From burkefarm at gmail.com Wed Apr 1 08:40:06 2015 From: burkefarm at gmail.com (Burke Farm) Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2015 08:40:06 -0400 Subject: [Market-farming] Fodder system for sale Message-ID: Hi all, I have a used Farmtek mini fodder system for sale. It weighs about 1000 lbs. Maybe you could reuse it for other hydroponics, I don't have the knowledge to do this. I also have 10 - 30" fodder trays with screens. Email for photos. Prefer a local-ish buyer with a truck - I'd rather not try to take it apart and freight it somewhere. Lisa Burke Farming Engineers LLC central IN z5, spring has arrived. From garlicgrower at green-logic.com Fri Apr 3 16:00:13 2015 From: garlicgrower at green-logic.com (GarlicGrower) Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2015 16:00:13 -0400 Subject: [Market-farming] Scales for weighing asparagus and other produce? Message-ID: <000001d06e48$d1787ee0$74697ca0$@green-logic.com> Hi, Folks! This year our asparagus field will be old enough to start harvesting for sale. Suddenly realized that I'm going to have to weigh out asparagus in 8 oz and 1 pound bundles and shouldn't be using my little kitchen scale to do this. What type of scale should I look for and where? I'm surfing Craigslist, but figured I should drop in here and get some advice, too. Thanks for the help! Dorene Dorene Pasekoff Hill Creek Farm 75 Creamery Road Pottstown, PA 19465 610-506-3372 http://www.hillcreekfarmpa.com/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lists at rhomestead.com Sat Apr 4 19:53:37 2015 From: lists at rhomestead.com (Beth Spaugh) Date: Sat, 04 Apr 2015 19:53:37 -0400 Subject: [Market-farming] Scales for weighing asparagus and other produce? In-Reply-To: <000001d06e48$d1787ee0$74697ca0$@green-logic.com> References: <000001d06e48$d1787ee0$74697ca0$@green-logic.com> Message-ID: <55207981.7000400@rhomestead.com> A lot of use use this : http://www.webstaurantstore.com/tor-rey-l-pc-40l-40-pound-digital-price-computing-scale-legal-for-trade/166LPC40L.html and this seems to be the best price. One the other hand, how big/public an operation are you? With spears you will never be exact, so you could just be sure to be a little generous (and maybe take your scale to another grower and compare weights with their legal scale), and get by. You have to sell a good bit of asparagus to pay for this. Don't know how much other you grow and sell that would also benefit from a scale. On 4/3/2015 4:00 PM, GarlicGrower wrote: > > Hi, Folks! > > This year our asparagus field will be old enough to start harvesting > for sale. > > Suddenly realized that I?m going to have to weigh out asparagus in 8 > oz and 1 pound bundles and shouldn?t be using my little kitchen scale > to do this. > > What type of scale should I look for and where? I?m surfing > Craigslist, but figured I should drop in here and get some advice, too. > > Thanks for the help! > > Dorene > > Dorene Pasekoff > > Hill Creek Farm > > 75 Creamery Road > > Pottstown, PA 19465 > > 610-506-3372 > > http://www.hillcreekfarmpa.com/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Market-farming mailing list > Market-farming at lists.ibiblio.org > http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/market-farming > > Market Farming List Archives may be found here: > http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/market-farming/ > Unsubscribe from the list here (you will need to login in with your email > address and password): > http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/options/market-farming -- Beth Spaugh Rehoboth Homestead, Peru NY http://rhomestead.com http://www.facebook.com/rhomestead "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 It's not that nice guys finish last. They have a whole different notion where the finish line is. - unknown -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From garlicgrower at green-logic.com Wed Apr 8 08:30:29 2015 From: garlicgrower at green-logic.com (GarlicGrower) Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2015 08:30:29 -0400 Subject: [Market-farming] Bulk items for selling produce at a market Message-ID: <000001d071f7$cfc43eb0$6f4cbc10$@green-logic.com> Hi, Folks! Thanks to everyone who suggested scales. The info was very helpful. If I'm going to sell at a farmer's market (just did a stand at the farm last year), I'm going to need: Plastic bags for customer purchases Rubber bands (for the asparagus bunches) Quart and pint boxes (for ground cherries, cherry tomatoes, green beans) Any good sites to order these? Thanks for your help as I nudge towards selling. . . 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Thanks to everyone who suggested scales. The info was very helpful. If I?m going to sell at a farmer?s market (just did a stand at the farm last year), I?m going to need: Plastic bags for customer purchases Rubber bands (for the asparagus bunches) Quart and pint boxes (for ground cherries, cherry tomatoes, green beans) Any good sites to order these? Thanks for your help as I nudge towards selling. . . 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URL: From rstewart at zoomtown.com Wed Apr 8 10:37:11 2015 From: rstewart at zoomtown.com (Richard Stewart) Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2015 10:37:11 -0400 Subject: [Market-farming] Source For Plastic Bags In-Reply-To: <000001d071f7$cfc43eb0$6f4cbc10$@green-logic.com> References: <000001d071f7$cfc43eb0$6f4cbc10$@green-logic.com> Message-ID: As per Dorene's request. Uline is just about the best source for plastic bags. Richard Stewart Carriage House Farm North Bend, Ohio An Ohio Century Farm Est. 1855 (513) 967-1106 http://www.carriagehousefarmllc.com rstewart at zoomtown.com You can follow us on Facebook or on Twitter @CarriageHsFm Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jaysleichter at yahoo.com Wed Apr 8 11:10:40 2015 From: jaysleichter at yahoo.com (Jay Sleichter) Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2015 15:10:40 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [Market-farming] Source For Plastic Bags In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <718021263.1925812.1428505840998.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> I use a gallon size open top plastic bag for greens and to send cherry tomatoes home with customer and keep my green berry baskets.? I have found, after you figure in shipping, that buying the 1 gallon size open top bags at the local Dillion/Kroger store are cheaper and I don't have to buy them by the thousands.? I just buy a bunch when they are on sale. Jay ?Jay's Jellies, Produce and More Clay Center, Kansas www.jaysjellies.com http://rvp.locallygrown.net/ From: Richard Stewart To: Market Farming Sent: Wednesday, April 8, 2015 9:37 AM Subject: [Market-farming] Source For Plastic Bags As per Dorene's request. Uline is just about the best source for plastic bags. Richard StewartCarriage House FarmNorth Bend, Ohio An Ohio Century Farm Est. 1855 (513) 967-1106http://www.carriagehousefarmllc.comrstewart at zoomtown.com You can follow us on Facebook or on Twitter @CarriageHsFm Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail _______________________________________________ Market-farming mailing list Market-farming at lists.ibiblio.org http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/market-farming Market Farming List Archives may be found here: http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/market-farming/ Unsubscribe from the list here (you will need to login in with your email address and password): http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/options/market-farming -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From clearviewfarm at bluefrog.com Wed Apr 8 10:19:33 2015 From: clearviewfarm at bluefrog.com (clearviewfarm at bluefrog.com) Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2015 07:19:33 -0700 Subject: [Market-farming] Bulk items for selling produce at a market Message-ID: <20150408071933.3824C79B@m0048137.ppops.net> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rrobinson at nasw.org Wed Apr 8 11:52:45 2015 