BIG PROFITS FROM LITTLE PLANTS
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There's nothing unique about this young Ohio entrepreneur's
success with his cash crop. Anyone who wants to make a few
hundred (or a few thousand) back-to-the-land dollars with
minimum effort should be able to do it with strawberries.
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If you have your own acreage, of course, you're all set . .
. and if not, you can lease garden space.
Everywhere—including the edges of
communities—there are small tracts which are nothing
but a summer weed problem to their owners. Check around.
You should be able to find at least one landlord of a
vacant city lot who will be happy to have you relieve him
of its maintenance. Remember, also, that your operation
needn't be in one piece . . . several nearby plots might
work out well for you. (Your beds won't bear until the
second year, of course, so make your agreements
accordingly.—MOTHER.) And preparation of the
soil is no problem because you can rent power equipment or
hire the owner of a machine to till your ground for a small
fee.
The market for strawberries appears to be insatiable, and
when your plants produce you should find plenty of buyers
willing to pay good prices. If you find sales slowing up at
the end of the short season (usually less than a month), a
discount of a few cents per quart will probably wipe out
any surplus.
If you don't care to plant in volume, remember that you can
still enjoy your own fresh-picked, tasty fruit . . . from
as little space as the borders of your sidewalk—if
you're still citybound—or from that sandy corner of
your homestead that you weren't really sure what to do
with. Even a window box of everbearing plants might give
you a sauce dish of delicious berries several times a year.
In short, strawberries are a cooperative crop and will
reward you well whether you grow them for pleasure or for a
very tidy profit.
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