Helen Deborah Vecht wrote:
Janet Baraclough typed
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.
Mine looks fairly neat on fortnightly visits.
Actually, we went four weeks between the last two visits (cos we'd been
away) and it didn't look bad at all; the lack of rain stopped most grass
growth.
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Helen D. Vecht:
Edgware.
Thanks for all the replies. I've spoken to someone today who's quoted
£16 an hour which was a bit more than I'd expected, though I got the
impression that they could do a lot in a few hours, and they will take
all the non-compostable greenery away with them.
I take your point(s) about how time should be distributed. The man I
spoke to today suggested fortnightly rather than monthly visits were
fine, He's been doing it for 20 years, so I'll take his word for it, Am
seeing another couple of people in midweek so should get something
sorted.
Cheers
Will