Enjoy yourself? ;\)

Make sure you know what the property owner's goals are. In all the excitement of this kind of situation, it would be easy to manage toward what you want, without considering what he wants. Treat it like a business, wrt making the customer happy - that's the best way to keep managing his ponds.

"Live like you'll die tomorrow, but manage your grass like you'll live forever."
-S. M. Stirling
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