It's a little expensive, but if they're grafters, do a proper job and take all the rubbish away, it's acceptable. I would explain that you want all the roots out, and check on their progress little and often. Can you get another couple of quotes?
I went through Checkatrade and the other companies weren’t really interested in weeding let alone bramble removal.
That sounds like a line from one of our songs . . . which does at least have a whiff of relevance!
Yes, I know. Hence my sorry in the post
Crikey, I used to do some gardening and design in Liverpool back in the 00's and charge £17 per hour. Maybe I was expensive?
The problem is that no one else wants to do it. On your hands a knees crawling through bushes digging out bramble roots and the removing the bramble growth that in my case reaches up to 5m isn’t something I’d wish on anyone.
Haha, I thought it was the chromebook, internet, vpn, adblock etc etc...A mistake
I only worked a few hours a week. I wasn't qualified but had an eye for design. The thing that made people like me was that unlike most gardeners around, I knew the plants and didn't simply slash and burn to tidy up. I always had enough work and had to turn people away. I suppose I did work for some wealthy folks thinking about it: landlords, breast surgeon, retired Headmistress, retired Headmaster etc...
Have to agree, £37 ph is very expensive for what is essentially a labouring job. I did a bit of paid gardening about 4 years ago and charged £15 ph. One task was to clear a big stretch of brambles and bind weed. I told the lady I can do this in 4 hours , i can do an in-depth job in 8 but given the nature of these plants it impossible to guarantee proper clearance. She went for the 4 hours, that was an area 1 metre by 10 meters , all done by hand as the area had a lot of slow worms in it.
). Grafting, not a skill.I’ve done identical work to that many a time, not just in our gardens, but on other land. Definitely hard thirsty work, I learnt the lesson of giant thorns, wearing layers of old clothes and thick gauntlets (not chainmail
I must be a fusspot like you. I try never to hurt any fauna, I remove all litter, glass and metals for recycling. A highlight was a Robin resting on my foot.
Definitely hard work made tricky by not being able to grab a handful of bind weed as it inevitably concealed a bramble. As you know I like my creatures and in particular slowworms take me back to being a 7 year old when I first encounter one.I’ve done identical work to that many a time, not just in our gardens, but on other land. Definitely hard thirsty work, I learnt the lesson of giant thorns, wearing layers of old clothes and thick gauntlets (not chainmail
I must be a fusspot like you. I try never to hurt any fauna, I remove all litter, glass and metals for recycling. A highlight was a Robin resting on my foot.
