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Fire Me Boy! What's For Dinner? Thread
Since the other one got too big, let's keep the food truck rolling. Whacha got?
Vol 2. http://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=285408 Last edited by Buehler445; 03-02-2020 at 09:14 AM.. |
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Just a thought: I was thinking about you're not being thrilled you had no fresh farmer's markets near you for fresh produce. Since, you're a farmer, have you thought of starting a small vegetable garden? I'm thinking of doing that. I can freeze any excess, give away or if I lived in an appropriate area sell excess on the side of the road, the way I see in some rural communities. bep |
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We have some irrigation on a field that isn't enough for field application but should work well enough for a green house or something on a larger scale. The problem being that vegetable crops are labor intensive and we are trying shooting for efficiency with machinery/labor. It's just me and a hired laborer and my dad, who is slowing down some, and we have to cover 7,000 acres. Labor intensive picking on much more than a garden plot sized really goes against our strategic position. We would either have to break into it on a large enough scale to make it pay a guys salary that I'd have to hire or it would probably take back burner to other field operations. Maybe when my daughter is older, but right now it probably isn't going to happen. Go for it though. There is a lot of that type of stuff on the market. And given your population density, it could work if you can manage the production. I have no idea what price points would be worth your time. Biggest hurdle I see is if you retail it, you obtain liability. I don't know what the state rules are, but I think in Kansas if you retail it you need to have prepared it in a kitchen that meets commercial standards. You also assume liability if someone would get sick. That's a lot of liability to incur if you're going to gross a couple thousand on the extras. It's a great theory, but naturally lawyers got involved and took all the efficiency out of the system. If you get something going, I'd be interested to go through some numbers. I think running a decent sized greenhouse out here would be a viable business opportunity but I don't know enough about the industry to make an informed decision. |
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Cool. You could just do a small one for the family, if a greenhouse is too much work. I am thinking of doing that...but I have a black thumb.
![]() I also forgot I have something growing and forge to water my Earth Boxes. ![]() I need an alarm system to remind me. Any suggestions for how to install a small watering system where I just push a button from inside my home? Guess I should ask in the gardening thread. |
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Oh yeah, and a baby does that to your life.
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I do like veggies The chinese lady that runs my local take out said I was the first person to praise her heavy use of veggies Fat, lazy Americans ![]() |
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How many plants and beds do you have? |
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This also allows use to leave for a week at a time and not need someone to come water out plants. I too am a black thumb and not a handyman, so if I can do it, so can you. |
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My other two I just replaced with herbs but I did have lettuces, spinach and arugula. It's more that I want to plant more. I have the seeds. I am thinking of just digging into the ground now. Guess I learn through screwing up. I want to add root veggies and be able to go all year adjusting for the seasons. My biggest problem is forgetting to water. Cuz if they're out of my sight, they're out of my mind. |
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Oh that sounds like something I'll have to get a guy to do for me. I am not the most mechanical person but it's mainly due to lack of interest and don't like to bother with such things. My sprinkler system is automatic but I haven't a clue how it works—mainly cuz I have never bothered with it. |
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Anyone have any tips for growing basil or dill. I have the most problems with those two herbs....but more so the dill. Holes always show, then I get the aphids....every single time.
Dill grows fine until it gets too big and I have to transplant it —then it always dies. No problems with any other herbs like mint, oregano, parsley, cilantro, thyme or rosemary. I think its where I live. Florida is buggy. But I saw a massive gorgeous basil plant growing like crazy in a pot outside a restaurant near the beach. It was darn healthy too. They told me it grows like a weed. |
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I don't cut the roots. I take the whole plant out of the pot with the base intact and all the dirt...then put in the ground. One time where I bought my first Earth Box the gardener put a plug in and that one didn't even last. I thought maybe I had it with herbs it didn't care to be next too. So then I did another and put it in the ground.
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Oh, and I did read, somewhere but can't recall where, that dill was finicky when it got transplanted. Perhaps I should just start from seed and leave it in one spot by itself?
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I'd still do it sooner. As soon as it's big enough to support itself is move it. Of the root mass is contained by the planter it will be hard for them to grow into the new soil as it will have to turn corners and whatnot. |
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