"Rotax100uk" wrote in message
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I am now starting my own gardening business at the age of 20 and i would
like to know if anyone here has any advice which you think i should
need.

I have my own van and gardening equipment, petrol machines, and hand
tools etc but i lack in experience that a "gardener" would have, so i
have been taking on work which is just to gain experience like grass
cutting, hedge trimming and weeding.

I have been taking on work which at the moment is with retired women
who cant look after their own gardens, i have been to price jobs with
trouble as to how long a job will take me to complete. I have been
charging £10 per hour which most of the retired people are having
trouble with because of there pensions.

My recent problem is that i am not charging enough to cover for petrol
for my equipment, dumping rubbish and travelling to and from clients
house.

As you can see what problem i am faced with, i was just wondering if
anyone hear can advice me what to do with my pricing?

I feel as if i am charging people a high rate of £10 per hour, but i am
not getting any profit out of this when i have bought petrol, travelled
to clients house and dumped rubbish which there is alot of.

Please can somebody help or have any of you people on hear and been in
the same situation and want to help me out?

The lads who do my work charge £7 per hour, then an extra £30 if I need
rubbish removed. Have you a shredder? Shred branches and either leave it
there, or take it away to use as mulch or start composting yourself and sell
the compost.
As you have no skills as such you cannot charge top whack. There are plenty
of people who will take on small maintenance jobs for not much money.
Make sure you have some good insurance too in case you manage to
accidentally damage someones property.