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Old June 10, 2017   #11
bower
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Picking, packing and transporting... The amount of labor involved in harvesting for market is something that blew me away when helping out at my friend's farm. I just couldn't imagine it until I was out there on harvest day. Growing is really a small part of the effort, compared to getting the stuff ready for market.
Ultimately, your wages will come down to: How fast can I make a bouquet.
I wouldn't personally invest heavily in this sort of plan unless I had already done a trial run of the time to pick/pack what I needed to earn a decent wage from the trip to market.
But for me I guess that's hindsight 20/20... I am not so quick with knife or scissors as it turns out. I enjoy the work but my livelihood doesn't depend on it... the full time farm workers are fast like the wind to make just basic wages.
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