Now that the snow is gone, your yard is waiting to be brought to life again. It’s time to do a little spring cleaning! With the warmer temperatures and extended daylight, our backyards have become an extension of our homes; let’s make them beautiful!

The Importance of Spring Cleaning

1. Your yard is the first thing people see when looking at your house

Well-cared-for yards boost your home’s curb appeal and raise its market value. Your yard also says a lot about you! It’s a great way to express your personality. At Great Goats Landscaping, we love to custom design yards. Let’s get creative, think outside the box, and create a beautiful yard together!

2. It boosts your mood

After being cooped up all winter, we need to get outside to replenish that coveted vitamin D. Trees and other plants around your yard create fresh, clean oxygen which is so healthy for your body. When you step outside, you don’t want to be greeted by debris and fallen branches. You want to see beautiful flowers and one-of-a-kind landscaping, right?

3. It becomes an extra room of your house

If you have a beautiful yard, you’ll want to spend more time outdoors. Your kids will have a safe and healthy place to play, and you’ll have a peaceful oasis to spend your evenings. Consider adding a water feature for extra relaxation, a fire pit for creating fun family memories, or flower beds to appreciate simple beauty. Or, turn your backyard into a home office!

It’s a Big Job!

Lawn care is a lot of work. There are many steps to the process – cleaning up debris, planting, mowing, adding unique features – and it takes dedication. Is a beautiful yard something you want but don’t have the time to execute?

That’s where we come in! Great Goats Landscaping specializes in creating beautiful and unique yards. We believe the customer comes first. No two homes are alike, so no two yards are alike. Dream big; get creative! It’s time for you to have a beautiful yard. We offer free estimates and a quick turnaround. Call us today!

Remember the good old days of sitting in traffic every morning and evening? Remember needing to factor your commute into your daily schedule? Now your commute is as tiresome as walking from your bed to your desk. And let’s be honest, this commute is getting pretty old. It’s time to revamp your home office.

We’re all tired of being cooped up in the house. Not only does the scenery get a bit stale, but also you have the constant struggle of finding a quiet corner of the house for your fifth Zoom meeting of the day. It’s time to get away from the kids and get out of the house!

But, where can you go?

How about outside in your own backyard?!

Introducing Workscaping: Your New Home Office!

Traditionally, we’re a landscaping company. We love transforming yards into beautiful oases. We do anything from outdoor firepits to water features to flower beds (and more!).

But with the rise of working from home, we want to expand to meet your new needs. Let us build a beautiful, custom outdoor office for you.

Do you have a shed in your backyard?

Perfect!

We can easily take the existing structure and convert it into a custom home office, complete with windows so that you can enjoy the beautiful Minnesota summer we have ahead of us.

If you don’t have a shed, or if you don’t want to lose your shed, we can create a new structure for you.

Here are a few examples of what we could do for you:

Don’t see what you like here? Let’s collaborate to make something that meets all your needs and desires!

Truthfully, working from home isn’t going anywhere too soon. Even after the pandemic clears, many offices are opting to have their employees stay at home. After an entire year of being cooped up in your house, in less-than-ideal conditions, wouldn’t it be great to treat yourself to a beautiful outdoor office?

Some features include:

• Insulation
• Sound proofing (so the kids can play outside without causing too many distractions)
• AC/Heat
• Windows
• Tax write-off
• Custom design just for you!

Call Great Goats Today!

Don’t hesitate; give us a call and let’s get to planning your new outdoor home office!

Are you tired of looking through job postings? Do you want to have fun this summer AND get paid? Look no further! Great Goats Landscaping is the company for you! And, guess what—we’re hiring landscapers and foremen!

We’re a small, family-owned business. We believe in being dependable, friendly, and hardworking. We collaborate with homeowners to create custom landscapes. No two families are the same – everyone has different preferences and personalities, so why should their yards look the same?

Great creative with us this summer!

