First day of work for New Englanders

[dmk395]

I live in MA and usually start the last week of March or full throttle by April 1. How bout the rest of the New Englanders here? Of course my big advertising push with flyers starts March 1. Any thoughts?

[GLM]

I usually start around the same on the Cape depends on the weather end of march or first of April then lawn mowing toward the middle to end of April. Spring leaf clean ups will start early this year if this weather holds out!

[mdb landscaping]

i dont think you really start march 1st do you? we get snow storms through april? i usually start the third or fourth week of april. maybe the second week with a light winter. this winter you could probably start tomorrow though:D

[slplow]

I also start the last week of march doing clean ups and start mowing first week in may.

[little green guy]

we usually start getting equipment ready the last week in march and usually start working the first or second week in april, sometimes the third week if it;s a long winter.

[proscapeINC]

I'm happy to announce my operation is ready to go I would love to get out 3rd week of march. weather here has been very mild

[landscaper3]

We are working 3-4 days a week at our properties now for snow plowing, sanding and ice maintenance (walkways) We dont start summer maintenance till the snows gone then we start with weeding the beds and spreading tons of mulch. But the snow is unpredictable so starting time is a ?????????????????????????

[edward hedrick]

First day Feb 28 Hartford Show, ED

[dmk395]

Wow, 17 degrees here...I thought spring was just around the corner.

[wallzwallz]

I live on the cape, and we never shut down. We do cleanups, brush mowing and pruning of trees. Great winter for work so far, 1 or 2 days here last week or 2 cold, but not bad for winter.We will be starting spring cleanups next week, mowing whenever the grass starts growing.

[MLI]

We start in a few weeks(weather permitting). Sweep parking lots, small commercial cleanups, advertising etc. Why wait if it isnt snowing, get your butts out there!

[thelawnguy]

My experience has been that lawns are still mud til around the third week of March. You need to wait til the new shoots start to come up otherwise you're just gonna make a mess.

[wallzwallz]

Lawnguy, we don't get muddy lawns here for 2 reasons, very sandy subsoil, being right on the water ground hardly ever freezes solid so drainage keeps working. We make up for it in summer though cause it doesn't hold water then either 1 or 2 days w/out water and brown quick. I have to start cleanups now or not finish them before cutting starts.