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Advice On Gardening
"Janet Baraclough" wrote in message ... The message from "Dermuid" contains these words: "Just Molly" wrote in message : 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. What skills do you think he might need? As an absolute minimum, the ability to recognise common weeds, know how to control them, and distinguish them from the annuals the client just planted out. The ability to recognise common shrubs plants and trees, and care for them appropriately, at all times of year. (So that he doesn't winter-prune large azaleas hamamelis or camellia as if they were buddliea, or lime the rhododendrons). : Make sure you have some good insurance too in case you manage to : accidentally damage someones property. : How much is business insurance likely to cost ? only you mention there are plenty of people who will take on small maintainence jobs for not much money, who are these people who can afford to work for "not much money". They are the kind of anonymous feckless unskilled door-knockers who have no overheads, and offer to fell your tree on the cheap. Having no skills or insurance, if the said tree falls onto an overhead service cable, car or conservatory, the client is left with an enormous bill and no come-back. Couldn't have put it better mesel' |
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