Re: The commercial nursery
- To: Multiple recipients of list <i*@rt66.com>
- Subject: Re: The commercial nursery
- From: s*@aristotle.net (J. Michael, Celia or Ben Storey)
- Date: Tue, 21 Jan 1997 16:57:00 -0700 (MST)
R. Dennis Hager said:
>The seasonal nature of the business makes it difficult to retain good help.
>So you do something else to keep your employees busy and hopefully make
>some money.
>
Please let me add this from our family lore: If you intend to eke out a
living in the specialty greenhouse business, have a lot of kids. My Uncle
John Lynch's international reputation did not keep his Orchid Gardens alive
through the '80s - his children and grandchildren did. Hands that work for
duty, love or for the education will stay with you when mere employees
won't.
But his case is another of what Mr. Hager called those competitors whose
bottom line may not be economic. Uncle John built a research facility; that
it became his family business was secondary.
I know a wonderful old woman north of Little Rock who farms TBs and
daylilies and sells them to all comers at ridiculously low prices. No way
is she making much, but she doesn't care. It's her hobby. Try competing
with that.
Celia Storey
storey@aristotle.net USDA Zone 7b, Arkansas
