Planting positions in Cape Breton for 2005

bvwp · Post by **bvwp** » Fri Feb 04, 2005 12:38 pm

PLANTING JOBS available in Cape Breton, NS starting April 4/05

Send resumes or inquiries to bvwp@ns.sympatico.ca

Post by **Scooter** » Fri Feb 04, 2005 11:54 pm

The above posting was made by a friend of my father's. I cannot attest as to what the work would be like, but it is certainly a legitimate post. If you really want to plant, and you're from Cape Breton or close, and you don't want to work outside Nova Scotia, this might be worth looking into. You can probably expect a shorter season (I'm guessing) than you would get out west. For someone who lives in Cape Breton and who wants to get just a taste of planting, this might be the way to do it, before making a huge investment in travelling across the country for a summer. If you planted in Nova Scotia for a year and decided you actually enjoyed it, then you've at least got some experience under your belt if you go job-searching elsewhere. You'd also have a different skill-set developed, since the work isn't quite the same as it would be in Western Canada. Tree prices are rumoured to be much lower in the Maritimes than elsewhere, but there are trade-offs with everything. I'm also guessing that you wouldn't have to live in a tent camp.

I'll try to find out more about this work and post some more details.

Post by **Scooter** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 12:30 pm

I just got an email from Mike to clarify some of the details that would be of interest to planters considering this opportunity:

- Start date of mid-April, which will be contingent upon weather of course.
- Work until approximately the first week of July.
- Work is not as intensive as west coast planting: 8 hour days, five days per week.
- Based out of Baddeck, Nova Scotia.
- Stock/equipment: Jiffy pot planting with dibbles.

Again, if you have more involved questions, please contact Mike at the email address listed above.