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Originally Posted by saltmarsh
With good supervision and a supply of switches, the 2 kids should be able to do all the work by themselves and still have time to take care of the other vegetables and pull and wash 50 dozen bunches of greens each week. At least that was my experience growing up on a truck farm. After a year or two you should be able to double the tomato production without any additional labor. You should be fair with your children though, treat them like tenant labor and pay them at least 50 cents an hour.
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Another suggestion is to find an outlet for them maters. If you don't already know where help is coming from then I sure hope you have an outlet for them. In my area there are a LOT of sellers. You can get killed on price if you don't have reliable customers.