Why I don't work in the rain...

There are many reasons why I don't work in the rain and your lawn care provider shouldn't either. Some are for my own reasons to protect myself and my investment. And several are to protect my clients, their lawns and their investments in the beautification of their lawn.

I will cover my reasons here 1st:

1. The equipment is not designed to be used in the rain for the most part. I don't know many who would be thrilled about ruining a $12,000 machine to make a very small fraction of that amount, because remember many warrenties do not cover stupidity lol.

2. Bagging lawn clippings is a pain in the butt when they are wet because they stick to everyting and clog up the shoot and mower deck. And often times do not fully bag which can make the lawn look bad.

3. If I get sick from working in the rain we all lose out. I am not able to work and make any money, your lawn won't get mowed.

4. I do not enjoy possibly tearing someones lawn up simply to make a buck. Lawns aren't really designed to be mowed when wet (when the ground is wet the roots are easily loosened and you can actually rip the grass right out of the lawn quite easily).

5. Mowing on wet slopes is dangerous as lawn mowers can easily slip or slide on wet lawns, resulting in tearing up of the lawn or possible injury. (Homeowners who hire uninsured companies/ persons can actually be sued if an uninsured person is injured while working at their home... always make sure anyone who works on your home is insured!)

Ok, now for the reasons that are really important... the reasons I do not mow in the rain or when the ground is wet for my clients:

1. More often than not a lawn that is mowed when wet will have a higher tendancy to "clump" and look nasty (the grass clippings clump/ stick together to make big ugly clumps of dead grass on the lawn instead of spreading out evenly under normal mowing conditions which can build up thatch(dead grass in the lawn) un evenly as well).

2. When the ground it can get ruts in it quite easily. Ruts are caused primarily from driving/ riding heavy equipment over wet ground. While these ruts generally can be fixed by rolling the lawn why would anyone want to have more of an expense than otherwise needed for something so easily preventable.

3. This is actually also one of my own personal reasons for not mowing when the ground is wet.... I do not enjoy tearing up someones lawn to make a buck (same as #4 of my personal reasons).

4. This I feel is probably the most important one of all and really sums each and every one of these reasons in one..... My clients deserve the best possible care and service possible, afterall they pay for a service and I would be cheating them if it could be done better.

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