Summer Living

Being this my last summer I hope to have an enjoyable one.  Since I was 10 I started caddying at the Hamilton Golf and Country Club.  I now reside during my summers working backshop at Copetown Woods Golf Club but, this will be my last summer of having time for myself - since I hope to have co-op terms while in university - so I want to be sure I spend it well.  Of course I will still have to earn some money over the summer but, I didn't want it consumed with me working out at the golf course.  Ironically, I love being out there, being outdoors and not stuck inside working at a supermarket or fast food restaurant.  Breathing the fresh air, spending it somewhere I enjoy actually being.  That's the difference between a summer job and counting down the days until school starts back up.  For this summer however, I have decided to take matters into my own hands. Me and a couple of friends from school are jobless this summer, so we needed to come up with something that would keep us all out of trouble.  And what did we come up with - an edging company.  At first we thought why not try and compete with the other guys and cut grass.  Well that idea quickly died out.  First of all, there are way too many of them out there.  We wanted to copy cat College Pro Painters but, we were in no way capable of that.  So we thought, what could we do that would allow us to be outside.  Our minds then went to joining a landscaping company but, like I said before I didn't want my days to be full of work.  We want to work on our own terms and most importantly at our own time.  Finally we came up with the idea of edging.  Just edging.  Sounds a bit stupid, I'll be honest.  Usually if you're paying someone to cut your lawn you're looking at around $30-$50.  But a lot of people aren't up to paying that much.  So, we want to provide a solution to that - subtract the lawn mowing and provide the good looks.  An edged lawn looks much better than one that is cut with sideburns.  It's much more appealing to the eyes.  The plan is to charge $5-$10 per lawn and just edge the perimeter.  If it works out, we'll be raking in some cash and will be each other's boss, if not we'll have the rest of the summer to worry about it!