We were very pleased with our first season. We started off with grass in spring and almost have all of our beds and planting space created but there is still(a bit of)room to grow.

We made it to 10 markets this year which was much more than the 2 I had anticipated attending.

Our gross profit was $844 and expenses $2000. Water is expensive and was about $300 or so for the season. It's hard to tell since it is blended with our household water use. I think we can keep expenses at around $2000-3000 and I am going to target $15k in sales next year - and be overjoyed if we make it to $10k.

Here is a pic from the week before our 2nd last market and of our stand at the 2nd last market.

Everyone's pics are great looking. I'm glad I'm not the only one with not perfectly straight rows.

My market year wasn't like any other year, but I was a different markets. I'll know about those markets next year. Over-all, I think, we did alittle less sales than last year and traveled alot more miles. Overall, it was an OK year, and the stress was alot less with the smaller markets. We ended our season much earlier since we started back to college to learn some of the technical skills to help with marketing and such.

Marla

Here is a link to some photos from the melon patch this year. You can also see one of the rows of tomatoes.

Here is a link that might be useful: photos on facebook