Outdoor Work That Pays
It can be either pleasant to make money with outdoor work,
or just back-breaking. I have personally done both types. In
nay case, if you think you want to be outside while you make
a living, you're in the right place; below you'll find all the
pages which cover jobs and businesses that involve working outdoors.
My outdoor-resume includes picking apples (this was fun, but
really hard on the back), making walking sticks, selling at flea
markets, cutting firewood, gathering and selling rocks, and landscaping.
Since some visitors will be looking for employment or entrepreneurial
ventures that involve working with the elements of the outdoors
(planting things, tending animals, etc), and others just want
to be out there in the fresh air (working on boats, highway flagman
work, etc), I will try to add pages of both sorts over time.
The Outdoor Work Pages
Summer
Jobs - The highest paying ones and the ones that let you
get outside.
Sign
Holder Job - How to find them... if you really want them.
Cane Juice Profits - A true
story from a vistor to the site, who traveled to Malaysia and
brought back a good idea.
Be a Grave Digger - Not a
job everyone wants, but it pays the bills.
Be a Chimney Sweep - Start
as an employee and transition into your own business.
Edible Wild Plants for Sale
- Make money foraging in the woods and fields and along the coasts.
How to Be an Animal
Control Officer - Not much pay potential, but if you love
to work with animals and be outside for much of the day...
Ostrich Farming - It's
dirty (and sometimes dangerous) work, but there can be good money
in this outdoor business.
Finding Gold - Check out the
odd ways to do it too (not just panning or sluicing).
How to Become a Surveyor
- Use your mind while working outdoors much of the time.
How to Be a
Landscape Architect - What you'll be doing and how much you
can make with this largely outdoor work.
Giving Guided Nature Tours
- How to price your service and find customers.
Selling Specialty Plants
- Growing them as a business, and what some of your options are.
Fish and Wildlife Jobs
- Mix time in the office with great outdoor work, and make a
decent paycheck.
Doing Wildlife Surveys
- A green job that lets you work outside.
How to Surf for Money -
Make some money riding those waves and you get to go surfing
more often.
The Best Sailing Jobs - Out
to sea and making a living--does that sound good to you?
Alaska Crab Fishing
Jobs - It's a risky way to make a living in bad weather,
but...
Park Ranger Jobs - You
get to work outdoors much of the time, and the pay is getting
better.
Where to Find Gold -
Making money from the yellow metal while enjoying the wilderness.
Be a Pollen Collector
- Bees aren't the only ones with this work...
Palm Tree Trimmer Jobs
- This outdoor work is usually found in nice places.
The Business of Growing Catnip
- You might be surprised to know that cat owners are not your
only market.
The Gutter Cleaning
Business - Not as bad as it sounds?
Digging Water Wells - Working
as an employee or doing it as a business.
Selling Wild Foods - Collect
them for free while enjoying the outdoors.
Making Wreaths - How to
make and sell natural-materials wreaths (and our own story).
Collecting and Selling Wildflowers
- Pick them and sell them (an untested business idea).
Making and Selling Natural
Handicrafts - A small collection of ideas and experiences.
Harvesting Club Moss Spores -
Magician's flash powder and medicine too.
The Business of Roadkill Cleanup
- A dirty job that somebody has to do.
Keeping Bees as a Business
- Both the job and business opportunities.
Get Paid for Picking Apples
- My own experience and a look at how to boost your hourly rate.
Snow Shoveling Jobs for
Instant Cash - How many other outdoor work businesses can
you start for under $20?
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