From: rrobinson at nasw.org (Richard Robinson) Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2015 11:52:45 -0400 Subject: [Market-farming] Bulk items for selling produce at a market In-Reply-To: <000001d071f7$cfc43eb0$6f4cbc10$@green-logic.com> Message-ID: <201548115245.547088@Richard-PC> Boxes: Pactiv, Monte, Nolts Bags: webstaurantstore.com Rubber bands: Staples. Don't stock up too much on rubber bands. They go bad fairly quickly. Richard Robinson www.nasw.org/users/rrobinson/ Hopestill Farm www.hopestill.com On 4/8/2015 at 11:49:52 AM, GarlicGrower wrote: > Hi, Folks! > > > Thanks to everyone who suggested scales. The info was very helpful. > > > If I?m going to sell at a farmer?s market (just did a stand at the farm last > year), I?m going to need: > > > Plastic bags for customer purchases > > Rubber bands (for the asparagus bunches) > > Quart and pint boxes (for ground cherries, cherry tomatoes, green beans) > > > Any good sites to order these? > > > Thanks for your help as I nudge towards selling. . . > > > Dorene > > > Dorene Pasekoff > > Hill Creek Farm > > 75 Creamery Road > > Pottstown, PA 19465 > > > 610-506-3372 > > http://www.hillcreekfarmpa.com/ --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com From kakerby at aol.com Wed Apr 8 12:04:05 2015 From: kakerby at aol.com (Kakerby) Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2015 12:04:05 -0400 Subject: [Market-farming] Bulk items for selling produce at a market In-Reply-To: <20150408071933.3824C79B@m0048137.ppops.net> References: <20150408071933.3824C79B@m0048137.ppops.net> Message-ID: <14c99c632d7-7159-8c3e@webprd-m80.mail.aol.com> Has anyone had any luck finding those specialized micro-perforated greens bags that were available for a short time, say, 10 years ago? They seemed to be the neatest thing, allowing for things like lettuce and romaine leaves to breathe without suffocating, and they allowed limited moisture transfer back and forth so that the leaves neither wilted nor got moldy. I'm not talking about the bags with big holes that you can stick a pencil through. This was almost a micro-mesh plastic fabric. Some grocery stores sold their greens in these bags for awhile, but then they disappeared. I wondered if somehow they were pulled off the shelves due to some regulatory compliance or food safety thing, but I never saw any mention of them as being a proven or theoretical source of contamination. Yet I haven't seen them in years. Anyone remember seeing those, and if so, recently? I'd love to get my hands on those again. Greens lasted a lot longer in the fridge with those bags. Kathryn Kerby frogchorusfarm.com Snohomish, WA -----Original Message----- From: clearviewfarm To: Market Farming Sent: Wed, Apr 8, 2015 8:45 am Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Bulk items for selling produce at a market I don't know where in PA you are, but you could try Nolt's http://www.noltsproducesupplies.net/contact Kurt Forman Clearview Farm Palmyra, NY 14522 Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad. --- garlicgrower at green-logic.com wrote: From: GarlicGrower To: 'Market Farming' Subject: [Market-farming] Bulk items for selling produce at a market Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2015 08:30:29 -0400 Hi, Folks! Thanks to everyone who suggested scales. The info was very helpful. If I?m going to sell at a farmer?s market (just did a stand at the farm last year), I?m going to need: Plastic bags for customer purchases Rubber bands (for the asparagus bunches) Quart and pint boxes (for ground cherries, cherry tomatoes, green beans) Any good sites to order these? Thanks for your help as I nudge towards selling. . . 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URL: From organic87 at frontiernet.net Wed Apr 8 12:06:45 2015 From: organic87 at frontiernet.net (Road's End Farm) Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2015 12:06:45 -0400 Subject: [Market-farming] Bulk items for selling produce at a market In-Reply-To: <000001d071f7$cfc43eb0$6f4cbc10$@green-logic.com> References: <000001d071f7$cfc43eb0$6f4cbc10$@green-logic.com> Message-ID: Dorene, you're in PA? Are you near a produce auction? I don't know about the ones in PA; but the produce auction near Penn Yan sells boxes and bags. They don't ship, as far as I know; but I'm close enough to pick up, which saves me shipping charges. And they'll sell smaller quantities. E&R Seed also carries some packing items and will sell smaller quantities -- they will ship. If you hate packing peanuts, be sure to tell them so, as otherwise everything will arrive drowning in them. -- Rivka; Finger Lakes NY, Zone 6A now I think Fresh-market organic produce, small scale On Apr 8, 2015, at 8:30 AM, GarlicGrower wrote: > Hi, Folks! > > Thanks to everyone who suggested scales. The info was very helpful. > > If I?m going to sell at a farmer?s market (just did a stand at the farm last year), I?m going to need: > > Plastic bags for customer purchases > Rubber bands (for the asparagus bunches) > Quart and pint boxes (for ground cherries, cherry tomatoes, green beans) > > Any good sites to order these? > > Thanks for your help as I nudge towards selling. . . > > Dorene > > > Dorene Pasekoff > Hill Creek Farm > 75 Creamery Road > Pottstown, PA 19465 > > 610-506-3372 > http://www.hillcreekfarmpa.com/ > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From deb at mobiusfields.com Wed Apr 8 12:56:25 2015 From: deb at mobiusfields.com (Deb Taft) Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2015 12:56:25 -0400 Subject: [Market-farming] Bulk items for selling produce at a market In-Reply-To: <14c99c632d7-7159-8c3e@webprd-m80.mail.aol.com> References: <20150408071933.3824C79B@m0048137.ppops.net> <14c99c632d7-7159-8c3e@webprd-m80.mail.aol.com> Message-ID: I loved those bags, Kathryn! Haven't been able to find them for several years. The name was sort of cutesie or odd but I can't remember what it was. Just did a search and didn't see anything like it. If you happen to find them, would you post a link here? I'd really like to have access to them again. Thanks, Deb On Wed, Apr 8, 2015 at 12:04 PM, Kakerby via Market-farming < market-farming at lists.ibiblio.org> wrote: > Has anyone had any luck finding those specialized micro-perforated greens > bags that were available for a short time, say, 10 years ago? They seemed > to be the neatest thing, allowing for things like lettuce and romaine > leaves to breathe without suffocating, and they allowed limited moisture > transfer back and forth so that the leaves neither wilted nor got > moldy. I'm not talking about the bags with big holes that you can stick a > pencil through. This was almost a micro-mesh plastic fabric. Some grocery > stores sold their greens in these bags for awhile, but then they > disappeared. I wondered if somehow they were pulled off the shelves due to > some regulatory compliance or food safety thing, but I never saw any > mention of them as being a proven or theoretical source of contamination. > Yet I haven't seen them in years. Anyone remember seeing those, and if so, > recently? I'd love to get my hands on those again. Greens lasted a lot > longer in the fridge with those bags. > Kathryn Kerby > frogchorusfarm.com > Snohomish, WA > > > -----Original Message----- > From: clearviewfarm > To: Market Farming > Sent: Wed, Apr 8, 2015 8:45 am > Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Bulk items for selling produce at a market > > I don't know where in PA you are, but you could try Nolt's > http://www.noltsproducesupplies.net/contact > > Kurt Forman > Clearview Farm > Palmyra, NY 14522 > Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a > fruit salad. > > --- garlicgrower at green-logic.com wrote: > > From: GarlicGrower > To: 'Market Farming' > Subject: [Market-farming] Bulk items for selling produce at a market > Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2015 08:30:29 -0400 > > Hi, Folks! > > Thanks to everyone who suggested scales. The info was very helpful. > > If I?m going to sell at a farmer?s market (just did a stand at the farm > last year), I?m going to need: > > Plastic bags for customer purchases > Rubber bands (for the asparagus bunches) > Quart and pint boxes (for ground cherries, cherry tomatoes, green beans) > > Any good sites to order these? > > Thanks for your help as I nudge towards selling. . . > > Dorene > > > Dorene Pasekoff > Hill Creek Farm > 75 Creamery Road > Pottstown, PA 19465 > > 610-506-3372 > http://www.hillcreekfarmpa.com/ > > > > > _______________________________________________ Market-farming mailing > list Market-farming at lists.ibiblio.org > http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/market-farming Market Farming > List Archives may be found here: > http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/market-farming/ Unsubscribe from the > list here (you will need to login in with your email address and password): > http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/options/market-farming > > > ------------------------------ > This message was delivered by BlueFrog.com. 