Do you have a vegetable or fruit stand? How did you make it? Is it just a card
By writersedge
@writersedge (22563)
United States
July 28, 2008 1:44pm CST
table under an umbrella? The wind blows so hard here, that wouldn't work for us. Did you build your stand? If so, how did you make it and what does it look like? Do you have a money box? Do you leave it out without supervision or do you sit with your veggie/fruit stand? Have you made a good amount of money from your stand? How many years have you been doing it? Will you do it again next year? What fruits and/or veggies do you sell? Was this a good year for you? Thanks and take care.
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@carolbee (16230)
• United States
2 Sep 08
I can't seem to grow any veggies at home. Have never worked for a stand or had one myself. What I would visualize is a fruit stand made of wood with a roof and maybe even an outlet for electricity so I could have a fan blowing. Would have to be in the shade because of the intense heat here in the Missouri. Let me use my imagination for a minute and say I would sell strawberries, bananas, apples, oranges and all veggies. Maybe even some tea or lemonade as well.
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@writersedge (22563)
• United States
3 Sep 08
Usually you sell what you grow, but there are some resellers, too. Response above was interesting.
With intense heat, maybe you would need to keep most of your stuff in picnic coolers and only put a little out at a time.
Thanks and take care.
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@JoyfulOne (6231)
• United States
2 Sep 08
I have a farm and used to always have a veggie stand. I'd mainly have sweet corn, tomatoes, zucchini, and later in the season...pumpkins. What I did was have a wooden cart/wagon, and park it at the end of the driveway. I'd have the corn on one end, and boxes with the other stuff (to keep it separated.) I also saved my grocery shopping bags (paper and plastic) and kept them available so they'd have something handy to carry their stuff in, to keep them from blowing away I kept them in a box with a lid, and marked the box 'bags'. I had a huuuuuge umbrella that kept them shaded, besides the natural shade from the tree I parked it under.
Out where I live most of us farmers have a box with a slot and it's on a honor system...in other words, we don't stand there and watch the box, people see the sign 'how much for what and how many' and they put in the correct amount. People often find it hard to believe, but at the end of the day we've never ever been shorted, almost always there's extra cash...not less. And we've never been 'ripped off.' On the chance that I've been out there when a customer was there, they'd always say 'don't worry about the change....it's cheaper & fresher than the supermarket.' I always had a sign on the money box with a big 'Thank you' on it.
A couple of times a day I'd mist the corn to keep it fresher. At the end of the day, I'd drive the wagon away from the front and take the surplus in and either freeze it, or otherwise preserve it for our own family. Most of the time it'd be all gone, and I still had enough in the garden for us for towards the winter. I find that sweet corn, beefsteak and cherry tomatoes, are always hot sellers, as well as the beans and the pumpkins. I haven't had a farm stand the past few years, but it was fun all the years I did it! (As well as profitable)
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