Will you please "LIKE" me? : )

Lavender Debs wrote:"Liked"

Have you thought about racks and a small place near your SFG? An e-catalogue with pictures? I am less likely to go to a store than the net. It is early.... I bet you have thought of those already.

The Toy Box Suburban Farm

donnainzone10 wrote:Liked you!

I love the idea of small packets of heirloom seeds.

By the way, are the ingredients of your friend's blended compost a proprietary secret?

yolos wrote:I am glad I am not the only one that does not do facebook or twitter. I am an addict of just about anything, so I try not to get into anything that would be addictive such as facebook or twitter. But good luck with your venture.

I am a management accountant and have had to do this type of analysis for banks and investors many times. My advice to you is to make sure that your presentation to the bank is more than a "Dog and Pony Show." Be ready to discuss your variable costs per item (seeds, packaging, labor, postage), your fixed costs, and your profit per item and how many items you need to sell to break even and cover your fixed costs and interest/principal.

Icemaiden wrote:I liked you too!
Maybe people should "share" as well so you get a wider audience?

sfg4uKim wrote:

donnainzone10 wrote:Liked you!

I love the idea of small packets of heirloom seeds.

By the way, are the ingredients of your friend's blended compost a proprietary secret?

No secret to Justen's compost - it's on his web site:


We start with a
blend of wood chips and food waste to get the right carbon/nitrogen
ratio. Then, we pile the material into large aerated static piles. The
material is kept above 140F
for at least 72-hours straight during the compost process to kill
pathogens and weed seeds. After 90 days of composting and curing, the
compost is screened and ready for sale.
Initially he was using manure, but when he had his compost tested, it kept coming back with small but significant amounts of chemicals. It turns out that the chemicals in the animals' feed wasn't breaking down.

sfg4uKim wrote:

Lavender Debs wrote:"Liked"

Have you thought about racks and a small place near your SFG? An e-catalogue with pictures? I am less likely to go to a store than the net. It is early.... I bet you have thought of those already.

The Toy Box Suburban Farm

I will also be featuring these on my web site, but I was just focusing on getting my loan approved. I teach SFG out of my house and now that hubby is working 12-hour rotating shifts this will be impossible. "Hi, welcome to my home. Please ignore the hairy guy in the towel. He's getting ready for work." Just don't think that will go over too well. LOL

southern gardener wrote:

sfg4uKim wrote:

donnainzone10 wrote:Liked you!

I love the idea of small packets of heirloom seeds.

By the way, are the ingredients of your friend's blended compost a proprietary secret?

No secret to Justen's compost - it's on his web site:


We start with a
blend of wood chips and food waste to get the right carbon/nitrogen
ratio. Then, we pile the material into large aerated static piles. The
material is kept above 140F
for at least 72-hours straight during the compost process to kill
pathogens and weed seeds. After 90 days of composting and curing, the
compost is screened and ready for sale.
Initially he was using manure, but when he had his compost tested, it kept coming back with small but significant amounts of chemicals. It turns out that the chemicals in the animals' feed wasn't breaking down.

Hi Kim: do you know anything about the chemicals that didn't break down from the animal feed? My mix tested with chemical imbalance of some type.