Originally Posted by Tog Tan

Shaggy, I have spoken to one of the members here who does serious farming and asking him maybe he should have a hand in exotic ornamentals. In this field, you will have to do a lot of research on the varieties available and no matter how the economy is, there's always customers; if the economy is down, they need to amuse themselves with something different/interesting and they don't mind spending the $ on this. When the economy is good, of course they have the spending power to get what they want. Looking at the plant industry here, the sales have picked up even in the economy downtime as people are turning to gardening rather than spend the $ on frivolous shopping. My logic is, the soil, labor, potting utensil and the watering bill is the same for an ordinary plant as for an exotic one. Why do the ordinary when the profit is so much higher from the exotic? This is a niche market and if you do it well, the business will always be there. This is the choice I have made when I went into the business.