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- From: Karen Sutherland & Roots Farm <rootsfarm AT marpin.dm>
- To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Broccoli leaves -- new crop
- Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2007 09:35:53 -0400
Title: Karen Sutherland
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Thanks, Maury. We've been considering high tunnel/hoophouse
investment. As most everything has to be imported, prices are very
high and we would be buying at US $, but earning EC $ (1 US = 2.7 EC).
And we would need to develop storage/source of water (which we have to
do anyway) as right now all we have is the rain. No well digging on
island, even if our mountainside location had a vein to tap. (Wish we
had dowsers on island!) I can imagine having "permanent" structures that we could then change cover from rain shield to shade cloth to bird net to nothing depending on what was planted at the time. Has anyone seen designs for such that would make cover changing relatively easy on both people and the cover material? All best wishes, Karen Roots Farm Organic
Produce Fruits,
Roots, Vegetables & Herbs maury sheets wrote: Karen, With prices like that for broccoli, you should grow it in high tunnels with no sides to avoid the rain problems. They do that here in New Jersey with Raspberries because of the rain shorting the shelf life and also to extend the season. It is something to look into. Good luck. Maury Woodland Produce- Fairton, New Jersey Hydroponically producing sustainable salad greens in the Northeast. -----Original Message----- From: market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Karen Sutherland and Roots Farm Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2007 12:29 PM To: Market Farming Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Broccoli leaves -- new crop The leaves are great steamed, cooked with rice, in soups, etc. but also are good raw in salad. I'd bet a wilted salad of the leaves would be very nice, but haven't tried. A Chinese restaurant here buys them in quantity -- I 've been meaning to ask how they use them. Broccoli is rare & expensive here. We are able to sell our organic heads for $8.50/lb (supermarket importing and selling at $12+/lb.) Sounds like a lot, but so many broccoli plantings fail due to too much rain when heads maturing. At least now we can sell the leaves! Best wishes, Karen Karen Sutherland and Roots Farm Organic Produce Cockrane, Dominica rootsfarm AT marpin.dm rootsfarm AT protoscape.com On Jul 22, 2007, at 12:23 PM, Willie McKemie wrote: |
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[Market-farming] Broccoli leaves -- new crop,
Karen Sutherland & Roots Farm, 07/22/2007
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Re: [Market-farming] Broccoli leaves -- new crop,
Willie McKemie, 07/22/2007
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Re: [Market-farming] Broccoli leaves -- new crop,
Karen Sutherland and Roots Farm, 07/22/2007
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Re: [Market-farming] Broccoli leaves -- new crop,
maury sheets, 07/23/2007
- Re: [Market-farming] Broccoli leaves -- new crop, Karen Sutherland & Roots Farm, 07/23/2007
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Re: [Market-farming] Broccoli leaves -- new crop,
maury sheets, 07/23/2007
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[Market-farming] "organic",
Allan Balliett, 07/23/2007
- Re: [Market-farming] "organic", Kate Halstead, 07/23/2007
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Re: [Market-farming] "organic",
Nett Riherd, 07/24/2007
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Re: [Market-farming] "organic": actual USDA regulations,
road's end farm, 07/24/2007
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Re: [Market-farming] "organic": actual USDA regulations,
sals, 07/24/2007
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Re: [Market-farming] "organic": actual USDA regulations,
Sharon and Steve, 07/24/2007
- Re: [Market-farming] "organic": actual USDA regulations, Home Grown Kansas!, 07/24/2007
- Re: [Market-farming] "organic": actual USDA regulations, Pat Meadows, 07/25/2007
- Re: [Market-farming] "organic": actual USDA regulations, Fellenz, 07/25/2007
- Re: [Market-farming] "organic": actual USDA regulations, sals, 07/25/2007
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Re: [Market-farming] "organic": actual USDA regulations,
Sharon and Steve, 07/24/2007
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Re: [Market-farming] "organic": actual USDA regulations,
sals, 07/24/2007
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Re: [Market-farming] "organic": actual USDA regulations,
road's end farm, 07/24/2007
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Re: [Market-farming] Broccoli leaves -- new crop,
Karen Sutherland and Roots Farm, 07/22/2007
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Re: [Market-farming] Broccoli leaves -- new crop,
Willie McKemie, 07/22/2007
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