Market Farming

["Brian and Jacqueline Potzkai" <potzkai AT hotmail.com>]

> From: Joan Vibert <joan AT windwalker-farm.com>
> Jacqueline - do you think the paperboard was absorbing the moisture from
> your berries?

Hi Joan, yes we do feel that the paperboard was doing exactly that.  We did 
not change anything else for market, other than that the weather was up by 3 
degrees Celcius, and my pick was started 4 hours earlier than the previous 
market pick when the berries looked dull and old.  So with warmer weather 
and earlier pick we had a better appearing berry anyways.  I had picked the 
berries into several large family size margarine containers - the square 
ones that are about 12" long and 10" wide 2 1/2 inches high, it can fit 5 
lbs just like an icecream bucket.  It would have been nice to have something 
with a handle, so I was considering cutting some of my mesh bags into a 
purse shape - but that may be more of a pain in the butt!!  Any ideas?
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