Profitable gardening
Selling your time
Gardening
Profitable gardening may be
an option If you are still physically active and you enjoy working out
of doors, gardening offers a great opportunity to earn
regular extra income. It is an unfortunate fact that many people are
no longer able to tend their own gardens and many more are just too
busy.
For our purposes let's assume that your horticultural
knowledge is limited to the absolute basics. No problem because profitable
gardening is more likely to be about the basis tasks. Most of the easy
to get work is simple, just keeping things tidy! Hedge trimming, lawn
mowing - there is huge demand for lawn mowing through the Summer months
- a
nd
things like trimming back branches and so on.
How do turn a basic interest into a profitable gardening
business? Use our tried and tested 'postcards in the corner shop'
routine. Why? - because it works! It is also cheap and money saved on
advertising means better profits. So, postcards in the shops and stores.
That will probably generate sufficient work to start with but printing
up and delivering 'flyers' promoting your services can't hurt either.
When distributing your flyers it will be immediately obvious which gardens
are in need of your services and where profitable gardening could be
your income answer.................
Keep your message simple! Offer mowing and general tidying
up services and don't claim expert knowledge - unless of course you
have it! You will quickly pick up more knowledge as you go along and
you will find many of your customers are pretty knowledgable too. There
are lots of internet sites offering good advice - our own Age-Net
for example has a monthy column on what tasks are called for throughout
the year.
Is gardening profitable? We would suggest quoting an hourly
rate in line with the National minimum rate. Say, around £5.00
- £6.00 an hour. Some areas will pay better than others of course
and it is always up to you to decide how much your time is worth. So,
not huge profits but it may produce all that you need.
Enjoy your profitable gardening................

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