Turf Nerds: A Lawn Care Podcast
Turf Nerds: A Lawn Care Podcast, hosted by Evan Lindman and Greg Durbin, gives listeners an inside look at what it really takes to run a successful lawn care business. Tune in live Monday through Friday from 6:30–7:30 AM Eastern on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and Rumble! Or catch up wherever you listen to podcasts. Along with practical business tips, Evan and Greg bring the laughs with plenty of comedic moments and genuine conversations about Faith. Whether you’re just starting out or scaling up, Turf Nerds is the must-listen show for anyone in the lawn care industry! Turf Nerds Social Media Link...
#323 - Kept Off the Mower, Became a Trimmer Artist: Building a 70-Lawn Business on Word of Mouth | Mark Woodruff
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Salt prices went from $90 to $375 a ton last winter, and Michigan lawn and snow pro Mark Woodruff is bracing for another tough season. Mark joins Evan and Uncle Greg to share how he walked...
#322 - How Far Is Too Far for a Mower Dealer? New Brands, Dealer Support & the 4-3-2 Warranty
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Equip Expo Eve week is here, and we’re asking a big question: would you switch to a brand-new mower brand? Viper Mowers has about 75 dealers so far, but the closest one to us is 2...
#321 - Turf Nerds x Viper Mowers: Our Big Equip Expo 2026 Announcement + 2 Mower Giveaways | Rich Carroll (Viper Mowers)
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It’s Free-for-All Friday, and we’ve got big news: Turf Nerds is partnering with Viper Mowers at Equip Expo 2026! Rich Carroll calls in to talk about the Viper giveaways, which are an 800 XP with a...
#320 - Prosthetic Leg, 8 Employees & a Fuel Surcharge Nobody Fought | Stan Ritchie (Stan's Lawn Care)
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Stan Ritchie went from raising beef cattle and burley tobacco to running Stan's Lawn Care, an 8-person mowing, snow removal and lawn application business in Lawrenceburg, Kentucky. He has never bought a single accou...
#319 - Trim Wider Than You Think: String Trimmer Mistakes Every New Lawn Care Helper Makes
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Should lawn care pros be required to take continuing education like pesticide applicators and irrigators? Evan and Uncle Greg debate licensing and barriers to entry. Then they break down what happened while training a new helpe...
#318 - Should Lawn Care Pros Need Continuing Education? Irrigation Mistakes & Plant ID | Eric "The Turf Teacher" Jones
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Eric "The Turf Teacher" Jones is back with Evan and Greg the day before Waterpalooza, the Carolinas Irrigation Association's continuing education day at NC State. The guys trade irrigation horror stories, from a shrub bed that...
#317 - I Hit a Mailbox… Then Knocked on the Door + Ferris in Wet Grass & Exmark Vertex Problems
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September turned into the wettest stretch of the season, and Evan and Uncle Greg are finally digging out. Evan knocked out 27 lawns in one day with help from Mark Woodruff and his Ferris mowers, whose Softr...
#316 - The $20K Pumpkin Patch: The October Side Hustle One Lawn Care Company Has Run for 32 Years
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Rain finally hit, so Uncle Greg trimmed 31 lawns in one day without ever starting the mower. That proves trimming, edging and blowing take up more of your week than mowing does. Evan and Greg also cover...
#315 - Laid Off, Diagnosed With MS… Then He Built a Lawn Care Business | Ed Smits (The Turf Therapist)
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Laid off in 2023 and diagnosed with multiple sclerosis months later, Ed Smits lost sight in his right eye and use of his right side. Instead of giving up, he built The Turf Therapist, a science-based lawn...
#314 - He Parks on the Property Line to Block My Mower + Does $400 Liquid Aeration Actually Work?
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A neighbor keeps parking his car on the property line so Evan can't mow his client's lawn, so Evan is letting that strip of grass grow to see how long it takes the neigh...
#313 - Equip Expo 2026 First-Timer's Guide + Who Really Bought Hustler? | Kris Kiser (OPEI)
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Equip Expo 2026 is three weeks out, and OPEI President & CEO Kris Kiser joins Turf Nerds to walk first-timers through it. He covers free parking and shuttles, how to work the Churchill Downs welcome recep...
#312 - Is the Cub Cadet the Most Underrated Mower in Lawn Care? + The Weeds Came Back and the Client Blamed Me
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Evan and Uncle Greg Durbin talk about a big weeding job that came back to bite: why weeds return after a full cleanup, and how to set client expectations and pricing so you don't...
