Here around GTR ( greater Toronto area) my neighbour pays $ 50 per hour for "some guy with a high speed lawn mower contraption". Since it takes three hours to turn her 5 acres into a golf course you do the math. She also has them weed and sheer the evergreens in her minuscule garden ( the rest is grass). It usually takes two, three hours a shot. These are ordinary groundskeepers not Wisley trained professionals. Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 19, 2015, at 9:18 PM, Mike Rummerfield <mikerumm@gmail.com> wrote: > > RE: Then be prepared to pay a considerably higher wage than you would to > some > itinerant guy-with-a-lawnmower. > > I agree with Rodger. Anyone can destroy your garden in a few hours. > A knowledgeable, experienced, sensitive gardener will enhance it. Be > willing to pay them for those qualities. > >> On Thu, Nov 19, 2015 at 8:45 AM, Rodger Whitlock <totototo@telus.net> wrote: >> >>> On 17 Nov 2015, at 21:24, Leo Martin wrote: >>> >>> What I want is to hire somebody to use tools like this in my garden, but >> I >>> want people who know what they're doing. >> >> Then be prepared to pay a considerably higher wage than you would to some >> itinerant guy-with-a-lawnmower. >> >> If this seems unreasonable, then just think: how many years has it taken >> you to >> learn the skills you now have? (If you simply can't afford the money, >> perhaps >> robbing a bank might be the ticket?) >> >> >> -- >> Rodger Whitlock >> Victoria, British Columbia, Canada >> Z. 7-8, cool Mediterranean climate >> _______________________________________________ >> pbs mailing list >> pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/