Daydream thread... without the rose-tinted specs

alfie_1

:j:j i have super fast broadband :j:j "landlady" has had satelitte [well a dish] fixed up on my chimney pointed at IOW [via a water tower] that provides broadband to us who dont get it from the "Big Boys" :T i can now download things and not make dinner, have a bath and sleep before its finished i can watch a film that doesnt resemble an old fashioned book flip chart !! im a tad excited..... :rotfl:

lostinrates

Well, this batch if topsoil is just lovely, but seems super sterile. Just as well we filled the bottom with our much to save money. Our muck at the bottom is like a wormery. Wish we had some ready compost. Maybe I'll try a green manure in some of the planting gaps for a bit of 'life'.

Rummer

Where is everyone today???

lostinrates

I'm baking a cake with almost the last of our apples from front garden. None in the freezer this year, its been just too quick. I 'm making a blackberry tart in the morning so I plan to pick the berries later today.

COOLTRIKERCHICK

Rummer, I have been researching, and trying to get customers for our potential new business, as it looks as though the meeting last week with the wholesaler didn't go well, BUT I did learn something out of it, first thing, make sure your product has a logo or something saying where its from, so us it is wales, and the welsh dragon, so people know instantly it is a local product... second thing...even though the lady was lovely... and only doing her job, they practically expect you to produce/make an item and give it away, as the price she wanted me to try and match, would only leave me with pennies on a large order...


I know it is common knowledge that supermarkets etc are ruthless with pricing etc, and want the lions share of any money to be made, BUT it has really has opened my eyes... and will def go out of my way now to try and buy local, and support independent traders....


I have been phoning up about another produce/farmers market, but its on Saturday, so its a bit too short notice for me to organise how I would 'display' my wares lol

Rummer

In anything related to animals the key marketing things are location, traceability, welfare and taste.

The people that are willing to pay reasonable prices like their food to be local sourced so they know they are supporting local business and that their carbon foot print is low. Traceability so they can see that animals can be traced back to source and are preferably born and raised in the same place. Welfare is so important to so many and highlighting the happy, healthy as close to nature life that animals have had is great. Taste often comes from a wonderful combination of these aspects as well as careful prep.

It sounds to me CTC as if you are doing everything the right way. You started small and have taken exceptional care of your animals and are now raising your own and exploring business options, I have no doubt you will find the ideal routes that suit you

COOLTRIKERCHICK

by the way Rummer, it has nothing to do with the pigs lol... that will be for another day, ( I mean year) as I noticed in the smallholder show, and at the produce market I went to on Saturday... a lot of people are/trying to do pork...


In reality.. a produce market will only be good if I can pick up some key customers... just to get the product off the ground...


so I need to look at something else to run along side it, if I am to do markets on a regular basis.. I know it was too late to think about it last year,( we did talk about it on here ) but Holly.... near to Christmas.... and instead of chopping down the horrible crab apple tree, try and get some mistletoe juice to stick on it ..lol


so I need to find out how do I sell it, bunch etc and how much to charge.. there will be a mix of green and variegated ( I know where there is some 'winks')

Rummer

COOLTRIKERCHICK wrote: »

by the way Rummer, it has nothing to do with the pigs lol...

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: oh well what I said is still true :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

I guess I missed your sharing of ideas :o sorry!

Rummer

CTC are you still making things from your gorgeous welsh blankets??

alfie_1

evening all...... what a mad day.. :eek: first off i have 2 little dogs dropped off [ dog walker friend picks them up from owner, walks them, then drops to me] at 8am tues,weds,thurs. i take them with me for the day with mine. she is ALWAYS punctual... this morning by 9am and no phone contact i started to worry she was on the forest injured...:o but she had locked herself out of her car ! she had 6 dogs and her phone was in car :eek: so another local dog walker broke into it for her eventually.... THEN my golden lab had a funny turn :eek: wandering round disorientated, panting and peeing constantly rushed her to vets and he thinks she has a urine infection... injection plus tablets ... if no improvement in 48 hrs gotta take her back.. then realised id left my bank card at home :mad: so went back to work, dropped the 2 dogs home, then raced over to pay bill... rush hour traffic just got home... old girl seems a bit brighter now so fingers crossed. the 2 labs are 13 now and a bit arthritic phew.. glad to sit down. CTC... if you can sell it i can get you a van full of misteltoe also friend would like to order some bacon and chops and sausages x2 if possible aswell as me