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Actually, funny that you mention drug addicts. The first site I developed was a local shoot up site. The owners of the property paid me to build a fence, so I did that before tearing up the grass. But over the course of the few months I spent developing it, I found over 300 drug needles. It was brut...

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There's been a few key influential chef's here in town, that have really spread the word about local food. I would go so far as to say that a quarter of the restaurants here in town are buying local. Part of the reason that there are so many start up farms in the last year. Our farmers market is als...

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I've also got that Murray Hallam dvd set on aquaponics, it's pretty awesome. The next arm of our operation will be two 3000 square foot greenhouses with aquaponics, producing year round veggies and talapia fish.

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Hey Mike, good questions. To answer them... I do make cash from farming a small area. My farm consists of 8 front and back yards that total one acre in size. It's a lot bigger than it was when I started. I started on .25 an acre. I sell to 14 restaurants, farmers markets, and run a CSA veggie box pr...

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Hey guys, it's been years since I've been on here, but I got a message today from a member, which prompted me to log in. I've been retired from planting since 2009, and I've found a new career that was a great transition from planting for me, and in fact, makes me way more income than planting could...

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here, check this...

after years of trying all kinds of ways to make the flagging tape dispense in the most efficient and hassle free way, i've found this to be the best. and trust me when i say, i've tried many many different ideas.

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Slash Monkey

a hummus container is way easier and works the best, i find. you don't even need to cut anything on it. just put the roll right in it, with no lid and the flag just feeds off the side. i found that if you make a slit on the side of it for the flag to feed through, it'll eventually start to rip the f...

Slash Monkey

when i do hotel contracts, which is pretty much 98% of the time, i bring my whole kitchen; juicer, blender, salad spinner, wood cutting board, my own knives. hotels always have the shittiest stuff.

Slash Monkey

PUSH THE MINIMUM! PUSH IT REAL GOOD!!!

Slash Monkey

that's a good point. you need to be adaptable. that's what's good about planting in the southern interior. the land and specs change a lot, so you'll learn different ways to cover your ground.

Slash Monkey

are you kidding me? north is where they send all the rookies. don't go there. but i guess it all depends on who you're working for.

Slash Monkey

this is what you get...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ac21zNY0zkM

Slash Monkey

stay away from dibbles if you plan on doing mostly bc work. especially as a rookie, why bother learning some bull shit like that. learn with a shovel like everyone else does out here. as for making the most for you season, as a rookie, it doesn't really matter unfortunately. you're going to be strug...

Slash Monkey

i usually never use a kicker, but when i do i use a left kicker for a right handed planter. the reason i think it's better to have the kicker inside, is that you can use either leg to kick it with. thus, spreading out the impact on your knees. i use a staff too, so sometimes when i'm jumping down fr...

Slash Monkey

found an old rotary telephone on my piece yesterday. pretty random.

Slash Monkey

Jtesluk, Darren Duff had a $1000 day 2 years ago and got pretty close this year. If anyone can do it, Duff can. Truly one of the best this industry has seen. Duff has one of the strongest work ethics I have ever seen in a human or animal. Probably could have been an Olympic athlete if he had focuse...

Slash Monkey

ya, the 3-1's are the best thing going. totally enables you to go hard the full 3 days with no burn out. for me, it's the perfect time cycle for work and recovery. i'm pretty sure it's straight 3-1's for all the shows. we had one or two 4-2's last season but just at the end when people were starting...

Slash Monkey

dude, it's all good. don't worry. zanzi is the best company in the business period. i've never worked on tony's side but a couple of good friends were there last season and said nothing but good things.

Slash Monkey

you're right on the first account.

Slash Monkey

there really is no comparison betwean ground in BC and alberta, to say you were paid 18c in Bc versus 10 in alberta is like apples and oranges. quality is a HUGE difference, and density DOES matter(a lot) even if you are taking the same amount of steps, they are shorter, therfore faster and easier....

Slash Monkey

not too unscare people towards this company... but slash monkey isn't painting an accurate picture. 25% rookies last season i'm guessing, which is a bit surprising that they have any but it's good. 10-25 cents a tree. best fed planters around. best boss in the industry. boring ass scenery except fo...

Slash Monkey

no good at all. terrible prices. crew of 90 percent rookies. some alright people there, but i'd never work there again. why get paid 10-12 cents for shitty ground in northern alberta when you can get paid 18-24 cents for the exact same type of land in bc? 1. tighter spacing 2. less quality 3. bette...

Slash Monkey

no good at all. terrible prices. crew of 90 percent rookies. some alright people there, but i'd never work there again. why get paid 10-12 cents for shitty ground in northern alberta when you can get paid 18-24 cents for the exact same type of land in bc?

Slash Monkey

muffin_man wrote:i hear these guys are really small but good. no rookies or bullshit, downside is not much work to be had and lots of downtime between jobs.

not totally true. there are rookies and some bullshit. they mean well, but not too organized. takes a while to get paid as well.

Slash Monkey

is it true that folklore is a christian company? i heard they have prayer groups and that you can't drink or smoke pot in camp. any truth to any of that?

