Well, time sure flies when you're having fun! It's been quite a while since I have last posted. Summer was wonderful! Busy, tiring, and wonderful.
We had our first experience with the local Farmer's Market this summer. Jeremy and I both had the opportunity to meet some great people, and some very interesting people, both farmers and customers. I have come to realize that you cannot predict people. You say nothing surprises you, until the time you think you have a situation nailed, and what do you know, you're surprised! LOL!
Not only was I able to sell our all-natural pastured poultry and wonderful fresh eggs (which that supply died out from hot summer weather), I also sold our friends grass fed beef! Also, local, raw honey, my mom's rag rugs (huge hit!), black walnuts, blackberries! A little later on in the season I applied for my home processing license, which then I had the opportunity to make jams and jellies to sell at the market as well! I wish now that I had done that sooner.
Jam, I found, will make people stop and talk to you, and really take the time to see what you have to offer them. Because I had frozen chicken in a cooler, that I can't display in the hot summer weather, I really needed to make sure I communicated with the customers...I did have a prop on the table. It was a rubber chicken with a target on it, that my son found at the dollar store, I think it was a dog-toy. It worked though! A lot of little kids stopped to squeak it, and some asked how much I was selling it for.
I am not really sure exactly if I made any money at the market, but it was still a great experience, and I learned alot...I observed alot...I talked alot. I guess that's part of the journey.
