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Hello there! I'm Dr. Vinifera, or "Vinny" for short. Ask me your toughest wine questions, from the technical aspects of winemaking to the fine points of etiquette. I hope you find my answers educational and even amusing. Looking for a particular answer? Check my archive and my FAQs. You can also follow me on Twitter: @AskDrVinny.
Dear Dr. Vinny,
What's your feeling on screwcaps vs. corks on wine bottles? Does the screwcap indicate a cheaper or more pedestrian wine, and the cork just the opposite for the most part? Should screwcapped wine bottles be aged and stored on their sides like corked bottles?
—John C., Gloucester, N.J.
Dear John,
I think the days of associating screwcaps with cheap and pedestrian wines are over, or at least coming to an end. I can think of plenty of high-profile, expensive, terrific wines with a twist-off, and many cheap and pedestrian wines are under cork.
Producers have switched to screwcaps and other closures to ensure quality and reduce the possibility of contamination with TCA (the chemical compound 2,4,6-trichloroanisole), which can get into a wine via a faulty cork and make a wine smell musty and damp.
I still see some hesitation to bottle wines intended for long-term aging under screwcaps—the thinking is that wine collectors who know how wines evolve under cork will be less certain how that same wine would evolve with a screwcap. But as more and more producers are using screwcaps, there are more tastings of wines aged under this topper, and the results are encouraging. From what I've seen, screwcapped wines do evolve, just at a slower rate. I'm certainly looking forward to the day when I want to open a bottle of wine I've been collecting for a long time and not have to worry about a) the wine having TCA, b) it showing signs of oxidation, and c) fussing with crumbly corks.
That's not to say I'm a topper snob. I'm still making my wine purchases based on the juice inside, not the way the wine is topped. As far as storing a wine with a screwcap, you don't have to worry about which way to store it, unlike cork, which might dry out if you don't store it horizontally. I just use my wine racks for all my bottles.
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Article brought to you by: Catholic Online (www.catholic.org)Hudson & Fournier: Catholic Countdown to Election 2012, Day 13. Catholic Women Who Are Not 'On the Bus'
By Deal W Hudson and Keith A Fournier
October 24th, 2012 Catholic Online (www.catholic.org) Could it be the case that in our Church women understand this power of association, the force of combined effort, better than men? If Joy, Pat, and Betsy represent a pattern of female effort spanning our nation, and we think they do, then the answer to that question is clear.On conference calls, in email blasts, at local rallies and demonstrations, women inevitably outnumber the men. WASHINGTON, DC (Catholic Online) - Everywhere we go during this election season, whatever event we attend, it's women whose presence predominates in the proceedings. At Archbishop Chaput's lecture in Chester Springs, PA, easily 400 of the 500+ attendees came from the aptly named "fairer sex." On conference calls, in email blasts, at local rallies and demonstrations, women inevitably outnumber the men. We will pass over the temptation to wax philosophically as to why this is the case in a Church widely considered to denigrate women. However, such female activism easily outnumbers male. Rather, we are taking this opportunity on Day 13, before the election, to pay tribute to three Catholic women from Pittsburgh. Joy Allen, Betsy Radcliffe, and Pat Rowlands are new friends, ones we met at a Catholic voter event in the Iron City's downtown. Joy, as it turned out, is the woman who received national attention for the two subsequent phone calls to her home from the "Obama campaign," playing "the Mormon card." Yet, none of the three cares a twit about being a celebrity. These are ladies who labor mightily and tirelessly in the trenches, using the Internet, email lists, phone calls, and personal visits to fulfill their obligation of "faithful political participation." These three ladies were already in the front lines of pro-life, pro-family Catholics, but when they saw the alphabetical Catholic issues guide being distributed by the Pennsylvania Catholic Conference, their efforts became supercharged. Joy, Pat, and Betsy are determined that Catholics will have access to information that accomplishes two things: first, a clear distinction between settled and prudential issues, and second, accurate information on where the candidates stand on the settled, non-negotiable issues. The following email is being sent to thousands of Catholics in the Diocese of Pittsburgh. We think it's worthy of sharing, because we consider it worthy of emulation. The ladies from Pittsburgh are including four attachments with the emails that we have included at the bottom with links to those documents. Here is what the ladies, calling themselves "email@example.com" write: Subject: TIME FOR CATHOLICS TO BE CATHOLICS Hello, Are you wondering what your role and obligations are as a Catholic in this election? Should you vote as if you were a Catholic first who happens to be a Democrat or Republican? Or do you place your party before your faith? If you are like us, a small group of Catholic women from Southwestern PA, you are likely feeling overwhelmed with the political rhetoric, ads, and negativity. This weekend, the Pittsburgh Catholics will be publishing the PA Catholic Conference guide. What is missing is the U.S. Bishops' (USCCB) powerful statement in Faithful Citizenship and the Gospel of Life about our "clear obligation to oppose intrinsic evils (settled) which can never be justified"...while noting that other political issues (prudential), though not equal in importance, "require action to pursue justice and promote the common good." We are, therefore, suggesting that you explore a few additional non-partisan guides by approved Catholic organizations which we believe will provide more clarity. We have provided the guides as attachments and hyperlinks. THESE GUIDES: - Compare the positions of the Presidential Candidates on the issues, with direct statements or legislation by the candidates. (Priests for Life); - Compare the Democratic and Republican Platforms, (Priests for Life); - Identify which Federal and PA County candidates are pro-life, based on their records (LifePac/PCUC). As the U.S. Catholic Bishops wrote, "every voice matters in the public forum. Every vote counts. Every act of responsible citizenship is an exercise of significant individual power. We urge our fellow citizens to see beyond party politics, to analyze campaign rhetoric critically, and to choose their political leaders according to principle, not party affiliation or mere self-interest." (Living the Gospel of Life) Our prayer is that you will find these resources informative. If you do, we are asking you to please forward this email today to your circle of Catholic friends and family, either at your school, parish, neighborhood, or social groups. We apologize to anyone getting multiple copies of this. Please vote on November 6th and urge your friends to do the same. God bless you and thank you for your help, Catholics in Pittsburgh Joy Allen, Pat Rowlands, and Betsy Radcliffe end their missive with the famous quote attributed to Edmund Burke, "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." Burke never said exactly this, but in his Thoughts on the Cause of the Present Discontents (1770) he said the same thing but said it better: "When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one - an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle." Could it be the case that in our Church women understand this power of association, the force of combined effort, better than men? If Joy, Pat, and Betsy represent a pattern of female effort spanning our nation, and we think they do, then the answer to that question is clear. Article brought to you by: Catholic Online (www.catholic.org) |


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Hampshire Dismissed
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Charlie Shreck and Darren Pattinson made encouraging returns to action in their first LV= County Championship match of the season as Nottinghamshire dismissed Hampshire for 300.
Michael Carberry�s 132 propped up the Hampshire batting effort as Hampshire slipped to 139-5 before his partnerships with Ervine and Cork averted a below-par score.
Pattinson clean bowled Griffiths to end the innings and return 3-85 with Shreck (2-74), Franks (2-58), Patel (2-40) and Mullaney (1-30) also amongst the wickets.
�It�s very difficult to gauge where we�re at in the game but the wicket isn�t doing an awful lot and we�re more than capable of eclipsing Hampshire�s score if we bat well,� said Nottinghamshire Director of Cricket Mick Newell.
�We weren�t quite at our best bowling-wise but Charlie got better and better throughout the day. Darren lacked consistency and lost his line when he was looking for extra pace but he sprang up with wicket-taking balls and had a catch dropped.
�At 130-5, our target was to dismiss them for 230 but Michael Carberry kept them going and didn�t give us a chance all day.�
Newell left out Andre Adams (knee strain) and Luke Fletcher (stomach strain) but has included Ali Brown who is nursing a minor finger injury.
Batting on the track Hampshire intend to use for their inaugural Test between England and Sri Lanka, Neil Edwards (3) and Bilal Shafayat (0) ensured that Nottinghamshire reached the close with all of their wickets intact.
Hampshire: Adams, Carberry, Vince, McKenzie, Benham, Ervine, Pothas (C/W), Cork, K Ali, Herath, Griffiths
Nottinghamshire: N Edwards, Shafayat, Wagh, Amla, Patel, Brown, Read (C/W), Mullaney, Franks, Pattinson, Shreck
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Students who are enrolled in various types of agriculture classes at Oakdale High School visited Oakdale Junior High School on Friday, Jan. 27 to make presentations and display their FFA project animals.
Some families will have to make special arrangements for the care of their children in late February, as school won't be in session. The Oakdale Joint Unified School District will have a full week off for "Presidents' Week," which takes place Feb. 18-22. The Monday and Friday that week are holidays and the three days in between are days off. They are not furlough days, nor is it Spring Break, which takes place in April.
A year ago, Oakdale High School teacher Pete Simoncini submitted a lengthy application to read and evaluate Advanced Placement (AP) U.S. history essays from the national AP U.S. history test.
While the state legislature has mandated that school districts across California put transitional kindergarten programs into action at the start of the next school year (Kindergarten Readiness Act), Oakdale Joint Unified School District is putting the implementation of it on hold.