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URL: From deb at mobiusfields.com Wed Apr 8 13:00:51 2015 From: deb at mobiusfields.com (Deb Taft) Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2015 13:00:51 -0400 Subject: [Market-farming] Bulk items for selling produce at a market In-Reply-To: <14c99c632d7-7159-8c3e@webprd-m80.mail.aol.com> References: <20150408071933.3824C79B@m0048137.ppops.net> <14c99c632d7-7159-8c3e@webprd-m80.mail.aol.com> Message-ID: I spoke a few moments too soon - got em!!! Just as I hit send on the last one, the name came to me: Evert-Fresh. This is the brand I used to get. http://www.evertfresh.com/?q=node/7 They sell in smaller quantities online but back in the day I just called and was able to get a case of something like 250 for a much better price. whew! Thanks for asking the question, Kathryn. :) On Wed, Apr 8, 2015 at 12:04 PM, Kakerby via Market-farming < market-farming at lists.ibiblio.org> wrote: > Has anyone had any luck finding those specialized micro-perforated greens > bags that were available for a short time, say, 10 years ago? They seemed > to be the neatest thing, allowing for things like lettuce and romaine > leaves to breathe without suffocating, and they allowed limited moisture > transfer back and forth so that the leaves neither wilted nor got > moldy. I'm not talking about the bags with big holes that you can stick a > pencil through. This was almost a micro-mesh plastic fabric. Some grocery > stores sold their greens in these bags for awhile, but then they > disappeared. I wondered if somehow they were pulled off the shelves due to > some regulatory compliance or food safety thing, but I never saw any > mention of them as being a proven or theoretical source of contamination. > Yet I haven't seen them in years. Anyone remember seeing those, and if so, > recently? I'd love to get my hands on those again. Greens lasted a lot > longer in the fridge with those bags. > Kathryn Kerby > frogchorusfarm.com > Snohomish, WA > > > -----Original Message----- > From: clearviewfarm > To: Market Farming > Sent: Wed, Apr 8, 2015 8:45 am > Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Bulk items for selling produce at a market > > I don't know where in PA you are, but you could try Nolt's > http://www.noltsproducesupplies.net/contact > > Kurt Forman > Clearview Farm > Palmyra, NY 14522 > Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a > fruit salad. > > --- garlicgrower at green-logic.com wrote: > > From: GarlicGrower > To: 'Market Farming' > Subject: [Market-farming] Bulk items for selling produce at a market > Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2015 08:30:29 -0400 > > Hi, Folks! > > Thanks to everyone who suggested scales. The info was very helpful. > > If I?m going to sell at a farmer?s market (just did a stand at the farm > last year), I?m going to need: > > Plastic bags for customer purchases > Rubber bands (for the asparagus bunches) > Quart and pint boxes (for ground cherries, cherry tomatoes, green beans) > > Any good sites to order these? > > Thanks for your help as I nudge towards selling. . . > > Dorene > > > Dorene Pasekoff > Hill Creek Farm > 75 Creamery Road > Pottstown, PA 19465 > > 610-506-3372 > http://www.hillcreekfarmpa.com/ > > > > > _______________________________________________ Market-farming mailing > list Market-farming at lists.ibiblio.org > http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/market-farming Market Farming > List Archives may be found here: > http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/market-farming/ Unsubscribe from the > list here (you will need to login in with your email address and password): > http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/options/market-farming > > > ------------------------------ > This message was delivered by BlueFrog.com. 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The info was very helpful. > > > If I?m going to sell at a farmer?s market (just did a stand at the farm last > year), I?m going to need: > > > Plastic bags for customer purchases > > Rubber bands (for the asparagus bunches) > > Quart and pint boxes (for ground cherries, cherry tomatoes, green beans) > > > Any good sites to order these? > > > Thanks for your help as I nudge towards selling. . . > > > Dorene > > > Dorene Pasekoff > > Hill Creek Farm > > 75 Creamery Road > > Pottstown, PA 19465 > > > 610-506-3372 > > http://www.hillcreekfarmpa.com/ --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! 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From eglatyne at tds.net Wed Apr 8 14:08:41 2015 From: eglatyne at tds.net (Carol Thomas) Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2015 14:08:41 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Market-farming] Bags for salad green In-Reply-To: <1602715188.22770472.1428516434117.JavaMail.zimbra@tds.net> Message-ID: <970586346.22773346.1428516520139.JavaMail.zimbra@tds.net> I have gone to cellophane bags because the greens can breath in them much better. They are more expensive, but the greens can last in the frig for up to 2 weeks. Paksel in Portland, OR sells them and I get the gusset bags in 2 sizes: 1/2 pound and pound. They will also ship them.Carol Thomas, Sweet Briar herb farm From organic87 at frontiernet.net Wed Apr 8 14:37:42 2015 From: organic87 at frontiernet.net (Road's End Farm) Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2015 14:37:42 -0400 Subject: [Market-farming] Bags for salad green In-Reply-To: <970586346.22773346.1428516520139.JavaMail.zimbra@tds.net> References: <970586346.22773346.1428516520139.JavaMail.zimbra@tds.net> Message-ID: <6CA04B70-7259-4890-AC1B-577C64443D4E@frontiernet.net> On Apr 8, 2015, at 2:08 PM, Carol Thomas wrote: > I have gone to cellophane bags because the greens can breath in them much better. They are more expensive, but the greens can last in the frig for up to 2 weeks. Paksel in Portland, OR sells them and I get the gusset bags in 2 sizes: 1/2 pound and pound. They will also ship them.Carol Thomas, Sweet Briar herb farm One thing about cellophane bags is that I've noticed that if they've been put in the freezer they will break when you take them out. Of course, that's not generally an issue with greens. -- Rivka; Finger Lakes NY, Zone 6A now I think Fresh-market organic produce, small scale -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gofish54 at centurytel.net Wed Apr 8 21:34:00 2015 From: gofish54 at centurytel.net (gofish54 at centurytel.net) Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2015 21:34:00 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Market-farming] Bulk items for selling produce at a market In-Reply-To: <000001d071f7$cfc43eb0$6f4cbc10$@green-logic.com> Message-ID: <1084021005.62328436.1428543240890.JavaMail.root@centurytel.net> Dorene - Do you have a produce auction close to you?? If so, they often carry all of the containers you would need at a good price.? - I get the gallon bags , like they use in the produce dept, by the roll from our local grocery.? One roll fits in a 1/2 peck box and lasts a long time.? ----- Original Message ----- From: "GarlicGrower" To: "Market Farming" Sent: Wednesday, April 8, 2015 7:30:29 AM Subject: [Market-farming] Bulk items for selling produce at a market Hi, Folks! Thanks to everyone who suggested scales.? The info was very helpful. ? If I?m going to sell at a farmer?s market (just did a stand at the farm last year), I?m going to need: ? Plastic bags for customer purchases Rubber bands (for the asparagus bunches) Quart and pint boxes (for ground cherries, cherry tomatoes, green beans) ? Any good sites to order these? ? Thanks for your help as I nudge towards selling. . . ? Dorene ? ? 