Townsville storms - March 2012

What a beginning of the week that was! Mowing in Townsville has been hard for the past few weeks with so much rain that to even attempt to do a lawn is crazy. It would be okay if my mower was also a hovercraft with the amount of water that's on the ground.

I'm grateful that today I can get back to work. Hopefully it will be dry enough that we'll have a busy next couple of weeks.

I was lucky to not be in the path of the storm. My best wishes to everyone who was impact.

Cheers, Kym

Image credit: http://media.sbs.com.au/news/thumb/324981/300_225_3741_townsville-tornado2-b-120320--melissavander10.jpg

Killer humidity at the BMX track

Yesterday I volunteered a few hours at the Townsville BMX track. I whipper-snipped for about three hours. Who needs the gym when you have a mowing business?

But it's ready now and I'm looking forward to the season starting again.

I qualified to compete in the Australian titles at Blue Lake, Mt Gambier in South Australia in April. Not sure if I'm going yet. I'd love to of course but I'll need to mow a heck of a lot of lawns between now & then to get there.

The season, which was due to have started at the beginning of the school year, has been delayed due to rain-damage to the track. Hopefully we'll be back riding in the next few weeks.

Coming home to a driveway of rain

Image, a photo by kymsmowing on Flickr.

I was lucky today. While it rained over most of Townsville, it was clear enough to mow at Kelso for the bulk of the day.

It was great to be able to get the properties down to a semi-respectable height today. Of course the trade-off with a wet mow is that the finish is less than perfect.

I'll only ever wet-mow when a client has given me approval beforehand and after I'm sure that they understand that the lawn will not be perfect afterwards.

Of course we love the rain... it's just that sometimes it really is a huge inconvenience.

Have a great weekend.
Kym.

Where did Mt Stuart go?

Where did Mt Stuart go?, a photo by kymsmowing on Flickr.

Low lying clouds today mean it's hot, hot, hot ... and humid, humid, humid.

Welcome to a new year ahead

2011 has been pretty amazing as our small business has steadily grown from nothing but an idea.

I wish I'd taken a before and after shot, but believe me, this was a rainforest before we got it under control

We became official providers for the Townsville City Council's Home and Community Care (HACC) Home Maintenance Programme. It was a lot of work getting our application together but it is definitely worth it. I look forward to providing more services to our community in 2012.

We've learned so much about business in general as well as the seasonal nature of the mowing and lawn-care industry. 

In 2012 we hope to expand by focusing also on our Handy Services. I'll gradually develop a list of some of the types of jobs we can do. You can see the start of our list here.

I hope to spend some time early this year asking my existing clients for an evaluation of our Mowing Service to make sure that we are giving the best service we can.

Don't forget we are on Twitter, and very soon we'll have a Facebook Page and will also be on Google Plus. (Keep watching for updates) 

Welcome to our new website

L with Mum's work car & trailer

Well it's official, Kym's Mowing & Handy Service has been trading since February 2011.

It's been an excellent few months as I've slowly learned to understand the personality of Townsville's weather pattern. No doubt I've still got much to learn as we head into our first twelve months here in Townsville, Far North Queensland. With an outdoor business that relies on 'good' weather to function, it's been a steep learning curve working out how to manage my schedule.

My first blog post has to mention my three children who have been such troupers as we moved from a very 'family' Kia Carnival to a proper work vehicle and a Holden at that. They've become accustomed to all the paraphernalia of a work car - mowers, whipper snippers, rakes and rubbish bags. I'm sure as they grow older, they'll become the greatest assistants ever!

I need to also mention my sister Leesa, who has created this site for me and who is slowly teaching me the importance of the social web in the marketing of my business. Yes - I promise I will take more photos and tweet each day.

I look forward to another excellent period of business, though I'm aware of a probable slow down as we move into a tropical winter. (It's my first North Queensland winter and I can't believe how lovely & warm it is!)

If you would like to have a yarn about what your yard and home might look need from Kym's Mowing & Handy Service, please feel free to give me a call, or an email, or even a Tweet! I'm based in Pimlico, but have clients all over Townsville and Thuringowa.

Thanks, Kym