How to Rake-in more Cash this Fall as a Landscaper

As the lawn mowing season hits the brakes upon the cooling temperatures, you as a landscaper still need to put food on your table. The fall can be a great opportunity for more than just pumpkin-spice everything, apple picking, and hay rides; it’s also a great time to let your customers know about other services you can provide them.

1. Leaf Removal & Yard Cleanups

According to Forbes.com, the average cost of leaf removal services in 2024 is $390. There are many ways to tackle this chore, but simply, all you need to start is a rake, a truck, and some leaf bags. There’s more advanced tool options like leaf blowers, leaf vacuums, leaf scoops, and even the tricks grandfathers used to teach us like raking onto tarps. Find what works best for you and your crew to get an edge on the competition. Pretty soon you’ll realize money does grow on trees, and changes colors once a year.

2. Mulch, Trimming, & Gardening

Many of your clients are probably absent minded of the prep work you can do around the yard before the winter hits. Now is a great time to remind them to ahead for next Spring with a fresh mulch-bed cleanout, plant new flower bulbs, and trim some of the overgrowth before it’s unmanageable. You’re their go-to for landscaping recommendations; you should give them a heads-up before the first frost ruins their opportunity to add value to their yard. Every homeowner wants a healthy and beautiful yard when Spring finally arrives, but not all of them know when it’s time to get ahead to ensure that outcome. They’ll thank you when Winter breaks.

3. Aeration & Fertilizing

Healthy lawns need aerating and fertilizing at least once a year, but we recommend doing it each Spring and Fall to ensure those beautiful waves of green. Many TV dads obsess over having a nice lawn, some need to have the best in the neighborhood. In this case, art is definitely imitating life. Convince your lawn care customers this is as important as regular mowing & watering, and they’ll see the difference for years to come.

4. Join Check & Plowz & Mowz

While Plow & Mowz can help supplement your existing customer routes with more jobs in your area, Check can save you money and time on admin tasks. Both of these are a no-brainer for any small landscaping company. Check is the new go-to landscaper app to help you manage your customers, jobs, routes, crews, quoting, invoicing and more. Taking the headache out of doing these all by yourself can save you hundreds or thousands in hours you’re probably wasting at the kitchen table digging through paperwork each week.