The History
In 1980 Kim began serving customers in north central Oklahoma with a small fertilizer business named Metcalf Fertilizer. Overtime, this business grew into Metcalf LTD, a custom application and chemical sales business in Jet, Oklahoma, that was established in 1992. The business was founded on service, and Kim's customers came to rely on him for timely applications of fertilizer, herbicides, pesticides, and lime. Knowledge also aided the success of the business as Kim's crop consultations helped his customers achieve better yields. Metcalf LTD was sold in 2000, and Kim pursued some other endeavors.
In the meantime his sons, Kaleb and Max, began their own small business in the Spring of 2000, aptly calling it Metcalf Brothers. It began as a way for both boys to make money for college by mowing their customers' lawns throughout the growing season. Through providing the same good service on which their father's business had been founded and by the good Lord's blessing the business grew to more than what the two boys could do alone. It was then that Kim, along with Gerald Wynes, reentered the business and formed Metcalf & Wynes in 2003. The two added commercial and crop consulting services to the existing business. Gerald has since moved on to form his own crop consulting and landscape maintenance business in Ponca City, and in 2005 Metcalf Land & Lawn was established.
When Kaleb graduated college with a degree in Turf Management, it seemed the natural choice to return to the family business, and Max continues to work for the company during his summers and breaks from college. Now two generations of Metcalf men are working along side one another in a family business with deep roots in service and knowledge. The business has now blossomed into a multifaceted operation that serves a three county area with lawn care and crop consulting services and sustains four full-time employees and seasonal part-time help. The business that was once just two boys mowing and spraying residential customers' lawns, now manages the fertilizer and chemical applications in their customers' lawns; consults on agricultural crops; and maintains industrial sites, commercial landscapes, and sports turf.
The People
Kim Metcalf
- Kim graduated from Oklahoma State University with a degree in Agriculture Economics. He is the owner and manager with over 21 years of experience in the custom application, retail sales, and crop consulting business in the Jet, Nash, Helena, Goltry area prior to Metcalf Land & Lawn. Although he oversees all areas of the business, Kim's primary focus is crop advising. He is a Master Gardener course graduate, was one of 13 in the inaugural class of Oklahoma Certified Crop Advisors, and has maintained that certification for the past 15 years, even being named Oklahoma's CCA of the year in 2008. He and his wife Kimberly have been married for 34 years and have 3 children: Max, a student at OSU; Kaleb, and his wife Andrea who live in Enid, and the oldest,Tai, and her husband Matt Crabtree who are the proud parents of Kim and Kimberly's first grandchild, Emily.
Kaleb Metcalf
- Kaleb has been with Metcalf Land & Lawn since it began, and even before as one of the Metcalf Brothers who started with a small mowing and spraying business during their summers off from school. He formally joined the family business full-time after graduating from Oklahoma State University in May of 2006. He holds a degree in Horticulture with a specialization in Turf Management. Kaleb's responsibilities have grown since coming into the business, and now he manages the turf and commercial maintenance services and focuses on serving our lawn care customers. Personally, his roles have also recently changed as he and his wife Andrea were married in May of 2009, and the happy couple resides in Enid, Oklahoma.
Max Metcalf
- Max, the other half of Metcalf Brothers, has also been a part of Metcalf Land & Lawn since its beginnings when his school schedule has allowed. Now a junior at Oklahoma State University, Max is majoring in Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering. He has grown up working in the family business and has become a valuable asset through both his crew managing abilities and his broad understanding of the services that Metcalf Land & Lawn provides.
Rhonda McCart
- Rhonda has been a long time part of the Metcalf Land & Lawn family both figuratively and literally. Formerly working with Kim at Metcalf LTD and with Metcalf & Wynes, Rhonda has been the office manger of Metcalf Land & Lawn since its inception in 2005. Not only is she the friendly voice that you hear on the other end of the phone, Rhonda also oversees everything from billing, to advertising, to asset management. She and her husband Dale reside in Nash, Oklahoma. Together they have three children: Clint, Robby and his wife Elyse, and Kaycee, as well as four grandchildren: Jesse, Caitlin, David, and Lilly.
Micah Farris
- Micah joined Metcalf Land & Lawn in February 2011 on a part time basis, but after the summer of 2011 he chose to come on with us full time. Micah came in a greenhorn but with some gentle guidance and a good ability to learn has became a valued team member. You are most likely to see Micah spraying, fertilizing, and sometimes mowing as he has became a jack of all trades. Micah is valued team member and we hope to continue to promote his training and allow him to grow even further in the business.
Boo
- Boo is the other half the Metcalf Land & Lawn logo. He is the most recent addition to the Land & Lawn team, coming aboard last November, and recently achieved "Employee of the Month" status. Boo's current duties at Metcalf Land & Lawn include security detail and employee moral management, along with occasional fertilizer applications to the office lawn. In his spare time Boo enjoys fishing, gardening, eating, and the occasional nap. (And, he works cheap!)