Oakdale Joint Unified School District school bus mechanic and bus driver Richard Melo and Dina Page, lead custodian at Fair Oaks Elementary School, were recently named two of the six nominees who were chosen to represent Stanislaus County in the California School Employee of the Year program, coordinated by the California Department of Education.
The academic "Super Bowl" for local high schools, the 32nd Annual Stanislaus County Academic Decathlon, is a little over a week away and Oakdale High School is preparing for the possibility of attaining its 12th consecutive championship.
Career Technical Education classes (CTE) offered at the high school level will now count toward graduation requirements in the Oakdale Joint Unified School District. The Board of Trustees heard the first reading of additions about the CTE option to board policy regarding graduation requirements at the Jan. 23 regular meeting.
Following months of obstacles and encountering new territory starting in the summer of 2011, the Valley Home Joint School District is starting 2012 anew. Rolanda Desrosiers-Lewis represents the new era for the 170-student K-8 district after being hired as the new Superintendent/Principal to be a permanent replacement for former administrator Thomas Kevin Hart.
"Dale" the detection dog was on the campuses of Oakdale High School and Oakdale Junior High School on Friday, Jan. 6 showing off his contraband-detection skills with his handler Debra DeShon.
Oakdale High's freshmen, junior varsity and varsity basketball teams aren't the only potential big winners on Friday when Oakdale plays host to East Union at the Mustang gymnasium. The night is Oakdale's Winter Homecoming, where 2012 King, Queen, Prince and Princess selections will be made. Candidates for (junior) King are Spencer Thomas, Marcus Northcutt, Cameron Sluggett, Adam Lahey and Ericksen Dickens. Candidates for (junior) Queen are Tiffany Thompson, Tiara Marquez, Hayley Benson, Makenzie Ohe and Gabby Acosta. Candidates for (freshmen) Prince are Tony Ott, Preston Brunk, Chad McDonald, Tyler Flores and Wade Branch. Candidates for (freshmen) Princess ...
This spring, Oakdale High School will begin having "detection dogs" on campus to assist in enforcing the student conduct code. An informational student assembly is slated for Friday, Jan. 6 during school and a parent assembly will be held that evening at 6 p.m. at Oakdale Junior High School.
In an action announced at a special board meeting on Dec. 27, Valley Home Joint School District Board of Trustees hired Rolanda Desrosiers-Lewis as the new Superintendent/Principal.
Valley Home Joint School District hired Rolanda Desrosiers-Lewis as the new Superintendent/Principal in an action announced at a special board meeting held Dec. 27.
For several years the Oak Valley Care Center has been the recipient of Christmas gifts from students in Tara Vandermark's class at Fair Oaks Elementary School. The sixth graders have conducted an annual candy cane "candy gram" fundraiser to earn money to fill wants and needs at the care center.
California Governor Jerry Brown recently announced that trigger cuts will take place due to an over-projection of income for the state of $2.2 billion. Most of the cuts automatically take effect Jan. 1, with school cuts taking place Feb. 1.
Monday was a real page turner, all across Oakdale.
The annual Distinguished Young Women of Oakdale program, sponsored by Soroptimist International of Oakdale, was hosted Saturday, Feb. 21, at Magnolia School Auditorium. Oakdale High School senior and current Distinguished Young Woman Rachelle Pabalan passed her title to Amy Craig, a junior at Oakdale High School. In addition to the $2,500 scholarship for the title award, Amy received two $200 scholarships in the Talent and Interview categories. Scholarship awards were also presented to Makayla Johnson, Second Place; Jessica Gorman, Third Place; Hannah Copher, Fourth Place; and Haley Dyson, Fifth Place. Jessica also received two $200 scholarships in the Self ...
The Oakdale FFA (Future Farmers of America) will celebrate National FFA Week, Feb. 21 to 28. This year's theme is Go All Out! and it embraces more than 80 years of FFA traditions while looking to the organization's future.
Fair Oaks sixth grade students are clicking back through the sands of time.
Braun and brains might be the best description for the out of towner reviewing the successes of Oakdale High School's student body and its alum.
Following an exciting junior varsity boys overtime win on the basketball court Friday night, the crowd at Oakdale High School was treated to the 2015 Winter Homecoming coronation. Taking the honors were King Derrick Pennington, Queen Kaeli Sturtevant, Princess Emma Burke and Prince Matthew Kjeldgaard.
It was yet another standing room only session for the Oakdale Joint Unified School Board meeting on Monday, Feb. 2. The meeting was conducted at the OJUSD Technology and Staff Development Center due to overlap with Oakdale City Council meeting.
As many contemplate the outcome of the 49th Super Bowl this Sunday another type of contemplation is swirling around Oakdale High School as the AcaDec Team looks to the 35th Annual Stanislaus County Academic Decathlon.
This June will mark 100 years since the first of four generations walked across the stage and earned an Oakdale High School diploma.
The Oakdale Cowboy Museum is once again planning to present scholarships to deserving High School seniors in the Central Valley region. One of these scholarships will go a graduating senior whose family is a member of the Oakdale Cowboy Museum.
It was an emotion packed, standing room only setting as Oakdale Joint Unified School Board called to session its first meeting of the New Year. The meeting was hosted Monday evening in City Council Chambers. The agenda listed routine consent items as well as some procedure/policy modifications. But the issue that brought the crowd was not on the agenda as an action item.
A hero's welcome was waiting at Sierra View Elementary School for Army Specialist Evan Bachelder earlier this month. The soldier is also son-in-law to second grade teacher Linda Kraus and the school staff treated him to a Welcome Home reception, which was followed by a visit with some students.
Offering your home to an exchange student from another country may be something to think long and hard about, but for Carol Berger it was an easy choice. Starting out being a host family, Berger invited several exchange students into her home over the past 20-plus years and has been a representative for exchange companies for more than two decades.
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"The fire damaged the region's timber industry and cost an estimated $15 million to suppress. No structures were harmed."
So there's a $15 million welfare payment to the timber industry.
They should have just continued to let it burn.
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After coming in $400 million over budget following last year's busy fire season, the Forest Service is altering its approach and may let more fires burn instead of attacking every one.
The move, quietly made in a letter late last month by Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell, brings the agency more in line with the National Parks Service and back to what it had done until last year. It also answers critics who said the agency wasted money and endangered firefighters by battling fires in remote areas that posed little or no danger to property or critical habitat.
Tidwell played down the change, saying it's simply an "evolution of the science and the expertise" that has led to more emphasis on pre-fire planning and managed burns, which involve purposely setting fires to eliminate dead trees and other fuels that could help a wildfire quickly spread.
"We have to be able to structure (fire management) this way to help all of us," Tidwell told The Associated Press. "So that we're thinking about the right things when we make these decisions."
The more aggressive approach instituted last year was prompted by fears that fires left unchecked would quickly devour large swaths of the drought-stricken West, Tidwell said. New Mexico and Colorado reported record fire seasons in 2012, and with dry conditions remaining in much of the region 2013 could be another bad year in the West.
In all, the agency oversees about 193 million acres in 43 states.
But the "kill all fires" approach angered watchdog groups and environmentalists, who said it was expensive and ignored fire's natural ability to rid the landscape of dangerous fuels and bolster forest ecology.
"This new policy gives a lot more flexibility. It takes the blanket policy where every fire was treated the same and gives fire managers more options," said Timothy Ingalsbee, executive director of Firefighters United for Safety, Ethics and Ecology.
"Chief Tidwell's move should restore the confidence of the fire management community that all the training and technology that's been invested to give fire crews the ability to work with fire to restore ecosystems will not be wasted by a return to yesteryear's all-out war on wildfires."
While all federal agencies operate from the same federal wildfire management policy, each has its own goals and ways of interpreting it. The National Parks Service, for example, allows more fires to burn on its lands.
But letting fires burn also has its dangers, even in remote areas.
Last year, the Parks Service allowed a fire to burn that started as a half-acre blaze in remote Lassen Volcanic National Park in Northern California. What became the Reading Fire eventually required firefighters and ended up charring 42 square miles of forestlands as it spread outside the park's boundaries to lands managed by the Forest Service and California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
The fire damaged the region's timber industry and cost an estimated $15 million to suppress. No structures were harmed.
While each agency involved had a different approach to managing fires, the confusion during the Reading fire hammered home the need for agencies with different approaches to talk more often about their expectations, a review of the incident found.
Knowing that the Forest Service is stepping back from 2012's more aggressive approach helps different agencies plan how they will respond to fires that have the potential to spread, said Eric Hensel, a National Parks Service fire management officer at the Lassen park.
"What we learned with the Reading fire is that, even with USFS going a little bit further toward (allowing fires to burn), we can't assume anything," Hensel said. "Now we've got some common ground here in terms of our approach, but let's be up front about where we are and work together."
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"The fire damaged the region's timber industry and cost an estimated $15 million to suppress. No structures were harmed."
So there's a $15 million welfare payment to the timber industry.
They should have just continued to let it burn.
