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I'd go for acorns. They're pretty much tastless, especially the modern varieties. I found Thelma Sanders to have a lot of flavor and sweetness, so avoid that :)

Great job! Sold 12 1/2 dozen eggs today and making order for 7 deodorants tonight, plus another for soap and lip balm--whoohoo!

We raise 1-2 each summer now. They get 20-50 lb of vegetable scraps per day, plus about 1 gallon of chicken feed (we grind our own) until they're ready to be butchered. We get them nearly fully grown, though, after they've been raised as fair pigs and simply keep them for a few months to...

Did they come back? Always at least try. I had squash plants in the field last year that looked crispy dead. DH watered them anyway and they came back and thrived.

Nope, including labor. I want my time (labor) to be paid at a reasonable rate, and that is what I consider my profit. I don't have shareholders, so I don't need to get paid much beyond my actual costs and my labor costs. Eggs, meat chickens, syrup/honey are the least profitable things we do...

Family's different :)

Where are you again? If I couldn't sell higher, I wouldn't sell at all. If you figure out how much time it takes to water plants and tend them for 4-12 weeks, plus all your costs, I cannot see how it would be possible to even cover costs at 6 for $1. I've seen over and over again that the...

About 100 :)

Dried fruit, nuts, grains, beans, tea.

Whoa--I charge much, much more! Tomatoes and peppers around here go for $2.50/3" pot. I sell 3-packs of kale, cabbage and chard for $3. One small pot (1 1/2") of basil for $2-3.

I've got a shelves of different types of teas, looseleaf and bagged. Another shelf or 2 for dried beans. One shelf has all types of rice, quinoa, chia seeds, oats. Shelf for variety of nuts and another for a variety of dried fruit.

I think it would be smart to know you have a market before growing the crop. I was talking to a fellow farmer who knew of a couple who had 30 acres of vegetables and no market. They went under. I run a small certified organic vegetable CSA. My husband is a conventional grain farmer. We also...

We had a great trip to Mexico this winter, where all the eggs are stored in the kitchen cabinets. Yeah, I pretty much completely disagree with all stated about eggs, butter, cheese and meat, but the rest looks pretty good :)

I would look at the laws for selling poultry for each state, as well as if they allow inter-state commerce. Sounds like a potential legal problem to me...

Good ideas, Emerald! Chia seeds and flax are also great. Oats for lowering cholesterol. Sweet potatoes are a great alternative to white potatoes and have a lower glycemic load. Read any of Dr. Fuhrman's books about diet, immune system, etc. They're excellent. Definitely cut out fake stuff...

Just come out and say it--explain the last 3 years as caregiver, and explain your physical abilities, either in the resume, in a cover letter or both. I look for part-time farm workers every season, and all I want to know is that they can work hard, work fast and don't mind getting dirty. I'd...

We do this in thinner (1/4" slices) or ground and squirted in flat sheets for jerky.

How about nuts, fruit and raw veggies? If you can give them lunch right before they head out for the workday, how about frozen smoothies? Fruits, veggies, yogurt and juice, enough calories to last a while. If you want sandwiches, try cheese/sprouts/onions/spinach with mustard. Super tasty. Or...

It's just clarified, refined butter. Fat consumption raises cholesterol, esp. animal fats, so I doubt it would lower cholesterol. How about loads of leafy greens, good exercise and a modeate fat intake? Cutting down sugar is especially helpful for high triglycerides. If he has a tight budget...

This time of year we could get by on $0/week, but it averages out to more like $25/week for a 4-person household. We have 3 freezers full of food and a pantry stocked pretty well with more, plus our walk-in cooler for our CSA is also storing root veggies, bulk citrus and wheat berries. We still...