Starting a Landscaping Business with little capital

For those who want to start a landscaping business with out raising a lot of capital here are my thoughts. What I would do is start out with lawn care first and as your experience grows and you start to make money you can  add landscaping projects later on.

The reason why it is best to have lawn included in the landscaping business because people will always need there lawns done on a weekly or bi-weekly basis on the other hand many of the landscaping projects if you do a good job will only be one time or once a year so you may never get called back once you complete the job and if you just starting out it may be a while before you get another landscaping job. when you add lawn care you will still be able to make some money doing yards until you get another landscaping project.Once you get big enough and have a lot of jobs to do then you can stop doing lawns.If it was me I would still do both.

Like lawn care if you do not have a lot of money to spend start out small maybe weeding somebodies flower bed, trimming bushes,adding mulch and other small landscaping projects. Some basic tools that you may need for small landscaping jobs are a spaded shovel,a pick ax,a garbage can, a rake,clippers,pruning saw and other tools depending on the job you will be getting into.like in lawn care if you do now have a lot of money to buy new you can get some used yard tools on Cregs list or boo koo if you are lucky you may find a deal where somebody has a bunch of yard tools they want to get rid of for around $30.00

Remember it is always best to start out small and as your expirence grows and you are able to buy better equipment then start doing bigger jobs. In landscaping you will need a truck you can only do so much with a car especially when you start to do bigger jobs.what you can do is when you start making some extra money around $100 to $150per month you can go to the bank and apply for a small loan around 2 to 3 grand enough to get a used truck I know at the credit union I get a resonal loan for about 3 grand and the payments are around $100 per month to get it insured if you break it down per month would be around $80 per month depending on with state you live and your driving record.

As in any business if you start out legit you can take many expenses off your taxes at the end of the year I hope this will help you if you are just starting out in this industry

Take Care and God Bless