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URL: From garlicgrower at green-logic.com Thu Apr 9 09:10:24 2015 From: garlicgrower at green-logic.com (GarlicGrower) Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2015 09:10:24 -0400 Subject: [Market-farming] Bulk items for selling produce at a market In-Reply-To: <1084021005.62328436.1428543240890.JavaMail.root@centurytel.net> References: <000001d071f7$cfc43eb0$6f4cbc10$@green-logic.com> <1084021005.62328436.1428543240890.JavaMail.root@centurytel.net> Message-ID: <000001d072c6$8e1b0190$aa5104b0$@green-logic.com> Hi, Folks! Thanks for all the great responses ? I?m going to do some surfing to get what I need. Not sure if there?s a produce auction near me ? will do some more surfing to find out. Nolt?s is an hour away according to Google Maps, but the catalog says they want 2-3 week lead time and I?m hoping the asparagus starts coming up before that. It?s supposed to rain today and tomorrow, so should be able to surf and make phone calls and get things nailed down. Thanks so much, everyone! Dorene Dorene Pasekoff Hill Creek Farm 75 Creamery Road Pottstown, PA 19465 610-506-3372 http://www.hillcreekfarmpa.com/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From garlicgrower at green-logic.com Fri Apr 10 14:07:38 2015 From: garlicgrower at green-logic.com (GarlicGrower) Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2015 14:07:38 -0400 Subject: [Market-farming] Asparagus containers Message-ID: <000001d073b9$3df84850$b9e8d8f0$@green-logic.com> Hi, Folks! Based on everyone's advice, my scale is ordered (and shipped!) and I'm going to the Kutztown Produce Auction at their next Nursery Plant Sale (might as well spend money on fun plants as well as get bags and boxes! ;-D) Thanks so much! The husband is worried about using the "right sort" of plastic containers to harvest asparagus, store it for the farmer's market and then display it at the farmer's market and wonders if you folks have some advice. He's worried because as a long-distance runner, he's become very picky about his water bottles because he can't stand the "plastic" taste that the water often gets after sitting in certain bottles. Since asparagus is stored and displayed in a plastic container that has water in the bottom to keep the asparagus hydrated, he's concerned that if we use the wrong type of plastic container, the water and then the asparagus will taste awful. What are your experiences with storing/displaying asparagus? Is his concern justified? What type of containers do you use for the steps of harvesting, storing in the frig/cooler, hauling to the farmer's market and displaying for sale? Thanks for everyone's help! (I really want this asparagus to go well and just haven't done it on this scale before. If anyone has garlic questions, I completely understand that crop and can be helpful in return! J) Dorene Dorene Pasekoff Hill Creek Farm 75 Creamery Road Pottstown, PA 19465 610-506-3372 http://www.hillcreekfarmpa.com/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From organic87 at frontiernet.net Fri Apr 10 14:45:43 2015 From: organic87 at frontiernet.net (Road's End Farm) Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2015 14:45:43 -0400 Subject: [Market-farming] now Garlic shipping In-Reply-To: <000001d073b9$3df84850$b9e8d8f0$@green-logic.com> References: <000001d073b9$3df84850$b9e8d8f0$@green-logic.com> Message-ID: <0A65BD84-C98A-4831-97B8-E2982A1B54C3@frontiernet.net> On Apr 10, 2015, at 2:07 PM, GarlicGrower wrote: > If anyone has garlic questions, I completely understand that crop and can be helpful in return! OK, I've got one. How would you package garlic braids for mailing? -- Rivka; Finger Lakes NY, Zone 6A now I think Fresh-market organic produce, small scale -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From eglatyne at tds.net Fri Apr 10 15:28:02 2015 From: eglatyne at tds.net (Carol Thomas) Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2015 15:28:02 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Market-farming] rubber bands In-Reply-To: <1122234995.28785636.1428694052645.JavaMail.zimbra@tds.net> Message-ID: <552787836.28786586.1428694082683.JavaMail.zimbra@tds.net> Keep your rubber bands in the freezer until you use them and they don't break down. Carol Thomas, Sweet Briar, Onalaska, WA From garlicgrower at green-logic.com Fri Apr 10 15:38:36 2015 From: garlicgrower at green-logic.com (GarlicGrower) Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2015 15:38:36 -0400 Subject: [Market-farming] now Garlic shipping In-Reply-To: <0A65BD84-C98A-4831-97B8-E2982A1B54C3@frontiernet.net> References: <000001d073b9$3df84850$b9e8d8f0$@green-logic.com> <0A65BD84-C98A-4831-97B8-E2982A1B54C3@frontiernet.net> Message-ID: <000001d073c5$f43770d0$dca65270$@green-logic.com> Hi, Rivka! I am the Queen of Bubble Wrap when it comes to shipping garlic. In my experience, you can't use too much to cushion the garlic in shipping. Make sure your garlic is completely dormant (dried down) when you ship the braid, wrap it in bubble wrap with tape so it doesn't come apart and maybe put a few discrete holes in the cardboard box so it can breathe (doesn't have to breathe much, but some air is good) and you should be okay. If you have a long braid, you might want to secure it to a "backbone" of cardboard, then wrap the bubble wrap and put it in the cardboard box. Hope this helps. Dorene Dorene Pasekoff Hill Creek Farm 75 Creamery Road Pottstown, PA 19465 610-506-3372 http://www.hillcreekfarmpa.com/ From: Market-farming [mailto:market-farming-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Road's End Farm Sent: Friday, April 10, 2015 2:46 PM To: Market Farming Subject: Re: [Market-farming] now Garlic shipping On Apr 10, 2015, at 2:07 PM, GarlicGrower wrote: If anyone has garlic questions, I completely understand that crop and can be helpful in return! OK, I've got one. How would you package garlic braids for mailing? -- Rivka; Finger Lakes NY, Zone 6A now I think Fresh-market organic produce, small scale -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From organic87 at frontiernet.net Fri Apr 10 16:09:21 2015 From: organic87 at frontiernet.net (Road's End Farm) Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2015 16:09:21 -0400 Subject: [Market-farming] now Garlic shipping In-Reply-To: <000001d073c5$f43770d0$dca65270$@green-logic.com> References: <000001d073b9$3df84850$b9e8d8f0$@green-logic.com> <0A65BD84-C98A-4831-97B8-E2982A1B54C3@frontiernet.net> <000001d073c5$f43770d0$dca65270$@green-logic.com> Message-ID: <7859D814-DF48-4BA2-BF2D-B09A1C0953AC@frontiernet.net> Thanks, Dorene! -- but I'm a bit confused. How does it breathe through bubble wrap? -- Rivka On Apr 10, 2015, at 3:38 PM, GarlicGrower wrote: > Hi, Rivka! > > I am the Queen of Bubble Wrap when it comes to shipping garlic. In my experience, you can?t use too much to cushion the garlic in shipping. > > Make sure your garlic is completely dormant (dried down) when you ship the braid, wrap it in bubble wrap with tape so it doesn?t come apart and maybe put a few discrete holes in the cardboard box so it can breathe (doesn?t have to breathe much, but some air is good) and you should be okay. If you have a long braid, you might want to secure it to a ?backbone? of cardboard, then wrap the bubble wrap and put it in the cardboard box. > > Hope this helps. > > Dorene > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lists at rhomestead.com Fri Apr 10 16:11:56 2015 From: lists at rhomestead.com (Beth