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Old February 23, 2016   #7
Uncle Doss
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at the local farmers market in my area, nothing is worth anything.
Tomatoes, if I price them at anything higher than $1 a pound, I take them all back home.
I started last year at $1.50 a pound, but two other vendors get there every week, walk around checking everyone elses prices, then mark their stuff lower. They bottom out at $1 per pound, so every other vendor has to follow suit or sell nothing.
I do get $2 for cherry tomatoes.
I had always charged $1.50 pound for green beans. last year the weather was horrible and no one's beans produced very well. I was just about to raise my prices to $2 pound due to lack of availability and selling out within half hour every week, but then comes Ron, he grew a ton of them and set his price at $1 per pound. So I left mine at $1.50 and still sold out quickly every week.
Bell peppers, I get 2 for $1 or 3 for $1 depending on the size and quality of the pepper.
most other peppers (mini sweets, banana, jalepeno, etc) I get 10 for $1
zucchini 50 cents to $1 each
cucumbers 3 for $1 for straight 8s, 10 for $1 picklers
sweet corn, when we have it is $4 dozen
pumpkins vary depending on size, variety, and quality, but the small Baby Boo and Jack Be Little types, we get 50 cents each out of those
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