Re: Hibs

Wow - wish I lived close enough to volunteer for that part time help
job!! I admire y'all w/ the gumption to start your own businesses. Easy
it's not. Rewarding - you betcha! Keep on pluggin'

(pun intended)
:-D

---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: David Franzman <dfranzma@pacbell.net>
Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net
Date:  Tue, 11 Feb 2003 22:23:53 -0800

>Thanks Marge and everybody else who wrote.  It's been such a steep climb
>up the learning curve that I've had several nose bleeds.  Funny, the
>biggest problem has been the need for more and more room.  I think I'll
>put a cap on the 10k sq ft. and call that good.  I should be able to
>handle most of the growing myself with maybe just one full time person
>besides me and then temporary help when needed.  Any bigger than that and
>it's not as fun.  I grow em for their beauty and the smile they put on
>people's faces not the big bucks.
>
>Andrea, when you're ready go out and look for greenhouses.  Cold call on
>people that you know have gh's.  Drive around and when you see some stop
>and talk with the owners.  Sooner or later you'll find somebody who isn't
>using their's to the fullest and maybe just maybe you'll find somebody
>who is interested in giving a grower a hand.
>
>DF
>
>Marge Talt wrote:
>
>> How totally fantastic, David.  CONGRATULATIONS!  You have traveled
>> far in a very short time and I know that the entire list is rootin'
>> for your continued success!  Wish I could get out to SF to see that
>> show...sigh...will be there in spirit as I know will the rest of us
>> who live too far away to be there in person.
>>
>> What on earth is the State Board of Equalization?  I've never heard
>> of that one before?
>>
>> Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
>> mtalt@hort.net
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>> > From: David Franzman <dfranzma@pacbell.net>
>> >
>> > Pretty good Andrea.  I'm waiting with butterflies the beginning of
>> the SF Flower
>> > and Garden Show.  It's in March.  If anybody wants to see my
>> company name in
>> > lights it's in the marketplace section at gardenshow.com.
>> Otherwise I've had
>> > to hire some help for the first but apparently not the last time.
>> I'm up to
>> > 5,000 sq ft of gh space now and the next task is getting the other
>> 5,000 ft
>> > ready by summer.  It's been quite a chore but worth it.  Frankly
>> the worst part
>> > is filling out the State Board of Equalization paper work.  I don't
>> know
>> > anything about stuff like that.  By Thursday I'll start accepting
>> credit cards
>> > for the first time and I don't know anything about that stuff
>> either.
>> >
>> > I'm just a bull being pulled around by the ring in my nose.
>> >
>> > David Franzman
>> > A Touch of the Tropics  (My official title now)
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