New Market

July 16th, 2008
Four Frog Farm | Blog

On The Farm, July 2008

Today heralded the first Tuesday Farmers Market - this one in lovely Nevada City.

Last week, with the blazing temperatures, we started a huge binge of produce.  I realized that I could no longer give 4 pounds of squash to each CSA member, because nobody wants that much squash, and that there were so many tomatos and cucumbers, as well as other veggies, and they all needed a market, or they would find the compost market.

So, we added in this market.

The Wildgrace Schedule now looks like this:

Monday - Harvest for 13 CSA members
Tuesday - Harvest for and go to Market
Wednesday - Harvest for 15 CSA members
Thursday - Harvest for and go to Market
Friday - Harvest for Saturday Market
Saturday - Go to Market
Sunday - rest

It is busy.  But, hey, it’s the height of summer.  We are swimming in produce and lucky to have so many great markets at our disposal - not to mention great shoppers.

Before the season, I thought it was important to have 1 really good farmers’ market.  Now I know that multiple markets are better - for our farm, at least.  This is because the veggie plants produce all through the week - not just on a couple of days.  So, all that produce may either be harvested and sold, or composted.  The later is better for us.

Bye,

Andrew

One Response to “New Market”

Brock Says:
Jul 17th, 2008 at 7:14 am

Hey Andrew, my name is Brock.  I too am 23 and am just now beginning to start a small organic farm in south Louisiana.  You seem to have a pretty nice deal with the land owners and PV, that’s great man.  Anyway, I’ve been obsessed with plants and vegetable gardening for a couple of years, and I’ve been real active with a local non profit csa for sometime.  I am lacking in experience, but I try to make up for it by researching like hell.  Tell me, do you have any good resources for information that I should look into i.e. books, internet, etc.

Let me know what you come up with and good luck with your farm, you seem to be up and running.  I wish my list of problems included how to pick and sell all the produce coming out of the ground. Ah, also do you know if PV also gives discounts to other young farmers as well?

Thanks!

Brock with “The Brockoli Patch”

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