During October and November we had Jenn out attacking the head high grass and bamboo while prospective farm manager Dennis and I walked and drove over the land trying to get a feeling for what lay beneath the scrub. There were 2 choices - carefully cut the fallen trees and overgrowth off the tracks or just plow on through. I took the easiest option and now have the most beat up 4WD in the Niseko area.

Jenn is a hard worker who gets up at daybreak and works until dusk without ever any complaints. We got busy in town preparing for the busy winter ski season and largely forgot about the farm. A large dump of snow fell early and I got an animated call from Jenn “Mr. Simon Sir, it has been snowing for a week now and it is getting hard to wipe the snow off the bamboo before I cut it - do you think I can come down of the mountain now?”