Spaugh) Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2015 16:11:56 -0400 Subject: [Market-farming] Asparagus containers In-Reply-To: <000001d073b9$3df84850$b9e8d8f0$@green-logic.com> References: <000001d073b9$3df84850$b9e8d8f0$@green-logic.com> Message-ID: <55282E8C.1030307@rhomestead.com> I've never had any flavor or smells from 1 ml food grade plastic bags. I buy the vented lettuce bags - they have ~1/4 inch holes in them for drainage and aeration, but keep veggies very fresh. I do know what he means about reusable plastic water bottles, and the non-clear disposable bottles. On 4/10/2015 2:07 PM, GarlicGrower wrote: > > Hi, Folks! > > Based on everyone?s advice, my scale is ordered (and shipped!) and I?m > going to the Kutztown Produce Auction at their next Nursery Plant Sale > (might as well spend money on fun plants as well as get bags and > boxes! ;-D) Thanks so much! > > The husband is worried about using the ?right sort? of plastic > containers to harvest asparagus, store it for the farmer's market and > then display it at the farmer?s market and wonders if you folks have > some advice. > > He?s worried because as a long-distance runner, he?s become very picky > about his water bottles because he can't stand the "plastic" taste > that the water often gets after sitting in certain bottles. Since > asparagus isstored and displayed in a plastic container that has water > in the bottom to keep the asparagus hydrated, he's concerned that if > we use the wrong type of plastic container, the water and then the > asparagus will taste awful. > > What are your experiences with storing/displaying asparagus? Is his > concern justified? What type of containers do you use for the steps of > harvesting, storing in the frig/cooler, hauling to the farmer's market > and displaying for sale? > > Thanks for everyone's help! > > (I really want this asparagus to go well and just haven?t done it on > this scale before. If anyone has garlic questions, I completely > understand that crop and can be helpful in return! J) > > Dorene > > Dorene Pasekoff > > Hill Creek Farm > > 75 Creamery Road > > Pottstown, PA 19465 > > 610-506-3372 > > http://www.hillcreekfarmpa.com/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Market-farming mailing list > Market-farming at lists.ibiblio.org > http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/market-farming > > Market Farming List Archives may be found here: > http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/market-farming/ > Unsubscribe from the list here (you will need to login in with your email > address and password): > http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/options/market-farming -- Beth Spaugh Rehoboth Homestead, Peru NY http://rhomestead.com http://www.facebook.com/rhomestead "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 It's not that nice guys finish last. They have a whole different notion where the finish line is. - unknown -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mrw601 at gmail.com Fri Apr 10 16:27:05 2015 From: mrw601 at gmail.com (Mark Weinheimer) Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2015 16:27:05 -0400 Subject: [Market-farming] Asparagus Containers Message-ID: Dorene, I used to grow a bit of asparagus at home. I found that keeping the asparagus in glass containers with water worked best for me. They were easier to clean, imparted no taste, and looked more professional and food safe than plastic. I used bread pans for a few bunches, or baking pans for larger displays. I got them at the dollar store. A bit of a pain to handle, but sooo much easier to clean. The aspargus exudes a sticky material that sticks to plastic like epoxy, even in water. I always harvested in bushel baskets, making sure the spears all laid one way, and short enough to fit in the basket, the stem end of the basket lined with newspaper, and a pail full of water to wet burlap bags to cover the baskets, once they were full. Mark Weinheimer -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From garlicgrower at green-logic.com Fri Apr 10 17:50:36 2015 From: garlicgrower at green-logic.com (GarlicGrower) Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2015 17:50:36 -0400 Subject: [Market-farming] now Garlic shipping In-Reply-To: <7859D814-DF48-4BA2-BF2D-B09A1C0953AC@frontiernet.net> References: <000001d073b9$3df84850$b9e8d8f0$@green-logic.com> <0A65BD84-C98A-4831-97B8-E2982A1B54C3@frontiernet.net> <000001d073c5$f43770d0$dca65270$@green-logic.com> <7859D814-DF48-4BA2-BF2D-B09A1C0953AC@frontiernet.net> Message-ID: <000001d073d8$643bdf80$2cb39e80$@green-logic.com> Hi, Rivka! It's easy enough to fold the bubble wrap so that it makes a little air tube here and there around the braid. Then you put the covered braid in the box and lightly stuff more bubble wrap around it. It doesn't need a lot of air - just a bit here and there. You use the tape more to keep the folded bubble wrap in place, rather than to "tack every bit down." I'd send doing Priority Mail, rather than say, Parcel Post, so that it gets there faster. Tell the buyer to take it out of the box and bubble wrap when they get it or at least loosen the bubble wrap so that there is some air to the braid. Dorene Dorene Pasekoff Hill Creek Farm 75 Creamery Road Pottstown, PA 19465 610-506-3372 http://www.hillcreekfarmpa.com/ From: Market-farming [mailto:market-farming-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Road's End Farm Sent: Friday, April 10, 2015 4:09 PM To: Market Farming Subject: Re: [Market-farming] now Garlic shipping Thanks, Dorene! -- but I'm a bit confused. How does it breathe through bubble wrap? -- Rivka On Apr 10, 2015, at 3:38 PM, GarlicGrower wrote: Hi, Rivka! I am the Queen of Bubble Wrap when it comes to shipping garlic. In my experience, you can't use too much to cushion the garlic in shipping. Make sure your garlic is completely dormant (dried down) when you ship the braid, wrap it in bubble wrap with tape so it doesn't come apart and maybe put a few discrete holes in the cardboard box so it can breathe (doesn't have to breathe much, but some air is good) and you should be okay. If you have a long braid, you might want to secure it to a "backbone" of cardboard, then wrap the bubble wrap and put it in the cardboard box. Hope this helps. Dorene -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Sent from my Sprint Samsung Galaxy S? 5 -------- Original message -------- From: Marlin Burkholder Date: 04/16/2015 7:09 PM (GMT-06:00) To: Market Farming Subject: [Market-farming] Pricing Ramps Can anyone out there tell me how I should present ramps at the farmers? market and what I should charge for them? ?I few years ago an old guy at our market was putting them in a little bunch of four or five and selling them for a dollar. ?That seems a little expensive in a way but I would not charge less than that amount. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From organic87 at frontiernet.net Thu Apr 16 21:07:24 2015 From: organic87 at frontiernet.net (Road's End Farm) Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2015 21:07:24 -0400 Subject: [Market-farming] Pricing Ramps In-Reply-To: <8yjjn9wdbsxj4lkwoaulpndb.1429230081002@email.android.com> References: <8yjjn9wdbsxj4lkwoaulpndb.1429230081002@email.android.com> Message-ID: On Apr 16, 2015, at 8:21 PM, cc77380 via Market-farming wrote: > What is a ramp > A wild plant related to leeks. Highly seasonal, and often in great demand when available. > > -------- Original message -------- > From: Marlin Burkholder > Date: 04/16/2015 7:09 PM (GMT-06:00) > > > Can anyone out there tell me how I should present ramps at the farmers? market and what I should charge for them? I few years ago an old guy at our market was putting them in a little bunch of four or five and selling them for a dollar. That seems a little expensive in a way but I would not charge less than that amount. > Sounds cheap to me; but they're hard to come by around here if you can find them at all. I don't have any on the place, and have never tried to establish them. The only price I can find right now that has any on my list of pricing sites is Park