Career Gardeners - Has Your Income Been Affected by the Wet Weather?

Was just wondering if your income has taken a nose-dive compared to last year?

Mine certainly has but apart from taking on a few odd-jobs, it has been so wet around here that many people have flooded or seriously wet gardens that can't me mown that the work has dried up (paradoxically-speaking).

I'm afraid to take on new customers as there is enough already for when conditions improve (hopefully). The gound is still boggy here after a mild but very wet winter as well as the 'April Showers' that are torrential and last for hours, weekly or often twice-weekly.

Have you seen a downturn in trade or have you managed to cope or even diversify?

 

@Mowerman, I'm sorry to hear that working conditions where you are have been tricky for you , is there another trade which you could dip into just to keep a regular income coming in?
I hope things soon start to improve for you

 

Not really, don't forget is was mild last year so I was mowing well towards December.
i price myself according to the work I want to undertake, covering down time and paying my bills.
In saying that I'm no spring chicken and every year it gets harder but the way I work I like my winters off.
I also target areas others don't cover, so I specialise in turf care which round here is a nice market. Not just mowing but consultation work covering all areas of turf care management.
Last year was a hard one as I had an accident of slipping on a boat and taking out a few ribs. That was a painful lesson but luckily I managed to work through it.

 

Is it a problem for you that it's dropped or can you take the hit? Do you just work on turf or do you do anything else?