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I am excite to say I am joining farmers markets. My grandmothers live in boyfriend just died and she can no longer take care of 100 acres by herself she realy does not want to sell the house so i offered to take over i will be growing a ton of veggies and triming and pruning her neglected apple orchard. I worked for a year before my son was born at a organic veggi farm and learned a lot of the tricks of the trade. my grandmother is a old time farmer and allways seems to know how the winter and seasons will play out plus she is a pro at water witching which is where you take a forked apple branch in her case and look for water the water in the stick works magneticly with the earths magnetic field and water and draws the stick to the point in the ground where ther water is it sounds totaly bonkers but it does work lol. I figured i will put my buisness degree to work lol my ancestors farmed and logged this area for hundereds of years  (they actualy founded the town i live in) so i am going to farm this land just like my ansestors did  so any tips for farmers markets?

"There's always going to be obstacles. The thing is, you don't let thoughs obstacles determine where you go.  -Pearl Fryar
 

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Good for you and grandma. Farmers Markets are gaining in popularity, the door is open.

Just south of Boston. Zone 6

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Although I'm sorry for your Granny's loss I still wish you congrats Raincat.  Tips for farmers markets:  make sure your produce is clean-looking and try to keep your prices down.  Some farmers markets have very high prices which they set as a group.  If you can keep yours down slightly from the norm you will probably sell more of your stuff.  Free samples of berries and fruits won't hurt either.

Mary Vancouver Island Zone 8

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yup thats one thing i learned workingat the organic far clean vegies braided onions, garlic differant colored and unusual veggies and low prices that still make you a profit sells also if you use baskets checkered cloth table cloths . when i was in culinary college we learned we eat with our eyes thats what makes us by things. thats why supermarkets load chash registars with cany and the stuff in the middoe of asiles on the shelves and the produce being at the front of the store makes us buy more stuff lol

"There's always going to be obstacles. The thing is, you don't let thoughs obstacles determine where you go.  -Pearl Fryar
 

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oy i type to fast and mis spell things lol

"There's always going to be obstacles. The thing is, you don't let thoughs obstacles determine where you go.  -Pearl Fryar
 

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Originally Posted by Raincat View Post

oy i type to fast and mis spell things lol

Only old people like me don't do that. When I went back to work after staying home for 13 years as a stay at home mom, the only job I could get was secretarial. So my keyboarding is good. I can type fast but you, being younger your brain probably works faster than your fingers. So don't knock it.  
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lol that it does especialy when you  have two little ones you brain has to go faster to keep up

"There's always going to be obstacles. The thing is, you don't let thoughs obstacles determine where you go.  -Pearl Fryar
 

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You could have a market on your property!!

"Never ever give up your dreams, even when they're doused with sorrow,
because even though they seem far away, they could come true tomorrow"
 

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selling is a whole new ball game.  Make sure you are ready to deal with people being critical over your growing abilities.  There are a lot of know it alls out there at Farmer's Markets.

Be clean, professional and honest. 

The work involved in doing what you'd like to do at your grandmother's does not sound like a one person job.  Do you have someone to help you?  Like a crew?  Just getting apple trees back into shape requires a ton of work.  The trees need to be lopped back and then they require a lot of attention.  They should be fed as well as treated and when it comes to apple trees, everything needs to be treated.  There is something for every season.  Treat roots, trunk, blossoms, leaves and the fruits in order to have a good harvest.
this takes a lot of time and money.

It should be rewarding in the end, but it sounds like you have your work cut out for you!  I'd love to hear the progress and if you are able to do it all. 
The market itself is something you will get more familiar with in time.
 

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the orchard is a time thing lol we dont even know what kind they are i think if you send cornell a few apples for a fee they will anilize thm to see what kind they are exactly . naw my grandma and i will do all the work . when i worked at an organic farm with 100 acres I did alot of the work my self when the owners where gone during the day

"There's always going to be obstacles. The thing is, you don't let thoughs obstacles determine where you go.  -Pearl Fryar
 

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