Wind Up In The Gutter And Still Make Money: Autumn is almost here and you can fall right into some money with a home-based business cleaning rain gutters, a sure thing because come September, your busy season begins. Deciduous trees got that name because they drop their leaves in the fall. It's just the Good Lord's way of making room for Spring. Farmers may have to worry about annual rainfall, but it's a certain bet those leaves are coming down. You can cash in by getting gutters and downspouts cleared of debris before the wet, cold season arrives, with little more tools than a ladder, gloves, leaf bags and a van or pickup truck to haul everything.

Home Business Preserves:How Sweet It Is: This is the season our forbears put up summer's bounty, canned fruits and vegetables, jams, jellies and preserves. Supermarkets were rare on the prairie. Take Grandma's favorite recipe to start, or pick one from a cookbook and make it your own. Libraries have extensive cookbooks, or go online for thousands of recipes. Canning equipment and a quaint, simple hand-written label with your name, email and phone number plus DBA  are essentials. Also, check the local health department for specific home food preparation-for-sale rules. You can do jams, chutneys or other seasonal fruit condiments, adding a special ingredient that brands it purely your own unique creation. Offer to gourmet groceries and even create a membership club eventually. Big Business from little jelly jars can grow.

Making Money Boarding Pets: Mickey, Minnie and Chance are three cats who couldn't go with owners on a three-day holiday, so they enjoyed a stay at a feline hotel that cost a total $137.75 for all three at check-out time. If you love animals, have the space and patience, boarding pets maybe an ideal home business. Using website traffic just like Hilton and Embassy Suites. And cats don't need spas, swimmig pools or wake up calls. Check with humane society for do's and don'ts before starting and above all, don't overbook quests. Cats need their space. Provide secure premisies too to prevent runaways. (this Beloved cat is your clients kid). This is an opportunity ideal for repeat business and word-of-mouth promotion and recommendation.

Marketing to 'Growing-Up' Clientele: Go forth and multiply, the Bible says, and when couples do, the little children get big and then we need more room. If families have four or five, they may have to double up, and here's the home craftsman opportunity to go into bunk bed building. Offer a simple, standard setup, or fancier models, with drawer storage beneath and attached computer desk and bookshelf space. Cut prefab parts so you have several sets ready in kit for deliver and assemble at client's home. Wait, there's more. Build an extra large model option for those 6 foot 6 270 lb. boys headed for football at USC and maybe the NFL. American youths are growing bigger in recent generations and bedding mattressess are being manufactured to fit the trend.

Make Money With Green Thumb, Count Greenbacks: Some people have an instinctive flair for plant care, making fuchsias flourish and nursing a finicky philodendron into a showpiece worthy of a corner executive office. Put your horticultural talents to work in homes and bussinesses with a route where you water, feed, pluck, trim or re-pot plants as needed. You meet nice people  and beautify their surroundings, just doing what you you do best. Recommendations spread faster than a creeping charlie if you can get into business park. Next step is buying and furnishing decorative plants at added cost, sort of a rent-a-rhododenfron enterprise. To avoid mess and distracting employees, bring a new one and take a sickly specimen home to nurse in your greenhosue. Plants grow. So can your website business.

Chimney Sweep Business is Merrily Poppin': Chimney sweeps aren't just characters in the hit play and movie "Mary Poppins" but their still around and making money, especially with computer and website. If you think there's no demand, a 7 million replica Tuscan farmhouse on the market in Southern California boast nine fireplaces and chimneys. If you're scared of heights, forget it. But chimneys must be cleaned to prevent fire hazards from accumulated soot and creosote, a byproduct of burning firewood. Tools include a ladder, long telescoping brush, gloves and other gear. Check a hardware or home supply store. Going rate for one chimney is $35.00 to $100.00 and that ain't just whistling the show tune " Chim Chim Cheree"

One For The Money, Two For The Show: This old nursery rhyme suggests reason for a website home business assisting that soul so often in need of help, the modern mother-to-be who eats for two but still toils for a whole family. Your artist talents come into play creating nursey design and decor for the new baby. Gone are the days when pink or blue and some stuffed animals will do. Research themes and the materials available for a sitdown with the Mom-to-be. Offer to bring coffee or tea and cookies plus brochures, your portfolio of Ideas. And Get Paid.