If you have weeds in your yard, there is a guy you might want to call.

Well, he’s a 9-year-old named Kayson Caputo.

He’s the founder of Kayson’s Weed Pulling Co., and he’s advertising, holding special promotions - and of course, doing all the dirty work.

“I took inspiration from this kid. He mows lawns, he shovels and he fixes up bikes,” Kayson said. “It is so cool to see kids working. I wanted to start something like that to make some extra cash for the summer.”

He began wondering what he could do.

“I thought, ‘Well, I’m good at some things in the yard.’ I thought about doing weeds, and said, ‘OK. I’ll write these fliers and I will pass them out,’” said Kayson, who will be a third grade student at the Tamaqua Elementary School.

Last week, he placed his information on 23 sheets of notebook paper. He and his grandmother, Lisa Caputo, then hit their block in Tamaqua’s Dutch Hill section and dropped them in mailboxes.

The papers, all handwritten by Kayson, begin with the business name and go on to explain the prices.

“Not Much” weeds will cost $5, “Normal” sets customers back $10, and “Big” amounts to $20.

He listed the number 570-778-2784, one that rings to his grandfather, Bob Caputo.

After all, Kayson IS just 9 and does have some restrictions on his own cell.

Bob, who Kayson calls his business manager, said the first response was from Kayson’s aunt - but she lives in Oregon.

Kayson’s mother, Kahley Caputo, also heard from a friend in Jim Thorpe who wants to hire her son.

The West Coast gig is on hold at the moment, Kayson said, but the Jim Thorpe job will happen soon.

“When it gets to a later day, we are probably going to get more calls than we have now,” Kayson said. “So we are going to have to make appointments. I’ll say, ‘I can do this on this day, and this on another day.’”

Grandfather and business manager Bob is also the sole investor in Kayson’s Weed Pulling Co. He recently took Kayson shopping for tools and supplies.

“All of it fits in this bag and it makes it very light. I have a kneeling pad; it’s very soft. It fits my knees. I have these gloves that fit me perfectly,” Kayson said, as he revealed the bag’s contents.

He also has a trowel, claw, tape measure, dustpan and brush.

He talked about business plans, saying he’ll avoid appointments around meal times.

“I don’t want to start pulling weeds and then tell someone I have to stop because it’s lunch break,” he said. “I wouldn’t want to do that to someone. I want to stay there, and stay there only.”

His ad says he’ll work weekdays and weekends, too.

A neighbor shared Kayson’s flier to the Tamaqua Area Public Forum on Facebook. It has received close to 400 “likes” and has been shared dozens of times.

“One lady commented that she is going to plant weeds” so she can hire Kayson, Bob said, laughing.

While he hadn’t collected any paychecks as of this week, he said that when he does, he will help his family.

“I want to do this for my family and I just want to be ready. I am just going to start working a job at an early age so I can learn. So when I get older, I can take care of my family and get a better job and know how to get it,” Kayson said. “Success never comes to you. You create it.”

Bob isn’t sure how Kayson thought of the success quote.

“He came up with it in the car the other day and it blew me away,” Bob said.

Experienced at age 9

This isn’t Kayson’s first business, said his mother, Kahley.

“He made bookmarks as a nonprofit - and had employees,” she said of the business he founded in second grade.

Kayson explained the concept.

“I would go up to each kid and say, ‘Hey, do you want a bookmark? I do custom bookmarks. Can you tell me what you want on your bookmark?’” he said. “And they’re like, ‘Yeah.’?”

He’d write whatever they wanted, color it, cut it out and give it to them. He guesses that he made about 10 bookmarks - all for free.

Kayson had a few “employees” who were responsible for getting orders.

“I had to fire two because they weren’t working,” he said.

Eventually, he said, he had to fold the business.

“My bookmark business - at first it skyrocketed. But then when I lost my two people, and these other people weren’t interested in bookmarks because you know in school they like recess better than reading,” Kayson said. “It just plummeted.”

He also set up lemonade stands during Tamaqua’s last two community yard sales.

“He asked me if he could have a lemonade stand and I said, ‘Sure,’” Kahley said. “Then he said, ‘You know what? I don’t even want to keep any of the money. I want to donate it.’”

The two began discussing nonprofit organizations and Kayson chose St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

“I did St. Jude’s because they mostly do things around cancer. And my great-grandfather, he died of cancer,” Kayson said.

“He’s an entrepreneur and a philanthropist,” Kahley said of her son.

His family said Kayson is a blessing. He has a heart of gold, a wisdom beyond his years and cares about everyone.

“He has the biggest heart. Not just kids - of anybody I know,” Bob said. “When he was little, we would take him to Easter egg hunts and he would pick up the eggs and give them to the other kids.”

And if there’s a piñata at a party, Kayson always waits to give the other children a chance to gather candy.

“He’s very giving,” Lisa said of her grandson. “He would give the shirt off his back, he really would.”

Bob, who recently ran for a seat on the Tamaqua Area School Board, recalled how Kayson helped at the East End polling location by handing out cards.

“When older people were having trouble getting out of their cars, he would go and help them,” Bob said.