client of a large project stopped paying him and how that impacted his business and personal life.
Sponsors:
Cycle CPA
Knowledge Tree Consulting
How to Hardscape Headquarters
Employee Commits Fraud and Burns Shop Down with Jason Lee of SkyFrog Landscape
2026/02/16
Today we talk with Jason Lee of SkyFrog Landscape and co-host of the Green Side Up Podcast. We talk about his experience working with other companies, starting his own company, how he overcame an employee committing fraud and burning down his shop.
Check out The Landscape Rodeo.
Sponsors:
Cycle CPA
Knowledge Tree Consulting
How to Hardscape Headquarters
7 Office Tasks to do BEFORE Spring Rush
2026/02/09
Today we talk about 7 things you can work on in the office for your landscaping business before the spring rush. These include: adding search engine optimized pages to your website, sending out emails to past potential clients, getting Google Reviews, auditing your sales process, getting your marketing material ready, creating a budget, and completing your onboarding for different tools / software that you are using.
Sponsors:
Cycle CPA
Knowledge Tree Consulting
How to Hardscape Headquarters
Using dLER and mLER to Create a Salary Cap for Your Team
2026/02/02
Today we talk about creating a Budget in your business, choosing an Overhead Recovery Method to markup Cost of Goods Sold to recover overhead in every estimate, finding your rates for employees and equipment based on an Overhead Recovery Method and how they differ, and using Direct Labor Efficiency Ratio and Management Labor Efficiency Ratio to create a salary cap for your team.
This episode goes over a new Budgeting Spreadsheet we created that you can purchase or sign up for our Budgeting Workshops to get some help with it. These features are also available in our Headquarters Software with more advanced offerings.
Sponsors:
Cycle CPA
Knowledge Tree Consulting
How to Hardscape Headquarters
Video Calls Save Drive Time with Call Nelson Landscaping
2026/01/26
Today we talk with Nelson of Call Nelson Landscaping. He talks about working for others to starting his own business, using Zoom to video call clients in the qualification to design process, and how others have helped throughout his time in business.
Sponsors:
Cycle CPA
PatioSEO.com
Knowledge Tree Consulting
How to Hardscape Headquarters
Forecasting Revenue and Overhead with Cycle CPA
2026/01/19
Today we are joined by Carla and Joe Policastro of Cycle CPA to talk about forecasting revenue and overhead from their 2-day virtual event that they held.
Sponsors:
Cycle CPA
LIVE Interviews with 9 Guests at LO Congress
2026/01/12
Today we have 9 guests on the show LIVE at LO Congress Trade Show. We get into topics like products that stood out at the show, struggles from last year, improvements in their business for this year, and marketing.
Sponsors:
Cycle CPA
Knowledge Tree Consulting
How to Hardscape Headquarters
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AMB Contracting 2023/10/26
Wish I would have found this sooner!
I recently found this podcast and can’t get enough. I own a small contracting company and we do a lot of hardscaping. I’m very passionate about the in...
Auman Landscape 2021/03/03
Value every show
Mike brings value every episode!
obacker19 2020/06/18
Empowering, insightful and actionable! 🙌
Whether you’re well established as a hardscaper, or just getting started carving out a profitable niche that’s ready to grow - this is a must-listen p...
Quality fence builder 2020/04/21
This has helped me in a huge way
I have been hesitant leaving my day job to pursue starting my own landscaping business. It went from side jobs to being fully self-employed.
I wil...
SuttonOutdoor 2020/03/05
Excellent Podcast
The How to Hardscape Podcast is an excellent resource for new or seasoned veterans of the landscape and hardscape industry. Mike gets right down to b...
jeremy123456789jjx 2020/03/05
Great guys keep our industry informed and educated 👍🙌👍
Love all the info and the best part comes from real contractors out there on field like me 👍
TheGroundskeeper1 2020/03/01
Thank you for putting in the time.
Great podcast for the veteran landscaper and even the kid-contractors we all started as.
Mason Trees 2020/03/01
My New Favorite Landscaping Podcast
These guys do AWESOME interviews with some of the most knowledgeable people I’ve ever heard from. Every show I learn at least two new things. Even sho...
Northside Stone Masonry 2020/02/27
Great podcast
Absolutely brilliant podcast. So much great information. I’ve been spreading the good word in the Boston area. Keep up the good work brother
markross 2020/02/26
Paul Jamison Interview
Paul was an amazingly refreshing guest. Very inspirational. Hope you will have him on again.
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