We don't have to worry about the Timber Industry…or any other industry effected by this little chess game the Kingdom of Washington is playing with the serfs.
Just wait for the bailout list to show up in a few months.
Long live Corporate Welfare!
Long Live Corporate Welfare!
What the bankers got paid makes pretty much everything else pale by comparison. "One Billion" and "One Trillion" may look roughly the same on the news, but they are not the same at all.
PS – My name's not Ron, either.
Clearly, Smokey the Bear is turning over in his grave (NOT!)
Years ago, forest fires were left to simply burn themselves out. Indeed, many forest-savvy environmentalists now tell us that an occasional fire is GOOD for a forest as it cleans out underbrush and helps the new forest thrive.
I also have no sympathy for people who build homes in fire-prone areas despite warnings to the contrary. They (rather than the government) should be the ones held responsible if their homes burn down as a result.
Our 'concerned' leadership doesn't have money for domestic forest fire control, but have no problem pitching $20 billion plus annually to nations in the Middle East, Africa and elsewhere that for all practicial purposes hate the U.S. other than for the easy money they get handed to them annually. They surely think of us as fools.
It's truly a crime against the American taxpayer; but these globalists r'us facilitators we have sitting in Congress look upon tax revenues as their personal piggybank to fritter away along with a screw "We the People" attitude. Truly a scurrilous lot of men and women that need to be expunged every election cycle. No incumbency ever! : |
Carl Nemo **==


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Appetite Away claims the best way to lose weight is to burn more calories than you consume. That is not new information – all dieters know they have to burn more than they consume to lose weight, but Appetite Away claims to facilitate that weight loss with active ingredients that boost metabolism, increase calorie burn and reduce appetite. Again, this is not a new claim, but some supplements actually work to aid dieters in achieving weight loss goals. The ingredient list for Appetite Away will prove whether or not this supplement is just another in a long line of products that make huge promises but deliver little results or a product that really does help you lose weight.
List of Ingredients
- Vitamin B6
- Vitamin C
- Magnesium
- Pantothenic Acid
- L-Tyrosine
- Green Tea Extract
- Guarana
- Citrus Aurantium
- Synephrine
- Hordenine
- Octopamine
- Tyramine
- Phenylethylamine
- Yerba Mate
- Ginger Root
- DL-Methionine
- Quercetin
- Grape Seed Extract
- Fisetin
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From the first glance at the ingredient list for Appetite Away we wanted to throw the red flag for dieters. This supplement not only contains dangerous ingredients, it hides the best ingredients in a proprietary blend. The AA Proprietary Blend is where all the active ingredients are found in Appetite Away. Green tea being the best in the formula. You have to consume enough green tea to boost metabolism, but the dieter is left with a huge proprietary number of 950 mg without knowing just how much of that comes from green tea.
Guarana, citrus aurantium and synephrine are all stimulants. They will increase heart rate, but they will also increase blood pressure, in some cases. Guarana is likely standardized for caffeine – maybe as much as 200 mg. The citrus aurantium is the source of synephrine and, more than likely, octopamine in Appetite Away. Octopamine has been linked to elevated blood pressure when combined with stimulants. There is no clinical proof it works to reduce weight or appetite.
Phenylethylamine is another dangerous ingredient dieters should be wary off in diet products. This ingredient alters mood and, in some dieters, creates a euphoric sensation similar to that felt when taking street drugs. Dieters on anti-depressant medications should skip Appetite Away.
We found it extremely interesting that no appetite suppressants were found in the formula. We expected to see banaba extract or chromium, at least, but none are included in the formula.
- We found a list of ingredients on the official Appetite Away website.
- Caffeine, sourced from guarana, is proven to boost metabolism.
- Some of the ingredients in Appetite Away have dangerous side effects.
- The formula does not include any appetite-suppressing ingredients.
- There is no clinical proof the formula works.
- No testimonials are listed on the website.
Appetite Away is not an appetite suppressant. The formula is packed with stimulants and dangerous ingredients that will cause side effects for many dieters. There could be dangerous side effects for dieters with high blood pressure and dieters taking prescription medications, especially medications for mood disorders.


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As early adopters of the robot, urologists have helped to advance robotic surgery for conditions affecting the urinary and reproductive tracts. Watch as UPMC urologoist, Dr. Stephen V. Jackman, presents on past and present use of the robot in urological procedures.
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PITTSBURGH – Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald and Port Authority CEO Steve Bland held a press conference today to announce steps being taken to address light rail issues for the immediate future, as well as the short term and long term.
"The failure of the light rail system to provide adequate service this past weekend is inexcusable and cannot happen again. When I began hearing the complaints and issues related to the system, I called on the Port Authority and Local 85 leadership to find a solution and to find ways to improve the reliability of the system," said Fitzgerald. "This is not about sports fans, concert goers, or marathoners. It's about transit riders and protecting transit service. We have been actively working on the funding issues related to our buses and ACCESS so that we can turn to the question of efficiencies and service, but the light rail system is a fixed asset that can be addressed now – and should be."
The Port Authority announced that it will be operating two-car trains on all light rail routes this weekend, doubling the normal capacity on the system. Additionally, extra trains will run between the North Shore and Station Square on Friday evening, Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon. Internally, a number of structural changes, including personnel changes, have been made to improve overall quality control for service. Finally, the Authority will begin working on plans to address other major weekend events that will be occurring in the coming months.
"First and foremost, I extend a very sincere apology to our riders for the delays and service issues we experienced over the weekend. We deeply regret the inconvenience our riders experienced, but are gratified by the overwhelming success of the connector," said Bland. "By working cooperatively with Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 85 leaders, we have been able to assure that there are a sufficient number of operators and trains in service this weekend and will continue to work together to make improvements to our light rail system and our overall transportation system."
Both Fitzgerald and Bland emphasized that the reliability of the transit system is equally as important as the funding piece. The Authority, its union, the county and the Governor's office remain in negotiations to find savings and efficiencies to prevent the scheduled service cuts in September.
Although not in attendance, ATU officials Pat McMahon and Steve Palonis and their union members were integrally involved in the efforts to address the issue with light rail and lauded the cooperative effort to find solutions.
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Can an inexperienced gardener earn money from gardening?
It's difficult for me to find employment because I have a major anxiety disorder. I rarely leave the house due to my fear of driving. My small online business creates just enough income to pay for my rent and utility bills, but it's not enough to pay for other needs like food and health care. This summer I took up gardening and absolutely fell in love with it. It got me out of the house and it gave my life a renewed sense of purpose. Not to mention it did wonders for calming down my anxiety. That got me to thinking...can I earn a living with a small backyard garden?
My backyard is less than a quarter of an acre and it sits on a steep slope. However, I also have a relatively large patio (6 feet x 9 feet). My knowledge of gardening is still very limited. So far I have successfully grown spinach and unsuccessfully attempted to grow pumpkins.
I want to have something ready to sell by next spring. The first step is to figure out what type of plants to grow. Obviously these plants must be in high demand at farmers markets. They must take up very little space in my garden, and they must be easy for an inexperienced gardener like myself to grow. Ideally these plants would thrive in my climate (zone 7a).
Any suggestions or advice?
I'm relatively new at this but I think one of the first things you want to do is find a market for your produce. I did NOT do this and was surprised when I found out that many of the farmers' markets in my area were locked up, that current vendors vote on who to let in and won't allow new produce vendors.
If you are unable to drive, do you know someone who can help you transport your goods to the market?
Someone with more experience than me can recommend vegetables to grow in a small space, but I'd say limit things that take up a lot of space like tomatoes, corn, pumpkin, etc. and try to focus more on something like lettuce and greens that you could succession plant for a steady supply of salad mix. It will be hard to compete with bigger farms if you're selling the same thing as everyone else.
Farmers' markets require a lot of interaction with the public which can be taxing to those of us who are a bit more introverted. Some days I feel like my face is going to crack from trying to smile, but people are mostly very nice too, and I've found the whole experience to be very rewarding. Good luck!
I agree that farmer markets take a more outgoing personality to be really successful. An introvert can do it, but the extrovert seems to do it better.
A beginner can make SOME money, BUT don't count on living on it for several years and lots of experience (you will get that along the way).
From reading your post, it seems like this might be your perfect added hobby that you might make some money off of.
Yes, make sure you have a place to sell from, either farmer markets or from your home (check with local regulations), or even just to friends. Many many people are jumping on the 'band wagon' and the more vendors, the more possible places for those customers to spend money at. Remember that only a certain number of people shop the farmers market and they only spend a certain amount. Some people will only buy from 1 vendor and other may spend a small amount with everyone.
When I first started, I had the experience growing, but not much on the selling part. And you do SELL. Customers don't just come up and beg you to sell. I was so happy when I hit the $100 mark for the season. Even happier when I hit that first $100 day. First season was a total of $1700 sales, but after buying all the seeds, fertilizer, gas for tiller, tiller and other equipment that I didn't have, I lost money. Next year was also a lost, but sales were more like $4000. Finally by the 3rd year I made a profit of less than $100 for 6 months of marketing and about 9-12 months of working and worrying about the market/farm.
