Lawn care career?
 

I have been in the retail nursery trade for 22 years. I have been
thinking lately about a career specializing in lawn care. Anyone
reading do this for a living? I'm interested in diagnosing lawn
problems and the corrective actions, disease prevention, lawn
maintenance, as opposed to lawn cutting. Thanks.

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I have been in the retail nursery trade for 22 years. I have been
thinking lately about a career specializing in lawn care. Anyone
reading do this for a living? I'm interested in diagnosing lawn
problems and the corrective actions, disease prevention, lawn
maintenance, as opposed to lawn cutting. Thanks.


You might find this website interesting:
http://www.lawnsite.com/

Good Luck,
Jeff

On 15 Dec 2004 08:43:18 -0800, wrote:

I have been in the retail nursery trade for 22 years. I have been
thinking lately about a career specializing in lawn care. Anyone
reading do this for a living? I'm interested in diagnosing lawn
problems and the corrective actions, disease prevention, lawn
maintenance, as opposed to lawn cutting. Thanks.

Not for a living, but I take care of two neighbor's lawns at $200 a
month each on a one year contract. That includes fertilizer, liming
(if needed), weed treatments, overseeding, trimming, mulching,
removing leaves, mowing and sweeping. I bought a $500 blower last
year and that reduced the workload. The nice thing is that I don't
need transportation. I keep turning down more requests, so there is a
definite need for this service. Sometimes I will cut down a tree,
with no charge as long as I can keep the wood (I build furniture).
I enjoy doing lawn care and constantly get compliments.

Jeffrey K. Judd wrote:
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I have been in the retail nursery trade for 22 years. I have been
thinking lately about a career specializing in lawn care. Anyone
reading do this for a living? I'm interested in diagnosing lawn
problems and the corrective actions, disease prevention, lawn
maintenance, as opposed to lawn cutting. Thanks.


You might find this website interesting:
http://www.lawnsite.com/

Good Luck,
Jeff

Thanks Jeff. I will check out that site. Regards, Bob.

Not for a living, but I take care of two neighbor's lawns at $200 a
month each on a one year contract. That includes fertilizer, liming
(if needed), weed treatments, overseeding, trimming, mulching,
removing leaves, mowing and sweeping. I bought a $500 blower last
year and that reduced the workload. The nice thing is that I don't
need transportation. I keep turning down more requests, so there is a
definite need for this service. Sometimes I will cut down a tree,
with no charge as long as I can keep the wood (I build furniture).
I enjoy doing lawn care and constantly get compliments.


How big are the lawns and how long does it take you to mow each?
Do you use noisy or quiet machines?

Eric

On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 19:56:15 -0500, Eric G wrote:

Not for a living, but I take care of two neighbor's lawns at $200 a
month each on a one year contract. That includes fertilizer, liming
(if needed), weed treatments, overseeding, trimming, mulching,
removing leaves, mowing and sweeping. I bought a $500 blower last
year and that reduced the workload. The nice thing is that I don't
need transportation. I keep turning down more requests, so there is a
definite need for this service. Sometimes I will cut down a tree,
with no charge as long as I can keep the wood (I build furniture).
I enjoy doing lawn care and constantly get compliments.


How big are the lawns and how long does it take you to mow each?
Do you use noisy or quiet machines?

Eric

They are about 1/3 acre each, both have hills. The mowing takes about
3.5 hours for both lots with a walk-behind self-propelled mower. I
can get it done in 3 hours without a break, but that's a tough call in
the summer heat. Most equipment (mower, leaf blower, trimmer,
chipper/shredder) is gasoline engines. I use hearing protection.
Fertilizing, applying lime, treating weeds, mulching and overseeding
are quiet tasks.

On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 01:32:56 GMT, Phisherman wrote:


They are about 1/3 acre each, both have hills. The mowing takes about
3.5 hours for both lots with a walk-behind self-propelled mower. I
can get it done in 3 hours without a break, but that's a tough call in
the summer heat. Most equipment (mower, leaf blower, trimmer,
chipper/shredder) is gasoline engines. I use hearing protection.
Fertilizing, applying lime, treating weeds, mulching and overseeding
are quiet tasks.

I see. Thanks very much!

Eric

3.5 hours to mow two .33 acre lots? and you charge each 200/month for your lawn
care service?

WHy do you live, I want a piece of that action :-)

Phisherman wrote:

On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 19:56:15 -0500, Eric G wrote:

Not for a living, but I take care of two neighbor's lawns at $200 a
month each on a one year contract. That includes fertilizer, liming
(if needed), weed treatments, overseeding, trimming, mulching,
removing leaves, mowing and sweeping. I bought a $500 blower last
year and that reduced the workload. The nice thing is that I don't
need transportation. I keep turning down more requests, so there is a
definite need for this service. Sometimes I will cut down a tree,
with no charge as long as I can keep the wood (I build furniture).
I enjoy doing lawn care and constantly get compliments.


How big are the lawns and how long does it take you to mow each?
Do you use noisy or quiet machines?

Eric

They are about 1/3 acre each, both have hills. The mowing takes about
3.5 hours for both lots with a walk-behind self-propelled mower. I
can get it done in 3 hours without a break, but that's a tough call in
the summer heat. Most equipment (mower, leaf blower, trimmer,
chipper/shredder) is gasoline engines. I use hearing protection.
Fertilizing, applying lime, treating weeds, mulching and overseeding
are quiet tasks.