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29/09/2026

Ever had to let go of your best worker... because of attitude?

This episode, a lawn & garden business owner shares why he's done exactly that. Great skills, bad attitude on a hot day, and it slowly drags the whole team down.

Have you had to make this call before? Let us know below.

New episode out now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and YouTube.

28/09/2026

Employees are not tools.

They want purpose, they want to make an impact and they want a reason to come to work other than a salary.

I think this is a really important point for any business owner.

27/09/2026

What if the things people tell you won’t work are exactly the things worth trying?

Caleb started as a side hustle and now runs a $2M+ lawn business.

This is a pretty inspiring story.

18/09/2026

Six weeks ago, I sold the majority of my lawn and garden business and started a YouTube channel. It was somewhat forced.

I have ankylosing spondylitis, and my health had deteriorated to the point where I couldn’t juggle everything I was doing. Despite the business being the majority of my income, and something I’d been running since I was 19 years old, managing staff, clients and contracts just wasn’t a viable option for me anymore.

So we made the decision to move into making content.

We’d seen the writing on the wall and had been building a small content business for years, preparing for this and knowing that ultimately there would probably come a day where I’d have to move on.

Thankfully, after some success with the Australian Lawn and Garden Podcast, we had a small handful of brands that meaningfully supported us to make this content: Baileys Fertilisers, Victa Lawnmowers, Briggs & Stratton and EGO Power+.

The response to our content has blown us away.

My goal for the early stages of this new channel was that if we could get 10,000 views per video within a month of them being released, we’d be doing really well.

We haven’t even been a channel for a month yet, and we’ve had half a million views.

When we took the risk to pivot, we knew there was great potential for a lawn and garden YouTube channel because there’s a lot of education that just wasn’t out there in Australia. But ultimately, it’s very challenging to make these channels financially viable long term, so taking this on was always a risk.

I’m very relieved that the move has so far proven successful, and I’m incredibly thankful to everyone who’s watched, shared, commented and supported us, as well as the content creators behind the scenes who’ve had lots of conversations with me about this line of work.

A big thank you to my wife Carrie who we only just discovered is a wizz at editing and my brother Ethan (who we already knew was a wizz) who have done all the filming and almost all the editing for these videos.

The next video came out this morning.

Let’s see if the first 4 where all just a fluke 😂

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Victa AU
Baileys - Great Gardens are in the Bag
Briggs & Stratton
EGO Power+ AU

16/09/2026

New version of the app, out within the week.

14/09/2026

Bunnings are going to sell lawn renovation tools! 🤯

Victa are releasing a brand new line up, and the price is crazy competitive.

Aerator - $2299
Dethatcher - $1199
Spreader - $169

Feels very high quality. I have loaded up the ute and will be testing and releasing content on them very soon on the Silverstone Gardening YouTube.

They should be available in some select Bunnings stores, and at mower dealerships, in a few weeks.

I'm excited.

11/09/2026

Yanmar and Ariens have joined forces. Does this mean we are going to get 40-50hp, turbo diesel Gravely mowers now?
.. I hope so.

Can you imagine how epic a 50hp machine with a large volume deck like the Mach 1 would be!

New on the merger here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260903348209/en/Yanmar-and-AriensCo-Join-Forces-to-Accelerate-Next-Generation-Outdoor-Power-Equipment

03/09/2026

Hustler mowers have been sold to Bad Boy!!! 🤯

Hustler was only just bought out by Stanley Black and Decker in 2021.

What do you think this means for the brand?

"A company wide meeting was held at the Stanley Black and Decker facility in Hesston in the afternoon of Sept. 2.
Workers were informed of the impending sale of the Hustler brand.

“Stanley Black & Decker has entered into an agreement to sell the Hustler brand to Bad Boy Mowers,” said Bryan Dugan, plant manager. “This transaction will allow the company to focus on strengthening its core outdoor brands, including DEWALT, Cub Cadet and CRAFTSMAN.” "

More info at the link here: https://www.harveycountynow.com/all-news/news/breakingnews/hustler-line-sold-by-stanley-black-and-decker

25/08/2026

After 200+ deep dive podcasts we have started a new channel to help people learn about getting beautiful lawns and gardens in Australia.

Shorter, snappy editing, information packed. Hopefully, it is actually helpful for you. 😅

Latest video here: https://youtu.be/lxihOiKMFAM?si=2N050f2nfx9liFW2

Channel is Silverstone Gardening

13/08/2026

I've just made one of the more challenging decisions I've ever made.

I've sold the residential part of the business that I started 13 years ago to the employees who worked with me.

This wasn't Plan A.

As many of you know, six years ago I was diagnosed with ankylosing spondylitis. I went from working on the tools to not being able to work on the tools at all.

Unfortunately, over the last year or so, the disease has deteriorated to the point where I haven't been able to sustainably run a lawn and garden business whilst also juggling the podcast and the app. I had to either stop something.

I talk about this in more detail in the podcast, but the long and short of it is that four companies that have stepped up to support the podcast without necessarily knowing the full extent of the health challenges I've been going through.

Roy Gripske & Sons — specifically Victa and Bushranger.

EGO Power+.

Baileys Fertilisers.

And Briggs & Stratton — with Ferris and Billy Goat.

Like I said, these companies didn't necessarily know the depth of the health challenges I was going through when they stepped up to support us. In fact when w started some of hese conversations I didn't even know where my health would be 6 months later.

But ultimately, their support has allowed us to make more of the content that you enjoy, and to do it in a way that's sustainable while balancing my health condition.

We have moved on 90% of our work to focus on my health. If you ever have an opportunity to thank those businesses, please do.

There's a lot more to the story, and I talk about it in more detail in the podcast.

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