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i had a customer who used me until school holidays, then she asked if i cud just come strim around cos the kids dont have a strimmer. obv she not a customer now.

Hi, I'm looking to get into gardening and looking for the right tools to get and the stihl kombi is ideal but I am wanting the AP battery power head as it has more power and makes life easier, I was wondering if you had any ideas on how re charge batteries on the job without using the customers electricity. Many thanks

Cherry pick best jobs, and charge chunky amounts. Most of this gen too lazy to get out of bed, and old homeowners got all the cash in this country. don't get obsessed with money. Live simple, do half the amount of work if you ache. Don't let your gf or wife pressure you about earnings or bills. You're with the wrong person if they do.

What a lovely chap. Employ him, folks.

I am new to this and I have just built a poly tunnel and started (trying to ) planting seeds of which some are Bol choy

Good advice, I'd of mentioned the factors of timing jobs an working out expected income, cost of the job, which machinery I'd used and location are all things that can be considered for myself in quoting. I like your explanations an appreciate the content lad. Thank you.

I had some scarecrow but it's too terrifying from some website that i never heard of but the next morning i saw some dead birds and a persons fingernail and it scared me so much and something was on the scarecrow and it's an true traditional scarecrow itself.😬😬😬😬😬

im in bedfordshire and had a similar job i charged 300 im lucky with my waste as a local farmer allows me too tip up on his muck heap he uses his teleloader too heap it up and turn it over he then sells it too allotment holders at 40 a load as it gets mixed with horse manure from the livery yard he runs

Did your clutch go on your van before

Still using the Hyundai multi tool? Saw it in an older video. Would you recommend?

More allotment videos please!!

Brilliant idea!

Best way to get more money is to expand your business.

Started my Gardening Business with my old lawn mower, line trimmer and blower that I already had, total value of tools was around $300, advertised on local Facebook pages, picked up a few jobs straight away, used to carry these tools in my Ford Falcon sedan, I still have my first ever 2 customers to this day and now have commercial equipment and a van to keep it in. Anyone can do it. Never used any other form of advertising.

Mainly border work with shrub trimming/pruning, I’ll take on small hedge work but tend to recommend tree surgeons for tree work and large hedges. I’ll do one day a week of lawn cuts a week and I have rotating weeks of days in gardens and 2hr 4hr time slots on gardens. I’m happy with how my week goes as I work alone and I can’t be breaking my back otherwise I’ll not have a job! Thanks for the video.

Nice job…

People like that are the worst to work for with million pounds plus houses nice cars etc.end of the day would they go out to work for £20.no they wouldn't that's why they are rich then expect something for nothing all the time.

Thank you for your insight it's much appreciated.

I bought a mower secondhand (£25) for a particular customer that i can't access other than going through a house. I charge an extra £5 and the mower is mine. She is in most of the time and has given me a key sometimes to lock up afterwards. She's a great customer and appreciates the effort i give. Another one, I to go through the garage but has never let me down. Yes some are a pain but lots of gardeners just point blank say no i can't do it and I've picked a few up? Charge a bit more for the inconvenience and everyones happy.

You don't need to compete with those prices. Those gardeners will go out of business quickly.

Well done for calling your illness The Flu and not Covid!

i really like the video

Did you do landscaping/gardening originally befire you opened your business, or did you just start thinking it was something you wanted to so and learnt as you went?

Text them the day before your going reminding them that you need access, our window cleaner does. And if there is pet or kids toys tell them you need the garden clear of any. And dog 💩.

I think some customers try to get major work like hedging thrown into a maintenance schedule. It's hard to tell them that keeping a garden tidy is not the same as major hedging work or lawn renovations.

