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how do others manage when they are getting behind due to bad weather
how do other manage them they get behind due to changable weather conditions we are having lots of heavy showers in cambridgeshire at the moment which causing a back log of work just had one customer on the phone saying that he does not care about anyone esle i got go to him
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PRO MemberPermalink Reply by Jen@A&J Owenwindows&gardens on -
We've had a customer cancel due to weather issues believe it or not, she put us off because it was raining (very light rain) and told us we had to return the next morning (!!), we explained that work was already allocated for that morning and we'd ring her the next dry day we had available as she didn't want her lawn cut in the wet. Duly rang her (about 2 days later) and said she had another call coming in and slammed the phone down! Left a polite message - nothing. Drove past today and she's obviously got someone else to do it - badly!
Should have known better though, she criticised her old gardener (s) when we took it on this year - should have walked away!
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Permalink Reply by Colin Hunt on -
Some you win, some you lose, but most stick. Better off without her I reckon, some people have more issues than we simple souls will ever understand!
Jenny@ A & J Owen Gardening said:We've had a customer cancel due to weather issues believe it or not, she put us off because it was raining (very light rain) and told us we had to return the next morning (!!), we explained that work was already allocated for that morning and we'd ring her the next dry day we had available as she didn't want her lawn cut in the wet. Duly rang her (about 2 days later) and said she had another call coming in and slammed the phone down! Left a polite message - nothing. Drove past today and she's obviously got someone else to do it - badly!
Should have known better though, she criticised her old gardener (s) when we took it on this year - should have walked away!
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PRO MemberPermalink Reply by Jen@A&J Owenwindows&gardens on -
You are spot on there!
Colin Hunt said:Some you win, some you lose, but most stick. Better off without her I reckon, some people have more issues than we simple souls will ever understand!
Jenny@ A & J Owen Gardening said:We've had a customer cancel due to weather issues believe it or not, she put us off because it was raining (very light rain) and told us we had to return the next morning (!!), we explained that work was already allocated for that morning and we'd ring her the next dry day we had available as she didn't want her lawn cut in the wet. Duly rang her (about 2 days later) and said she had another call coming in and slammed the phone down! Left a polite message - nothing. Drove past today and she's obviously got someone else to do it - badly!
Should have known better though, she criticised her old gardener (s) when we took it on this year - should have walked away!
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PRO MemberPermalink Reply by Roy Parker on -
i loose a few this last couple of weeks , the photo is of a lawn a cut yesterday and i had left the wettest part of the lawn
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PRO MemberPermalink Reply by David Cox on -
That is bad! At least the skid marks will wash out quickly, unless you braked the wheels and went flying down!
You loose a few? you mean days? If its very bad, do what you can, and go home, make a brew and work Saturday! We all have to do it some time.
roy parker said:i loose a few this last couple of weeks , the photo is of a lawn a cut yesterday and i had left the wettest part of the lawn
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PRO MemberPermalink Reply by Adam Pilgrim on -
If a lawn was that wet, personally I wouldn't have even attempted cutting it - I do have a few lawns that waterlog - all these customers know if its too wet on their scheduled day, they they will get fitted in when I am passing or on their next scheduled date.
I don't suffer from wheel marking, although that's probably because 80% of my cutting is 'rollered' with the Hayters.
Some are surprised I turn up if it is light drizzle - just depends what needs doing at each particular place.
Downpours force rescheduling admittedly.
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Permalink Reply by Jane Heath on -
Nope, neither would I have done. Way too wet out there and we do more damage stamping about on waterlogged soils and lawns than good. So, cancelled today's job and went back to bed! But as this is a really important customer employing two of us weekly for a full day, she gets priority followed by the other weekly's, then fortnightly's. One-offs on the back burner for now.
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PRO MemberPermalink Reply by Roy Parker on -
since first posting this tread i sat here and read the messages about getting better waterproofs or getting a etesia i have posted before saying that some have standing water on them so in the end i gone around the worse patchs
i not done anything since monday afternoon and the way it raining here now i be lucky to work tomorrow .
i should be be digging up a cherry tree to move that going to be fun in this weather
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Permalink Reply by duncan ross on -
I just get on with doing the jobs that i have not been able to do when on site, like uploading some recent work photos on LJN - there is always something to do.
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PRO MemberPermalink Reply by Stuart @ Eco Garden Maintenance on -
Chucking it down here between Leeds and York. I have had to stop aerating with a Camon machine as the ground was getting too wet. Paperwork and banking beckons.
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PRO MemberPermalink Reply by Jen@A&J Owenwindows&gardens on -
Sun is now out so other half has gone back out. We are lucky enough to have very light and free draining soil round here to managed to do a hedge trim and tidy some borders - just the grass we didn't want to risk cutting! Yesterday, we cut a lawn in area further away with heavy clay soil and I wasn't that happy with the finish but the customer sent an e-mail saying how pleased she was.
One customer wanted to delay cutting her lawn till next week, one booked in for Saturday we have 4 that we have missed so far this week but they seem OK about it....looks like showers for the rest of the week so should be up to date by Saturday
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PRO MemberPermalink Reply by Gary Hedges on -
Welcome to the world of the Scottish gardener, last summer we did not have more than 3 consecutive days without rain, you just have to get on with it and do a lot of juggling.
Never missed a day though.
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