Slope in New York City, and they're getting 12.37 a pound. http://foodcoop.com/go.php?id=90 -- Rivka; Finger Lakes NY, Zone 6A now I think Fresh-market organic produce, small scale -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From farmersue at myfairpoint.net Thu Apr 16 20:34:47 2015 From: farmersue at myfairpoint.net (Sue Wells) Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2015 20:34:47 -0400 Subject: [Market-farming] Pricing Ramps In-Reply-To: References: <000001d073c5$f43770d0$dca65270$@green-logic.com> Message-ID: <000f01d078a6$4f9fee90$eedfcbb0$@net> I don't know how many ramps/wild leeks I put into a bundle. I have been selling them for $3/bunch, not a huge bundle. I think this has been too cheap, and will go up to $4 this Spring. Maybe a little more. They are so much work digging them up and cleaning them. They are so delicious! I keep them in a big bowl with water in it, for the Markets. That keeps them fresher. Sue Vermont From: Market-farming [mailto:market-farming-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Marlin Burkholder Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2015 8:09 PM To: Market Farming Subject: [Market-farming] Pricing Ramps Can anyone out there tell me how I should present ramps at the farmers' market and what I should charge for them? I few years ago an old guy at our market was putting them in a little bunch of four or five and selling them for a dollar. That seems a little expensive in a way but I would not charge less than that amount. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Highly seasonal, and often in great demand when available. -------- Original message -------- From: Marlin Burkholder Date: 04/16/2015 7:09 PM (GMT-06:00) Can anyone out there tell me how I should present ramps at the farmers? market and what I should charge for them? I few years ago an old guy at our market was putting them in a little bunch of four or five and selling them for a dollar. That seems a little expensive in a way but I would not charge less than that amount. Sounds cheap to me; but they're hard to come by around here if you can find them at all. I don't have any on the place, and have never tried to establish them. The only price I can find right now that has any on my list of pricing sites is Park Slope in New York City, and they're getting 12.37 a pound. http://foodcoop.com/go.php?id=90 -- Rivka; Finger Lakes NY, Zone 6A now I think Fresh-market organic produce, small scale -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Market-farming mailing list Market-farming at lists.ibiblio.org http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/market-farming Market Farming List Archives may be found here: http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/market-farming/ Unsubscribe from the list here (you will need to login in with your email address and password): http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/options/market-farming -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bchenkel at conpoint.com Thu Apr 16 23:56:29 2015 From: bchenkel at conpoint.com (Beverly Henkel) Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2015 22:56:29 -0500 Subject: [Market-farming] Pricing Ramps In-Reply-To: <000f01d078a6$4f9fee90$eedfcbb0$@net> References: <000001d073c5$f43770d0$dca65270$@green-logic.com> <000f01d078a6$4f9fee90$eedfcbb0$@net> Message-ID: Pricing RampsSue ? the goggle search shows on line 19.95/lb From: Sue Wells Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2015 7:34 PM To: 'Market Farming' Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Pricing Ramps I don't know how many ramps/wild leeks I put into a bundle. I have been selling them for $3/bunch, not a huge bundle. I think this has been too cheap, and will go up to $4 this Spring. Maybe a little more. They are so much work digging them up and cleaning them. They are so delicious! I keep them in a big bowl with water in it, for the Markets. That keeps them fresher. Sue Vermont From: Market-farming [mailto:market-farming-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Marlin Burkholder Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2015 8:09 PM To: Market Farming Subject: [Market-farming] Pricing Ramps Can anyone out there tell me how I should present ramps at the farmers? market and what I should charge for them? I few years ago an old guy at our market was putting them in a little bunch of four or five and selling them for a dollar. 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URL: From farmersue at myfairpoint.net Fri Apr 17 07:02:51 2015 From: farmersue at myfairpoint.net (Sue Wells) Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2015 07:02:51 -0400 Subject: [Market-farming] Pricing Ramps In-Reply-To: References: <8yjjn9wdbsxj4lkwoaulpndb.1429230081002@email.android.com> Message-ID: <002801d078fe$0d335a80$279a0f80$@net> A ramp/ Wild leeks are the most delicious plant, kinda like an onion/leek/garlic flavor. Ours grow in an area that has a creek and lots of trees. And lots of rocks, and grow with the roots under tree roots. Very hard to dig out the roots. Makes great soups, stirfries, other nice dishes and etc. They are only around for about a month. I have been told that ramps have a purplish color where the wild leeks are white. I don't know if this is true, I have both growing together. I freeze a lot for winter soups. Everything on them is good to eat, I don't eat the roots, though. Sue Vermont From: Market-farming [mailto:market-farming-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Beverly Henkel Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2015 11:53 PM To: Market Farming Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Pricing Ramps on line it is 19.95/lb. From: Road's End Farm Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2015 8:07 PM To: Market Farming Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Pricing Ramps On Apr 16, 2015, at 8:21 PM, cc77380 via Market-farming wrote: What is a ramp A wild plant related to leeks. Highly seasonal, and often in great demand when available. -------- Original message -------- From: Marlin Burkholder Date: 04/16/2015 7:09 PM (GMT-06:00) Can anyone out there tell me how I should present ramps at the farmers' market and what I should charge for them? I few years ago an old guy at our market was putting them in a little bunch of four or five and selling them for a dollar. That seems a little expensive in a way but I would not charge less than that amount. Sounds cheap to me; but they're hard to come by around here if you can find them at all. I don't have any on the place, and have never tried to establish them. The only price I can find right now that has any on my list of pricing sites is Park Slope in New York City, and they're getting 12.37 a pound. http://foodcoop.com/go.php?id=90 -- Rivka; Finger Lakes NY, Zone 6A now I think Fresh-market organic produce, small scale _____ _______________________________________________ Market-farming mailing list Market-farming at lists.ibiblio.org http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/market-farming Market Farming List Archives may be found here: http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/market-farming/ Unsubscribe from the list here (you will need to login in with your email address and password): http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/options/market-farming -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Lisa Burke Farming Engineers LLC central in z5 From pech9 at rocketmail.com Fri Apr 17 08:31:01 2015 From: pech9 at rocketmail.com (pech) Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2015 12:31:01 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [Market-farming] Pricing Ramps In-Reply-To: <002801d078fe$0d335a80$279a0f80$@net> References: <002801d078fe$0d335a80$279a0f80$@net> Message-ID: <1615036967.5088338.1429273861820.