Plus I owned the land, so I didn't have to worry about paying rent. I was in an agricultural area, so no zoning either. Just the critters and bugs and then Mother Nature. If Mother Nature decides she wants to be a problem, there is not much you can do about it without spending money.
I know I'm not encouraging you, but I do want you to know that it's not an easy way to make money.
Now for the encouragement, if you LOVE it, grow it. If selling isn't your thing, find friends that like fresh veggies and grow for them. NOT FOR FREE, tell them that you have expenses, but YOUR stuff will be fresher than anything that they buy at the store. Even at the farmers market, if they will only tell you what they want and when they want it. Pick to their order.
Plus this seems to helping you with your anxiety, and that's worth doing it, if only for your own food. Learn how to preserve what you grow and you will find that you will be saving some of those dollars that you are giving to the grocery store.
If you are so disabled by anxiety that you seldom drive, how will you get the stuff to market? On a 6x9 patio you won't be able to grow enough to make back your market fees and gas. Even if you grew basil.
Some things you could do in your own neighborhood that have low to no startup costs, although they do require leaving the house are:
1- Other people's gardens ... gardensitting, weeding and planting help.
2 - House cleaning
3 - Mending and minor alterations (if you can sew)
4 - Pet Sitting
Just don't get discouraged, OhMyGourd. I didn't read your post closely enough, I thought that you had a quarter acre of land, which would be tough, but 6x9 would be very challenging. You could start seedlings to sell in early spring, which would only keep you busy for a few weeks but would give you an idea if you like doing the farmers' markets at all. Could you improve the land on the steep slope? I read an article about a very small farm running a CSA on a quarter acre, which seems impossible but someone's doing it.
The pickle and sauerkraut vendors at my markets do well, if that's something that you might be interested in. But if you find that you enjoy growing vegetables you could also look into renting land from someone else. If nothing else, growing more of your own food is very rewarding.
UPDATE: I emailed my county's agricultural extension office and asked them for advice on what to sell at my local farmers market. One of the agents emailed me back and said she has several ideas. She's going to call me on Monday to discuss some of these ideas. I'm super excited right now!
Good, I'm happy that you have an extension agents that is willing to help. I haven't had that experience with mine.
Since you are just starting out, try to find a market that has low fees that you can get in. Those fees are sometimes more than a newbie can make.
Here is my thoughts . My area the FM charges $200 a year plus you have to have insur ( its a good thing ), The FM here is small and in my eyes is not worth the fee . I sell everything I grow by word of mouth and talking with people , craigslist is another option as well as ads in the local paper
I have 3 markets that have NO fees, and 2 markets that I know of, all within 30 mile radius from my home. 1 market charges $300 plus $2M insurance+vehicle and all kinds of rules, the other 1 charges about $35, and doesn't ask about the insurance. the 3 that don't charge also doesn't ask about insurance. Insurance is a good idea, just to protect yourself.
The most expensive market, I wouldn't try to get into with only a small acreage (less than 1/4 acre), the other 3, I'd try it. Unfortunately for me, 4 of those markets are on the same day, and I haven't figured out how to be in more than 1 place at a time, without help.
I'm in a similar boat as yours--looking to sell my extra plants/produce. So I did some research and found that in my state you need to be inspected and licensed by the Dept of Agriculture in order to sell/transport any kind of plant. Something you might want to ask about with your extension office.
I just spoke to my county's agricultural agent. She said fruit is always a good seller, but warned me that fruit trees take up too much space in a small garden to be profitable. Mushrooms, garlic, peppers, snow peas, microgreens, and mesclun greens are also good sellers that can be grown on a smaller scale. She told me that anything unusual or out-of-season will give me an advantage over other merchants. Locally-grown flowers are also profitable because there are currently very few flower farmers in my county. Looks like I may have just found my niche. :)
Ultra_Violet: Thanks for the heads up! I will definitely check it out.
Know that you will need bushels of produce in order to make any money at this and growing on a small patio just doesn't have the space. My first year I did a 75' x 25' garden and maybe grossed $1400 (and probably spent $2000). The second year we had an acre and grossed around $6K. When we got to around 3 acres we started making a living wage
The two main reasons we made no money was not enough produce and our marketing skills were poor. In order to make money at this you have to grow volume. Make it clear to the extension agent that you have virtually no space. the fact she mentioned fruit trees tells me she doesn't understand you are proposing to do market gardening on a patio that is 6 x 9 feet.
My advice is on such a small space grow only one crop to sell and make sure it is high dollar and sold in tiny amounts. No, herbs do not fit this bill as they are generally not robust sellers.
I second what boulderbelt wrote. Flowers, garlic and some of the other crops mentioned by the extension agent take up too much space. Microgreens and salad mix might work, and maybe something like pea shoots, but I can't see how one could make much money in such a small space. I grew 10, 100 foot rows of mixed produce this year and grossed around $2000. It's amazing how fast a van full of produce will sell at a market. I definitely need to increase production in order to actually make money.
I'd recommend looking at the dollar value of each product that you're planning to take to market each week. For me, if I didn't have a minimum of $200 worth of produce, it wasn't worth the work of going to the market. Packing up the truck, driving to the market, setting up, etc. is a full day's work. And even making a few hundred dollars it was barely worth the effort, but I looked at it as a learning experience. I have learned a lot as far as what sells and what to grow more of next year.
mdfarmer, I agree, it is amazing how quickly a van full can disappear at a good market. I had a 12' cargo van filled to the top and sold about 75-90% each day. I was working with a farmer with 28 acres, and I took 1/3-1/2 of his entire production.
Also agree that you have to figure what your break even point is and make sure that you will have more than that each market day.
One fruit that might help the OP is strawberries, you can grow them vertically and I never have too many of them. University of IL are growing them vertically in a hoop house and doing very well.
Today I measured my backyard and crunched some numbers:
My backyard is approximately 2,000 square feet. I can use at least half of this space for planting seeds and the remaining half for paths. Let's say each square foot of seeds produces a minimum of four seedlings, and I sell the seedlings for 50â each. That's $2,000 worth of seedlings. Subtract taxes and overhead expenses and I'm still making approximately $832.00 a month. When the month is over, all I have to do is plant new seeds and repeat the process.
According to these monthly estimates, my small backyard could generate a decent amount of money:
20.00 farmers market fee
58.00 employee labor
480.00 containers
10.00 fertilizer
25.00 water
75.00 soil
+ 8.00 gas
676.00 total overhead expense
187.00 self-employment tax
185.00 federal income tax
+ 120.00 sales tax
492.00 total taxes
2,000.00 gross income
- 1,168.00 taxes/overhead fees
832.00 profit
Nice to see you're putting pencil to paper and actually looking at numbers - BUT - you rarely if ever sell everything you grow. When I sold seedlings and plants I considered it a good day at market if I sold 2/3 of what I brought. An average day was to sell half. Your market may be different. And you will always need to be sowing seeds and selling seedlings. If you wait until the end of the month to sow your next crop you won't have anything to sell while those seeds sprout and grow. Some plants take longer than others to get up to selling size.
If selling baby plants is what you think will work, I would consider just growing everything up on tables instead of on the ground - your back and knees will thank you.
You will NEVER sell everything you plant. There are always some that die, or don't sell. Depending upon where you live, you will not be able to re-grow the same plants month after month.
Have you decided which plants you want to grow? Some will take 8-10 weeks, not 4 weeks.
Selling plants is NOT easy, believe me I've done it. even with a hoop house that is almost the size of your entire yard space, I can't get that kind of regular income. You will be completing against the large mega greenhouses that supplies the big box stores AND alot of the smaller ones including the farm stores.
I would not expect to receive 1/2 of that on a good month.
We were giving advice on 54 sq ft and now you have changed it to 2000 sq ft, big difference.
Since you have this much, yes, GO FOR IT. just don't expect as much as you have figured.
Just some well earned experience. Plus make sure you don't have some zoning or legal problems that need to be taken care of first.
I noticed that you will collecting sales tax, but you don't have the fee that you pay the state to be able to collect that tax. Different states are different. In Indiana, it's a one-time fee.
You think this is a decent amount of income, while others wouldn't think it is.
OhMyGourd it seems like you're considering a number of different scenarios, which is good. You won't really know what's going to work until you try it. I agree with myfamilysfarm that you won't sell everything that you bring. People like to buy from a full stand, and once your market table gets a bit empty you may find that traffic slows down. I've found that I have to bring more than I'll sell, and I really make an effort to keep my tables full.
At my farmers' market, people are only interested in buying transplants early or late in the season, but mostly early, when they are planning their own gardens. And you will be competing with larger farms, so I'd try to offer something a bit unusual. Nothing too weird, but maybe you could offer several types of tomatoes or Asian greens or something to try to stand out a bit.
Offering something different is great, but too many varieties confuse people. Stick with 3-4 of each color/shape/size of varieties. Most of my customers just want what they are used to, or something near. I've found that more than 10 varieties total of tomatoes are too much. AND no matter what you grow, there will be a few that want something else. Then when you grow that special variety, the customer that wanted it, doesn't show up and not many others want it.
