Lawn, garden businesses learn to work with uncertain weather

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Lawn, garden businesses learn to work with uncertain weather

AMES, Iowa -- The winter this year in Iowa has been mild. February was warm and now we have April showers. Josh Boersma runs a lawn care and snow removal business. He started mowing lawns when he was 10-years-old. So he's seen a few things regarding the weather, and this year has been a warm winter looking like an early spring. "In February, we were worried that we would be mowing in March and and we ended up getting 5 1/2 inches of snow, said …