Landscaping Philosophy and Call to Action

financial situation. Here's the thing. The landscaping is an emotional want. When a person wants something, it's like a brand new car. They want that brand new car. They're willing to sacrifice whatever they want to satisfy this this want urge that's in their belly. And the landscape isn't far from that. But I don't want my customers to feel that pain over and over again. So, I I learned to get creative using what a combination of what I know I have access to and looking at what my customers have access to and incorporating those things together, but I always try to leave a portion of the job as sweat equity. I look at the skills of my customers. Are they capable? Do they have a good body, good back? Do they want to try to become part of that process? And if the answer is yes to any of those things, I will absolutely do everything in my power to be able to incorporate part of their vision, part of their effort and energy into the project. That does not mean I will work alongside of them cuz I will not I will not work alongside of a customer. I will leave segments for them to do on their own. I'm not here to provide the training. I'm not here to hold their hand and do that because that takes too much time. Training a person takes way too much time to do it, but I will set apart an entire zone and say, "Hey, you know what? You can you can plant this zone. You can do this. You can put in Uncle Fogy. You can do that. And I'll I'll teach them how to do or the maintenance on the grass. This is a great one. Maintenance on the grass." So, we seated all of that. Do me do I as a landscape contractor need to be out here and water and show them how to water and how to maintain it? No. I teach them to fish one time and from that point forward they're capable of feeding themselves. So I teach them how to plant the grass seed. I teach them when to water it and how to know when it's perfectly watered or when it needs more water. And from there they take over. So sweat equity. So the combination of sweat equity with the customer, the combination of budget, it opens up a lot more doors to a lot more jobs. Don't get stuck in this it's my way or the highway mentality because you're going to find that you lose a lot of work. But when you're flexible, when you're willing to work with a customer's budget, their dreams, and their visions, and you take the time to try to craft something, there's a certain amount of pride, a certain amount of joy that goes the extra distance. And I…