Gardening for beginners

Hello every one

I am hear as a new member seeking advice for my husband, well me also ok hear goes

Over the past two weeks hubby and I have set about restoring our garden back to its glory days. We haven�t done anything fancy just looked over old pictures our elderly neighbours had of our house and basically put the garden back as it was after ohhh say 20 years neglect. We have been in our current property just a year and never bothered with the garden just kept it tidy and a lawn. We have restored the flowered border and cut back hedges and it looks really nice.

What this leads to is a few of our neighbours have asked my husband to go round and give them quotes on ââ?¬Å?tidyingââ?¬Â there garden. This is great as in February my husband was made redundant. He is strong young and able but he lacks knowledge.

He is really enthusiastic about this little venture and he believes he can make something of it. But as I have said he knows nothing about plants and things. I have always done the planting and I know as much as him. I have always just bought plants I like and that�s it I have a knack of nurture but have no knowledge of bulbs cultivation or anything. We did recently read in our local council news letter we should not cut hedges till Junes because of nesting birds. How ever we had already cut our hedge before this pearl of wisdom came our way. We just don�t want to be offering a service and feel we are ripping people off because of lack of experience and gardening general knowledge.

Do any of you have any handy hints tips and pieces of wisdom to share with a very willing and able couple of learners? All your help is much appreciated.

Kind regards

Bojangles

[ May 02, 2005, 09:54 PM: Message edited by: bojangles ]

 

I would advise caution but wouldnt put you off completely. There is a heck of a lot more to gardening work than muscle or even horticultural knowledge. Have you thought about public liability insurance for example, or tax.

I dont know if this is any help but the council that i work for takes on casual gardeners over the summer. We are always looking for fit and able people and if someone turns out to be reliable they often get kept on and get trained up properly.

Its worth a try. Good luck whatever you decide.