Wednesday 1st September

Other than work, it’s been a quiet week so far, I’ve missed getting the paper for 2 days in a row, so I’m a little behind the news as far as politics go. I’ll have to read online tomorrow, there was a bit about SEB and the Childrens Park at Rove in todays paper, and how much we’ve improved it, so that would make a nice addition to a resume.

We had the EU sign over of the truck today at Rove, as many of the crew that I could convince to come, and Tiff and I. It’s a bit sad that that was the high point of the day, it’s just been work for the most part.



I’m trying to find, still, online distance courses for Level II, III and IV horticulture from any TAFE in Australia. The ones that do have courses, all seem to vary in pricing, requirements etc, so I’ve written to as many as I think are suitable, and will have to sort through them once I hear back. We still haven’t a classroom, toilets, office, but the nursery is slowly being put together. By the time it is finished in a couple of weeks, the potting mix will be ready for full scale production, thanks to the guys who have been working really well in the compost bins for a week now trying to get ahead of the supply of raw material.

I wrote to Rover Ind. Australia last week about a bigger mulcher, and they sent back a brochure with their recommendation, no price though, so I’m waiting for that. Rover model 464E, I wish I’d known about it last year.


Really grunty looking machine, 7.5 hp, and the sales rep reckons it will handle more than we can throw at it. As if I believe a sales rep, been there, done that, anything to get a sale. Now I have to work out how to justify the expense after buying the other one last year. Still, we could hire the other one out to ex-pats for their gardens, even sending one of the crew along to run it would generate some income off it.

I’ll work on how to justify it somehow.


Pic of Rose