This year, we’re hiring both foremen and landscapers. We need leaders who can oversee projects and participate in creating beautiful landscapes (foremen). We also need people who love to collaborate with team members, work hard, and produce quality results at every jobsite (landscapers). See full job descriptions below.

Don’t hesitate; apply today!

We’re Hiring Foreman

ROLE:
As foreman, your job is to carry out the vision of Great Goats Landscaping—to deliver exceptional customer service and exciting landscape projects.

RESPONSIBILITY:
1. Oversee daily operations. Manage that day’s job with good organization and efficiency.
2. Communicate directly and positively with employees about the day’s tasks and goals.
3. Educate employees about specific tasks, as well as “big picture” concepts.
4. Oversee loading and picking up the proper tools, equipment, and materials for the day’s project.
5. Maintain a clean jobsite. Smile and be nice to the customer and to the neighbors.
6. Oversee securing tools, equipment, and materials if they are left on a jobsite overnight.
7. Thank the employees at the end of the day for their efforts.
8. Call “811” 48 hours in advance of the next project to order utility markings.

RESULTS:
How to do a good job (so you can get PRAISE):
1. Understand the scope of work of the current job. Understand the production goals that day. Accomplish the amount of work we plan to do that day and do it well.
2. Be part of a team meeting each morning to greet the team, ask how they are doing, and communicate what they will be working on that day. Tell them our production goal for the day.
3. Once on the jobsite, take a few minutes to explain the scope of work and what each team member will be working on that day. As needed, educate employees on how to do things (fuel, start, install, dig, plant, etc.).
4. Understand what we want to accomplish that day on the job (even a day in advance), make a list of the tools, equipment, and materials needed for that day and make sure it all gets to the jobsite at the start of the workday.
5. Keep trash bags stocked. Encourage employees to pick up trash and scrap materials on an ongoing basis but always clean up and bag garbage at the end of the workday. Sweep and blow the hard surfaces at the end of the workday. Blow the lawn. Lead by example being nice to the customer and neighbors (smiling, waving, and chatting).
6. Stack hand tools in rows, out of sight of passersby, for the night. Flip wheelbarrows upside down. Put power tools into the dump truck bins or white trailer, so they can be locked up.
7. Give the employees appreciation for a good day’s work. Simply saying, “Good work today!” or “Thanks for your hard work!” goes a long way in boosting morale.
8. Get the information for the next job: customer’s name, address, and an understanding of where onsite we’ll be working and what we’ll be doing. Call “811” and, with a map in front of you, with the jobsite address entered, look at the map and answer their questions so they can mark utilities prior to the beginning of our workday.

Do all these things CONSISTENTLY and you will get a pay RAISE!

We’re Hiring Landscapers

ROLE:
As a landscaper, your job is to carry out the vision of Great Goats Landscaping—to deliver exceptional customer service and exciting landscape projects.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. Be dependable
2. Be positive
3. Work hard
4. Be friendly
5. Keep the jobsite clean
6. Ask questions, follow directions
7. Have fun

RESULTS:
How to do a good job (so you can get PRAISE):
1. Dependability means showing up to work every day and working the same number of hours as everybody else on the team. Our goal is to work 40 hours per week.
2. Be a positive force on the team. Leave your problems at the door and enjoy the fresh air, companionship, productivity, and creativity of your time on the job.
3. Do your best every day. Work at a steady pace, get your work done, and do it right.
4. Treat your teammates, our customers, and the neighbors with an upbeat attitude. Smile, be friendly, wave, and chat.
5. Pick up trash, debris, and scrap materials throughout the day. At the end of the day, assist in final clean up, sweeping, blowing, and storing tools and equipment.
6. Seriously, there are no “dumb questions”. One of the greatest parts of this job is the many skills you will learn and the common knowledge you will gain, but only if you ask questions of your team leader!
7. Landscaping is hard work but very gratifying! It’s creative. You will be part of a beautiful transformation from beginning to end. So enjoy yourself and enjoy your teammates. Talk while you work, pair up when possible, have some laughs!

Do all these things CONSISTENTLY and you will get a pay RAISE!