Lawn Love pro Chelsea Morris has been mowing lawns in Virginia Beach for years – “basically my whole life.”
“My mom used to make me pull weeds as punishment,” Chelsea says. “ It turns out that I love getting my hands dirty, and I’m good at it.”
She started mowing with LawnStarter in 2023. She is 39.
Getting her hands dirty includes repairing her mowers and her pickup. Chelsea says she’s a chickanic.
Chelsea’s company is High-Class Grass. Her spiel: “Hi, I’m Chelsea with High-Class Grass. I ain’t high class. I just cut grass. It don’t talk back and it’s recession proof! Not everyone has a goat.”
Chelsea savors the smell of fresh-cut grass (even grass-scented candles and hand soap), and she loves her job.
“I love being out in nature,” Chelsea says. She is always mowing. “I’ll be out mowing 7 days a week if it’s not raining.”
Chelsea prefers gas-powered equipment “because you don’t need the cord.” That means she has to abide by the local noise ordinance rules: “7 a.m. is the earliest you can start your equipment in Hampton Roads,” she notes.
Chelsea is a solopreneur. She’s a one-person team. “It’s just me in my pickup truck, and sometimes I use a trailer, and I don’t have a riding mower.”
Any memorable (good or bad experiences) mowing lawns? “Ground wasps, hornets, yellow jackets – 2 customers had such bad infestations, A Ring camera caught me as I ran through while I was getting attacked,”
One challenge every lawn mowing pro faces? Excessive pet waste. How does Chelsea handle this? “I go ahead and cut the first time, but not again unless you pick up after your pet,” she says. “For the most part people around here are conscientious.”
Main Photo Credit: Chelsea Morris chickanic photo
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