Marla, that's an excellent point!
Ever heard of paradox of choice? Sometimes consumers encounter a choice overload problem because of the many decisions they must make for a particular product or service. The belief that more choices will lead to more avenues for sale is deeply flawed. Scientific studies have proven that when consumers have too many choices, they will buy fewer products and be less engaged.
Here is a fascinating video on the subject. It's one of my all-time favorite TED Talks:
It sounds like you've put a lot of effort into your farmers market business. I would love to hear more of your story. How did you get started, where is your business now, and where do you plan to take it next?
This post was edited by OhMyGourd on Fri, Nov 8, 13 at 15:25
I've heard that a lot from customers. Now what I do is ask, what size of tomato, what color, then I ask what are you going to use it for. this helps the customer and I know which plant to guide them to.
I've told my story several times, and I'm sure others wouldn't want to hear again. I could email you if your email was available, or just email me.
OhMyGourd ... With the increased area, selling well-started but small landscaping plants, especially natives and perennials that aren't being sold by the big nurseries, could be a viable idea. If you do that, you can skip the farmer's markets and sell off Craigslist and have an occasional "yard sale" of plants.
Don't try to compete with Walmart or Home Depot in tomatoes or petunias. Sell things they can't or don't sell.
You don't say where you are living but ...
* Take care of supplementing your household food needs first and locate sources of seeds or cuttings for the market stuff.
Then work on the sale stuff:
* First-year perennials for fall planting, that will bloom the next spring. Echinacea, red valerian, yarrow ... whatever is good for your area.
* Ornamental grasses
* Hardy (for your area) succulents like Hesperaloe or whatever.
It's a low-key, lower pressure niche compared to selling veggies at a farmer's market. Your plants won't be perishable in the way lettuce or potatoes are, they just get a bit bigger and maybe get potted up to the next size and sold for more money.
Lazygardens, I like the way you think. So many people have warned me that I won't make much money with farmers markets, because they haven't made much money, either. They tell me it's a lot of hard work with hardly any pay. It makes me wonder why they keep doing it. I keep thinking to myself, "There's got to be a better way." And I think you just found it.
I visited a plant nursery today and talked to the owner. She said she grows most of the nursery's plants herself, but occasionally she buys plants from local gardeners. I asked her what kind of plants she's interested in and she told me there's always a demand for ground covers. So that's one possibility.
My next idea is to contact local landscapers and ask them what kind of plants they buy the most. If I can offer them what they want at a better price than they've paid before, I'm practically guaranteed to make a sale. So that's another possibility.
I have no doubt that I can make this business work. I just have to keep tweaking it until I find that winning combination. Supplementing my own food needs is important, but if I keep waiting to start this business it may never happen. They say the only way to succeed in business is to actually be in business. I feel like I should be out there making mistakes so I can learn from them.
I live in Canton, Georgia (zone 7b). Canton is a tiny suburb located 30 miles north of Atlanta. It's known as a "sweet spot" among the local gardening community. One of Canton's master gardeners recently wrote an article in the community newspaper. He claims it is possible to grow almost anything here. He has grown plants from every continent across the globe, excluding Antarctica. So, I've got that going for me. The main challenge is working with Georgia's rocky clay soil.
I plan to cover my entire backyard with compost. I've been collecting compost material for several weeks now. My neighbors keep throwing away their bags of leaves (the fools! Ha ha). I take the bags home and run the leaves through a leaf blower in reverse. This shreds the leaves into tiny pieces and speeds up the composting process considerably. By next spring I should have plenty of compost to work with. Meanwhile my neighbors will be buying all of their compost from Home Depot. Hee hee. Perhaps I could sell them some of mine for a special discount price? ;)
selling wholesale means you get about 40% of retail and you have to be able to provide a lot of units to your customers. A home owner may want say 30 landscaping plants but a landscaper will want 500 per week to fill all the orders they have and they will want to pay next to nothing for them as they have to make a profit. And they can always go to a larger plant seller and get a cheaper price and you will never be able to compete with plant sellers that have acres of land and a lot of high tunnels and greenhouses.
And you are correct this line of work generally doesn't make a lot of money but most of us do it because we like working for ourselves like working with plants and like playing in the dirt. Oh and those of use who grow food crops eat like royalty. And in my case money is not all that important. I do not suffer from a love of money/greed. I make money because it is a necessary evil of living in our modern world and my farm does provide enough for two people to farm full time and not work off the farm.
In you case you have a hobby that may well make you a biy of profit on the future but don't expect to ever make much from such little land unless you grow something illegal, than the profits got way way up as does the risk involved.
Like boulderbelt, I grow food and sell it because I enjoy it both the field work and the farmers' market work. I've always had a large garden because I like to grow my own food. I'm not overly concerned about money for now. Having said that, if there was easy money to be had by growing things in one's backyard, everyone would do it.
OP, your compost needs are likely much less than mine, but if you're spreading at least an inch or two on your growing area, you may be surprised at how much compost you need. My local landfill composts yard waste and sells it either bagged or by the yard. We hired a trucking company to deliver a large load of compost when we were amending the soil in our fields. You may also want to have a professional soil analysis before you add too much of anything. Compost tends to have a high ph (ours is around 8), which works well with my acidic soil, but maybe not with yours. If your ph is too high or too low, you won't be growing much of anything.
On your 'free' compost, make sure your neighbors haven't been using LOTS of chemicals. and don't get the walnut leaves. By doing either, you will be building soil, just not soil to be able to work with. Look up about toxicity of walnut trees. I had one vendor friend that had a very very successful market stand (grossed over $100,000 back in the 90s). His SIL thought he would be nice and bring home a bunch of bags of grass clippings and spread them near the rhubarb plants. The vendor lost 1/2 of all the plants because the grass clippings were from homes that used a chemical on their grass. He was never able to recoop that loss before he died.
Your leaves may take longer than next spring to be composted, but eventually you will have much nicer dirt to work with. How about just putting the leaves in 1 big area, but not the entire yard. Lots of people use pallets to build compost areas. That will give you about 4'x4'x4' to work at a time. Working the compost will help speed up the process. Plus it looks nicer.
Make sure you DON'T have future problems with your neighbors or community. So many housing areas have rules about businesses or gardens. Even compost sometimes gets you in trouble.
What about gourds????? You can grow them vertically and sell them on the internet once they are completely dried. People (like me) buy dried gourds for crafts and bird houses! Google gourd crafts and see the amazing things people do with them.
Also, check out the Winter Sowing forum on GardenWeb and start doing that and selling seedlings of all sorts of plants either on Craigslist or just through word of mouth. I also do not drive because of the same reasons as you so we have to be creative.
That's a good point. It will be very difficult for my small backyard business to compete with much bigger businesses. Landscapers probably won't be interested in my plants. However, I can always try selling my plants directly to home owners. If I am successful I can invest the extra income in land, and before you know it I'll be competing with the big guys.
I once thought of money as a necessary evil. Now I think of it as a tool of empowerment. My dad once told me that business owners have a responsibility to make as much profit as possible so they can take care of themselves and their loved ones. That shifted my perspective into a more positive direction.
There is a solution to every problem. If I keep adapting my business I will eventually find success. The important thing is to keep moving forward and to never give up.
This post was edited by OhMyGourd on Mon, Nov 11, 13 at 19:30
Thank you so much for emailing me! I enjoyed reading your story. I can tell that you've put a lot of hard work and effort into your family farm, and I hope that it continues to grow. You deserve nothing but success!
I really appreciate the fact that you have been kind enough to share your expertise with a newbie like me. I also appreciate the fact that you have been so honest with me. This has been a great learning experience so far.
I love your idea! As a photographer and graphic designer, I've always been an enthusiastic supporter of the arts. After reading your post I googled "gourd art" and I was blown away by the results. I can't believe I've never heard of gourd art before. I would love to see what amazing creations you've made out of gourds. Care to share some pictures with us?
Last summer I gave away dozens of pumpkin seedlings at my farmers market. Here's a picture:
When I came back an hour later they were all gone. So there's definitely a demand for seedlings. I wonder how much I could charge for them?
I will definitely check out winter sowing. How old are you, by the way? I hope you don't mind me asking. I'm 26.
Did you give away the pumpkin seedlings in those green pots? - just wondering, because they look too large (the pots) & 'too fancy' to me: what I mean is that I think they are too expensive to give away. If you are trying to supplement your income, I would be careful about the expenses (just my 'five cents' of advice...hope you don't mind).
I get lots of empty pots in spring, when most of the people throw them away. It's good to reuse-recycle! And they are free to you.
Just make sure you wash them well before using.
You can get lots of small pots from seedlings that people by in bulk, and they are best for seedlings.
You could probably get them also in any garden centre - at least around where I live, just about every garden centre have drop-off for empty pots in spring. You can get any size and amount for free.
I don't have experience you are seeking, but few years ago ended up with lots of extras after dividing plants from my overgrown garden. Potted them all up (in recycled pots), since I have hard time to throw away anything, lol. I gave away lots to my friends & neighbours.
