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peeking over the fence...
"rachael simpson" wrote
brooklyn1 wrote: "rachael simpson" writes: Nice. 4 1/2 acres of garden is more of a farm... you must have helpers, and what do you do with so much crop, do you operate a roadside stand and/or do you sell to local markets. How about some pictures. well, most that know me, know we farm...lol! the only helpers are family and we share our garden crop with friends and family, after I'm done with putting up what we need for the winter. That's still a huge amount of veggies, you must have like fifty families of relatives and friends. I have only a 50' X 50' garden plot and there's no way I can use all that grows, can barely give away all the extras, and I don't make any attempt to grow a lot per sq foot, in fact the past three years I donated about 1/3 of my garden to blueberry bushes and still as each veggie comes in it's a bonanza. My friend down the road has a 2 acre garden and he is able to supply all the small grocery/convenience stores, B & Bs, restaurants, etc. around here. I sure would like to see pictures of your operation, for a home garden 4 1/2 acres must be really something to see... please? And I know very well what 4 1/2 acres is, my back yard is 5 acres of lawn, takes a good part of two days to mow, I'd hate to think how much work it would be to tend to it in crops, would take like six families of illegals. Yesterday for the first time this season it dried out enough that I was able to mow my 4 acre back field for the first time, used to be a hay field and it was already in seed, that takes a full day's labor every week just to mow and keep the forest from growing back. Gotta start somewhe http://i44.tinypic.com/110j82e.jpg Keep going: http://i42.tinypic.com/34pxerl.jpg Almost: http://i41.tinypic.com/2lvb693.jpg Job well done: http://i42.tinypic.com/de9x6t.jpg Tenants: http://i42.tinypic.com/aw9wdx.jpg Hummers are back: http://i41.tinypic.com/x5qjvn.jpg I planned to start string trimming today but it looks like rain... I sure hope not as I plan to till my veggie garden this weekend and I need it to dry out. |
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