Comments on Fruits of our Neighbors: How to make a planting calendar (Part 2)

I think I spent maybe 60 to 80 hours on the planti...

2009-04-11T21:43:00.000-07:00

I think I spent maybe 60 to 80 hours on the planting calendar project, over the course of a couple weeks. I was definitely floundering around for a bit, but it was a lot of work no matter how you look at it. One thing I kept reminding myself is that the calendar can be used year after year, with simple modifications. It's an asset to my operation now.

R.e. the cost of sustainable food, I think that is the case in most places, but I question whether it is smart trying to make a family living off of a small acreage farm. There are some business models that are unsustainable, and maybe small-acreage farming is one of them. Maybe these farms are only (barely, as you point out) being propped up by the upper middle class because it makes them feel good about themselves. At what point will they go back to Albertson's and Stop and Shop? With such high prices, is the SOLE food movement destined to be a fad?

Very interesting-- I had no idea how many variable...

2009-04-11T09:35:00.000-07:00

Very interesting-- I had no idea how many variables are taken in to account in deciding how to set up your planting calender, much less in deciding how to use your land!! (I can read the google doc just fine.) R.e. last post -- my impression of my local farmers, based on buying from the same ones for going on eight years and working for them at the market on occasion, is that they are barely making enough to care for their families, workers, and land. Maybe this is nit the case everywhere.....?

Thanks, sniffer. I've fixed it, and I don't know w...

2009-04-10T17:16:00.000-07:00

Thanks, sniffer. I've fixed it, and I don't know why Google stopped publishing it.

Hi there. Your Google Docs link doesn't work. So n...

2009-04-10T17:10:00.000-07:00

Hi there. Your Google Docs link doesn't work. So nobody can see or download your spreadsheet.

sniff

Thanks.