Tom and Lori Couture started mowing lawns in a rather unusual way. After selling their 27-year-old commercial printing company, they purchased 40 mowing accounts on Craigslist. That was five years ago. Now, Pine Ridge Property Services in Naples, Florida maintains only a handful of those original properties. Yet its sales have grown, as has the owners’ knowledge of what it takes to be successful in the industry.

In this issue we get leaf cleanup done right and we meet our new User of the Month.

In the town of Someren Netherlands, you may run into a sleek green Land Rover with the name “Rudi Swinkels” on the side.  He will most likely be pulling a trailer with a Walker Model MD in it and some grass clippings.  

Just outside of Zurich in the village of Mägenwil, you can find the main office of Hauswartprofis AG.  While there, you will also find eight Walker mowers that are used by this highly successful company that not only does exterior maintenance with 25 employees but also interior building maintenance that brings the total of employees to around 200.  With additional branches in Baar and Zurich, Hauswartprofis, has strategic coverage of their customers.

If you are a parent or adult team member at Rottne Fútbol Club in Sweden, you just may find yourself on the seat of a Walker Mower Model MH24d as one of the fifteen volunteers who helps take care of the club’s grounds, including three fields and other open space.  

A big shout out to Andrew Stepp owner of Premium Organics Lawncare in Asheville, North Carolina for winning our June Productivity Challenge Contest on trimming.