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- From: Guy Clark <guyclark AT socket.net>
- To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] the best bed shaper
- Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 14:02:03 -0600
Hey folks-
I bought a used Gravely last summer for $850 and you can really make
some very nice raised beds with it. In fact, the beds were so high and
rectangular that I went through them with my Troy-Bilt Horse to round
them off some. I have seen them cheaper since. It's a strange looking
machine that takes some getting used to using, but works like a charm
and requires no tractor. I keep resisting a tractor because they cost a
lot and seem the perfect Murphy's Law machines. I hire someone for $150
to come open new land. Takes a lot of years at $150 to pay for most
tractors and I am by no means a mechanic.
I have made miles of raised beds with a short handled shovel over the
years, but my scale is increasing and I'm getting older (40 in May).
Last year I had 15 CSA subscribers (30 weekly deliveries) and Saturday
markets from mid-March to the Saturday before Thanksgiving. Wednesdays
from May through the end of October. I did not do the Monday markets. I
did work a 40 hour a week off-farm job. Total area in vegetables and
flowers was about 1.3 acres. This year hoping for 50 subscribers to the
CSA, a new cutflower CSA, all the Wednesday and Saturday markets,
perhaps the Monday market as we are trying to start a "wholesale" market
(not cheap prices, but bulk amounts) in hopes of eventually having a
Columbia Farmers' Market brand and a website for people to order from.
Hoping to quit the off-farm job and having a baby boy in mid-June to
make things interesting.
Guy Clark
Fertile Crescent Farms
www.fertilecrescentfarms.com
Columbia Farmers' Market
Columbia, MO (Zone 5b, but Zone 7 the last13 years due for a zonal
pruning any time now)
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Re: [Market-farming] the best bed shaper,
JOHN A HENDRICKSON, 02/22/2005
- Re: [Market-farming] the best bed shaper, Allan Balliett, 02/22/2005
- Re: [Market-farming] the best bed shaper, robert schuler, 02/22/2005
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
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Re: [Market-farming] the best bed shaper,
JOHN A HENDRICKSON, 02/22/2005
- Re: [Market-farming] the best bed shaper, Allan Balliett, 02/22/2005
- Re: [Market-farming] the best bed shaper, Guy Clark, 02/23/2005
- Re: [Market-farming] the best bed shaper, JOHN A HENDRICKSON, 02/22/2005
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Re: [Market-farming] the best bed shaper,
Willfindley, 02/23/2005
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Re: [Market-farming] the best bed shaper,
Willie McKemie, 02/23/2005
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Re: [Market-farming] the best bed shaper,
TxBeeFarmer, 02/23/2005
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Re: [Market-farming] the best bed shaper,
Willie McKemie, 02/23/2005
- Re: [Market-farming] the best bed shaper, TxBeeFarmer, 02/24/2005
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Re: [Market-farming] the best bed shaper,
Willie McKemie, 02/23/2005
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Re: [Market-farming] the best bed shaper,
TxBeeFarmer, 02/23/2005
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Re: [Market-farming] the best bed shaper,
Willie McKemie, 02/23/2005
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