Lawn Mowing Business Stories?

Roosevelt Pendill: I started with a push mower, two rakes, a shovel and a wheelbarrow. I only worked summers and made pretty good money, ($40.00/ week, but that was back in '73'). You should base your fee by the service you offer. In our area a simple mow with removal of yard waste on a standard lot is $35.00/hour but with gas prices on the rise, I'm considering a small price hike. With more equipment and more experience you can offer more services.Weeding gardens, trimming hedges and planting trees and foundation planting, raking leaves, edging sidewalks, etc. can all add to your income and your reputation. Do a good job and let people see that you work hard and earn your wage and always leave a neat and clean yard. Never leave a yard unless you can be proud of it. Don't be afraid to do a little extra for free, it's good for customer relations . Learn to maintain your equipment and keep yourself and your tools neat and clean. If you live in the snow belt you can augment ! your winter earnings with snow removal and salt/sand.I started thirty-nine years ago with a handful of equipment and no truck. Now we offer a wide range of services, from simple one -time lawn mowing to year round maintenance, garden tilling and complete landscape design and a tree service as well as a seasonal greenhouse. We have four year round and eight to twelve seasonal employees, and three large pole buildings to store equipment. I get to be outside as much as I want and I've managed to stay reasonably fit and healthy. It hasn't been all good and it has been a lot of hard work, but I'd say it's worked out ok....Show more

Jacques Teri: In our area lawn mowing cost about 25.00 to 30.00 per week depending on the size of lawn. The best way to get started is pass fliers to start to get come customers. Usually you bill monthly. Make some business cards and pas them out. Word of mouth and ads in your local paper will help. good Luck...Show more

Cómo hacer huevos revueltos al estilo indio

Cómo hacer huevos revueltos al estilo indio

Retirar del fuego. Una vez que los huevos revueltos estén completamente cocidos, el revuelto estará en su mayor parte seco. En este punto, apague la llama.

Manteniendo la llama o el calor a baja temperatura, revuelva continuamente los ingredientes durante unos 5 a 10 minutos. Los huevos podrían quemarse en el fondo. Para evitar que esto suceda, siga removiendo.

Agregue de 3 a 4 cucharadas de aceite en un wok. Calentar a fuego lento.

Poner los huevos, la cúrcuma y la sal. Ponga un poco de pimienta o chile para darle un toque indio picante.

Añadir un poco de cebolla finamente picada.

Añadir una cucharadita de ajo machacado. Freír el ajo hasta que se dore.

Continúe revolviendo el ajo y la cebolla hasta que el olor crudo de la cebolla desaparezca. Esto tomará de uno a! cuatro minutos.

Agregue un poco de cilantro picado a los huevos revueltos al estilo indio. Servir y disfrutar!

Outdoor Garden Statue?

Sol Allphin: go to a nursery (garden) they usually have nice concrete garden statues. i have seen bird baths with angels on them but no really religious stuff

Jude Kennelly: Be specific...links to statues would be appreciated.

Oswaldo Rayburn: A statue of the Virgin Mary is always nice, my mom has one.

Nilda Bafia: jesus strangling an alien

Do you see this economy recovering in 2yrs? im skeptical and im saying 4 to 5yrs thanks to partison gridlock? Â

Do you see this economy recovering in 2yrs? im skeptical and im saying 4 to 5yrs thanks to partison gridlock?  

answers 0:I feel screwed as the economy is forcing me to pull out of a business ive been in since 05 etc. the economy just sucks as we all know and being self employed is a bi*** as economic downturns at any level are brutal on us little guys. whats more brutal is that this economic downturn has lasted years! and we are facing 4 more years of partisan gridlock in wash d.c. although folks dont wanna believe that of course not! and being small biz I cant just go in the S

When is the Life Cafe Garden open?

Foster Padgette: The garden should be open, we hope around March but it depends on the weather more than anything. If you have any questions just call me at the store....212.477.8791Thanks,Mark

Comment commencer à pleurer avec l’enduit à la vapeur

Comment commencer à pleurer avec l’enduit à la vapeur

Froissez-vous le visage et faites des pleurs, comme des sanglots, des reniflements et des hoquets. Hurlez pour un effet encore plus grand.

Vous pouvez vous le procurer dans une pharmacie ou dans un supermarché comme Safeway ou Walgreens (même le magasin à 99 cents peut en offrir).

Les larmes couleront instantanément sur votre visage. Essayez de cligner des yeux pour encourager cela !

Attendre environ 30 secondes, puis essuyer avec un mouchoir en papier.

Prendre une petite quantité, et frotter uniformément sous les yeux dans le secteur général que les cercles foncés et les sacs peuvent former.

anyone own a small landscape buisness, how much to start it?

Ellis Cellar: Start-up costs include your equipment (fuel, maintenance,etc.); Administrative (billing software, advertising, telephone); Insurance, Workmans Comp (if you hire an employee), etc.Weed Eater 1- $300Mower (rotary)- $500-$2000Blower $500Trailer- $3000Insurance $1000-$3000/yr.Contractor Lic. $300/yr.AT&T Advertising $1200-$2000/yr.It can be difficult getting started, especially in an economy like this one. The phone isn't ringing for alot of reputable businesses. If you're planing on going unofficial (without advertising, business name and logo) good luck, unless you're degree'd in Horticulture and have tremendous talent, you'll be wasting your time. Good Luck...Show more

Renita Sefton: If you want to start a business you need commercial equipment. A commercial mower is a lot more than 2000. I recently bought a exmark turf tracer HP which isn't the biggest model made and it was about $6,000 When I bought a Kubota zero turn a few years ago it was! 13,000 dollars. If you aren't doing commercial lots you don't need a huge zero turn. A walk behind will work fine with a stand on attachment so you don't have to walk. You have to locate a dealer that sells commercial mowers, you can finance the mower through them. If you want the best blower and weedeater you need to buy STIHL brand equipment. Our STIHL backpack blowers were 500 dollars and weedeaters were 2-300 dollars. Then you need your truck and trailer which could cost up to 60,000 dollars if you want a nice truck and trailer. I'd get a truck with a diesel engine in it, even though its more expensive the gas milage is better and they are a lot more reliable when you are going to be using them for heavy duty work. Then you need insurance which will be a few thousand dollars per year.Lawn and Landscape work is a high demand industry. If you do good affordable work you will be fine. Unless you already have contracts lined up you will need to advertise. People! don't usually look in the classifieds first. They talk to fr! iends/neibors who have had work done with a company and if that person was satisfied they will give the potential client your information and they will call you....Show more