Week 16 growing Tomatoes and a New Newsletter

Update, Growing Tomatoes for Health and Wealth
Chuck's Garden
Orland, California

Here it is the Third of August, 2008. I just Posted our latest Tomato video,
Week 16. I show the size of the plants and discuss the Production to date.

VISIT THE VIDEO

We have been enjoying luscious Tomatoes, Cucumbers,, Eggplant, Squash, Bell peppers
and Green beans for well over a month.

Here are a couple of pictures.


We had set this Tomato Patch up as a Marketing Business Model for the The Beginners Marketing Class Resource site. A "business plan was drawn, goals established and Action applied.

The Premise was:

24 plants would yield 1,000 pounds Tomatoes
Tomatoes would sell for $1.00 pound
Results: $1,000 Gross sales less expenses Budgeted $150
Profit $850
Plus the BENEFIT of Exercise and being outdoors after "work"

So far as of August 3, 2008:

Total harvest 208 pounds at total cash Sales $236.00

We have three good months of harvest...
Will we make it?

In all business ventures, if the Plan is good and action taken,
It is a SUCCESS!.

I am having a ball and my "middle" is diminishing!
Of course following my Friend, Scott Tousignant's Regimen.
Has not Hurt the "fitness angle"

Oh by the way, Scott's wife has a program just for the ladies....
Take a peek

Well, where is the Health and Wealth from Growing Tomatoes?

Where are We, Half way through?

This Blog was started in order to share with everyone the Business Plan Experiment I created early in 2008. Being deeply involved in the dynamic Resource Membership Community, Beginners Marketing Class,

I wanted to show the members anything that we have a passion for and enjoy can be developed into a Wealth and Health Benefit. Creating and Implementing a Sideline or Full-time Business is FUN and rewarding on many fronts.

We have discussed the original premise of 24 well tended Tomato Plants could be expected to yield 50 # per plant during the Northern California usual growing season. And we could expect to sell the Tomatoes locally for at least $1.00 a pound, therefor the little garden ( approx 360 sq ft) could produce a Gross Income of $1,000

Writing down the objective and date to finish, drawing up a plan of action and budget projections area necessity to keep the Focus. We budgeted $140. Here is recap of Cash Flow Chart to 07-11-08

In July I found out my "competitor", a fruit stand on the other side of Town, is getting $2.50 per pound for his "slicer" Tomatoes, so being a Market driven entrepreneur I raised my Prices to$1.75, and Green Beans to $1.75. No loss of sales.

Tomatoes for Health & Wealth Cash Flow Projection
	Projected	Actual	Projected	Actual
	Expense	Expense	Income	Income
Tie Posts	$30.00	$32.78	$1,000.00	$48.00	June
Tie Twine	$20.00	$10.75			July
Fertilizer	$35.00	$22.89			August
Irrigation equip	$35.00	$21.75			Sept
Extra plants	$20.00				Oct
					Nov
Total	$140.00	$88.17	$1,000.00	$48.00
Time Budget		Actual
Projected		Hours
March	2 hrs	2.5
April	6 hrs	6
May	6 hrs	9.5
June	6 hrs	11
July	6 hrs
August	6 hrs
Sept	6 hrs
October	6 hrs
Nov	5 hrs
	49	29

The next item regarding the Health Aspects of Growing Tomatoes on a small plot will addressed in the next post.

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