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Re: [Market-farming] time budget info for various field crops?
- From: "Kathryn Kerby" <kakerby AT aol.com>
- To: "'Market Farming'" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] time budget info for various field crops?
- Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2014 09:16:18 -0800
Etienne, I'm right there with you. My plan was/is to
reserve an hour of time at the end of each day and log everything that happened
during the day - with crops, with livestock, with equipment, and with my hours.
Those are my big four categories. But in my case, it's BEFORE
dinner. Not after. That would make me too prone to think gosh, I'm
tired, I'll do it tomorrow. And then the cycle repeats. I've gotten off to a so-so start, but it's important. This
is a habit that will take time to practice before it becomes automatic.
But the alternative - losing track of stuff - is no longer acceptable. I
can't tell you how many times I've thought "oh, gosh, I'll remember that
six months from now........" And then something falls through the
cracks. It's infuriating, and expensive. If you want a note-taking buddy to keep you going, you just found
one. Today I'll be catching up my logs for this past week (my first
working week of the year), so that I can start tomorrow feeling like yep, I've
got everything squared away. Just do me one favor - occasionally go
through your notes out on that veranda of yours, with a nice cup of tea.
I'll just have to live vicariously through you for awhile. Today my
logbooks will be brought up to current at my boring desk, watching the rain
fall outside. At least I'll have the tea. Kathryn Kerby, practicing to become a note-taking junkie Frogchorusfarm.com -----Original Message----- My resolution for 2014 is to get better at note-taking. Sit down
every night after dinner and write everything I did in the day, breaking down
the time spent on each task (including paid and unpaid labor).
IOW, maitain a real season logbook. Next winter, sit down and crunch
the number. One of my colleague in the area as been doing that for a
couple years, and he is now able to figure his cost fairly precisely. We all know that new year's resolution tends get dumped in short order,
especially when the main season madness kicks in. But wouldn't it
be wonderful if I where able to stick to it? :) |
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[Market-farming] time budget info for various field crops?,
Kathryn Kerby, 01/11/2014
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Re: [Market-farming] time budget info for various field crops?,
Richard Robinson, 01/12/2014
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Re: [Market-farming] time budget info for various field crops?,
Etienne Goyer, 01/12/2014
- Re: [Market-farming] time budget info for various field crops?, Kathryn Kerby, 01/12/2014
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Re: [Market-farming] time budget info for various field crops?,
Etienne Goyer, 01/12/2014
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Re: [Market-farming] time budget info for various field crops?,
Steve Diver, 01/12/2014
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Re: [Market-farming] time budget info for various field crops?,
Kathryn Kerby, 01/12/2014
- Re: [Market-farming] time budget info for various field crops?, John Ehrlich, 01/12/2014
- Re: [Market-farming] time budget info for various field crops?, Etienne Goyer, 01/12/2014
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Re: [Market-farming] time budget info for various field crops?,
Etienne Goyer, 01/12/2014
- Re: [Market-farming] time budget info for various field crops?, Richard Robinson, 01/12/2014
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Re: [Market-farming] time budget info for various field crops?,
Kathryn Kerby, 01/12/2014
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Re: [Market-farming] time budget info for various field crops?,
Andy Fellenz, 01/12/2014
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Re: [Market-farming] time budget info for various field crops?,
Kathryn Kerby, 01/12/2014
- Re: [Market-farming] time budget info for various field crops?, Aaron Brower, 01/12/2014
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Re: [Market-farming] time budget info for various field crops?,
Kathryn Kerby, 01/12/2014
- Re: [Market-farming] time budget info for various field crops?, Shoemaker, William H, 01/12/2014
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Re: [Market-farming] time budget info for various field crops?,
Richard Robinson, 01/12/2014
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