Senior Matthew Almy’s locally grown lawn care business is cutting out the competition.
Almy created his business, Texan Lawn Care, where he mows and trims lawns for local clients. He started the company in order to “make some extra money” and has benefited from the adjustable schedule, where he can manage what days and when he works. He mows depending on when works best for his clients and charges based on the size of the lawn.
“I worked at Heritage Ranch for a little bit, but it just wasn’t working out,” Almy said. “The hours are a lot more flexible [now].”
Spanish teacher Seth Sartain was Almy’s very first client.
“He was talking about [the business] to a friend and I asked him about it because my wife and I had just bought our first house and we didn’t have a lawnmower yet,” Sartain said. “He would come out and I
Almy is pictured here when we was two years old mowing the lawn with his toy mower.
knew that he had already played baseball games that day, but he would come out, do a great job, shake my hand, and had a great attitude.”
Almy said that although he had to learn to manage his business, the process was simple to begin due to previous experience.
“I learned that you have to be organized,” Almy said. “I created a spreadsheet of all my clients and then try to stay neat. We had most of the lawn equipment already and we just needed to buy a trailer and then I bought some advertisements for my truck.”
Junior Nick Garcia, a friend of Almy, also learned the importance of time management after Almy recruited him as his main coworker.
“He kind of just brought it up after baseball and asked me if I wanted to help him mow some lawns, and I was like ‘Sure, I could use some cash,’” Garcia said. “It’s a pretty fun job working with a friend. It’s
Matthew Almy, founder of Texas Lawn Care, has personalized magnets for his car and business cards.
taught me to manage my hours, to go mow lawns and then also work on homework and manage baseball too.”
Sartain pointed out that Almy’s youth has not prevented him from running a professional business.
“[This business is] run by a high-schooler and has been for two years now,” Sartain said. “That’s really impressive because he’s super-professional, but he’s so young. It’s surprising, and he’s doing a great job at it.”