I didn't have any space to plant them, so year after (kept them that long in pots!) I decided to sell them at garage/yard sale.
I believe that people usually take better care if they pay for something, even small amount.
They sold like crazy - very inexpensive comparing to store (for example $5 for a plant that would sell for $9.99+tax in store), and I gave discount for more than 5 plants too. Just wanted to get them to the gardeners.
Every plant sold, and people wanted more.
But: 1:timing was really good - just 1-2 weeks into a spring planting season. And I made sure I knew enough about every plant I had (I did, they were from what I was growing).
2:I live in large city, maybe that helps.
3:plants were very healthy
4:I had great variety of plants
5:I did it only few times, since the by-laws here allow only so many garage sales a year. I don't do garage sales, this was my second ever. But it's good idea to find out what is allowed where you live.
6:if I was doing it for living, I would research prices and plan everything. I know I was selling them very inexpensively, but don't forget-I was just getting rid of my extras.
You have to take in consideration all expense, even cost of soil (it really adds up).
Alltogether I ended up with over $1,000 without ever planning on selling anything. Three weekends. Just my extras.That took care of me buying more plants, lol!
Photo of some pots with extra Solomon's seal.
BTW, great tips here from everyone, and I thank to busy people, especially those that grow anything for living, for taking time to post.
This post was edited by rina_ on Tue, Nov 12, 13 at 9:22
There is a market for anything FREE, once you try to recoop your expenses, it's a different thing.
I wish I had started at 26, but never realized that 'town' people didn't have gardens, since I had always lived in the country and always had a garden.
I found that if I grew plants as individual plants they sell better. Most people don't want to buy 4-6 zucchinis or the same variety of tomato plant.
Thanks for your support. I've always tried to help 'newbies' out, most of the time to my downfall. I would help someone at the market, and before long I was hearing my exact statements coming out of their mouths. Then they would go farther and go after my customers. I am a selling type of person, providing I can believe in what I'm selling. And I think that is one of the main reasons that several vendors within my markets would like for me to not be at the market. Thinking that if I leave, they would be able to take over all of my customers.
Now I think I've found my niche, I hope. Each previous time, I found it, then others found it also.
Location is everything! We lived in a western Chicago suburb for many years and seedlings, etc. could be sold for a very good price. Now we are 100 miles west of there in the middle of nowhere and I can't seem to lower the prices enough.
Finally at this summer's farmer's mkt. I had a 'dollar table' and was able to sell everything but made practically nothing. I had gourd planters planted with succulents that in Chicago would sell for $15.00. Here - lucky to get $4.00.
If I lived on a busy road, I would try a stand but my road gets an average of 2 cars a day (and one of them is often mine!). It amazes me to watch the people selling jewelry, crocheted items and very nice crafts selling absolutely nothing some weeks.
For 2014, I plan to do the winter sowing thing which I do yearly in January and will plan to sell seedlings especially for a 'dollar table' and see how that works. (They won't be anything like what I ended up selling for $1 this summer!) For me, clearing $50 a week would make it worth while but I wonder if even that is possible in my situation.
Location does make a very big difference. This year I sold at three different markets, and all were completely different. One market I can sell some plants, not fantastic but some, it is a small town market. The other I can sell plants very well, it is in my home town which is kind of city and yet still kind of country at the same time. The third I hardly sold any plants it is a big city market where I think most people would not know what to do with plants. I did not have any flowers this year, but did have herb plants.
For me I have found my most profitable thing per square foot to be my lettuce and salad mix. At all three of my markets I can sell out of all the lettuce and salad mix that I can bring, every time. I do not cut my lettuce by the head but instead do a cut and come again. I sell it in 6 oz. bags for $3.00 each. I also make around 10 different mixes such as: Just Lettuce Mix, Lettuce and Greens, Spicy Salad Mix (lettuce and mustard greens), Lettuce and Herbs Mix, and more. I think you would be surprised how much lettuce and greens you can get from an small area, and as long as it is taken care of, will grow back very fast. Of coarse your zone is warmer than mine so I am not sure how difficult it would be for you to grow lettuce and greens, but just thought I would mention it.
OhMyGourd ... If you make a niche of selling hard to find plants to home owners at a reasonable price, you can make money at this.
I met a man in New Mexico who raises and sells nothing but native shrubs and perennial plants to supplement his income - he collects the seeds or takes the cuttings, sprouts them, and sells the plants when they are about "gallon size". He specializes in the ones that are nearly impossible to find in a nursery.
He'll sell to landscapers, but they have to pay retail pricing (small discount for large orders), or pay up front for a large custom growing order with no refund.
My former SIL had done the native thing in AZ with cactus. She would go out in the desert and get them. She had to very careful when choosing, since some of them are endangered species.
It now sounds like you have several different directions to go, making up YOUR mind will be the hard thing.
Remember, anything that is easy, everyone wants to try.
Mdfarmer. I'd say don't listen to the naysayers. If you've got a passion for doing something I say go for it. Don't stop dreaming of your goal- you can figure it out. The traditional way of thinking restricts your options. I have 148 square feet to grow in and I cleared $4500 my first year. I'm now in my 3rd year and have a great cash business but I wouldn't be able to live on it. But here's the great thing-I don't want too-I already have a full time job. I make my money with the smallest of space and I have built in customers that guarantee I'll continue to do well. With the amount of land you have you can make a lot more than I possibly can. If you're interested contact me by email. The suggestions mentioned here are just too much work. Sure fruit trees can bring you in good money but they are a lot of work. And you have to stay on top of all the spraying to keep pests away.. A late frost can ruin an entire year. I'm just saying there's a much easier way. You'll have to get a little bit of experience growing but I know it can be done because I've done it. I'm not selling anything, I'm not big talking and I'm not exaggerating.
Interesting. I grow veggies and produce for 5 people in only 160 square feet and make over $2100 a year. That's clear. It's not that much work and qualifies as a side job for me. My busiest days are Tuesdays where it takes me 2 hours to harvest and clean. It was so easy to start-but it was a mistake how it happened. I also teach a "how to do it" class in spring and fall. For 2 years in a row I've made over $5000 per year. Three years ago I wrote an ebook. With the teaching and growing part I made over $10,000 the first year. No exaggeration. So I wouldn't let anybody tell you that you can't make money doing it-especially if you have a lot more land than I have. But it's got to feel like work if it gets too big. My operation is small enough that I can be my own employee and it doesn't feel like work. Believe in yourself and go for it.
Well Boulder, if you think I'm phishing then you don't have to contact me-simple. Some folks are just trying to make some extra money and they don't have the acreage you do and they don't really want to farm. And did I say it was "easy?" I think I said it was work-but not like a farm would require.
Little minnie-I get students from 3 general avenues:
1. As an addition to a library class that I teach
2. Word of mouth by those who have been to a class
3. Free advertising in the local newspaper
Occasionally I will teach an entire neighborhood. I usually get one of those a summer, and there have been some summers where I did 2 or 3(30+ people each time.) I also teach at other local places by invitation that bring in good money.
Here's an example of the ad I am running right now in the local papers. Keep in mind most of the work has been done for the year but there are still a lot of lookers and takers. Here it is: http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=218&ad=31472313&cat=62
Hope that gives you some ideas. It's one of many things I've been able to do. Really-contact me by email. I'm selling nothing. If I am all you need to do is come back into the forum and tell everyone-then I'll be banned from here. Some folks think there's only one way to do things. That's not my experience. Email: email@example.com


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Tests on right-hander Masahiro Tanaka's sore arm came back clean, Joe Girardi told reporters. The doctor said it's just fatigue. Tanaka has been working out at Yankee Stadium these last few days and he played catch this afternoon. He is scheduled to throw a bullpen session sometime later this week. Worth repeating: the tests came back clean. Exhale.
Yankees call up Chris Young, seven others as rosters expand
The calendar has flipped to September, which means it's time for rosters to expand The Yankees announced they have called up eight players from Triple-A Scranton this afternoon: RHP Chaz Roe, RHP Chase Whitley, RHP Bryan Mitchell, RHP Preston Claiborne, LHP Rich Hill, C John Ryan Murphy, OF Chris Young, and OF Antoan Richardson. They're all available for tonight's game. Young took Alex Rodriguez's locker, if you're interested in that sort of stuff.
Whitley, Mitchell, Claiborne, and Murphy are already on the 40-man roster. To make room for Roe, Hill, Young, and Richardson, the Yankees released Matt Daley, designated Zoilo Almonte for assignment, and transferred both Masahiro Tanaka (elbow) and Slade Heathcott (knee) to the 60-day DL. Tanaka has been on the disabled list since July 10th, so he is eligible to be activated next Monday. Heathcott technically had to be called up from Double-A Trenton before he could be placed the 60-day DL.
The Yankees acquired Roe from the Marlins over the weekend and signed Young to a minor league deal last week. It had become obvious Almonte was never going to get a chance in New York, so he has been swapped out for the speedy Richardson, who stole 26 bases in 27 attempts with Triple-A Scranton. Whitley, Mitchell, Claiborne, Murphy, and Hill were all up with the Yankees at some other point this season. Austin Romine is the notable September call-up snub since he's already on the 40-man roster.
