Mowing begins April 1st or so, and ends October 31st or so. Really depends on the weather. This was a bad month here in St. Louis. I missed out on two weeks of mowing or more because of the rain. I will probably be mowing until second week of november, and I'll have to fit leaf clean-ups in the schedule somehow.

 

Basically same here in Central IL. We usually mow from April thru Oct. This year has been different as I didn't start a lot of my yards due to weather until almost end of April. Also, basically haven't done much since the the beginning of October due to cold weather and way to wet to work. On the bright side, didn't skip a week at all May thru September because of all the rainfall. Has been a great year overall. The last two seasons have been very wet and have been good mowing years. I always worry though, because it always seems to even out in the long run. I hope the rain just doesn't stop and we become dry. Although we could use a dry spell right now espically for the farmers. But it is about to start raining as I write this.

 

March 10th through November 15th here in SC

 

I started around the last week of March here. . . will still be making final cuts into next week with all the rain slowing things down.
Leaves are still gonna be at least another month of work, I am sure.

 

If you include fall cleanups as a mowing season.....then sometime middle of november, but if mowing season means last time lawns need to be mowed and you mow it real short. ummm, my last lawn will be on monday. But I still have fall cleanups

 

march 1 to nov 30 here, lost two weeks of mowing too here due to rain and emplyee illness and idiotness

 

up here in central canada, Winnipeg we start spring cleanups april 1 ,mowing May-September and fall cleanups mid to end October. November 1 -March 31 SNOW

 

southern Minnesota here.
Mowing season ends NOW (Halloween generally)
People around here don't want you on their lawns after that, tired of paying you.

 

We start mid to late February, and end in December! Good fun!

 

Started March 23rd here. I mowed/cleaned up 8 today and have 8 more tomorrow. My townhouse complex has stopped all mowing but it will need it again. I'm looking at two more mowing/cleanups here I think. Its getting spotty. A few here and there. Definately slowing down but not stopping. 1 1/2 inches of rain here Monday and has been in the mid 70s last couple of days.

 

I mow pretty much year round - usually only one visit in Jan and Feb, bi-weekly in March and then full till from April until Dec when I go bi-weekly on most lawns. I service some properties more often in winter because they need shrub or bed maintenance.

 

Great posts everyone. I'm in Charlotte. NC. I started in mid march, and I think I may be done in a couple weeks. Mowing, that is. Leaves could last a little while longer of course.:usflag:

 

Start mowing late February or early March through mid November for mowing and continue leaf cleanups usually through December.

 

I might cut a few tomorrow but its winding down quick here in Baltimore

 

I mow year round...Louisiana only has about 10-15 days of "cold" weather per winter....and even those are mixed between the mild days..between Nov and Feb I mow each customer once a month.

 

southern Minnesota here.
Mowing season ends NOW (Halloween generally)
People around here don't want you on their lawns after that, tired of paying you.

:laugh:

Most of my accounts are done for the year. Ends in October here.

Starts back up in late April or Early May

 

im in S. Florida and we are weekly from end of April-mid November. On irrigated/fertilized St. Augustine yards, unless we get near freezes, are still bi-weekly during the winter. Bahia yards are weekly from May-Octoberish and then go TBA during the winter. If Bahia doesn't get water, it can go 4-8 weeks b/t cuts in the winter.

 

Here in Coastal Carolina I start around the middle of March and go right until December. It might be cut off a little early this year due to a early frost we had a couple of weeks ago.

 

I need to go far enough south where I can cut longer through the year but still charge the rates of the north. Need to find that equilibrium. Someone tell me where that is, and then you'll have some more competition. :laugh:

In Grand Forks we (UND Landscaping) have started clean ups already and grass has been done for a couple weeks. Just lots of delays with rain/snow. Have gotten a ton of rain in the past 24 hrs and will continue until Saturday.

 

im in S. Florida and we are weekly from end of April-mid November. On irrigated/fertilized St. Augustine yards, unless we get near freezes, are still bi-weekly during the winter. Bahia yards are weekly from May-Octoberish and then go TBA during the winter. If Bahia doesn't get water, it can go 4-8 weeks b/t cuts in the winter.

You cut every week April to November ? That's a lot! I cut 3 x per month April - October; 2 x per month November - March; Install a lot of winter annuals in November & summer annuals April. If the customer wants additional cuts he may request them.

 

^typically, yes. I actually start weekly cutting May 1. If a customer has irrigation and fertilizes year round on St. Augustine, you need to be cutting weekly until mid-November. Bahia started to slow down in early September, and I started going bi-weekly on that in early October, but St. Augustine is still growing to the point where it needs weekly cutting. Again, that is on an irrigated/fertilized St. Augustine yard. The "weed patches" as I call them are a different story.

 

I have all St. Augustine - so still mowing and with the warm weather we have had here in the Orlando area (92 yesterday) I do not see it ending anytime soon LOL - I do not expect to go every other week until after November this year! I agree with diamond that Augustine that is fertilized is a weekly cut till November - Most just recently got fert a few weeks ago and are still growing strong. Depending on the customer and weather December/Jan winter fertilizer can drive the need for weekly cuts too for a bit. Most of my customers still expect a edge and trim through the winter weeks even if it is not mowed - most are very much into that manicured look, so my season really never stops completely, just some weeks get much slower

 

^ i agree. I am getting ready for fertilization. The yards are hungry.

I've seen warm times in Jan/Feb that COULD have been weekly. There is really always something to do, even in the winter on the yards.

 

I need to go far enough south where I can cut longer through the year but still charge the rates of the north. Need to find that equilibrium. Someone tell me where that is, and then you'll have some more competition. :laugh:

In Grand Forks we (UND Landscaping) have started clean ups already and grass has been done for a couple weeks. Just lots of delays with rain/snow. Have gotten a ton of rain in the past 24 hrs and will continue until Saturday.

That would be Cincinnati. Average 1.4 acre lot is 35-40 per cut, cut every week if it rains. Some cuts start last week of March. Usually cut all first week of april. Cuts are starting to slow, but I'll cut until around Dec.1st.

 

That would be Cincinnati. Average 1.4 acre lot is 35-40 per cut, cut every week if it rains. Some cuts start last week of March. Usually cut all first week of april. Cuts are starting to slow, but I'll cut until around Dec.1st.

I don't wanna go all the way out to Ohio, so St. Louis suburbs would be the same criteria? Do they have KY Blue Grass there?