Folks Want! But Folks dont grow nothin?
blanesgarden
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Comments (2)Make sure you take ag and ag business courses in college. Many farmers start out in the same boat you are in. The typical progression that I see is to start out renting land and buy your own small homestead as soon as you can--which you would already have. Then continue to rent nearby land while you build up to a size you can handle without getting too much, and replace rented land with purchased land as the opportunity arises. Renting is also a way to control risk--you can expand or cut back acreage relatively quickly and without risking a lot of money doing it. Once you have a homestead so that you don't find yourself having to move at inopportune times, then you can build up to purchase additional land or continue to rent land--there are emotional considerations--but rent vs buy is also a business decision with pro's and con's to each depending on your business model. A lot of farmland is priced based on other factors than its productive value--the biggest factor probably being its proximity to population centers and therefore its value for subdivision. So, inexpensive land is often cheap because you are far from markets or in climates where your ability to produce high value truck garden crops is limited. From your stated preferences, you want to produce high value crops (fruit, veggies, etc) rather than commodities (field corn, soybeans, etc) so will need to be located relatively close to populations sizable enough to absorb your production. With these crops you will need to select ones with a high value per acre which also means you shouldn't need a lot of acres--your production methods will probably limit the acreage you can handle. Truck garden usually involves a lot of labor and can be even more labor intensive if you choose to follow the "organic" marketing model rather than conventional production. The good news is, once you start buying land, the high value crops should generate the kind of revenue needed to pay for that land....See MoreFolks who grow rugosas
Comments (8)Based on my experience rugosas are fine with Banner Max. I have several rugosas and they are all interplanterd with other roses that I used to spray (bourbons, Austins, etc). I always was hitting rugosas with my spray. At first I was nervous and as Riku used water to rinse then, but on several occasions, I didn't do it and they were still fine. So I stopped rinsing them and even used Banner directly on some rugosas that had BS (Hansa, etc), it helped and there was no any negative effect. I think the point about not spraying rugosas was based upon some old (probaly oil based ) fungicides. Just my experience. Olga...See MoreHAVE: For New Orleans area folks only, who wants these roses?
Comments (1)Hey Mike - Saw in your response to my post that you had these roses to give away. Obviously, not close enough to get these, but I was hoping you might be willing to send me several cutting of them. All four are beautiful roses, and I would love to try growing them. By the way - thanks for your kind response to my post. :) LMK about the cuttings. You can email me at redsnowflake@comcast.net ~Amanda...See MoreX-Post - OT Sort of but want to alert folks
Comments (17)With what this country is going through right now, I don't think there is an American alive who does not understand Corporate Greed. But it's a big mistake to think that the Chinese don't have an understanding of greed as well. Every month there is a report in the papers or on tv about problem products coming from China and/or their lack of concern regarding the environment. No one knows if this company knew the products were defective, that IMHO is jumping to conclusions, but at least we have the ability to hold them accountable whether they knew or not. When ever possible, I buy American regardless of the cost. Sometimes if I see something I want was made in China, I don't buy it at all! Why? Because the quality usually sucks and it's getting harder to feel confidence in the products imported by them. Plain and simple. Just so you know...I didn't post this so the forum could have a debate over the politics of it. I posted this because there are a lot of folks in this forum who live in the states that were mentioned in the report. I thought it could help someone who may be experiencing problems due to their infected drywall....See Moreediej1209 AL Zn 7
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