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Visits once or twice a month is not often enough for anyone to "keep on
top of " lawnmowing and weeding IME.You will also probably find that
local competent reliable gardeners won't be keen to take on a "once a
month blitz" job, because by the second half of the month it's
unkempt, and a really bad advert for their business.

Someone working 2 hours every week, could keep a garden looking neater
than if they spent 8 hours in it one day a month, or 4 hours twice a
month.

Janet.

We have a very useful man visits us every 10 to 14 days for about 2
hours at £10 per hour plus tea and biscuits.
Worth every penny and biscuit :-)

kate

gloucestershire