full day workshop the market gardener
TRANSCRIPT
“A well establish commercial garden with good markets can make as much as….. 100 000$ / acre”
Les Jardins de la Grelinette : Fermoscopy
0.8 hectare (1 ½ acre) of “bio-‐intensive” veggies
140 CSA share (21 weeks) + 2 farmers market (20 weeks)
Sales of vegetable in 2013 : + 140 000$
Labor: 2 farmers and 2 full time employee
In production form march to December (9 months)
No tractor, fossil fuel.. (3 200 $ diesel, 2 600$ propane, 260$ gas for small engine)
45% profit margin, 3 month off, retirement money….
8 500$ Vs
30 000$
«bio-‐intensive»
3 rows @ 10”
3 rows @ 6”
Interlude….
We use 40 tons of compost spread on half the garden ±80 tons a acres !
30” Rotary Harrow
2 200$ VS 12 000$
Effectively schedule planting time
“Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe”
Crop planning steps…
1-‐Setting financial objectives
2-‐Determining production
3-‐Establish a crop calendar
4-‐Make a garden plan
Determining production
200 “shares” X25$ X 22 weeks =
110 000$ @ 45% = 50 000 $
What to grow……
What Goes Into Shares
include between 8 and 12 different items
include lettuce in every share (or spinach early and late in the season).
include one variety of greens per week
include two root vegetables in every share—carrots as often as possible.
aim to have fruit vegetables ASAP
include herbs in every share.
SHARE 1 (June 16): spinach (3$ , radishes (2$), cucumbers (4$), summer squash (4$), kohlrabi (2$), garlic scapes (2.5$), kale (2.5$), arugula (4$), cilantro (2$) Value of the share : 26$
SHARE 2 (June 23): lettuce (2$), turnips (2.5$), beets (2.5$), cucumbers (4$), summer squash (4$), green onions (2.5$), Asian greens (2$), bok choy (2.5$), dill (2$) Value of the share : 26,50$
SHARE 3 (June 30): lettuce (2$), spinach (3$) , radishes (2$), cucumbers (4$), summer squash (4$), kale (2.5$), garlic scapes (2.5$), broccoli (3$), basil (2$), snow/snap peas (3$) Value of the share : 28,00$
Determining production
How much and when to grow
1-‐Calculate the NB beds per 200 units/week
2-‐Determine the seeding dates required to have harvest ready has planned..
H = Harvest Date, I= Indoor seedling, DS = Direct seeded T = transplant date :
Radishes : H : 16 june DS : 15 mai ; 1 Bed
Spinach : H : 16 june ; I : 5 mai ; T : 26 mai ; 3 beds
kohlrabi : H : 16 juin ; When to start it (I) : 16 avril ; When to tansplant it (T) : 16 mai ; how many beds: ½ Summer Squash H : 16 juin ; When to start it (I) : 26 april ; When to tansplant it (T) : 10 mai + 5 days = 15 mai ; how many beds: 2
Radishes : H : 16 june DS : 15 mai ; 1 bed raxe H : 25 june DS : 23 mai ; 1 bed Pink Beauty H : 25 oct DS : 1 aout ; 1 bed red meat (Radis d’hivers) H : 20 sept DS : 20 aout ; 1 bed French Breakfast H : 10 oct DS : 1 sept ; 1 bed Raxes
Spinach : H : 16 june ; I : 5 mai ; T : 26 mai ; 3 beds. Space H : 10 sept ; I : 25 juill ; T : 15 aug ; 3 beds. Tye H : 1 oct ; I : 15 aout ; T : 5 sept ; 3 beds. Space
Beens : H : 20 july DS : 23 mai ; 3 beds Maxibel H : 06 aug DS : 06 june ; 3 beds Maxibell H : 20 aug DS : 21 june; 3 beds Rodcor H : 04 sept DS : 04 july ; 3 beds Edame H : 20 sept DS : 20 july ; 3 beds Jade
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