The biggest problem is that as “gardeners” we are totally undervalued. I’ve been doing this for 15 years and I still don’t understand why? I take the view if they don’t treat us with the respect we “deserve” kick them into touch. They will soon realise they made a big error, but their “ egos” won’t let them admit it I know you have just started on your journey,L as it were, but stick to your plan. A few years down the road you will have the business you want.and great customers. Got kiss a lot of frogs 😂😂 Michael The Really Useful Gardening Co Based in Essex

Im just about figuring out my sweetspot from making many bad pricing decisions, and as always, your videos are always food for thought. I totally agree with you. These nigly bits reflect the price of the job whereas before i would overlook them. As iv become more confident and value the work i do theres no beating around the bush anymore. My price is my price, quote " the grey gardener" and funnily enough im making more money 💰 👍

How do you charge for customers who want weekly grass cut & weekly maintenance for example a few shrubs to keep pruned and some beds / patio to weed? The company i currently work for do everything on an hourly rate so it would be like £60 per week for an hour a week, we cut the grass and then do as much of the weeding etc as we can... sometimes there's not enough time to make a good impact and sometimes we have too much time and not enough to do there. I'm just wondering as that works out £30 an hour really (2 people per job) so if I charged like that I'd maybe be cutting myself short on what I could get for the grass cut but weeding jobs seem easier to charge hourly for

I’ve done a few “through the garage” jobs in the past. They always ended up being more trouble than they’re worth, especially when they are out of area or you’re very busy.

Your comments on no access through house is a surprise for me. I'm located in a big city and I would say that at least 40% of my customers are terraced houses with no garage or side access. Eventually I will be looking to cherry pick jobs with open side access, but I'm only in my second year, so can't be too choosy at the moment.

Great video thank you. Can I ask, in a heatwave and it's 30 c do I water my potatoes in containers more? Thanks.

How deal with late customers paying?

hello mate, you're bang on... if I have an awkward entrance/access it's automatically another £5 on top, I don't tell them this I just give them the price & then it's up to them

I use to have the 3 strikes your out attitude. If I had to rely on getting through a garage or gate to gain access but customer won't give a key, I would give them 3 strikes in a row. If they forget 3 times in a row then I wouldn't go back.

Access can make jobs not worth while, I have the keys for most locked areas but like you say customers will forget to unlock. Cheers Adam 👍

Great video. I totally agree about the price reflecting the access issues etc. I recall a few years ago when I took on a new customer. I visited the garden and gave a price. There were about 15 narrow steps down the side of the house with access via a keypad on the side gate. Initially, I thought it would be ok but as I started to do the garden, I realised what a pain it was having to arrange access, carry the equipment down the steps and then if that wasn’t enough I then had to drag a wheelie bin full of grass back up the steps!!! I really should have worked away but did it for one season and then the price went up for the following year and the customer decided not to continue - much to my relief!!!

Nice Van

Good job

How is your van doing

ive got a couple of through the house with my gear jobs there not ideal but if i don't do them someone else will & the money is better in my pocket 😊

I recently accepted a new job. Mid terrace house, can’t park outside . Steps down to front door and access only through the house. I felt sorry for the old lady living there and wanted to help. But you know I agree with you . I wish I never agreed as I can foresee the hassle. Never again. Haven’t started yet….

I don’t take jobs on like this mate I’d say they’d be red flags If they look a pain when quoting then I walk away

My Dad always told me to write ‘errors and omissions excluded’ on all my written quotes. This safeguard’s against overlooked, unforeseen or unexpected costs.

I've had surgery on my spine and got bulging discs, I've got disc probllems bottom of my back from lifting lawn mowers for the last 15 years. I've got lower back pain as I'm writing this so be careful

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They taxed my parents and their generation was pretty bloody good, one bread-winner, big sections, clean streets, no crime, no cheap chinese goods - these days we are taxed 10 fold and generally speaking both the mother/father work leaving their child in the hands of the state, live in tiny apartments, in dirty crime infested cities eating and consuming cheap crap. You go ahead and keep paying that tax brother but don't dog those who take cash - not all of us blindly obey.

I only employ qualified professionals gardeners but very hard to find anyone.

Mate do not try to compete with the cheapest, compete with the best. The ones undercutting prices will not last as they are not making any money.