Full day workshop of the #sixfigurefarming tour by JM Fortier author of The Market Gardener, a successful growers handbook for small-scale organic farming

2. establish
commercial
garden
with
good
markets
can
as
much
as…..
0$
/
acre”

3. Les
Jardins
de
la
Grelinette
:
Fermoscopy
0.8
hectare
(1
½
acre)
of
“bio-­‐intensive”
veggies
140
CSA
share
(21
weeks)
+
2
farmers
market
(20
weeks)
Sales
of
vegetable
in
2013
:
+
140
000$
Labor:
2
farmers
and
2
full
time
employee
In
production
form
march
to
December
(9
months)
No
tractor,
fossil
fuel..
(3
200
$
diesel,
2
600$
propane,
260$
gas
f
small
engine)
45%
profit
margin,
3
month
off,
retirement
money….

25. 8
500$
Vs
30
000$

33. «bio-­‐intensive»

56. 3
rows
@
10”

58. 3
rows
@
6”

75. Interlude….

78. We
use
40
tons
of
compost
spread
on
half
the
garden
±80
tons
a
acres
!

90. 30”
Rotary
Harrow
2
200$
VS
12
000$

139. Effectively
schedule
planting
time

169. “Give
me
six
hours
to
chop
down
a
tree
and
I
will
spend
the
first
four
sharpening
the
axe”

170. Crop
planning
steps…
1-­‐Setting
financial
objectives
2-­‐Determining
production
3-­‐Establish
a
crop
calendar
4-­‐Make
a
garden
plan

171. Determining
production
200
“shares”
X25$
X
22
weeks
=
110
000$
@
45%
=
50
000
$
What
to
grow……

173. What
Goes
Into
Shares
include
between
8
and
12
different
items
include
lettuce
in
every
share
(or
spinach
early
and
late
in
the
season).
include
one
variety
of
greens
per
week
include
two
root
vegetables
in
every
share—
carrots
as
often
as
possible.
aim
to
have
fruit
vegetables
ASAP
include
herbs
in
every
share.

174. SHARE
1
(June
16):
spinach
(3$
,
radishes
(2$),
cucumbers
(4$),
summer
squash
(4$),
kohlrabi
(2$),
garlic
scapes
(2.5$),
kale
(2.5$),
arugula
(4$),
cilantro
(2$)
Value
of
the
share
:
26$
SHARE
2
(June
23):
lettuce
(2$),
turnips
(2.5$),
beets
(2.5$),
cucumbers
(4$),
summer
squash
(4$),
green
onions
(2.5$),
Asian
greens
(2$),
bok
choy
(2.5$),
dill
(2$)
Value
of
the
share
:
26,50$
SHARE
3
(June
30):
lettuce
(2$),
spinach
(3$)
,
radishes
(2$),
cucumbers
(4$),
summer
squash
(4$),
kale
(2.5$),
garlic
scapes
(2.5$),
broccoli
(3$),
basil
(2$),
snow/snap
peas
(3$)
Value
of
the
share
:
28,00$

175. Determining
production
How
much
and
when
to
grow
1-­‐Calculate
the
NB
beds
per
200
units/week
2-­‐Determine
the
seeding
dates
required
to
have
harvest
ready
has
planned..

178. H
=
Harvest
Date,
I=
Indoor
seedling,
DS
=
Direct
seeded
T
=
transplant
date
:
Radishes
:
H
:
16
june
DS
:
15
mai
;
1
Bed
Spinach
:
H
:
16
june
;
I
:
5
mai
;
T
:
26
mai
;
3
beds
kohlrabi
:
H
:
16
juin
;
When
to
start
it
(I)
:
16
avril
;
When
to
tansplant
it
(T)
:
16
mai
;
how
many
beds:
½
Summer
Squash
H
:
16
juin
;
When
to
start
it
(I)
:
26
april
;
When
to
tansplant
it
(T)
:
10
mai
+
5
days
=
15
mai
;
how
many
beds:
2

179. Radishes
:
H
:
16
june
DS
:
15
mai
;
1
bed
raxe
H
:
25
june
DS
:
23
mai
;
1
bed
Pink
Beauty
H
:
25
oct
DS
:
1
aout
;
1
bed
red
meat
(Radis
d’hivers)
H
:
20
sept
DS
:
20
aout
;
1
bed
French
Breakfast
H
:
10
oct
DS
:
1
sept
;
1
bed
Raxes
Spinach
:
H
:
16
june
;
I
:
5
mai
;
T
:
26
mai
;
3
beds.
Space
H
:
10
sept
;
I
:
25
juill
;
T
:
15
aug
;
3
beds.
Tye
H
:
1
oct
;
I
:
15
aout
;
T
:
5
sept
;
3
beds.
Space
Beens
:
H
:
20
july
DS
:
23
mai
;
3
beds
Maxibel
H
:
06
aug
DS
:
06
june
;
3
beds
Maxibell
H
:
20
aug
DS
:
21
june;
3
beds
Rodcor
H
:
04
sept
DS
:
04
july
;
3
beds
Edame
H
:
20
sept
DS
:
20
july
;
3
beds
Jade

184. www.duboisag.com

190. Quick
hoops
www.johnnyseeds.com

211. Réseau
d'avertissements
phytosanitaires,
MAPAQ
(RAP)

222. Pile HIGH and Watch it fly!