Nearing the end of March, temperatures across New England are a solid 20 degrees below average. For some, the cold isn’t just unpleasant, it’s costly.
Owners of Giant Landscaping in Manchester say they should be making money on spring cleanup jobs right now, but instead the trucks sit in the parking lot, with plows and sanders still attached, and their gravel still covered in snow.
Jeff Lavigne is a co-owner, and tells us what a normal spring would sound like. “By April 1st, we are out in full swing,” Lavigne said. “Spring cleanups, mulching, edging, all the good stuff.”
But not this season. Yards are still covered in snow, and where the snow has melted, the ground is still frozen. “It’s miserable this weather is not fun,” Lavigne said. He’s hopeful to get his crews working by the middle of April.
“Everyone is anxious to get out and start doing the work,” Lavigne said. Once they do, they’ll have only a couple weeks to get their customers grass green and ready for cutting by May. “We will do seven-day workweeks and overtime,” Lavigne said. “It will hurt the bottom line a little bit.”
The only green grass we could find in the region was at Sky Meadow Country Club in Nashua. Head Golf Professional James Turner says maintenance crews had to snow blow the greens.
From NECN.com: https://www.necn.com/news/new-england/Winters-Grip-on-Spring-Costly-for-Landscapers-297311121.html