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Brady Smikles isn't exaggerating when he says that winter takes up half the year at his firm. Located in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Smikles Enterprises faces long winters and short landscaping seasons.

“Between getting ready for winter, waiting for snow to melt and doing snow removal, our winters are six months,” Smikles says. “Typically, we don't start landscaping work until late April or early May, and we're usually done by Halloween.”

This seasonality forces Smikles to be versatile and efficient. “We were able to go from a larger staff of 30 three years ago to a smaller staff of 25 today that still accomplishes the same quality of work in the same time frame,” Smikles says. “That's because we invested more into our people, but also into our specialty equipment.”