#311 - Would You Quote a Lawn Without Seeing It? Virtual Estimates, Body Cams & Protecting Your Lawn Care Business
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Uncle Greg is 10 lawns behind, and clients keep asking where their lawn guy is. On this Free-For-All Friday, we cover clients who pay late and skip the late fee, and where to draw the line befor...
#310 - Mowing Lawns at 21 While Training to Fly for Delta: Lawn Care & Landscaping Growth | Len Jedele (Lennart's Lawn Care & Exotics Landscaping)
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At just 21, Len Jedele runs two green industry businesses, Lennart's Lawn Care and Exotics Landscaping, while earning an entrepreneurship degree at Northwood University and training to become a Delta pilot. Len shares how he start...
#309 - Trimmer Line Terror: Think You Know Lawn Mower Brands? Take Our 10-Question Trivia Challenge
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Uncle Greg takes the hot seat in Turf Nerds Trimmer Line Terror, our new lawn care trivia game show. It's packed with mower brand history from Toro, Bobcat, Hustler, Wright, ECHO, Viper, STIHL and G...
#308 - Typewriter Flyers to $500K in Recurring Revenue: Building Neon Pest & Lawn With Just 2 Employees | Michael Reed
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Michael Reed started mowing lawns at 11 with business cards typed out on a typewriter. 31 years later, he runs Neon Pest & Lawn (formerly Quiet Lawn) in Myrtle Beach, SC, a $500K+ business that's 99% recurring revenue with only...
#307 - Can a Ram 1500 Handle a Billy Goat Debris Loader? Fall Cleanup Leaf Vac Options for Lawn Pros
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Rain delays, confusing clients and a lot of fall prep. Evan is 31 lawns behind after a soggy week, and one client told him to skip the lawn, then asked why he never showed up. Greg expla...
#306 - Soaked Lawns, Torn-Up Turf & a Week of Rain Delays: Surviving the Wettest Stretch of the Season
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Gas just spiked to $5.48/gallon, so Evan and Greg dig into whether it's time for a lawn care fuel surcharge, and how to build one...
#305 - Mower Advice, Zebra Burgers & Winning BBQ Brawl: Bob Trudnak (Bobby T's BBQ)
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Food Network's BBQ Brawl Season 7 champion Bob Trudnak (aka Bobby T) joins Turf Nerds to talk barbecue, business, and everything in between. Bob breaks do...
#304 - $6 Diesel, Soaked Lawns & Should You Ever Hire a Crew?
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Evan and Greg break down nearly every lawn care boot on the market: Strauss, Cujo, Red Wing, Ariat, Nortiv8, and more. Arguing over Boa l...
#303 - 30 Years, One Bad Tank Mix: A Lawn Care Veteran's Biggest Mistake (and Comeback) | Scott Horszowski (Landscapes by Acme)
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Thirty years ago Scott Horszowski started Landscapes by Acme with a 20-inch push mower and a side hustle. Now he joins Turf Nerds to break...
#302 - 16-Day Growth, Demanding Texts & a MultiForce Electrical Issue: Plus, Why the Best New Robot Mowers Just Got Banned
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Evan and Greg are back and catching up on everything. Including the FCC's new ban on foreign-made robot mowers with trimming arms, and what it means...
#301 - I Held Firm on My Lawn Price and Got Fired... Here's Why I Don't Regret It
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Kentucky pastor and lawn care operator Joey Damron calls in on Free For All Friday to share how mowing a friend's lawn as a favor turn...
#300 - Storms, Cemeteries & a Surprise Guest: 300 Episodes of Lawn Care Lessons
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Rain wrecked Evan's schedule this week, and it almost wrecked his mindset too, until a reminder from Rocky set him straight: the exception is not the s...
#299 - "You're Not Dictating My Schedule": Firing a Client Over Biweekly Mowing
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A longtime client of Evan's falls behind on payments, blames a rough financial stretch, and then asks to switch to biweekly mowing "until further notice."...
#298 - Sponsors, Sincerity & Faith: Fill's Lawn Care on the Business of Content Creation
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Fill Churkin of Fill's Lawn Care joins Turf Nerds to talk about the business side of content creation. From a robotic mower brand partnership that fell apart, to why he walks away from deals that ask him to...
#297 - Should Lawn Pros Take Labor Day Off?
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Evan flies solo this Labor Day (Uncle Greg needs some rest) with a recap of vacation to Sunset Beach, NC, DIY truck oil changes, subbing out lawns while away, and a red mulch shortage. Then a deep d...
