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Hi all, I'm new on the forum, I have a question for everyone as I'm really not to sure where to start.. I'm 20 years old and having no luck what so ever finding a job around where I live. I have a young child and one on the way.. I've been thinking for a while about going self employed.. I have explored a few options with no joy of finding something good to do.. I was wondering what peoples views on going as a self employed landscape gardener doing small gardens to start off then moving onto bigger project.. I was hoping to come here and get a few tips of starting up as I'm don't know where to start.Thanks allJordan

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  • I suppose the first thing to ask is, do you have any experience at landscape gardening? 

  • Hi Jordan, if self employed with children, i think if you work over 16 hours a week you will get working tax credit as well as child tax credit, depending on how much your partner earns, well worth looking into, we all have to start somewhere... if you get a few tools together and put the word around maybe print a few basic small leaflets... you say landscape gardening, did you mean building patios etc or more garden maintenance like lawn and hedge cutting, which is easier to get into for a start without a lot of skills money and equipment, either way you will learn as you go. Best of luck, go for it mate.

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      Beat me to it!!!
      • not really lol, we all have something to add from our individual wealth of experience..makes me feel nostalgic for the old days..i started off pretty much like young Jordan here, disillusioned with the conventional job market..god bless those grannies who gave me cups of tea and a few quid for cutting their lawns and putting in the plants they'd bought from the garden centre...

    • Cheers billbop :) I'm definitely going to give it a shot, where would you reccomend buying my tools from?
      • Amazon good for a lot of hand tools, prices vary but sometimes they go insanely cheap, for example at time of posting "Gartenfreude 760mm Shear with steel blades" £8.47 is a top notch pair of loppers for the money, i've bought spades, forks, secateurs, saws etc at a fraction of what you would pay in a diy chain store let alone a garden centre. Ebay good for mowers strimmers etc, if you can't afford new ones you can search by "distance nearest first" to find local bargains, sometimes a second hand good quality power tool is a better bet than a cheap brand new one

        • Brilliant ! I got myself an amazon account I'm going to shopping later when little one kippin :)
        • In terms of equipment am I right in saying that petrol is the way forward? Would you. Mind possible sending me a equipment list of stuff in likely to need for general garden maintenance?

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          Jord
          • Eye, hearing& hand protection..secateurs..loppers..spade..fork..metal headed rake..plastic headed wide rake for scraping up leaves+debris..some builders dumpy bags for putting rubbish in..lawnmower..strimmer..hedgecutter and ladders if needed. Battery powered seems to be the future long term but if just starting out now petrol is the way to go.. As others have said, try to get some knowledge and experience before tackling any more than basic jobs, you seem very enthusiastic which is half the battle, and you will learn while working, but it would be a shame to see you come unstuck through taking on jobs which are beyond your current ability. Best of luck.

          • Stihl blower, Stihl hedge cutter , Stihl Strimmer , decent mower
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