Time to move on. Problem what to do to secure sale with biggest profit
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So how do beekeepers turn a profit...?
Comments (13)The people in it to make a living spend the winter building equipment and doing maintainance setting up pollination contracts fixing their own trucks. They take the larger portion of their income moving the bees onto crops for a fee, perhaps as many as 6.Tree fruits, small fruits, melons, cukes, pumpkins, seed crops up and down the coast or elevations. Might even make a few bucks selling nucs and queens, or at least producing some for their own. The honey is a byproduct that can be sold. So is the cappings wax. You paid full bust out retail for all of your supplies. If you bought 500 or a 1000 of anything the price is a bit lower. Right now you are paying for an education in beekeeping. After a wile you might just build your own supers, make a few splits with swarm cells, trade honey for lumber,etc....See MoreGrowing for profit do's and do not's?
Comments (15)I haven't been able to sell chard at all (except to 1 guy at DH's work, 1 week, don't know if he'll order more), only sold 1 bunch of beets (for the greens). No kale (though that gave out early on me). Arugula seems to be the thing everyone wants. Won't plant summer squash again (except maybe a couple of plants just for us) - yellow squash just isn't selling, zucchini is of course notorious for (over) production, I did manage to sell a little but it's not worth the space. Took just a couple lbs of Blue Lake green beans to market Friday, those sold quickly, edamame was a little slower but the people who wanted it were very enthusiatic, I will plant all my seed (bought in 2011) next year. I thought it was supposed to ripen all at once but found mature pods and immature pods on same plants so ended up picking it like green beans, that does cut down on the profit but since I have the seed I will do big planting next year, maybe once it gets going I will find some of the bigger pods "holding" until the others catch up. Berries are very big sellers but I am finding wild berries (esp. this year) take so long to pick not profitable. Maybe next year my blackberries will come in like they did in 2010. Hoping the cultivated ones will do better - my great-uncle's cultivated blueberries are very easy to pick. Still trying to find the right tomatoes for tastes here - taking a chance on Black Krim this year, it's not something you find in the grocery store so takes education but may be a niche item....See MoreMoving... What Can I Do?
Comments (9)When you sell large plants on eBay, you can specify local pickup only. This will save you the hassle of trying to determine shipping costs and worry for your plantÂs well being during transit. CraigÂs List is another option for selling; again you can specify local pickup only. One other possibility is to donate them to an institution such as a botanic garden or college and take a tax write off. I recently moved from a subtropical climate to a cold one where I have to take plumeria in during the winter. I placed my large plants in good homes with people who will take care of them. I didnÂt sell mine, but gave them to good friends who are gardeners. Large plumeria were common in my old neighborhood. I brought a few small plumeria with me, along with a huge cutting given to me by a former neighbor. I will be buying cuttings this spring to rebuild my collection. And I will be looking at plant groups that donÂt require special handling in my area. Good luck in finding homes for your plants and fish and good luck in Hawaii. Hawaii has strict rules about moving plants, so you may be better off not taking cuttings with you. You shouldnÂt have any problem acquiring new plants when you get there....See MoreHow many showings from one buyer does it take to make a sale??
Comments (89)Even our lawyer IS concerned about their death and infirmity contingency. In all his years as an estate and realty lawyer, he said he has NEVER seen that kind of contingency. Especially their infirmity contingency. He wanted it defined. It was defined by their lawyer mostly as a loss of the ability to make a decision. So NO, I am not heartless when I pray for them to live and be healthy up until our closing. I only wish them to last until I sell them my home.... I wish to close without having to worry about putting my home back on the market once again!! I don't think I could bear going back on the market again if anything happened to this sale. These people may be paying cash for the sale of our home, but they only put down 1k as a good faith gesture to purchase. Paying cash for full amount.. with only 1K in cash as a deposit could mean they could walk at any time until closing! They would not be out much if they did so. However, I doubt that they will do that, but you never know. Still I will not really RELAX until we officially close a month from now. Rental agreement is now in place, they didn't budge much on their rental price but we don't want to rock the sale of our house at this point. They only made the offer to buy because they knew we could rent the house back to them. So they will be making a nice profit on us from renting it back to us for 3 months. And we are alright with that... considering we actually were better about giving them a good price for our home.. we didn't dicker as much as we could have. In the meantime, our house inspection turned up with no major problems (which I assumed would happen- but who knows if there is anything lurking beneath the surface) although we are still being tested for radon... which who knows what that will be??? Never had one in all the almost 30 years we have been here. Hopefully, we will pass that. The building inspector will be picking up the containers on Monday at noon and said he will be able to get the results before the time expires for us to go under full contract....See Moremebewe
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