Our first produce sale at flea market

[phylm]

There's a little impromptu flea market north of our village that operates every Friday and Saturday. We decided to see if we could sell any of our vegetables there We took 2 bushels of sweet corn, a 5 gallon pail of green beans, a peck each of big sweet onions, cucmbers, and summer squash, setting up our table at 8:15. Set out small baskets with 2 onions, 3 summer squash, a little over a pound of green beans, and 3 cukes for a dollar a basket. Corn was 4 ears for a dollar.

Corn was the big draw...picked fresh this morning, and most people who bought corn, bought something else. We were pretty well sold out by 10 o'clock, but stayed until 11, bringing home 6 onions and one basket of green beans. We reminded people that we would have U-pic thornless blackberries and fresh vegetables at our place in a couple of weeks. Had to give out our phone number.

So I have a happy hubby, knowing that he can overproduce everything, make money on it, and not have to can or dehydrate it!

[arbilad]

Congrats! We don't even have our corn planted yet. Despite record high heat in Colorado right now, there's no guarantee there won't be a frost. The last frost date will pass soon, though, and we'll be able to plant some.
Our onions are doing great though, and I saw a potato pop up above the dirt level in the bucket. Hopefully we'll have a good crop this year.

[Earthling]

That's great Phlym!!

We hired a tractor to deeply rototil our garden after adding 7-8 yards of compost. It is such pretty soil now! DH got it put into rows today so now I can finally plant! The soil level is higher though so we need to put 2-8's on the bed sides and make them official raised beds. That will take time & money that needs to go elsewhere right now.

This coming week will have warmer temps but still get down around freezing each night so I'm not going to plant the warm season stuff yet. I have lost enough of it in past years that I have learned my lesson!