The world is changing

[Fedup]

Wow, that's a lot of money for gardening. I put an ad on craigslist last year for labor to do landscaping/gardening and offered $15/hour. I had to take the ad down within an hour because I was getting so many people wanting to do it. This year I'll be offering $12/hour as apparently (based on the response rate) I was overpaying for the job.

That's the point. It was hired for young nephews with no experience whatsoever. But I paid my kid's high school friends the same and they were not many takers either. It was not gardening for my nephews, it was to help my husband and I lifted some very heavy stone, nearly 25-100lbs. And also to break off the existing cement step, and excavating. They didn't have any problem at all for their young bodies. It was easy work for them. They enjoyed the money and work.