As always, the September call-ups won't play all that much these next few weeks. They're there to eat innings in blowouts and give the regulars some rest. Young will probably see time against left-handed starters and Richardson will be the pinch-runner specialist. Given the state of the bullpen, maybe Claiborne or Mitchell will pitch their way into the Circle of Trust™ these next few weeks. Crazier things have happened. Either way, there are some extra warm bodies on the roster now.
9/2-9/4 Series Preview: Boston Red Sox
Labor Day weekend is over and it's time for another surprisingly unimportant Yankees-Red Sox series. I mean, it's not totally meaningless, the Yankees aren't completely out of the second wildcard race, but the Red Sox are. In fact, they're on pace to finish with the second worst record by a defending World Series champion in baseball history, behind only the ain't even tryin' 1998 Marlins. The Yankees are 8-5 against Boston this season, including 4-3 in the Bronx.
What Have They Done Lately?
The Sawx split four games with the Rays in Tampa over the holiday weekend and they've lost eleven of their last 15 games overall. Boston is 12-17 since trading away all their good pitchers at the deadline and they currently sit in last place in the AL East at 60-77 with a -73 run differential. That is the fifth worst record in all of baseball.
The Red Sox have averaged 3.84 runs per game with a team 89 wRC+ this year, giving them a comfortably below-average offense overall. Since the trade deadline they are averaging 3.83 runs per game with a 101 wRC+. So they're hitting better without scoring more runs, if that makes sense. 2B Dustin Pedroia (101 wRC+) is unlikely to play this series due to concussion symptoms after getting elbowed in the head during a play at second base. OF Shane Victorino (87 wRC+) is done for the year following back surgery.
Manager John Farrell's new-look lineup is built around the power bats of OF Yoenis Cespedes (112 wRC+), DH David Ortiz (135 wRC+), and 1B Mike Napoli (127 wRC+). Ortiz and Napoli always kill the Yankees, but you knew that already. New pickup 1B/OF Allen Craig (78 wRC+) hasn't hit since hurting his foot last year and SS Xander Bogaerts (74 wRC+) has been a colossal disappointment this season. That guy was supposed to be well on his way to superstardom by now.
The rest of the regular lineup includes UTIL Brock Holt (101 wRC+), who has slowed down quite a bit in recent weeks, and platoon OF Daniel Nava (87 wRC+). 3B Will Middlebrooks (47 wRC+) still plays regularly for whatever reason. C Christian Vazquez (52 wRC+) and C David Ross (67 wRC+) split time behind the plate. 2B/OF Mookie Betts (119 wRC+ in limited time) is getting an extended audition this month and the bench includes September call-ups IF Jemile Weeks and IF Carlos Rivero.
Pitching Matchups
Tuesday: RHP Shane Greene (vs. BOS) vs. RHP Joe Kelly (vs. NYY)
Boston acquired the 26-year-old Kelly from the Cardinals in the John Lackey trade and so far he has the same number of walks as strikeouts (18) with the Red Sox. He has a 4.14 ERA (4.57 FIP) in 12 starts and 63 innings overall this year, pairing mediocre strikeout (6.14 K/9 and 15.8 K%) and walk (4.00 BB/9 and 10.3 BB%) rates with an excellent grounder rate (53.1%). Kelly has done an okay job keeping the ball in the park (0.86 HR/9 and 12.5 HR/FB%) and his platoon split is tiny. A mid-90s two-seamer is his main pitch, which he'll use to set up low-80s changeups and upper-70s curveballs. He'll throw a handful of mid-90s four-seamers and mid-80s sliders per start as well. The Yankees did not see Kelly when they played the Cardinals earlier this year or the Red Sox last month.
Wednesday: RHP Hiroki Kuroda (vs. BOS) vs. RHP Anthony Ranaudo (vs. NYY)
Ranaudo, 24, has three big league starts (18 innings) are under his belt, and he's won them all despite a 4.50 ERA (6.57 FIP). He has more walks (4.00 BB/9 and 10.3 BB%) than strikeouts (3.50 K/9 and 9.0 K%) and gives up a ton of homers (2.00 HR/9 and 12.9 HR/FB%) because he gets so few grounders (31.1%). Righties (.356 wOBA) have hit him harder than lefties (.332 wOBA) in a small sample. Ranaudo is primarily a two-pitch pitcher who has thrown his low-90s four-seamer more than 75% of the time in the big leagues. An upper-70s curveball is his top secondary pitch, though he'll also throw a handful of low-80s changeups per start. Ranaudo held New York to two runs in six innings in his first career start a few weeks ago.
Thursday: LHP Chris Capuano (vs. BOS) vs. RHP Allen Webster (vs. NYY)
The 24-year-old Webster, who was part of the big blockbuster trade with the Dodgers a few years ago, was the first young pitcher to get the call when the Red Sox started trading away their veteran hurlers earlier this year. He's been awful, pitching to a 6.69 ERA (4.70 FIP) in seven starts and 35 innings, with more walks (5.91 BB/9 and 14.4 BB%) than strikeouts (5.40 K/9 and 14.4 K%). The only thing he's done exceptionally well is limit homers (0.26 HR/9 and 2.8 HR/FB%), and that is an unsustainably low homerun rate. Webster has done a good job keeping the ball on the ground (45.9%) and his platoon split is nonexistent (.353 vs. .352 wOBAs). He'll sit in the low-to-mid-90s with two and four-seam fastballs, backing them up with low-80s sliders and changeups. The Yankees hammered him for four runs and six walks in only two innings a few weeks ago.
Bullpen Status
Since they're out of it, the Red Sox have said they will ease up on closer RHP Koji Uehara (2.66 FIP) and setup man RHP Junichi Tazawa (3.09 FIP) these last few weeks to control their workload. Both pitched a ton the first five months of the season. RHP Edward Mujica (3.77 FIP) is going to see some save opportunities in the meantime.
RHP Burke Badenhop (3.22 FIP) and LHP Craig Breslow (5.18 FIP) are Farrell's other bullpen regulars while guys like LHP Tommy Layne (3.13 FIP) and RHP Alex Wilson (3.89 FIP) were called up in recent weeks. Knuckleballer RHP Steven Wright was the club's only pitching call-up when rosters expanded yesterday. Badenhop, Breslow, Tazawa, Mujica, and Layne all pitched yesterday, none more than an inning. Our Bullpen Workload page has details on Joe Girardi's relievers. Head over to Over The Monster for everything you need to know about the Red Sox.
Thoughts following the Labor Day off-day
The holiday weekend is over and it's back to business as usual. These first days after a long weekend are always the worst. The Red Sox come to town for a three-game starting tonight as well, and those games are always a chore. Anyway, here are some miscellaneous thoughts following the off-day.
1. By far, the biggest storyline of September will be Masahiro Tanaka's rehab from his partially torn elbow ligament. His recent "general soreness" setback was not encouraging, but, based on what we know right now, it seems like a dead arm phase. He has worked out at Yankee Stadium the last few days and even played catch. I know it feels like Tommy John surgery is inevitable — it is really, it's only a matter of time once the ligament tears even a little bit — but I strongly disagree with everyone who says Tanaka should have the surgery now just to get it over with. I know the procedure has a high success rate, but all the pitchers who have had complications during their rehabs from elbow reconstruction just within the last year (Cory Luebke, Daniel Hudson, Patrick Corbin, Brandon Beachy, Jonny Venters, etc.)are a reminder of how risky it still is. And besides, four (four!) doctors advised the Yankees and Tanaka to go the rehab route. Brian Cashman said Tanaka was personally examined by Dr. David Atlchek, Yankees team doctor Dr. Chris Ahmad, and Dodgers team doctor Dr. Neal ElAttrache during the injury conference call, and Jon Heyman reported the test results were also sent to Dr. James Andrews for consultation. When four (four!) of the leading doctors in the field tell you go with the rehab option, you go with the rehab option. Having the surgery against the recommendation of four doctors would have been beyond irresponsible. It would have been a fireable offense for whoever ordered it. Tanaka might end up having surgery because that's just how elbows work. Pitchers break. But hopefully this "general soreness" is just a blip in the rehab and he's able to make a start or two late in the season just so we can some chance to evaluate him heading into 2015.
2. I'm disappointed we are unlikely to see Jacob Lindgren this month but I get it. He's thrown 80 innings this year, which is a ton for a slider-heavy reliever, and there is definite risk to adding a player to the 40-man roster before he is Rule 5 Draft eligible, especially since you're only calling him up for a few weeks in September. I do wonder how much of this is related to the team's place in the postseason race though. Would the Yankees have been more willing to bring him to help out these last few weeks if they were only, say, a game out of the second wildcard spot rather than four games back with four teams ahead of them? Lindgren made his first appearance with Double-A Trenton on August 6th, when the Yankees were only one game back of the second wildcard. He then threw 3.1 innings in his first three outings with the Thunder while the big league squad fell to four games back of a postseason spot. Lindgren then threw two innings in each of his next four appearances. Maybe that's when the decision was made that he would not come up in September, so they moved forward with a plan to make sure he got all of his innings in before the end of the minor league season. Either way, I fully expect Lindgren to come to big league Spring Training next year with a chance to win a bullpen job. He'll certainly make his MLB debut at some point in 2015. You don't draft a reliever with your top pick unless you intend to get him to the show in a hurry.
