Last year was the first harvest, and Lin notes he made many novice mistakes. Repeatedly raising his head and arms to pick fruit, he soon grew very stiff and sore. He also had to get in touch with customers, pack the fruit and send off the boxes. It was an extremely hectic month, but his profits were extremely low.
林義隆記得，去年第一次收成時，生手上路，每天仰頭高舉手臂剪楊桃，沒多久就腰酸頸痛，還要聯絡客戶、開闢客源，然後趁鮮裝箱、寄貨，忙了近一個月，利潤卻相當有限。