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LJRphoto
True Blue Farmgirl
760 Posts
Laura
Hickory Corners
MI
USA
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 Posted - Jul 15 2005 : 9:46:57 PM
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| I'm just curious about how much one has to produce to make things like participating in farmer's markets worth it. For instance, if I were to grow tomatoes, how many would make it worth it? 20 tomato plants? 50? 100? How do you know how much to charge? If you have examples of other things you produce and numbers of what makes it worth it I'm interested. The tomatoes are just an example because I have successfully grown those before. |
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ThymeForEweFarm
True Blue Farmgirl
705 Posts
Robin
An organic farm in the forest in
Maine
USA
705 Posts |
Posted - Jul 16 2005 : 06:18:22 AM
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This is what I do for a living. You can grow enough to go to market with less space I use. I cut back to 1.5 acres this year because of a new job. It feeds my family for a year and if all goes well, provides for a farm stand here, one farmers market a week and 10 Senior FarmShare members. Senior FarmShare is a USDA program for low income seniors. It's run in the CSA style. I pay for my college tuition, vacation, previously paid off all our long-term debt other than the mortgage, and bought myself a second hand SUV last year.
http://thymeforewe.com/garden.html Most of what I grow is listed here. The farmstand opens when I have enough to sell, market opens in June and closes in mid-September. The farmstand closes in mid December when we finish the season with Christmas wreaths. The hoop house is new this year. I will be able to continue growing later this year and start earlier next year.
Robin
Thyme For Ewe Farm
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realme52
True Blue Farmgirl
106 Posts
Klara
Gatesville
Texas
USA
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Posted - Jul 16 2005 : 07:25:12 AM
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Robin, I checked out your site. Wow, I admire you! How much energy you must have invested in all that! Respect!
We are doing some gardening for the 2nd year now (this being Texas, we have two growing seasons a year), but we are just covering our own needs. A lot of stuff we can't grow without a greenhouse (which we don't have yet) because it is too hot! But sometimes, when we have a whole flood of something, I wish I could sell it. We live in a rather non-progressive area and the next farmers market is about 150miles away!!
Congratilations on your good work.
from this hour i ordain myself loss'd of limits and imaginary lines -Walt Whitman |
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