… and then the rains came !

  We had a great weekend, even with the ending rain.  We had the largest selection of PA locally grown, freshly picked, chemical free produce we have had all summer.  13 varieties in all.  We had corn, watermelons, tomatoes, several types of squash, eggplants, onions, potatoes, peaches, apples, zucchini, cucumbers.  I think that is it.

  Friday at T&R  Farms we had a great day.  That very small farm market has picked up very well for being pretty much its first year.  We go in there with low expectations, but are always surprised at the number of people that show up to buy.  It is not the easiest place to find in Kunkletown.

  Saturday was decent.  No records set, but a great day at Saylorsburg.  We went into Sunday in the profit margin which is always how we like hitting Sunday.

  We expected big things on Sunday and we were not disappointed.  The problem became that it started to rain just before noon.  That is right before out end of day push where we do really well.

  We were OK with ending a little early as we had to go to a party for our nephew, Josh, who is home from Pakistan and the Navy for 15 days.  His father gave a really great “Seafood Boil” party.  WOW, the food.

   Still have a couple good weekends left.  So we are set for them.  It is all to quickly coming to an end.

It ain’t over until it’s over

  This has been a strange selling weekend.  I guess we got a little cocky after Chuck did so well on Friday.  We never do that well on a Friday, so, of course, we were sure it would last all weekend. WRONG !

   Saturday was average or even a bit below average.  The weather was near perfect, the produce was fresh, had a variety, priced to sell, and ready to go.  So, what went wrong?  Who knows, but folks just were lukewarm about buying.

   We sold Sunday, though we thought on Friday if Saturday did really well, we would be sold out on Sunday.  The market was so full of vendors, they were turning them away.  Problem there becomes you may have twice the vendors, but not twice the buyers.

  Produce seems to be saved some from that, as there aren’t that many of us and very few who just come on nice days.  By the end of the day and the end of the weekend we were sold out.  Didn’t happen as cleanly as we hoped but it did happen.

First Full Weekend of August – WEEKEND #8

This is turning out to be a very odd and strange selling weekend.  We opted to only use farmers in Kutztown area on Thursday.  A gamble as the Amish of Lancaster had much better prices last week, than the Mennonite farmers did.  May end up a gamble that pays off.  We did exceptionally well on Thursday.

  Chuck sold Friday in Kunkletown (I took off first day in six weeks.  Needed a mental health day alone. )  Sold corn, squash, tomatoes, cantaloupes, potatoes.

  Surprisingly he nearly sold out on FRIDAY !!!!!  Means we head out on Saturday with everything we have left.  The stuff we were going to sell on Saturday, plus the hold back we normally keep for Sunday.  Plan is that if we do well tomorrow, we will not be selling on Sunday and take the day off. 

  Not exactly what we planned, but makes for a great plan if it works that way. 

Just When you thought it couldn’t get any better

We just ended selling for Weekend 7 and it was fantastic.  We had a decent day at T&R Farms on Friday.  We certainly didn’t set any records there, but was a quiet way to start the weekend.

  We had purchased on Thursday in Kutztown and on Friday hit Lancaster.  Chuck sold while my father and I drove to Lancaster to by Amish produce at Leola.  We came back from Leola with another 50 dozen corn and added 160 cantaloupe to the mix.

   Saturday at Saylorsburg was a good day.  The weather was really nice, not too humid.  We took half the cantaloupes and only had bi-color corn along.  We had the white and bi-color on Friday.

  Sunday became a HUGE ‘if’ day.  The weather had turned to possible rain and thunderstorms.  We took the chance that it would only rain in the PM.  We were right (for a change)

   Loading the rest of everything we owned for the weekend, we headed off.

   It could not have been better.  By the end of the weekend we had sold 86 dozen corn, 160 cantaloupes, all the beets, cucumbers, that we owned.  We had a box of hot peppers, a box of plums and a box of zucchini left out of two very full trucks.  

   The gross income was a definite record along with the weekend net income.  If this could only last for 52 weekends a year !!!!!!