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Written by Ryan on 2024-10-12 at 17:16

Looking for great resources online or locally for starting a farm / orchard, or agriculture in general. Any leads?

There's a dream somewhere of running a flower farm + orchards + apiary...

[#]farming #philly #agriculture #solarpunk

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Written by vga256 on 2024-10-12 at 17:39

@ryan owned/operated an organic flower farm for a few years. off the top of my head:

books:

• The Market Gardener by Jean-Martin Fortier

• The Flower Farmer by Lynn Byczynski

• Floret Farm's Cut Flower Garden by Erin Benzakein

• The Back Yard Beekeeper by Kim Flottum

• The New Organic Grower by Eliot Coleman

comments:

• if you are serious about this, go work on an existing farm near you for a few weeks or months before tackling any of it yourself.

• when selling to markets, it is the least gratifying, high-stress and low value job i have ever done

• growing flowers, market gardening and beekeeping sounds great on paper and in the imagination. it is fun to do in your backyard. it is a misery to do agriculturally.

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Written by Ryan on 2024-10-12 at 17:53

@vga256 this is all greatly appreciated, thank you! Both resources and words of caution.

Finding ways to dip our toes in instead of chasing something shiny is absolutely a priority. I'm sure it'll mold our focus and approach over time.

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Written by vga256 on 2024-10-12 at 17:54

@ryan i did a year-long Master of Organic Gardening course before starting my farm (with my wife).

we both agreed 4 years later that the best decision we ever made was selling our farm 😅

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