Bobby Horecka Reporter-News Staff Writer Bill Swenson isn't having much trouble finding yards to mow since Mother Nature finally decided to let it rain again in June. But even after 40 years in business, watching rains come and rains go, he knows how slim job prospects get a few months into a hard drought. A lot of the newer, smaller lawn care businesses can literally go under when it gets dry.
Landscaping is much the same way.
Garden Place manager Scott Warren keeps his crews busy throughout the year by driving farther to stay afloat. By expanding his work area, he works the wetter areas when others dry up. Area water well drillers always get busier when the weather turns dry. Residents start looking for other water sources to keep their yards alive when city water restrictions are imposed. But often the water shortages still take their toll on drillers.