[Market-farming] bottom line

Beth Spaugh lists at rhomestead.com
Sat Jan 3 21:58:36 EST 2009


One of the surprises, when grown closely in beds, is sweet onions.
$1.50/onion, planted 6" apart in rows 6" apart = $6/square foot, or about
$60,000/acre. That's probably a little closer than we planted them, but 6 x
12 = $3/square foot is about $30,000/acre. Ailsa Craig and Walla Walla. 

And yes, beets, with bunches selling for $3, and getting 3 bunches/row foot.
If on 18" centers, that is about $6/square foot, or about $60,000/acre.

The per acre figure is for comparison purposes, I only did one 250 row of
onions and two of beets (one early, one late season) last year. 

Oh, and Brussels sprouts. $5/stalk, or $4/pint picked and thoroughly cleaned
(labor intensive). By the stalk, an easy, low labor surprise. But again, I
don't sell a lot of them.

Of course, tomatoes. Can't sell many peppers or eggplants though.

Beth Spaugh
Rehoboth Homestead
Peru NY
http://rhomestead.com
 
"How we eat determines, to a considerable extent, how the world is used." -
Wendell Berry
 
"Without power over our food, any notion of democracy is empty." - Frances
Moore Lappe
-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:market-farming-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Errol Castens
Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2009 2:35 PM
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Subject: [Market-farming] bottom line

Here's a bottom line question for those of us trying to squeeze dollars
out of limited time, land and inputs (and that's all of us, isn't it?):
What's your farm's proven cash cow - the one product that means the most
to your bottom line?

errol castens
Oxford, Mississippi

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