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Hi, love your channel! Quick question if you have a view… just starting out, I’ve priced a garden “recovery” type job, essentially brambles clearance followed by monthly maintenance. The initial clearance is around £2.5k which has been agreed by the client. Would you ask for an upfront on this? Maybe 30%? I don’t know the client, he doesn’t know me either really although I have been recommended by my first client. I just want to cover myself in case of payment issues. Have you any experience of this situation? Cheers! Simon

Which model is this please ?

I used to do 8:30-17:30 Mon-Fri that became to much for on my own so now I do 09:30-15:30 it suits me better I let some clients go and gained others. Just make sure you go home happy and not knackered and stressed.

we always try and aim to start a job at about 8am, on average we finish (hi season) about 4pm all depends on the day, I used to work 12 days on 2 days off, and sometimes till about 8pm, it was hard but now we try not to work weekends, my phone is only on between 7 and 5, so we even only take calls between work hours. too old now to work like a donkey. more to life than money

£50 for me

How big is your allotment?

Are you doing set time slots with people? I offer people 2hrs a fortnight regular maintenance at a set price but I find this restricts my earnings. How do you maximise earnings on limited time? I've got two kids who I have to pick up from school some days so I know how you feel about doing shorter and longer days depending on childcare responsibilities!

Hi Adam thanks for sharing I’ve recently had to change my diary I’ve gone back to by myself 4 days a week and one day with my dad I’ve let some work go and gone back to what I can manage on my own as it was all starting to get abit much and my health was being affected in overworked and stressed Great topic mate

Have been looking at this, but as a petite woman, is it as light as it says?

Just stumbled across you! I'm second year into my gardening business too. Thanks for the videos! Nice to know I'm not alone here in Suffolk.

Im Going full time next spring. I work with a builder 8-4 then i drive to a gardening job. Since may been working till 8:30pm. Then i work sat sunday.

I'm single with no kids. I work 7 days a week if the work is there. Have done for years now. Managed to get £25000 saved up for a rainy day. It's bad times out there as we all know and it's only going to get worse. Keep grinding people. Don't let them wear you down. Take care 👍🏻

Bang on sometimes I’m at the first job for 8 and don’t leave the area until 8 with barely a break, just so I can fit all the jobs in the specific area. I have however started to cut this down as I’m nackering myself

out of interest, what is the channel making now mate?

it sounds a bit like you're making excuses for not working extended hours . . . . don't. . . . you're self employed and one of the few advantages of that is you can make the work fit around your chosen lifestyle. You will never look back and say "I wish I spent less time with my kids when they were young" . . . enjoy your family, make the memories, work as much as you need to, money is nice but it's not everything.

I do a 2 week rolling rota,but weather always buggars it up.

Same there I’m gardener with Chrons take care of yourself you doing good job !!! All the best

You need to fix that camera as it’s inverted. I’m forever seeing TH-camrs have an inverted look and believe me when they change it, it looks so much better.

Very similar to me. I have a 2 week rotation leaving every other Friday free for agency jobs or ‘one offs’.. I have OA flare ups that can screw things up but yeah very similar to you.. I now work alone but have someone I can call on in busy times.

Congrats on your little one. An interesting insight into your schedule. I admire your discipline. What have I learnt? I need to get a little more organised so I can find time for myself too. 👍✌️

Hi, where did you buy the seeds ? Thanks

How are you making any money on £2.50 a square meter plus resanding it and paying for the sand as well? I charge £3.50 Square meter £1.50 a Square meter to resand. Customers pay for the sand as well. You seem a genuine nice guy. Don’t under price yourself bud. Take care 👍🏻

Hello! Im currently growing strawberries in a raised bed, i need to add more soil to the plants, but don't want to burry the crown. If i add soil on top of the plants when they go dormant for the winter, would they be able to grow through that new layer of soil (1-2 inches)? Or do i need to uproot my strawberries to add more soil?

We do nice things for people as gardeners. I'm not sure all tradesmen would see this job the same way. Sad but true. Maybe why some don't see us as professionals.

I really like how you started the video

My guy came through with the first bit of npk advice ive heard in 10 other videos 🙌 👌 My guy must grow trees, geeze ❤❤😊

It's taken me nearly two hours before to cut one customer's lawn.... BUT, when its been dry and not growing much, I've done it in 45-minutes... Do you still charge them the same? In two weeks some lawns can really shoot up, but as I said, on another visit its hardly grown.

Nice mower when did you get that

What is the best onion large size ..thanks

Hey mate, great video, thanks. Do you think an Electric Karcher would be up to the task?

Great video. Thanks. Is it necessary to have any formal qualifications?

Cool

Thick wet leaves are good mulch, I always recommend my customers keep them down to help prevent weeds.

Hi can you use it to drain fuel out for the winter on the mower?

Ive got the newer hayter 56 pro and it too doesn't have a sump blug . So i think it said you could tip the mower on its side to get the oil out . Well as with my hayter i feel it really needs to be tipped on the dump . Mines turned out to be a sack of s!!t . Liking the stihls by far more Great vids chap

Another great video.

I bought a 12v pump from Aldi. Its great. The same principle as this vid but no pumping necessary. Its a little dirty as oil drips from the inserted pipe and waste pipe. But it's OK for £12.

Great stuff.

Nice one...😊👍

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A 37 second video thank you for keeping it short and to the point.

Thank you for this video, I’m knocking on a 1000 subscribers with my small tropical-style gardening videos but I only do the channel for fun at the moment; fitting it around my life. I’m thinking of taking it to the next level and this video has been helpful. Thank you.

How about cut and freeze

Have the containers got drainage holes ? Thanks

Why say ' some idiots' when speaking about paying customers trying to get the best price? I think that's just normal and I expect it. So I'm cool about it and treat it matter-of-factly. If I think I can work for me, I will, if not, I won't. Of course you get the odd funny sod, but that's life. But I think a lot of this stuff is about the circumstances of your business and how you decide to build it. For example, I *never* have paying issues with customers cos of how I built my business on referrals and recommendations. And that also help you price and quote with confidence I tell a lie! I've had a couple of payment delays and chasings but that's because of venturing into a commercial business once or twice and then another time taking a gamble doing a one-off job for a massive national property management company to help out a friend who just started working for them. But in 19 odd years that's pretty good. I do business and property management work too for many years now but even they came out of referrals from family and friends of customers who worked for the companies. But I do fully understand the pricing dilemma, God knows I've been there many times and even now, 20 years nearly down the road, it can still be tricky. But I've kind of realised my value now and the quality, time spent on jobs. And how you compare with your fellow traders. If you have trusted relationships with clients, you'll learn so much about all kinds of things regarding your place and value in the market. I'm 64 nearly, started aged 44. I love the whole experience. The people, the work, the physicality and the learning curves. But good luck mate. You're clearly doing well

Hi pal, I have watched a few of your videos and I must say they are very informative. I have just started my gardening business a few months ago and I started from the neighbourhood app and Facebook! The neighbourhood app is amazing like you said as I get my enquires and jobs from there. I’ll keep watching and keep the good work up! Wish you all the success!

Can you attach a roof box to these rails? Probably obvious, but I have never seen an example in real life.

Hi Adam, What van is it you have and is it L1 or L2? What’s the max width of mower you can get in without removing the box? Does your new Stihl fit? Thanks for the vid mate!

What's up with the content recently? It's a bit all over the shop. I used to LOVE your garden business videos, now it's more product reviews and carrots. Still love your channel and check to see if you've uploaded