Vegetables! Get your vegeteble starts herrrrrrrrrre!!

[DoubleDogFarm]

All right, all right! get in line, no cutting, back of the line!, Oh! Ouch! you all right ma'am!

So, I'm off to the Farmers Market tomorrow. Just wanted to show off my wares, "seedlings.

Anyone else doing the farmers market




Eric

[cynthia_h]

Those seedlings look absolutely terrific! Where do the duck eggs ride? And do the dogs go with you to the market, or do they stay home and keep the eagles from having a field day with the ducks?

Hope you sell out of seedlings tomorrow.

Cynthia H.
Sunset Zone 17, USDA Zone 9

[DoubleDogFarm]

Cynthia,

Thank you. My brother and I share a 10 x 20 space. He has his truck full of plants and produce as well. Stirfry greens, salad mix, sun chokes, chicken eggs, etc.


All the perishables ride in the cab, some in a cooler. I could bring the dogs, but I don't. Pepper would want to play frisbee with every passerby.

[Ozark Lady]

Okay, the very problem that I have been meditating on.
All I have is pick up trucks, and how does one haul seedlings, I mean uncovered it would be 55 mph winds, won't that shred them?

How do you protect your seedlings? And how do you carry a full load? Do you have racks?

I keep looking at the trays and going.... how does one haul these to sell them?

[scot29]

That's a great sight! Good luck at the market.

[DoubleDogFarm]

ozark lady

On the brother's truck he has cyborgs, no- no side boards. They are solid plywood sides that go up just pass the top of the cab. Up against the cab are shelving. Two flats deep and about 8" between shelves. We start from the bottom up. Load the self and apply the next self, load .......... Then over the whole thing is a shade cloth cover.

We also have rebar shelves that I welded up. Two designs. One hold (9)1020 trays and the other (12) 1020 trays

Scot29, Thank You

[applestar]

Am on my way on the red-eye <stop> See you in the AM <stop> Save me the best and some duck eggs. <end>

[tedln]

Eric,

Are you selling any really unique "can't find anywhere else" seedlings. I wish just one grower in my area would produce a really good selection of heirloom tomato seedlings. Did you empty your greenhouse for tomorrows market or do you have some hold backs for the next market?

Ted

[soil]

i sold a few hundred dollars worth of seedlings yesterday at an earth day festival. made a lot of people happy gardeners knowing how there tomatoes were started.

[DoubleDogFarm]

applestar, Your to funny, <stop>

Ted, No, your basic veggies.

Tomatoes
Siletz
Legend
Chocolate Cherry
Stupice

Tomatillo, Mexican strain

Collards, Champion

Swiss Chard, Bright Lights
Broccoli, Thompson
Arugula, Roquette

Lettuce
Buttercrunch
Valmaine
Red Sails

Squash
Spaghetti squash W
Zucchini, Black Beauty S
Bush Delicata W
Benning's Green Tint S

Borage

Rosa Rugosa gallon
Aronia, Viking gallon
Marrionberry gallon
Fig, Desert King gallon
Native, Gooseberry gallon
Ox-Eyed Daisies gallon

Duck Eggs

I have some hold backs. More tomatoes, egg plant, winter squashes, etc. Plants that don't sell go in the ground and will be sold as produce. In the fall seedlings start over again.

soil, way to go. Organic and knowing the gardener is wonderful stuff.

I sold about $150.00 in plants last Saturday. My brother sold about $150.00 in salad greens and about $300.00 the Saturday before.

[gixxerific]

Looking good, can you stop by here. Yeah like I need any more plants.

Good luck at the market. My friends keep telling to me to sell my stuff but I don't have near as much as you but I do have a bunch of stuff growing. Maybe next year or maybe later this year I could at least try to sell some stuff on Craig's list or something.

Again good luck.

[Ozark Lady]

Interesting design on hauling them.

When did you start them to get them up to this size this early.

I have lots of trays, but they are far from that size!

Goodluck selling them. And making some good gardening friends.

[DoubleDogFarm]

gixxerific,

Thank You.


Selling, give it a shot. Craigs list, road side stand, farmers market, CSA, direct to restaurants. Heirloom Tomatoes Find a niche. My brother's seems to be asian braising greens.

[DoubleDogFarm]

ozark lady,

I'd have to check my records. About 6 weeks ago. Our last frost date is the 15th April, so I just count back from there. Tomatoes 8 weeks, Peppers 10 weeks, cucumber- squashes 1 or 2 weeks. Lettuce 3-4 weeks.

It also depends on how big you like your transplants.

[Kelsey Jane]

Wow I read that wrong the first time! I thought you purchase all those plants from the market.... thought you had a HUGE garden!

The seedlings look amazing!

The greenhouses here do not open here until May 1st.... so it gives me something to look forward to

Kels