When my health is good and I’m up to it that’s the same as paying me $500+ for 2 hours. Think everyone must have more money than me to turn down $250 an hour. In Kansas that’s how things work if i’m feeling healthy i go do that stuff. This country has so many oppurtunities like that. A sharp shooter all steel shovel and a day of your time you could make a $1000 with a $60 investment in a good shovel. 4 hours a day of orchard work requires a rest and a tylenol but the strength comes over time. If your really strong triple that $1000! Where else can you do that? Would any member of this site not buy rootstock? There are times when we have not been able to find rootstock like when Oregon quarantined over the virus. An industrius person can have a pear orchard like mine or better for their labor in this country. The first year you sell rootstocks and even plant them for people the next year you buy the land with the profits and plant your own. Everyone wins when youth and strength is on our side. Many of us got started just that way with hard work looking back I don’t regret it. Will also mention it’s not easy and I still respect those who don’t want to succeed like that. A good mechanic or electrician or plumber or carpenter can make just as much. There is something about fresh air and choosing our own hours that’s appealing.
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