Recurring mowing for commercial properties, large lots, and acreage — from the contractor that already plows them in winter.
J.E. Excavating & Grading now offers recurring lawn mowing and property maintenance across our full 50-mile service area around Leslie, MI — Lansing, Jackson, and the communities in between. We're built for the properties most lawn companies find awkward: commercial lots, churches and business grounds, rental and HOA common areas, rural homes on an acre or more, and maintained acreage.
We're an owner-operated excavating contractor, so heavy equipment and large-property work is what we already do all year. Mowing is an extension of that, not a side hustle with a push mower.
If you own a commercial property, you're probably paying one company to mow and a different one to plow — and in spring, when there's turf damage along the lot edge, each one points at the other. We do both, on the same property, with the same accountability.
Where the drains and irrigation heads are, where the curbs and islands sit, which edges are gravel. That knowledge is what prevents winter damage and makes spring repairs unnecessary.
Large lots and acreage get finished in a fraction of the time, which is what keeps recurring pricing sane on properties a residential crew would need half a day for.
Owner-operated. Mowing, plowing, salting, drainage, and grading run through one person who is actually responsible for the result.
Standing water, ruts, bare patches, or a lawn that won't drain aren't mowing problems — they're grading problems. We're an excavating contractor, so we can actually correct them.
Already a snow customer? See our commercial snow removal page — bundling mowing and plowing on the same property is the simplest thing we do.
Mowing is quoted per property, not off a rate card — two lawns of the same square footage can take very different amounts of time. Here's what actually moves the number, so you know what you're being quoted on.
Tell us where the property is and roughly how big it is, and we'll walk it and give you a firm per-visit price for the season — free, no obligation.
Ground that's already maintained and gets cut on a schedule to stay that way — lawns, commercial grounds, mowed acreage. Cut height matters, appearance matters.
Ground that's gotten away from you — tall grass, weeds, saplings, an untouched field or fence line. It's reclamation work, done with a rotary cutter, not a mower.
Not sure which you need? Send a photo with your quote request. If a property needs brush hogging first, we'll knock it down and it can go on a mowing schedule afterward. More on brush hogging and land clearing.
We mow across the same 50-mile service area around Leslie, MI that we cover for excavation and grading work — Lansing, Jackson, Mason, Holt, Okemos, East Lansing, Williamston, Haslett, Dansville, Stockbridge, Eaton Rapids, Charlotte, Grand Ledge, DeWitt, St. Johns, Howell, Fowlerville, Owosso, Portland, Ionia, Marshall, Albion, and the townships in between.
Recurring weekly mowing is routed work, so we schedule properties in geographic groups to keep visits consistent and pricing fair. Larger properties and commercial accounts are worth the drive on their own; smaller lots at the outer edge are easiest to fit when there's other work nearby — just ask.
Booking for a mowing season is best done in late winter and early spring, before routes fill in April.
Check If You're On Our RouteThere's no flat rate — mowing is priced per property, based on how long the property takes and how often it's cut. Lot size, slope, obstacles to trim around, gate access, and whether trimming, edging, and blowing are included all move the number. Larger and rural properties are usually quoted differently than small city lots because the equipment and time involved are different. We walk the property once and give you a firm per-visit price for the season.
Weekly through the peak growing season (roughly May through June), easing to every 10–14 days in midsummer heat and again in early fall. Michigan's growth curve is front-loaded in spring. Most commercial properties stay on a fixed weekly schedule so the site always looks maintained; larger rural properties often run on a longer interval.
Never remove more than one third of the grass blade in a single cut. Cutting shorter than that stresses the plant, exposes soil to weeds, and browns the lawn — which is why a skipped week on an overgrown lawn should be brought down over two cuts rather than scalped in one.
Yes — that's where our equipment is an advantage. Maintained acreage, rural lots, church and business grounds, and vacant parcels are all in scope. For genuinely overgrown ground, tall brush, or saplings, that's brush hogging rather than mowing, which we also do.
Yes, and for commercial properties it's the practical reason to hire us. One contractor who already knows your property — where the drains sit, where the curbs and islands are, where snow can be stacked — handles it year-round, on one point of contact instead of two vendors who each blame the other in spring. See our commercial snow removal page.
Free on-site quote, firm per-visit pricing, one contractor year-round.
