Landscaping work is incredibly lucrative, but inherently seasonal in nature; lawn grass grows much slower in the winter than in the summer, while all but evergreens lose their leaves, and homeowners lose interest in the kerb appeal of their garden until the spring. But there are ways for your landscaping business to market itself in the winter period, to make itself useful and hence make money to tide you over until the warmer months – and gardening season – returns proper.

Lawn Preparations

Even if they don’t cut grass for homeowners, Harrisonburg landscaping services (or similar landscaping services in other areas) can still address their clients’ lawns in a meaningful way; in particular, by preparing it for the upcoming warmer seasons. Dead leaves from neighboring trees can settle on lawn grass, cutting off sunlight and potentially causing the grass to die off. By raking all the leaves to one side, and creating a mulch pile with these leaves and other bits of garden detritus, you can ensure a breeding ground for helpful wildlife and a source of nutrients for the grass and for soil beds.

Cleaning Services

Expanding out from sheer horticulture, you could utilise your landscaping tools for cleaning tasks around the garden and external spaces of the home. Gutter clearing is a valuable job, one which many homeowners tend to avoid – and one of which short work can be made through the use of a cordless leaf blower. The leaf blower can also clear patios and flowerbeds of dead, dry material, while pressure washers can get paving stones back to brand-new condition.

Christmas Decorations

Perhaps slightly outside your usual remit as a landscaper, but offering your services in putting up Christmas decorations for households could prove to be particularly popular – especially where your creativity in summer landscaping can translate to winter decorations. With ladders and basic tools easily to hand, you can charge a premium for doing the dangerous work on behalf of the homeowner – not only removing the stress of thinking about decoration, but also the danger. Additionally, remember that Christmas is the time when you can see the lights put on display in every house. If you can transcend into the role of an electrician like the ones found at Paul the Plumber’s electrical services, then you can help the homeowner with most of the Christmas decorations. Perhaps you can earn a fortune by doing so. Since everybody does not have the proper knowledge regarding the installation of lights, which might increase the chances of broken filaments and fused bulbs, it would be profitable for you to lend a hand to such people.

Snow Removal

Snow can be difficult to deal with on a day-to-day basis for homeowners, especially where they do not have trade access to winter amenities such as grit – which gives you an excellent opportunity to make additional money. Clearing snow from gardens and driveways is not just a practical solution for households; it also has an aesthetic benefit, especially where snowfall covers any evergreen topiary you may have carried out, ormuddies the image of outdoor structures such as patio gazebos or outhouses.