[Dave K]

Did get some rather cool nights and mornings in the unheated lean-to conservatory, but to my surprise my two extra hot tropical chilli plants have now started producing a third crop of new pods in the last week or so. The second crop have been slow to ripen with the lack of warmth and strong sunlight so the 3rd crop probably won't get a chance to ripen before the cold and dark gets too much for the plants.

[Thunderstorm]

I am a weather passionate, I'd have wanted to do the meteorologist, so when I was a boy I had tried to go to university to study physics, I did not. Now luckily was born another dream into me, I dream to open a farm, I think I'm good at gardening, I catching care of my home's garden for years and I do it well, even my parents tell me it, I'm trying to find any work on this, but here in Italy it doesn't find anything, I've spread a lot of leaflets around my village two years ago, to try to do the gardener, unfortunately the attempt get failure, now I'm looking a job of nursery.

What do you think?
Does this dream you see it possible?
How I can pursue it?

[mrfizz]

Thunderstorm, on 06 March 2012 - 12:29, said:

I am a weather passionate, I'd have wanted to do the meteorologist, so when I was a boy I had tried to go to university to study physics, I did not. Now luckily was born another dream into me, I dream to open a farm, I think I'm good at gardening, I catching care of my home's garden for years and I do it well, even my parents tell me it, I'm trying to find any work on this, but here in Italy it doesn't find anything, I've spread a lot of leaflets around my village two years ago, to try to do the gardener, unfortunately the attempt get failure, now I'm looking a job of nursery.

What do you think?
Does this dream you see it possible?
How I can pursue it?

Difficult economic circumstances at the moment to start a gardening venture. I attempted it myself last year after losing my job, and while i managed to get 8-10 regular maintenance jobs, that amount is not really enough to pay the bills. I don't know your personal circumstances, but you need to be looking at 4-5 jobs per day, 5 or 6 days per week, with income of around £80 - £100 per day. This sounds quite a lot but when you factor in fuel costs, equipment costs, disposal of waste etc your income soon diminishes. Unless you are lucky and can get to do several gardens in one street or at least close together that is. Then you have to think whether you are just cutting grass, or doing the lot i.e. lawns, beds, borders, tree pruning, planting etc. It's a great job to do, i enjoyed it, met some lovely people. But it is difficult to get off the ground and make a success of it.