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The Solo Gardener Podcast
by The Merry Gardener
Every Monday 9am (GMT) London. A behind the scenes of running a solo gardening business. The in's the out's, the iddy biddy details, the funny stories and the crazy stories. and plenty of Interviews with my fellow gardeners. Join the Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thesologardenerscommunitygroup Daily VLOG series - Mon-Friday - Youtube Youtube: https://youtube.com/@merrygardener I am a Solo Gardener..... and if you feel alone out there... I do to sometimes... well let this be your community... i like to help people where i can and i believe the best gardener is a humble gardener forever learning... helping each other bringing each other up. We can all share our stories our knowledge together and a have laugh along the way. I love this job.. i care about peoples gardens... i care about my customers. And my goal is to make them smile at the end of a hard days work. When i put my spade back in my van
Episodes
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#10 The Country Cottage Gardener tells us about the Naked Hippy Yoga Couple and much more.....
The Country Cottage Gardener aka Chris Wakelin aka The Rustic Badger. Take your pick, he goes by many a name but that's because he's a multi talented guy. Chris is a professional Gardener and landscaper not only has he got a green thumb but some might say green blood runs through his veins.....…
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#09 Have You Ever Made a Client Cry.... How About 2 Clients? I Did.....Oops!!!
In all my 30 years gardening i only ever made 2 clients cry... well it's no as bad as in sounds. one was tears of joy & the other errr not so much. I share with you here the sory of the 'staby lillies' You'll find it's not my proudest momment but hey what would you do? have a great week peeps Pete
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#08 Can You Imagine Being a Gardener Drafted Into a War?
Can you imagine being a gardener drafted into a war? You’ve spent each working day looking at nature, admiring her beauty, nurturing life, sowing and growing plants, then suddenly you’re shipped off to a living hell of death and destruction and asked to kill. That is the begining paragraph of…
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#07 Michael Bowman aka B Y D - EXPERT IN US LAWNCARE | UK & US Gardener Chat the Green Stuff
Here I chat with the OG Mr Michael Bowman an expert in lawncare from US Georgia. https://youtube.com/@BYDonBermudaGrassCentral https://www.instagram.com/bermudagrasscentral/ Michael really knows his stuff and shares some great knowledge here and some techniques that you may never have heard…
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#06 WAIT?......WHAT?........HOW MUCH!!!? Hourly? Day Rate? or Per Job? What is your Value?
Oooooo! Pricing can be a spicy subject, cant it?, Especially online in the facebook groups... it can get lets say... errrr "PASSIONATE"....haha. Yeah we'll not to be...... boring .......but i'm a flexible pricist.. I pretty much use all 3 of those in the title up there...hourly, day rate & fixed...
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#05 How I Made £1000 in One Day, Saved my Client £400 and Did it Solo - The Full Break Down
In this episode I break down how I made £1000 in one day (more acurately £995.68) I also saved my client over £400 and I did it solo at the begining of this year, Jan 2024. I break down my process, the full client communication, I show you the, full quote and break down what i include in that...
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#04 Stay Solo vs Grow Grow - My Experience Hiring up to 4 Guys & Then Back to Han Solo
I fully encourage growing beyond solo... Even if you begin with calling on a friend when you need help or taking on and young lad full of beans.. or better yet someone more experienced than you in another area, like say...... fencing or landscaping. This way you can increase your knowledge and…
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#03 Do You Feel Like an Imposter Because of Your Lack of Plant Knowledge - I Did Too
I didn't choose this Gardening path I was born into it... My Dad was a gardener but my brother and I had other plans & big dreams... he wanted to be an actor and I wanted to follow my creative art stuff..... But in the meantime we were just kids, 14 years old, 1994 and.... my old man put us to...
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#02 When Your Clients Neighbour Kicks Off - Crazy Wheelchair Man
What the hell do you do with your clients nightmare neighbours. Well ive picked up a few crazy neigbour stories over the years but this guy was now causing me problems aswell as my client.. we had to step in one time because he'd over steped the mark with an old lady. Then he took to the internet...
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#01 A Gardener's Honest Winter Survival Guide - How to Keep the Work Flowing through Winter
Winter time has to be hands down the most difficult time for working gardeners. Your mental health, slow work, shorter daylight hours and it's bloody freezing. Well this episode focuses on finding work and filling those gaps in the diary. You may assume because nothing is growing in winter that...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Every Monday 9am (GMT) London.
A behind the scenes of running a solo gardening business.
The in's the out's, the iddy biddy details, the funny stories and the crazy stories. and plenty of Interviews with my fellow gardeners.
Join the Facebook Group:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/thesologardenerscommunitygroup
Daily VLOG series - Mon-Friday - Youtube
Youtube: https://youtube.com/@merrygardener
I am a Solo Gardener..... and if you feel alone out there... I do to sometimes... well let this be your community... i like to help people where i can and i believe the best gardener is a humble gardener forever learning... helping each other bringing each other up.
We can all share our stories our knowledge together and a have laugh along the way.
I love this job.. i care about peoples gardens... i care about my customers. And my goal is to make them smile at the end of a hard days work. When i put my spade back in my van
HOSTED BY
The Merry Gardener
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Every Monday 9am (GMT) London. A behind the scenes of running a solo gardening business. The in's the out's, the iddy biddy details, the funny stories and the crazy stories. and plenty of Interviews with my fellow gardeners. Join the Facebook Group:...
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