3. As of this morning, the Yankees have 43 players on the 40-man roster when you include Alex Rodriguez (suspended) and both CC Sabathia and Ivan Nova (60-day DL). I count eight players who will come off the 40-man as free agents this winter (Chris Capuano, Hiroki Kuroda, Brandon McCarthy, David Robertson, Stephen Drew, Chase Headley, Derek Jeter, Ichiro Suzuki) and another five who can be easily cut loose (Matt Daley, David Huff, Josh Outman, Esmil Rogers, Zelous Wheeler), giving the team ten open spots heading into the winter. Tyler Austin is a lock to be added to avoid Rule 5 Draft exposure while others like Branden Pinder, Nick Goody, Mark Montgomery, Mason Williams, and Danny Burawa are on the fence. I'd bet on at least three of those guys being protected, maybe even four. (Just don't ask me which three or four.) Anyway, add those guys and those ten open spots are really five or six open spots. Calling up Lindgren and/or Rob Refsnyder for a month before they're Rule 5 eligible would even further limit roster flexibility. Guys like Jose Campos, Slade Heathcott, Chase Whitley, Preston Claiborne, and Austin Romine could wind up getting the axe this winter just so the team can re-sign or replace Robertson, McCarthy, et al as it is. I'm not quite sure where this is heading, but the point is the Yankees are facing a real 40-man crunch this winter and I have a hard time seeing how it will improve without the unexpected unloading of a big money contract or three.
4. Yesterday ESPN stats guru Mark Simon posted some hard-hit ball data — I really wish this stuff was available publicly somewhere — and the Yankees ranked dead last in all of baseball in hard-hit ball rate for the month of August at 12.4%. That is hard-hit balls per at-bat, not balls in play, just to be clear. The Twins (!?) led baseball at 19.1% last month and the league average is somewhere around 15.2%. This is all based on human stringers watching every game and recording the data, so it is imperfect. It's not HitFX data. Anyway, I dug through Simon's archives and found that, as of August 4th, the Yankees had the 14th highest hard-hit ball rate this season at 15.3%, so basically league average. That number obviously came down last month, after the trade deadline. This matches up with the eye test, in my opinion. The Yankees as a team don't see to hit the ball hard all that consistently, with Brett Gardner and Jacoby Ellsbury the only notable exceptions. There are a ton of weak fly balls and five or six-hop ground balls every game. More than usual. When I look up and down the roster and see, say, Brian McCann with a .245 BABIP or Mark Teixeira with a .235 BABIP or Carlos Beltran with a .254 BABIP, it's not surprising. It doesn't seem like anyone on the roster is having a "bad luck" season. These guys just flat out are making crap contact and getting crap results as a result. That is totally subjective, of course, but Simon's data does back up what my eyes are telling me. Unless these guys magically regain bat speed in the future, it's difficult to believe their offensive performances will substantially improve based on the quality of the contact they're making.
5. The Yankees have 17 home games left this season — the most in baseball, by the way — and I would put money on Derek Jeter starting all 17 of those games. Barring injury, of course. Maybe not all at shortstop, but in the lineup every single day. The team is fading out of the postseason race and their attention will shift to maximizing all things Jeter this month, especially profits. It's just smart business. They'd be stupid not to do that. I know Jeter hasn't been very good this year, especially these last few weeks, but holy crap there's only a month left in his career. I have a very difficult time remembered the pre-Jeter years and I think the post-Jeter years will be weirder than the post-Mariano Rivera years. Jeter is the last tie to the dynasty years, teams that were a huge part of my formative year. You don't forget that stuff and with Jeter gone, the page will be officially turned. It's just … weird. I feel like all I've known is the Jeter era Yankees — I know I'm not the only one who feels like that — and that whole chapter of franchise history is about to close. Getting old sucks, man.
DotF: GCL Yanks drop decisive Game Three of GCL Finals on final day of minor league season
This is the final DotF of the year, folks. The 2014 minor league season is over for all six of the Yankees' affiliates. The Arizona Fall League season starts on October 7th — the Yankees are sending several high-profile prospects to the desert this year — and the other winter leagues start, well, in the winter, but we'll keep you updated along the way. Until then, DotF is on hiatus until the AzFL.
Triple-A Scranton Game One (2-1 win over Lehigh Valley, walk-off style) completion of yesterday's game, which was suspended due to rain in the top of the eighth
- 2B-SS Jose Pirela: 0-4, 1 K — hit .305/.351/.442 with 21 doubles, eleven triples, ten homers, 15 steals, 37 walks, and 73 strikeouts in 130 games
- DH Chris Young: 0-3, 1 K — played yesterday, not today
- PH-DH Scott Sizemore: 0-1, 1 K — played today, not yesterday
- CF Zoilo Almonte: 0-3, 1 BB, 2 K
- 1B Kyle Roller: 2-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 2 K
- RF Ramon Flores: 0-4, 1 K
- C John Ryan Murphy: 2-3, 1 2B – played yesterday, not today … finishes the season with a .246/.292/.397 batting line and nine doubles, six homers, 13 walks, and 42 strikeouts in 51 Triple-A games, a disappointing follow-up to last year's breakout
- 2B Rob Refsnyder: 1-1, 1 2B, 1 RBI — took Murphy's spot in the lineup today and hit a walk-off double
- RHP Diego Moreno: 3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 5/2 GB/FB — 30 of 50 pitches were strikes
- RHP Danny Burawa: 2.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 6 K, 1/1 GB/FB – 26 of 44 pitches were strikes (59%) … back up from Trenton for the final weekend of the season … finishes the year with a 79/30 K/BB in 62 innings after a 66/42 K/BB in 66 innings last year
- RHP Nick Rumbelow: 2.1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 4/1 GB/FB — 24 of 39 pitches for strikes (62%) … last year's seventh rounder climbed four levels this year and posted a 2.67 ERA with a 83/18 K/BB in 60.2 innings
- LHP Tyler Webb: 1 IP, zeroes, 3 K — eleven of 18 pitches were strikes (61%) … last year's tenth rounder climbed three levels this summer and had a 97/22 K/BB in 69.2 innings
Labor Day Open Thread
For the first time since 2005, the Yankees have an off-day on Labor Day. That is kinda weird. Not bad though. It'll be nice to spend the holiday doing something else besides focusing on baseball. We'll post any breaking news or whatnot, plus we will have the final DotF of the season later tonight, but otherwise use this thread to talk about whatever throughout the rest of the day. Enjoy the holiday, folks.
Injury Updates: Tanaka, Ellsbury, Phelps, Beltran
The Yankees are off today, and when they regroup at Yankee Stadium for the series opener against the Red Sox tomorrow, there figures to be a bunch of extra players in the clubhouse thanks to expanded rosters. Here are a bunch of injury updates in the meantime, courtesy of Wally Matthews, Ken Rosenthal, George King, and Brendan Kuty.
- Masahiro Tanaka (elbow, arm) returned to New York specifically to work with a physical therapist at the Yankee Stadium training facilities, which are a million times better than what was available at Rogers Centre. He worked out Saturday and was scheduled to repeat the work out yesterday and today. Tanaka will visit team doctor Dr. Ahmad today, and if everything checks out, he will throw a bullpen session Thursday. "He played catch and did his weight workout. He felt like he needed to catch up a little bit and strengthen himself up a little bit. It's a good sign he (played catch)," said Girardi. "We need to find out (if he'll need surgery). We are taking the normal steps that people take in this type of injury. We are either going to know by the end of September or not.''
- Following yesterday's game, Jacoby Ellsbury (ankle) inadvertently revealed he was going to have an MRI last night once the team arrived in New York. Sounds like that was the plan even before he pinch-hit. The MRI results haven't been announced. "It's still sore, but over the last couple days, they're real happy with the progress that I've made," said Ellsbury. "We've got the off-day, but I'll get the MRI (and) have our doctors look at it. Hopefully it's a good MRI."
- David Phelps (elbow) has continued his throwing program as he works his way back from inflammation, but he has yet to throw off a mound. "He is playing catch, I am not sure what day he will do a bullpen,'' said Joe Girardi over the weekend. The Yankees have already announced Phelps will return as a reliever.
- Carlos Beltran (elbow) acknowledged feeling some pain during his throw to the plate in yesterday's game. He said it was expected and it's just something they have to manage until he has the bone spur removed in the offseason.
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Sliced & Diced: Summer Squash
We have started getting oodles of summer squash in our Happy Box lately. Is yours bountiful from your garden? I have been freezing it the last few weeks in cubes and slices as we use it for various purposes. From time to time there are recipes that utilize summer squash so I thought it made for a great Sliced & Diced.
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As is per usual, when making OAMM recipes you can assume the measurements for a medium summer squash. Remember to adjust accordingly if the vegetables you are using are sizes other than medium.
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