Well, this isn't really a full project plan, but it does list some of the key items that need to be accomplished before I will be able to offer shares and officially become a CSA, This is not always the most fun part, but it is necessary to have an idea of where one is going.
- Finances - Done
- Set up business checking account
- Set up business paypal account
- Order phone credit card reader
- Misc Business Stuff - Done
- Order business cards
- Create website
- Start Facebook Page
- Fruit Tree Order - Done (Trees to begin yielding in 3-5 years, commercially productive in 4-6 years)
- Apples - Grand Gala, September Wonder Fuji, Granny Smith
- Nectarine - Hardired
- Peach - Carolina Bell
- Small Fruit Order - Done (To begin yielding in 1-2 years, commercially productive in 3-4 years)
- Blue Velvet and Blue Moon Honeyberries
- Windbreak Tree Order - still debating what kind of trees
- Farm design - Done - year one and two design
- Earthworks
- Berms for windbreak and fruit trees
- Ditches on level (swales on contour)
- Purchase Equipment
- Scale
- Seed Starting Equipment - Use Existing
- Seed trays, lights
- Seed starting soil mixture - Done
- Farm stand table, chair, shade - Use Existing
- Save reusable items
- Plastic grocery bags - Started
- Cardboard
- Seeds for trials - Done (Ordered an unusually large number of varieties of peas, tomatoes, beans, peppers, and squash to see how well the various varieties grow)
- Order herb seeds - Done (cannot find lemon balm)
- Create trial garden
- Maintain growth and yield records
- Sell extra produce
- Learn to cook
- Take a lot, a lot, a lot of pictures
- Determine if I will offer a CSA this year, or continue with the mini-farm stand
- Order next set of fruit trees
- Order strawberry plants
- And?
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