what do you do for yard work?

Tana Dumoulin: Pay a bunch of Mexicans.

Ruby Martis: You can do what ever services you know how to do in most areas some may require permits (with the exception of chemical applications). These do require licensing or permits to charge for and apply to others properties than your own. For starters mowing, edging, line trimming and power blowing.You could add mulching, weeding, leveling, topping and general clean. Also watering and caring for plants usually for folks that are away or to busy.Other options are planting (they supply plants) planting you supply (requires a permit or license in most areas), These services are regarded as lawn and bed maintenance services. You are supplying a service.To do more like sell products, do design, installations, sprinkler systems, consultation, etc falls under Landscape Contracting. This requires more know how permits or licensing. To do chemical applications is generally a different license....Show more

Georgia Dees: ! Use a crabgrass treatment product. This should be done in the early spring to prevent the initial emergence of the crabgrass. Often waiting to long to apply these products will make them ineffective. These products can often be purchased online at a discounted price. Label instructions on these products will give recommendations for application.

Maritza Ebanks: Yard work requires a lot of knowledge.Fr instance, say you wanted to correct drainage... you would have to understand how water flows.Say that you wanted to pull weeds... There are a lot of plants that aren't weedy. Recognizing the plants that the home owner may have deliberately planted, isn't the same as pulling everything that isn't a bedding plant. And what about those rare natives that might've shown up on their own? Some of those are far more valuable than anything purchased at a big box store.Say that you wanted to cut grass... do you know the different heights to cut the different types of grass? Do! you know enough to stay off the lawn when it's too wet? too d! ry? Do you understand about cutting the grass from a different direction each time?And those specimen plantings in the middle of the yard... Weed eaters get away from you... causing injuries to those valuable trees and shrubs...And then there's the people that think they can maintain a flower bed with a weed-eater... No.And say that you wanted to fertilize the turf... different grass types require different amounts... at different times, and I've seen entire lawns killed by fertilizer application. better not to do it at all...You should consider taking classes, or finding employment in the biz, or both....Show more

Lorelei Lilburn: What kind of yard??Don't ask us strangers on the internet, try doing some research at ehow.com. This is the result from a simple yahoo! search:http://www.ehow.com/how_7865460_maintain-landscapi...You will need equipment such as a rake, shovel, clippers, and hand saw.There are thousands of good gardening books out there at amazon.com and Bar! nes and Noble.comSunset Publications and Sunset Magazines are great sources for good garden maintenance techniques....Show more

Augustus Sarria: LOL Just Asking That Question Means You Have NO Clue!!!Besides All the Tools and Knowledge...You Need Insurance.To Protect you from Shady Customers and To Protect Customers From You Making an Uninformed Mistake.You Also Need to Find out What the Rules are in Your City as far as Small Business's Go.You May have to Pass Certain Classes and Be Certified and Licensed.There are All kinds of Certifications you need Just To Spray Chemicals.You Also Need to Know and Pass a First aid Class at Least in Nevada and Mich.If I Were You I Would Start with a Small Business of the Same Type and Find out What it took Them to get Started.Just Going at it with out any Knowledge of What it is Your Trying to do Is a Recipe for Disaster.I've Been Doing this type of work for 35yrs.and every city and State is different and You Have to Know the Rules! .Hope this Helps....Show more