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[quote=Anonymous]Unless you know from experience how long the job will take then pay by the hour. We have neighbors and friends who have hired a person to do yard chores like weeding, laying mulch, cleaning up the edging around landscape beds etc. and we have done this twice. It's usually been through contacts - someone knows a guy (maybe day laborer) that will take small jobs like this for extra $. HS/College kids mowing lawns, doing weeding... isn't uncommon... we get posts every year on the neighborhood listserv email when college kids are back for summer and during the year from some HS kids. I wouldn't pay them any less than you would an older person. It's hard work and could take longer than you accounted for - which is why paying by the job rather than hourly could end up taking advantage of a teen. It seems that $20/hour is the going rate among people we know - and most offer cold water/gatorade and the appropriate tools.[/quote]
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