Slash Monkey

i think the main thing with flagging, especially in bc - that it's kind of common knowledge among, at least the people i know, that you area plant. if you see a log that is kind of diagonal but going roughly the way you are going, you area plant everything behind it. you drop one flag at the end and...

Slash Monkey

How could anyone complain about 12c / tree? I was making 7.5c in Ontario planting "furrows" that had been growing over for 5 years. We were pulling the tops of trees down, tying a flag to the tip, and letting them go to mark our lines so the planters beside us could see where we were. Peo...

Slash Monkey

i've been trying to track down a pair of those bags for years man. no luck at all.

i need new bags though, and i have to find pair of these bad boys. so if anyone knows where to find em, please share.

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concerned wrote:
So take it from me, DRUGS HURT EVERYONE!

ha ha. ya dude. that's a good one.

Slash Monkey

ha ha. that's hilarious.

this has to be a joke, and a successful one at that. talk about taking away a planters tokes away, and look at the reactions.

Slash Monkey

Oil hit $100 barrel for the first time ever today. Damn it 2008. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080102.woilprices0102/BNStory/energy/home here we go... it is so amazing how, in that article how they barely cover the fact that oil is a very limited resource and don't even menti...

Slash Monkey

this is a serious topic. probably the greatest threat that we face in western civilization. and perhaps the north american union, but that's another topic altogether. check out a documentary called "how cuba survived peak oil". here is a link to it... http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid...

Slash Monkey

vacationer wrote:
Look out, Zanzibar -- Apex is coming for your 19-year-old Dave Matthews enthusiasts.

that's the fuckin' quote of the season.

golden.

Slash Monkey

to any experienced planter who's been around for a while and worked for a hand full of companies. it's really a no brainer that SMALLER COMPANIES ARE BETTER PERIOD. if you're into the social college scene and want to party on all your days off to make less money and work longer hours, sure go work f...

Slash Monkey

take heed if you're thinking of planting in quebec. it is nothing like in bc, alberta, or even ontario for that matter. i worked for two companies out here this season, one was a very small company not really worth mentioning, but the other was le coopérative forestière girardville. it was pretty ro...

Slash Monkey

Most planters on EI don't try to justify there actions. Many are musicians ,athletes - ext that cant sustain a living off there income from these activity's. EI funds them and allows them to do what they love. Not every one can find work that appeals to them for the winter. Allot of full time plant...

Slash Monkey

you really think it's a drain on society? do you know how big the unemployment surplus in this country is? it's said to be near a billion dollars. now i wonder what percentage of the canadian population are treeplanters? i've heard that there are around 10,000 or less planters in the country. now ho...

Slash Monkey

ok, so i've been a bc planter for my entire planter career. i finished my spring season in the interior just a few weeks ago and i had a great season. probably the best i've ever had. i wanted to get a couple more weeks in so i decided to check out some alberta planting. i heard, through a few frien...

Slash Monkey

thanks for the tip dude! at first when i went in there, i was talking to the guy in the bags departement and he had no idea what i was talking about. this time i went to the customer service desk and one of the guys took me in the back and showed me all the straps they had. there was quite a few to ...

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cinch straps? i don't understand how that would be comfortable.

Slash Monkey

does anyone know where you can buy better waist straps for your planting bags? i always see planters with these fancy waist straps that they've rig up on there bags and i can't seem to find them anywhere. someone told me to check MEC but they had no idea what i was talking about.
thanks.

Slash Monkey

on steep and slashy ground, i try to go tight on the horizontal and wide on the vertical. that way you're doing less moving while maximizing your production. never cross the same shcnarb pile twice! as far as getting good density while area planting, i look at the area and try to gage how many trees...

Slash Monkey

dude, if you want the creature comforts, ditch the camp scene! i don't know how so many treeplanters have worked in camps for so long. i never slept well in camps, and the whole shower and bathroom situation sucks. i mean sure that's fun if you want to go out and camp for a while. but for workin, i ...

Slash Monkey

seems more like being part of a small matia. living in a room with three other guys, lifting weights and doing sit ups together. a little too much testosterone for me.

Slash Monkey

i should of mentioned that i was talking about bc. isn't that where the world of treeplanting exists?

Slash Monkey

i've heard rumours of prices rising substantialy this year, can anybody validate any of these rumours or offer any insight? from my experience, i haven't really seem too much of a price increase over the past few years, but i've heard because of the recent lack of experienced planters, that things w...

Slash Monkey

does anyone know of any companies planting in the month of August in BC or Alberta.

Thanks.

Slash Monkey

Do any of you know how to work in BC for the season while being a quebec resident and avoid getting screwed by the Quebec taxman? This year I had to shell out $1700 on my tax return for work that i did in BC for two months. During the season I already paid around that same amount in income tax to Ca...

Slash Monkey

i find my best energy combo for breakfast is (for all you vegetarian highballers) tofu scramble, a bagel with jam or cream cheese, and a fruit smoothie (i always bring my blender, hotel shows only i guess). it's better if you're within 30-45 from the block. i put frozen banannas, blue berries, straw...

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Good company for musicians / jammers. Or those who like listening. There'll be a whole band there this year planting (my band), maybe there'll be some local shows on days off. Expect a variety of instruments to be there as well besides your usual planting camp of bongos and guitars (mandolin, vibra...

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