Should I sell figs at the farmer's market?

[mom'sfolly]

Around here, a pint box at the farmer's market is about $4. That's some good money with 8 five gallon buckets....40 gallons, 8 pints to the gallon at $4 each is over $1200. That's a whole lot of chicken feed.

 

[sourland]

mom'sfolly :

Around here, a pint box at the farmer's market is about $4. That's some good money with 8 five gallon buckets....40 gallons, 8 pints to the gallon at $4 each is over $1200. That's a whole lot of chicken feed.

Gritty, this is starting to sound like a good idea! $ $ $ $​

 

[LostMindPleaseFind]

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[ChicksterJo]

We have fig trees coming out of our ears here. Our front yard is full of young trees. We used to have a couple pretty big fig trees at our old house. Those big green Japanese beetles would swarm the fruit. I'm not fond of warm figs...which is what you get when you eat it from the tree. I like them cold, but I prefer freshly picked blueberries and cherries. Yum!! But if you can make money off your figs, I say do it!

 

[gritsar]

mom'sfolly :

Around here, a pint box at the farmer's market is about $4. That's some good money with 8 five gallon buckets....40 gallons, 8 pints to the gallon at $4 each is over $1200. That's a whole lot of chicken feed.

See, that's what I'm thinking. I'm going to check out the price at the grocery store before I make my final decision. I will have to buy some japanese beetle traps. Normally I just knock as many down as I can and the chickens do the rest. Beetle, beetle, beetle, fig. That's the order the chickens like it in.​

 

[mom'sfolly]

I saw fresh figs at the grocery store yesterday for $9.99/pound. Now that is some serious money!!!!

 

[Kitt]

Ummm Grit,

you need to send some to me.

 

[Kitt]

But seriously, I think you could make a nice little bit of xtra cash selling them.

 

[NYRIR]

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See, that's what I'm thinking. I'm going to check out the price at the grocery store before I make my final decision. I will have to buy some japanese beetle traps. Normally I just knock as many down as I can and the chickens do the rest. Beetle, beetle, beetle, fig. That's the order the chickens like it in.

 

[HorseFeatherz NV]

Good gravy.....or should I say Fantastic Fig - with those kinda numbers *sigh* just think of the new coop you could build and the fortress you could build to keep the cows outta it.