The Greenskeeper

In the spring of last year, Josh purchased a small lawn-mowing business with our tax refund. I wasn't exactly thrilled with fun money being spent on work, but Josh was really excited about the prospect of finally owning his own lawn-mowing business like he'd been dreaming about for years. He had a vision of mowing others' lawns, and having his sons work alongside him... 

We bought a little flat-bed trailer two years ago in anticipation of taking the family on 4-wheeling trips, but we ended up never using it like we thought that we would. So, Josh used that little trailer to haul around the riding lawn-mower that came along with the purchase of the small business. After one year of working the business, he knew he wanted to have a different trailer to haul his lawn-mowing stuff in. So this winter, he began looking for a used, enclosed trailer. One of our friends decided to sell us theirs because they weren't using it a lot anymore. It was a little larger than Josh had desired, but the price was right, and he used half our tax refund money this year to purchase the trailer (the other half of the refund was used on our Vegas trip--so it was a good compromise: we did something fun for me, and something for work for him).

 

He cleaned off the vinyl lettering that the previous trailer owner had put on the sides of the exterior, and he removed some of the shelving that they had installed on the interior for their plumbing materials. Then I had a friend of mine help me create new vinyl lettering, and I applied the lettering to the outsides of the trailer at the end of April. Josh wants to have a logo made, but the fellow who was going to do it has put a pause on his orders for now, so the lettering is all we have at this time on the sides of the trailer. Josh was happy with the application of his business name on the sides of the trailer, because it feels much more professional now.

(The blue lettering at the bottom is still on from the previous owners--Josh got tired of scraping it all off!)

Josh named his business after his job at the golf course. He is the Superintendent, which is also known as "The Greenskeeper".

He's been very busy this spring picking up new clients for his lawn-mowing business. Last year, he did about 6 lawns, and this year he has grown to 12 lawns, and he doesn't think he wants to do much more than that! He's also been aerating a LOT! Nobody in Salmon has an aeration machine, and Josh was able to borrow one from his Uncle John (hopefully we'll be able to purchase it), and he has been extremely busy aerating people's lawns in addition to all the mowing! He also does de-thatching, weed-eating, fertilizing, weed control, and he shovels snow in the winter. He takes Ammon with him to help--and Ammon also does his own lawns in addition to the ones that Josh takes care of. They're a good team, and they produce excellent work together!