Healthy soil and sustainable growing

["mcoldiron" <mcoldiron@crcom.net>]

Not sure what you are trying to say.  I sell my shelled peas for $5 a 
quart.bag.  The bushel goes for about $45 and I get $1.50 a pound for less. 
Don't you think that's a lot more than it cost to plant and pick it?

TxBeeFarmer (Mark)
West Texas Zone 7b

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tradingpost" <tradingpost@lobo.net>
To: <livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2008 1:42 PM
Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] No-till planting


> Black eyed peas for market? Let's see. Subtract the costs just for black 
> eyed peas from the gross income from just that crop. Divide that by the 
> total number of hours you spend growing, picking, shelling and selling 
> them. That's what you're paying yourself to grow black eyed peas. Is it 
> more than 10 cents an hour?
>
> paul tradingpost@lobo.net
>
> *********** REPLY SEPARATOR  ***********
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> On 7/5/2008 at 1:25 PM mcoldiron wrote:
>
> > I'm pretty sure I know how to modify my buster planter to a no till
> > planter.  So let's take black eyed peas, for example.  I usually pick 4 or
> > 5 bushels a day for market.  It usually takes a week or so for the peas to
> > grow again, so I pick different rows each day.  I plant enough so I'm
> > starting over at first set of rows at the beginning of the next week. I
> > sell them shelled or by the bushel.  I know black eyed peas will grow here
> > without irrigation.  If I use your method of no till and grow a cover crop
> > for mulch for next year, should I plant fewer rows of peas to get my 4 or
> > 5 bushels a day?  The last time I planted peas, it took about 3/4 of an
> > acre to get my daily quota.
> >
> > Thanks
> > TxBeeFarmer (Mark)
> > West Texas Zone 7b
> >
> >
> >  ----- Original Message ----- 
> >  From: Ken Hargesheimer
> >  To: Healthy soil and sustainable growing
> >  Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2008 10:23 AM
> >  Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] No-till planting
> >
> >
> >        To plant a field [as opposed to a garden planting by hand] use a
> > no-till row-crop planter or a no-till vegetable planter or a no-till
> > drill.
> >
> >
> >
> >        Ken H
>
>
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