#296 - 150 Lawn Pros, 6 Events, 1 Champion: The Lawn Care Olympics Explained
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A brand-new competition is coming to the lawn care world, the first-ever Lawn Care Olympics, hitting Fayetteville, AR on September 20th. The guys break down all six events (zero-turn obstacle course, weed eater string challenge, blower accura...
#295 - Behind Every Lawn Care Pro: 6 Years of Marriage, Mowing Season & Learning to Say No
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Hey Turf Nerds! Evan and Greg dig into whether AI and autonomous mowers will ever really replace lawn care pros, and why trimming, edging, and blowing might be un-automatable for at least another 15 years. They b...
#294 - Southern Grass Types 101: Bermuda, Zoysia, Centipede & St. Augustine Explained | Taylor McDaniel
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Horticulture Extension agent Taylor McDaniel joins the show to break down the South's "Big Four" turfgrasses: Bermuda, Zoysia, Centipede, and St. Augustine, and how to actually tell them apart by the blade. We dig into salt-damaged coasta...
#293 - The Curb Appeal Audit: How Lawn Care Pros Can Cash In When Clients Sell Their Home | Cousin Kenny
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Real estate photographer "Cousin Kenny", who's shot over 3,400 homes joins Evan and Greg to introduce the "curb appeal audit": a simple walkthrough lawn care pros can use to spot overgrown shrubs, blocked tree canopies, weedy beds, and oth...
#292 - I Subbed Out My Lawns Once & Regretted It: Trusting People With Your Lawn Care Equipment
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Turf Nerds are BACK! Evan is broadcasting from the road (technical hiccups and all) for a wide-ranging Turf Nerds catch-up. They dig into Johnny Mow's "one service for life" debate and whether robotic mowers are really coming...
#291 - "Raise Your Prices" Is Bad Lawn Care Advice: Johnny Mow on Knowing Your Real Capacity
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Johnny Mow (John Fruehstorfer of Johnny's Lawn) returns to Turf Nerds after 30 years running a solo lawn care operation and he's not holding back. He breaks down why "just raise your prices" is lazy coaching advice, introd...
#290 - $100 an Hour: Why Your Man-Hour Rate Should Change With Crew Size
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Evan and Greg break down the real man-hour rate math behind solo lawn care pricing vs. running a crew, debate how many skips a client should get before you drop them, and share the simple fix that c...
#289 - Do Most Lawn Care Pros Have No Retirement Plan?
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Evan and Greg tackle a topic most lawn care operators avoid: retirement. Prompted by a listener email, they break down the differences between Traditional IRAs, Roth IRAs, and SIMPLE IRAs, why self-employed operators don't get an...
#288 - Should You Add Hardscaping to Your Lawn Care Business? A Hardscape Success Story | Daniel Mayfield
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Daniel Mayfield, lead crew leader of the hardscape division at Mayfield Landscaping, joins the show to break down how his family business evolved from mowing grass to building outdoor living spaces. We cover paver types and sizing...
#287 - Lawn Care Operator vs. Landscaper: Is There Even a Real Line?
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Evan and Greg break down whether a $2,000, 25-hour marathon weeding job was actually worth it, then run the real math on leasing vs. buying a lawn care truck. Plus: diagnosing a screaming Echo PB-9010T backpac...
#286 - Slow & Controlled Growth: The Advice We'd Give Anyone Starting a Lawn Business
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It's Free-for-All Friday on Turf Nerds! Evan and Greg dicuss what mower should a young man buy starting his first lawn business on a $1,000 budget, why more clients are shutting off their sprinklers this summer, and a neighbor dispute over crabgrass that escalated into a surveyor, an attorney, and a fence getting moved three feet...
#285 - Serve, Protect & Mow: Balancing a Police Career With a Growing Lawn Care Business (Bailey Boys Lawn Care)
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Meet Josh Bailey of Bailey Boys Lawn Care in Portland, Connecticut: a full-time police officer who turned a relaxing weekend hobby into a thriving family lawn care business named after his three sons. Josh shares how he balances a 4pm–1am patrol shift with a growing solo operation, why he's not rushing to hire employe...
#284 - Rain, Cracked Mower Frames & the Darwin's Grip Debate: Lawn Care Shop Talk
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Joseph Borgini of Mayfield's Landscaping (Staunton, IL) is back to catch up with Evan and Greg. They discuss three cracked Ferris frames, a month-long wiring harness backorder, and how the John Deere QuikTrac 850R stacks up against the Ferris Z3 in wet grass. Plus: a client who tried to pin a shattered patio door on th...
