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True Blue Farmgirl
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Oney Farmgirl #638
Colorado
USA
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 Posted - Jul 24 2009 : 07:29:30 AM
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What is the best price you've seen at farmer's markets/roadside produce stands for
green beans?
carrots?
corn?
tomatoes?
peaches?
pears?
and other vegetables and fruits?
I'm going to have to supplement my garden's produce with purchases from other farmers/gardeners and while I want to support them I also need to get the best price in order to work within my budget.
Help. 
~Oney~
"There's something a little holy in taking care of the places we inhabit, in summoning sheen. And there's a power in watching over our spaces, the rooms we move within, the sets where our life stories unfold." ~Lori Hall Steele |
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True Blue Farmgirl
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Oney Farmgirl #638
Colorado
USA
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Posted - Jul 25 2009 : 08:55:55 AM
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bump..... ?
~Oney~
"There's something a little holy in taking care of the places we inhabit, in summoning sheen. And there's a power in watching over our spaces, the rooms we move within, the sets where our life stories unfold." ~Lori Hall Steele |
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Huckelberrywine
True Blue Farmgirl
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Michelle
Rosalia
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Posted - Jul 25 2009 : 09:04:23 AM
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I'm not sure, I'm pretty lucky with my garden feeding us now and setting by. I haven't gone into the farmers market lately but I suspect prices may vary from place to place.
U-pick prices here
Strawberries 1.10/lb
Cherries 1.98/lb
I did offer some things recently at a shared farm market booth
Cilantro bunches .75
Swiss chard bunches .75
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1badmamawolf
True Blue Farmgirl
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Teresa
"Bent Fence Farms"
Ca
USA
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Posted - Jul 25 2009 : 09:34:22 AM
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I'm sure the prices differ everywhere, supply and demand. Sometimes at my local farmers market, I can trade what I have alot of, for something I need. I also do that with neighbors every year.
"Treat the earth well, it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children" |
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
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kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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Posted - Jul 25 2009 : 11:28:16 AM
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At my FM everyone is pretty much the same. I sell my beans and peas $4 a lb. $35 a bushel. Corn is anywhere from $3,50-5.00 a dozen and sells out fast. Tomatoes are $4 for about 5, then it goes up from there. Peaches start at $8 on up. The girl this morning sold out in a few hours.
People seem to want zuchinni this year. I sell mine $2 for a small basket.
I sold out this morning!! Everything I brought, GONE!! I love days like this. I sold out Wed, too.
Teresa, I traded a shopping bag I had made for a bag of peaches. I love doing that, too. But I am in need of money right now.
Kris
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Edited by - kristin sherrill on Jul 25 2009 11:29:59 AM |
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Annab
True Blue Farmgirl
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Anna
Seagrove
NC
USA
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Posted - Jul 25 2009 : 2:34:49 PM
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I don't buy, but do sell.
For most items it's something like 3.00 for 2-3 pounds of beans, 10.00 for a 5 gallon bucket of potatoes, 2-3 $$ for a handful of medium zucchini 10 cents an ear of corn or 3 $$ for a farmer's dozen. I sell any excesses of frozen wild blackberries/raspberries 5.00 for a gallon Small bucket of okra for 2.00 (2 pounds or so)
5 bulbs of garlic: 2.00
4-5 onions 3.00
We sell "meals to go" that includes many of these items in a box. the items depend on the requester. The boxes go for 6-9.00
And eggs 2.00 for free range
Keep in mind the places where you shop. My prices are way low due to the depressed area and saturated marekt for farm veggies.
Hopes this helps.
And of course, those farms that tout themselves as organic may naturally be higher due to the extra effort for soil enhancers (blood/bone meal) and weed control.
We do organic except for beans, and even then its only while the seedlings are small and tender and before blossoms are formed and set |
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True Blue Farmgirl
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Oney Farmgirl #638
Colorado
USA
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Posted - Jul 27 2009 : 07:17:34 AM
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Thanks girls....that gives me some ideas about what's doable.
~Oney~
"There's something a little holy in taking care of the places we inhabit, in summoning sheen. And there's a power in watching over our spaces, the rooms we move within, the sets where our life stories unfold." ~Lori Hall Steele |
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