Market Farming

["Margaret Wilson" <booldawgs AT earthlink.net>]

Hi,

I have been lurking on the list for a few days.  I am very impressed
already. I will soon be relocating to Southwestern Oregon.  We have property
there that was a former cattle ranch.  I have been an avid gardener whenever
I have lived where I could.  I gardened and sold vegies, eggs and goat
cheese in the San Francisco area many years back.

It will be at least a year before I can get into market-farming.  I really
don't want to have to work in town.  The place is finally paid for so I
should be able to make enough money without an outside job.  I have been
getting ready for this for years.  We have a small herd of cows, 25 sheep
and 30 chickens.  We have a small Kubota tractor with a rototiller, brush
cutter, and scraper blade.

The first thing on my agenda is self-sufficiency and the marketing will come
next.  I plan on putting in fruit and nut trees, asparagus and other things
that take a while to produce first.   A year will give me an idea of what
and where my market will be.

Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

Margaret (back to lurking)