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drew51 · October 1, 2015

I admire you guys who try to earn a living at this. I just could never do it. Too much work, not enough profit. I could not maintain my lifestyle selling produce. I would really like to, but as a med tech I just make so much more moneys, it is not realistic. So I stick to backyard growing. I'm retired now, and still feel the payoff is way too small. Jobs have kept me in the city too. The closer to Detroit, the more one is paid. I can double income working 8 miles from the city, versus 80 miles. My wife is a nurse and makes the same i did as a lab rat. She is still working. So the tomatoes remain on my table only.

October 1, 2015	#61
drew51 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Sterling Heights, MI Zone 6a/5b Posts: 1,302	I admire you guys who try to earn a living at this. I just could never do it. Too much work, not enough profit. I could not maintain my lifestyle selling produce. I would really like to, but as a med tech I just make so much more moneys, it is not realistic. So I stick to backyard growing. I'm retired now, and still feel the payoff is way too small. Jobs have kept me in the city too. The closer to Detroit, the more one is paid. I can double income working 8 miles from the city, versus 80 miles. My wife is a nurse and makes the same i did as a lab rat. She is still working. So the tomatoes remain on my table only.