Although some of my friends find it funny, one of my favorite things about the New Year is that it brings with it a new fiscal year. I am a big Dave Ramsey fan and am definitely the “nerd” in the relationship for those who know what that means. Picture me with a giant pie chart dictating to my husband as though I am the CEO of a giant corporation. Okay, so that hasn’t actually happened yet, but I can see it in my future. Anyway, I thought I would share how we handle bookkeeping here at the farm. It has been a big change for me to go from having my little utility bills and car payment to now having thousands of dollars cross the desk at any given time. It has also been a big change for my husband to shift from his old bookkeeping method: shoving everything in a box and sorting it in to piles at the end of the year. After a couple years of working together we have developed a pretty good system and hope to refine it even more this year. INCOMING:One key part of keeping track of everything is keeping everything. My
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2009 Seed Order
I was hoping to recap the varieties of produce I had grown last year but since last years invoice is currently missing I think I’ll wait and do that at a later date. I made my list of seeds to order awhile back and decided today was the perfect day so I went ahead and placed my order. First, I sorted through the seeds left from last year. Here is what I have left from 2008 (all purchased seeds): Dill – Bouquet: never opened, never did make pickles anywayGolden Bantam 8-Row Sweet Corn: After sweet talking my hubby in to rototilling the main garden (breaking sod for the first time) I decided not to push it and try for an extra patch for sweet corn. Maybe this year tho!Connecticut Field Pumpkin: Again, I didn’t have a separate patch for them. I think I’m going to plant these at my Mom’s house if she’ll let me since they’re relatively low maintenance and she has lots of room.Long Purple Eggplant: among my seed starting failures, a lot leftDanvers 126 Half Long carrot: LOTS left!Marketmore 76 cukes: a few seeds left, not very happy with their performanceShort Stuff sunflowers: never got around to
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