I did a little bit of work in the front yard yesterday. I dug a new (small) bed for some of the gladiolus corms I bought at Home Depot a couple of weeks ago. There were about 50 in the bag. I don't know what I was thinking. I saw the word "Value!" printed on the packaging and couldn't resist. I planted about 20 and threw five moldy ones out. I need to put on my thinking cap and find somewhere for the rest of the pack. I'm telling you, digging compacted clay is a BITCH.
I have a guy coming tomorrow to give me an estimate on cleaning up all the leaves in the front yard and getting up the thatch. I have a good idea of what I think that's worth but it should be an educational experience to see what he quotes.
I've never had to hire anyone to do work in or around the house so I'm a little scared that I'll just assume that he's not going to try to take advantage of me because I'm a woman and don't know any better. (right.)
What's a standard hourly rate for yard clean-up? I'm not even talking about "landscaping" here--I'm talking about some dude with a leaf blower and a garbage bag.
Posted by Tiffany at February 28, 2005 06:46 PM