http://tinyfarmblog.com/2007/11/25/outpost-returns/ Daily photo-journal of organic market gardening: growing local food with two acres and some tools...! Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:57:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://tinyfarmblog.com/2007/11/25/outpost-returns/#comment-9131 Mike (tfb) Fri, 30 Nov 2007 16:54:54 +0000 http://tinyfarmblog.com/2007/11/25/outpost-returns/#comment-9131 You've described it exactly! I'm kinda determined to try and stick with the open stand in the field for at least the first full farm stand season, and I have a horror of escalating electricity bills... Maybe a HOLE would work, an in-field cooler, like, a mini-root cellar. Cheap and quick to build: a fairly shallow trench, wood frame, insulated lid. It would take the edge off the heat and maintain humidity... Hmm... You’ve described it exactly! I’m kinda determined to try and stick with the open stand in the field for at least the first full farm stand season, and I have a horror of escalating electricity bills… Maybe a HOLE would work, an in-field cooler, like, a mini-root cellar. Cheap and quick to build: a fairly shallow trench, wood frame, insulated lid. It would take the edge off the heat and maintain humidity… Hmm…

]]> http://tinyfarmblog.com/2007/11/25/outpost-returns/#comment-8969 Love Apple Farm Thu, 29 Nov 2007 08:20:26 +0000 http://tinyfarmblog.com/2007/11/25/outpost-returns/#comment-8969 I have the same trouble with my farmstand. Usually I only sell tomatoes on my stand, and as long as it's not over 95 degrees (F), the tomatoes stay reasonably fresh for a few days. Last year I tried to sell other veggies, too, and although the farmstand is on my property, I could still not keep the eggplants, greens, beans, and flowers fresh enough to sell them all. I've seen farmstands with windowed tall coolers. But there's gotta be a better way! I have the same trouble with my farmstand. Usually I only sell tomatoes on my stand, and as long as it’s not over 95 degrees (F), the tomatoes stay reasonably fresh for a few days. Last year I tried to sell other veggies, too, and although the farmstand is on my property, I could still not keep the eggplants, greens, beans, and flowers fresh enough to sell them all. I’ve seen farmstands with windowed tall coolers. But there’s gotta be a better way!

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