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  • From: "Beth Spaugh" <lists AT rhomestead.com>
  • To: "'Market Farming'" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] pick your own
  • Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2010 10:46:46 -0500

We harvested and cleaned most of our crops. The PYOs were strawberries which were squat low, but others were peas, beans, and some things a few folks really wanted - not peppers, fennel on a regular basis, pac choi. If they really wanted something I hadn't picked (or didn't pick because they didn't sell and I wasn't going to grow more) they would gladly pick. With the advertised PYOs (strawberries, raspberries, peas, beans) we (and some CSA members) picked some to have for those who physically couldn't pick, or the few who just wanted to get their stuff and run. Some members brought grandchildren with them specifically to expose them to how food is grown. One member with 2 preschoolers never wanted to take the time to pick anything.  But, any week there was only one crop they needed to pick. And on a survey I did get feedback that some thought that was too much. But, they have other stuff to choose from.
 
Beth Spaugh
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From: market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Liz Pike
Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 9:41 AM
To: Market Farming
Subject: [Market-farming] pick your own

After reading some of the CSA responses that some crops were pick your own, how do your customers respond well to those crops, will they pick them??  Reason I'm asking, with my bad back I can plant & tend (already have systems in place that keep most of that in the upright position), but it's the harvesting that got all this started last year.  So I'm thinking I might try some pyo crops.  We can certainly do that with blueberries, but I'm wondering about stuff like spinach.  We grow fantastic spinach but I'm not sure that would be successful as a pyo.   Thoughts??

Liz Pike (trying to keep Horseshoe Gardens going)
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