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  • From: Pat Meadows <pat AT meadows.pair.com>
  • To: Margaret L Wilson <booldawgs AT cavenet.com>, Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
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  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Advice needed Pleeease !!! ASAP
  • Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 15:05:05 -0500

On Fri, 19 Mar 2004 11:45:39 -0800, you wrote:

>I am a long time gardener and I have a complete collection of tools and
>equipment aquired over the yeeears in anticipation of getting a real farm
>someday. I have a small Kubota with most of the attachments, rototiller,
>scraper, brush hog.
> What do you think? Should I jump in with both feet and go for it?? We are
> looking at retirement but I am still being supported by a working husband.
> SInce I am no longer working it would be so good to start making some money

When I make a decision, I like to think of it this way:
What's the worst that can happen? Can I cope with the worst
that can reasonably be expected to happen?

OK, suppose you try it this summer and fail for some reason.

What's the worst that can happen? It sounds as if losing
one particular restaurant as a customer would be the worst
reasonable consequence. Can you live with that?

It doesn't sound as if you'd need to make serious
investments of money.

If you tried it this summer and thought you were a failure,
would it ruin your self-confidence for trying it again? Or
would you learn from mistakes, take it in stride, and go on
to try again?

Given the circumstances you describe, I'd tell the
restaurant owner that - as this is the first summer I've
done this - I couldn't *guarantee* any set amount of produce
but that I would try hard to grow as much of what he wants
as I can. And I'd go for it.

Alternatively, a farmers market, or produce stand on your
front lawn, might possibly be a less intimidating way to
start.

Pat
--
"Rats and roaches live by competition under the laws of
supply and demand. It is the privilege of human beings to
live under the laws of justice and mercy." - Wendell Berry




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