Market Farming

["Liz Pike" <liz AT laughingbrookfarm.com>]

> 1. Again, does anyone have a source for boxes for tomatoes? I'm assuming
> cardboard. I've ruined many a tomato in transport. I'm thinking something
I
> can take to the filed and transport to market in one go is a good thing.

Bread trays make excellent tomato transports.  I kept in contact with a
friend who delivered bread, and when they'd have a few to dispose of, I'd
take them.  With the holes underneath, it was handy to run a water hose over
the tomatoes, then allowed to sit to dry & for air circulation.  The
self-stacking trays were best, though they didn't hold alot of tomatos.  I
also used ordinary dish drainers when I first started.  Can be picked up
real cheap at yard sales, thrift stores, etc--put out the word to friends,
too.  Once sales increased, I needed a more stable source of quantity, hence
the bread trays.

Liz Pike