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Re: [Market-farming] Bagged Lettuce Mix for Market
- From: "SHEILA PAYNE" <srp75 AT msn.com>
- To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Bagged Lettuce Mix for Market
- Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:55:17 -0600
At our market, most farmer's bring their greens in ice chests...those that
have stronger backs or more employees use the very big ones. I use
the regular home size to keep the weight manageable. One has a small
trailer that is insulated, their greens are in tubs with lids and the put bags
of ice on top of the tubs. They only take out one tub at a time and keep
the trailer closed up. Some bring pre-bagged, some bag at the market which
is what I do. I put a cold pack in the bottom of a basket, put in enough
greens for a display, mist and turn them often and keep 2-3 bagged up ready to
go. Most of the volume is in the ice chest. There are some farmers who only
put out bags but on a table where they are readily visible. Some
farmers bag on demand. They replenish the working display basket as they
go along. If it is really hot, I'll put a cold pack on top of a
towel on top of the lettuce in the ice chest. I keep the ice chests in the
shade as much as possible. Cold flows down, so a cold pack at the bottom
of your chest or display basket is less effective than on top.
One of our farmers came up with a portable misting system. They took
a pump up sprayer, attached to it a 1/4" line that ran the length of one
side of their E-Z up and put mister nozzles every foot or so to spray the
greens. Pretty ingenious. This mister set up was on the greens that
didnt sell as quickly -- collards, chard, kale.
Sheila
Zone 5
Boulder Colorado
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