Landscape Management, January 2019
FiveQuestions INTERVIEW BY Seth Jones Casey Hurd Managing Member Greenscapes Land Care Worton Md 1 How big is your family I have a wife two daughters and a big 100 pound yellow lab My family keeps me organized and on my toes With two young kids you have to stick to routines to make things less hectic Quinn is 4 Tessa is 1 Gomer the lab is 8 Hes my hunting buddy and male companion 2 Whats the best thing about living on a farm The ability to get away and the peacefulness We live on a 330 acre farm with lots of ponds and wildlife I do a fair amount of hunting out there My business used to be on the farm right next to me but I moved it to give me room to just be myself 3 How do you see this industry changing and what have you done to try to adapt I dont know if its smaller companies but definitely less employees but the good news is you can do more with less employees now The mini skid steer alone has proven that the technology in our industry is improving to help us get the job done faster and with less labor Weve even got better hand tools now to make us perform more like a construction company at times 4 If I asked your crew what is the one thing that they would tell me you say to them all the time I thought the answer to this was be careful But then I asked them and they said the thing I say to them every day is good morning and thank you I kind of knew it might be good morning we do 15 minutes of training each morning and I always say good morning then because I might not see them again that day I feel like Im always saying be careful and do your best We have 19 people working here when things slow down and we staff up to 28 to 30 at our busiest I rely on these people I do try to tell everyone thank you when they leave for the day 5 Fill in the blank I love my job because ________ ________ Because of the different things I get to do each day I love the challenges and all the different people I get to meet Photo Seth Jones Best advice The harder you work the luckier you get I find that to be true There will always be struggles in business you just have to work through them LANDSCAPEMANAGEMENT NET January 2019 56
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