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I often have too much work and pass it on to who ever I can...BUT the links with my existing customers are VERY strong and I won't pass on work to just anyone as I would like it done to my own high standards.....
Good luck with your enterprise...my main hurdle is decent workers so please post up how things pan out for you...
My main hurdle is also decent workers. We do have a great team at the moment but we are turning away shed loads of work which pains me simply because we find that most gardener candidates do not measure up in practice.
So rather than take on anyone and end up with a poor reputation and files full of complaints to deal with, we are holding off further expansion until we have a larger core of suitably motivated team members.
I'm looking at part timers only as few of our previous seem to last the pace of a full time gardening job. Part timers will likely need training and will be playing second fiddle to a more experienced team member before they are let loose solo...
Like your thinking....so good luck to you..it also pains me to turn work away but I have to be honest to my customers and not be too much of a yes man as I'd only disappoint if that were the case...
Mad isn't it in these alleged times of hardship that some good honest graft is hard to come by !!!!????