LONG-TERM DEBT (Details)			9 Months Ended					9 Months Ended							0 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2013 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2014 Canadian revolving credit facility USD ($)	Apr. 29, 2014 Canadian revolving credit facility USD ($)	Apr. 29, 2014 Canadian revolving credit facility CAD	Mar. 31, 2014 Canadian revolving credit facility CAD	Sep. 30, 2013 Canadian revolving credit facility USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2014 Canadian revolving credit facility London Interbank Offer Rate	Jun. 30, 2014 Canadian revolving credit facility Royal Bank U.S. base rate	Jun. 30, 2014 Canadian revolving credit facility Royal Bank of Canada's prime rate	Jun. 30, 2014 Letter of credit USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2014 Real estate loan USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2013 Real estate loan USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2014 Land investment loan USD ($)	Nov. 27, 2013 Land investment loan Investment in land development partnerships USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2014 Land investment loan Investment in land development partnerships USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2014 Land investment loan Base rate Investment in land development partnerships
Long-term debt
Long-term debt	$ 16,034,000	$ 16,640,000	$ 7,000,000				$ 12,000,000					$ 4,235,000	$ 4,640,000	$ 4,799,000
Less: current portion	(5,635,000)	(5,240,000)
Total long-term debt	10,399,000	11,400,000
Long-term debt, additional disclosures
Maximum borrowing capacity				11,053,000	11,800,000	20,000,000
Unused credit available under the facility			3,924,000
Issued letters of credit											129,000
Interest rate on the facility (as a percent)			2.65%
Standby fee charged on unused facility balance (as a percent)			0.625%
Renewal period with no required debt repayments			1 year
Required debt repayments on renewal of facility for one year			0
Period of term loan if credit facility term date is not extended			2 years
Amount borrowed															5,000,000
Interest rate (as a percent)												3.41%			4.50%	4.50%
Extension period															1 year
Interest rate base								LIBOR	base rate	prime rate							base rate
Interest rate margin (as a percent)								2.50%	1.50%	1.50%							0.50%
Required principal payment upon sale of real estate held for sale																1,400,000
Current liability	14,950,000	16,447,000														1,400,000
Collateral amount in interest reserve account																892,000
Collateral amount in pledged deposit account																1,000,000
Foreign currency transaction gain realized on repayment of credit facility using Canadian dollars			271,000
Repayment of credit facility			$ 5,000,000
Repayment schedule if the facility is converted to a two-year term loan
Percentage of outstanding loan balance to be repaid in first year of the term period			20.00%
Percentage of outstanding loan balance to be repaid per quarter in first year of the term period			5.00%
Percentage of outstanding loan balance to be repaid in second year of the term period			80.00%
Percentage of outstanding loan balance to be repaid per quarter for first three quarters in second year of the term period			5.00%
Percentage of outstanding loan balance to be repaid in the final quarter of the second year of the term period			65.00%