Posted by 36 coupe on January 12, 2012 at 03:57:12 from (72.55.252.209):
In Reply to: Small Scale Ag. posted by Christos on January 11, 2012 at 13:56:14:
An acre of sweet corn would be hard to sell roadside here.You would have to haul it to a city farmers market.If your land is worn out you are in trouble.Reading the seed catalogs in January and planning a large garden is great fun,Spraying corn in the burning August sun is an other matter.Writers paint a rosy picture of market gardening but leave out the ear worms, root worms,smut, skunks, raccoons and birds.Early frost can ruin a crop thats ready to pick.Fertilizer costs are very high and growing with out it is stupid.Market gardening takes large amounts of hard hand labor.We had a nice potato crop last season but sold little a 1/2 store prices.Most went into storage and I wont have to buy seed this spring.You had best start small and get educated.
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