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> Sue are you pullin the whole plant or cutting the leaves in the woods?.....My concern with ramp harvest is the disturbed soil is prime conditions for exotic invasive plants to move in...like garlic mustard and honeysuckle.... in Vermont I would think Burning bush...We have ramps all over the place but I leave em be to try and help control the exotic invasive plants...but snipping off the leaves would work.... 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Ours grow in an area that has a creek and lots of trees. And lots of rocks, and grow with the roots under tree roots. Very hard to dig out the roots. Makes great soups, stirfries, other nice dishes and etc. ?They are only around for about a month. I have been told that ramps have a purplish color where the wild leeks are white. I don't know if this is true, I have both growing together. ?I freeze a lot for winter soups. Everything on them is good to eat, I don't eat the roots, though. SueVermont ? From: Market-farming [mailto:market-farming-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Beverly Henkel Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2015 11:53 PM To: Market Farming Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Pricing Ramps ?on line it is 19.95/lb.? ?From: Road's End Farm Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2015 8:07 PMTo: Market Farming Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Pricing Ramps??On Apr 16, 2015, at 8:21 PM, cc77380 via Market-farming wrote: What is a ramp?A wild plant related to leeks. Highly seasonal, and often in great demand when available. -------- Original message -------- From: Marlin Burkholder Date: 04/16/2015 7:09 PM (GMT-06:00) Can anyone out there tell me how I should present ramps at the farmers? market and what I should charge for them?? I few years ago an old guy at our market was putting them in a little bunch of four or five and selling them for a dollar.? That seems a little expensive in a way but I would not charge less than that amount. ?Sounds cheap to me; but they're hard to come by around here if you can find them at all. I don't have any on the place, and have never tried to establish them.?The only price I can find right now that has any on my list of pricing sites is Park Slope in New York City, and they're getting 12.37 a pound. http://foodcoop.com/go.php?id=90???-- Rivka; Finger Lakes NY, Zone 6A now I thinkFresh-market organic produce, small scale? ?_______________________________________________ Market-farming mailing list Market-farming at lists.ibiblio.org http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/market-farming Market Farming List Archives may be found here: http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/market-farming/ Unsubscribe from the list here (you will need to login in with your email address and password): http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/options/market-farming _______________________________________________ Market-farming mailing list Market-farming at lists.ibiblio.org http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/market-farming Market Farming List Archives may be found here: http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/market-farming/ Unsubscribe from the list here (you will need to login in with your email address and password): http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/options/market-farming -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Richard Stewart Carriage House Farm North Bend, Ohio An Ohio Century Farm Est. 1855 (513) 967-1106 http://www.carriagehousefarmllc.com rstewart at zoomtown.com You can follow us on Facebook or on Twitter @CarriageHsFm Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail On Apr 17, 2015, at 9:20 AM, Ken Bezilla wrote: > For anyone who's in Tennessee -- Sow True Seeds in Asheville, NC listed "wild harvested Tennessee ramps" in their 2015 catalog and they're already sold out so they might be interested in buying more ramps (and as a seed company, they might pay more than you'd get at market) --http://sowtrueseed.com/ramps-ramps/wild-harvested-tennessee-ramps/ > > Ken Bezilla > Southern Exposure Seed Exchange > central VA > _______________________________________________ > Market-farming mailing list > Market-farming at lists.ibiblio.org > http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/market-farming > > Market Farming List Archives may be found here: > http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/market-farming/ > Unsubscribe from the list here (you will need to login in with your email > address and password): > http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/options/market-farming -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From farmersue at myfairpoint.net Fri Apr 17 11:13:52 2015 From: farmersue at myfairpoint.net (Sue Wells) Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2015 11:13:52 -0400 Subject: [Market-farming] Pricing Ramps In-Reply-To: References: <20150417061304.C48EEEFD@m0005309.ppops.net> Message-ID: <006f01d07921$1e0af2a0$5a20d7e0$@net> Thank you for this information. Ours have not come up yet, as we are so far behind most other places. Interesting fact to share, I have a lot of Canadian customers at one of my Farmers Markets. They are not allowed to dig up ramps in Canada anymore. I have never seen white flowers from them, I would like to, but by the time the leaves are getting yellow, there are so many nasty deer flies and other nasty stinging/biting bugs out there, I don't go out there anymore. Sue From: Market-farming [mailto:market-farming-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Ken Bezilla Sent: Friday, April 17, 2015 9:21 AM To: Market Farming Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Pricing Ramps For anyone who's in Tennessee -- Sow True Seeds in Asheville, NC listed "wild harvested Tennessee ramps" in their 2015 catalog and they're already sold out so they might be interested in buying more ramps (and as a seed company, they might pay more than you'd get at market) -- http://sowtrueseed.com/ramps-ramps/wild-harvested-tennessee-ramps/ Ken Bezilla Southern Exposure Seed Exchange central VA -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From farmersue at myfairpoint.net Fri Apr 17 11:19:00 2015 From: farmersue at myfairpoint.net (Sue Wells) Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2015 11:19:00 -0400 Subject: [Market-farming] Pricing Ramps In-Reply-To: <87B2EBE8-3CB1-4118-AF19-84DBE50A513B@zoomtown.com> References: <20150417061304.C48EEEFD@m0005309.ppops.net> <87B2EBE8-3CB1-4118-AF19-84DBE50A513B@zoomtown.com> Message-ID: <007401d07921$d634f1a0$829ed4e0$@net> There are alot of people that forage ramps along the roads, and other places. many people look at my prices and say, I can go dig my own, instead of buying them. I am very careful when harvesting the ramps. I do not dig all in a patch, or in a bunch. I need mine to continue to grow for me for many many years. I do have areas that I do not touch, and those are spreading more each year. Sue From: Market-farming [mailto:market-farming-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Richard Stewart Sent: Friday, April 17, 2015 10:28 AM To: Market Farming Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Pricing Ramps Price should be high for ramps. It is in HIGH demand. My suggestion is that ramps are best sold to chefs who are REALLY wanting them. Watch how you are harvesting them. We have been seeding them the last two springs and have seen good results so far in reestablishing them in the woods and hillside on our farm. Establishing them on your farm is the ONLY way to preserve them, the demand is going to outstrip any type of sustainable wild foraging methods as EVERYONE wants ramps right now. Here is a little post on our new website about ramps and the particulars of what we have been doing. Just some food for thought. Richard Stewart Carriage House Farm North Bend, Ohio An Ohio Century Farm Est. 1855 (513) 967-1106 http://www.carriagehousefarmllc.com rstewart at zoomtown.com You can follow us on Facebook or on Twitter @CarriageHsFm Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail On Apr 17, 2015, at 9:20 AM, Ken Bezilla wrote: For anyone who's in Tennessee -- Sow True Seeds in Asheville, NC listed "wild harvested Tennessee ramps" in their 2015 catalog and they're already sold out so they might be interested in buying more ramps (and as a seed company, they might pay more than you'd get at market) --http://sowtrueseed.com/ramps-ramps/wild-harvested-tennessee-ramps/ Ken Bezilla Southern Exposure Seed Exchange central VA _______________________________________________ Market-farming mailing list Market-farming at lists.ibiblio.org http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/market-farming Market Farming List Archives may be found here: http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/market-farming/ Unsubscribe from the list here (you will need to login in with your email address and password): http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/options/market-farming -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Sue From: Market-farming [mailto:market-farming-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of clearviewfarm at bluefrog.com Sent: Friday, April 17, 2015 11:47 PM To: Market Farming Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Pricing Ramps I don't exactly what percentage of the stands I have are harvested, but I'd say between 2 & 5%. I dig a little here and a little there, not alot in one spot and as I said earlier, I am careful to leave the terrain they are growing in as undisturbed as possible. I have also transplanted some into other areas, so as to increase the population. I pick locations that resemble the ones where they originated, in terms of leaf cover, slope, soil moisture, etc. Kurt Forman Clearview Farm Palmyra, NY 14522 Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad. --- rstewart at zoomtown.com wrote: From: Richard Stewart To: Market Farming Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Pricing Ramps Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2015 10:28:20 -0400 Price should be high for ramps. It is in HIGH demand. My suggestion is that ramps are best sold to chefs who are REALLY wanting them. Watch how you are harvesting them. We have been seeding them the last two springs and have seen good results so far in reestablishing them in the woods and hillside on our farm. Establishing them on your farm is the ONLY way to preserve them, the demand is going to outstrip any type of sustainable wild foraging methods as EVERYONE wants ramps right now. Here is a little post on our new website about ramps and the particulars of what we have been doing. Just some food for thought. Richard Stewart Carriage House Farm North Bend, Ohio An Ohio Century Farm Est. 1855 (513) 967-1106 http://www.carriagehousefarmllc.com rstewart at zoomtown.com You can follow us on Facebook or on Twitter @CarriageHsFm Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail On Apr 17, 2015, at 9:20 AM, Ken Bezilla wrote: For anyone who's in Tennessee -- Sow True Seeds in Asheville, NC listed "wild harvested Tennessee ramps" in their 2015 catalog and they're already sold out so they might be interested in buying more ramps (and as a seed company, they might pay more than you'd get at market) --http://sowtrueseed.com/ramps-ramps/wild-harvested-tennessee-ramps/ Ken Bezilla Southern Exposure Seed Exchange central VA _______________________________________________ Market-farming mailing list Market-farming at lists.ibiblio.org http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/market-farming Market Farming List Archives may be found here: http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/market-farming/ Unsubscribe from the list here (you will need to login in with your email address and password): http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/options/market-farming _______________________________________________ Market-farming mailing list Market-farming at lists.ibiblio.org http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/market-farming Market Farming List Archives may be found here: http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/market-farming/ Unsubscribe from the list here (you will need to login in with your email address and password): http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/options/market-farming _____ This message was delivered by BlueFrog.com. For the best email, please visit http://www.bluefrog.com If you believe this message is spam, please report to abuse at bluefrog.com. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From burkholders at glenecofarm.com Sat Apr 18 22:00:47 2015 From: burkholders at glenecofarm.com (Marlin Burkholder) Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2015 22:00:47 -0400 Subject: [Market-farming] Pricing Ramps In-Reply-To: <000a01d079c6$cb495290$61dbf7b0$@net> Message-ID: I sold a few of my ramps today at our farmers? market. I had dug a nice amount for myself with no intention to sell them. Then I realized that the weekend was coming up and I didn?t want to stink in church so I decided to sell the excess while they were still fresh and get myself a few more next week. I priced them at $3.00 for a bunch of fifteen. The first person who saw them snapped up the three bunches in one swoop. She seemed glad to find them and probably would have paid $5 bucks a bunch for them. What I did sell them for works out to about $18.00 per pound. So I?m going to be a little conservative with my harvest until the patch gets well established. It?s beginning to look like they have the potential of becoming a high value low maintenance early spring cash crop. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kakerby at aol.com Tue Apr 21 15:39:19 2015 From: kakerby at aol.com (Kathryn Kerby) Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2015 12:39:19 -0700 Subject: [Market-farming] anyone using a CSA app that they like? Message-ID: <017201d07c6a$dd2b3b80$9781b280$@aol.com> We've got something of a cobbled-together ordering system for our farm products, handled through a combination of our website, two different email addresses, a distribution list and our listings on various websites such as Local Harvest. It's certainly not the most efficient system in the world, and it's already starting to show some cracks as our ordering volumes creep up over time. A friend of mine is a programming nut and wants to get into creating apps. She asked me what sort of app she could make for the farm. Hmmm. Something to streamline this patchwork ordering system came to mind. But then I got to wondering if perhaps someone had already invented this particular wheel. Is anyone on the list already using a CSA ordering app that they like? If so, what is it, what did it cost, and what are its strengths/weaknesses? If such a thing truly doesn't exist, or the apps out there really aren't making the grade, let me know that too. This might be an opportunity for a group of us to design something from the ground up that will work nicely. If anyone has any suggestions, recommendations or referrals for existing apps, I'd love to hear from you. Thanks all! Kathryn Kerby Frogchorusfarm.com Snohomish, WA -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Support Cascade Harvest Coalition Donate Today cid:image004.gif at 01D077BC.B0B82700 cid:image005.gif at 01D077BC.B0B82700 cid:image006.gif at 01D077BC.B0B82700 From: Market-farming [mailto:market-farming-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Kathryn Kerby via Market-farming Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2015 12:39 PM To: Market Farming Cc: Kathryn Kerby Subject: [Market-farming] anyone using a CSA app that they like? We've got something of a cobbled-together ordering system for our farm products, handled through a combination of our website, two different email addresses, a distribution list and our listings on various websites such as Local Harvest. It's certainly not the most efficient system in the world, and it's already starting to show some cracks as our ordering volumes creep up over time. A friend of mine is a programming nut and wants to get into creating apps. She asked me what sort of app she could make for the farm. Hmmm. 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