We have Color and Harvest.....
It is a start
Well it was 88 days since planting the Stupice and Early Girl varieties.
That time lag may bother some who are used to 65-70 day Early Girls, but remember I prune heavily on the bottom set so I give up the first set of fruit.
The following video will show our pruning methods.
Our "harvest" so far has yielded just under 10 pounds. That is far cry from our Thousand Pound Goal, but we have a long season coming. But the 8.25 pounds have generated a whopping $5.00.
Shirley said we had to eat the first couple pounds ourselves.
Growing Tomatoes for Health and Wealth is getting to be a good project. I love the activity and we are generating a lot of interest in a customer base for the tomatoes
The Garden Behind the Barn has generated a great Harvest and also provided and is providing cash flow. We harvested about 15 # of spinach on a small bed about 10' feet long. Besides what we ate our Neighbor begged for a supply and we sold a total of $15.00, not bad from a $1.79 seed investment. We will plant spinach back in September for some fall Spinach.
And as the Tomato Video shows, we set out about 24 Red onion sets in January and out yield was
over 35#
Our KY Pole Beans are yielding about 3# a day and easy to sell at $1.75 per pound. So far besides what we ate and are eating we grossed about $20.00. Seed cost and Trellis $13.50. We should harvest another 60-70 pounds before we get too hot and the beans quit blooming.
We will plant some Bush beans in September again for a fall crop.
Th point here is almost anyone with a small patch of ground, or a patio, can spend some time relaxing time after their hectic Business life and grow some nutritional food and possible "market" the surplus.
If you would like more detailed ideas about these concepts, may I recommend
A couple of Books from the Mittleider System.
Six steps to Successful Gardening is a must for anyone's Library
It is a start
Well it was 88 days since planting the Stupice and Early Girl varieties.
That time lag may bother some who are used to 65-70 day Early Girls, but remember I prune heavily on the bottom set so I give up the first set of fruit.
The following video will show our pruning methods.
Our "harvest" so far has yielded just under 10 pounds. That is far cry from our Thousand Pound Goal, but we have a long season coming. But the 8.25 pounds have generated a whopping $5.00.
Shirley said we had to eat the first couple pounds ourselves.
Growing Tomatoes for Health and Wealth is getting to be a good project. I love the activity and we are generating a lot of interest in a customer base for the tomatoes
The Garden Behind the Barn has generated a great Harvest and also provided and is providing cash flow. We harvested about 15 # of spinach on a small bed about 10' feet long. Besides what we ate our Neighbor begged for a supply and we sold a total of $15.00, not bad from a $1.79 seed investment. We will plant spinach back in September for some fall Spinach.
And as the Tomato Video shows, we set out about 24 Red onion sets in January and out yield was
over 35#
Our KY Pole Beans are yielding about 3# a day and easy to sell at $1.75 per pound. So far besides what we ate and are eating we grossed about $20.00. Seed cost and Trellis $13.50. We should harvest another 60-70 pounds before we get too hot and the beans quit blooming.
We will plant some Bush beans in September again for a fall crop.
Th point here is almost anyone with a small patch of ground, or a patio, can spend some time relaxing time after their hectic Business life and grow some nutritional food and possible "market" the surplus.
If you would like more detailed ideas about these concepts, may I recommend
A couple of Books from the Mittleider System.
Six steps to Successful Gardening is a must for anyone's Library
And of course as a great companion, add Mittleider's Let's Grow Tomatoes
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