ANDERSON TOWNSHIP, Ohio — High gas prices are just one of the factors hitting local landscaping companies in their wallets right now.
As the national average gas price stays over $4, and prices in the Tri-State continue to slowly climb, the increased costs for lawn care work could be passed on to homeowners.
Noah Habig owns NTH Landscaping in Anderson Township and has been working on lawns and hardscapes since he was a kid.
His crews are currently working on re-grading a yard this week after removing an old koi pond. Habig said he has four to five employees who fill up equipment with fuel several times a week.
"Usually a week, we’ll do about 150 gallons of fuel, depends on the week how much we do mowing wise, landscaping, it can surge a lot," Habig said.
On top of that, the rising cost of fertilizer has also contributed to higher costs facing businesses like Habig's.
There could be a little relief if prices start to trend downward in the coming weeks. GasBuddy's head of petroleum analysis, Patrick De Haan, wrote on social media Tuesday evening that gas prices overall could start to come down over the next day or so.
"Gas prices could start reversing nationally in 48 hours or so — by a few cents every day," wrote De Haan.
Habig is hoping for some relief going into the summer when business really starts to ramp up.
"I've learned that you've gotta adapt and change with prices," he said. "As a company, we've changed our prices a little bit — some stuff's gone up by 10%."
