Frank,

We are still able to find a few teenagers who don't mind working, but it is getting to be more difficult to find such types these days.

The elderly people here in town hire a teenager to do their mowing for them once a week. (We don't have any professional lawn companies available) and they supply the push mower, along with the gas and oil needed.

Once a week, usually on the weekend, the youngster shows up to do the mowing, for 20 bucks. If you want the house, trees, and garage trimmed around, you can expect to pay an additional 20.

Buy yourself a decent push mower and a gas can.....possibly a string trimmer, as well. Leave it at the new house. Find a young kid who does this sort of thing so that he can save up for college.

You can set the mowing and blowing interval ahead of time, or leave a phone number so that the kid can call you when he thinks you'll need to blow the snow, etc.

It will help if you know somebody in the distant town, but this is not always necessary. Most kids of this sort will advertise their services in the local paper. You can pick up a local paper when you're there, or subscribe to it and have it sent to your permanent residence once each week.

For best results, have the kid provide a list of references.

Joel

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