the flower farmer: an organic grower\'s guide to raising and selling cut flowers, revised and expanded

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Acre-for-acre, flowers are the most profitable--as well as the most beautiful--crop on the farm. In The Flower Farmer expert flower grower Lynn Byczynski provides a complete introduction to raising a cornucopia of cut flowers for home use and for sale to retail customers, florists, and other markets.

The book offers detailed, manageable plans for flower growing on a scale ranging from a backyard border to a half-acre commercial garden. It will appeal to a broad spectrum of readers, including:
 

• Home gardeners who want growing tips from professionals, so that they can enjoy an abundance of flowers year-round in fresh and dried bouquets


• Passionate gardeners and small-scale growers who want to raise and sell cut flowers in season for additional income


• Small commercial farmers who want to increase farm revenue or even make a living from selling field-grown, specialty cut flowers.
  
  The Flower Farmer provides a clear, realistic look at both the benefits and the challenges of growing flowers organically for local markets. Chapters include information on:
   


• The best varieties of cut flowers--an A-Z list of more than one hundred recommended annuals and perennials, spotlighting the cultivars that are grown by professional flower farmers


• How to cut, store, and preserve flowers for long-lasting beauty


• How to dry flowers for crafting or for a dried-flower business


• Flower-arranging basics from a designer's perspective


• Extending the season with woody shrubs and trees


• Marketing options for commercial growers, including sales at farmer's markets, supermarkets, florists, and wholesalers.
  
  Sprinkled throughout are profiles of successful flower farmers--from Vermont to California, Texas to Wisconsin--each of them providing a unique perspective proving that growing flowers can be as profitable as it is satisfying........
  
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the organic farmer\'s business handbook: a complete guide to managing finances, crops, and staff-and making a profit

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Contrary to popular belief, a good living can be made on an organic farm. What's required is farming smarter, not harder.

In The Organic Farmer's Business Handbook, Richard Wiswall shares advice on how to make your vegetable production more efficient, better manage your employees and finances, and turn a profit. From his twenty-seven years of experience at Cate Farm in Vermont, Wiswall knows firsthand the joys of starting and operating an organic farm-as well as the challenges of making a living from one. Farming offers fundamental satisfaction from producing food, working outdoors, being one's own boss, and working intimately with nature. But, unfortunately, many farmers avoid learning about the business end of farming; because of this, they often work harder than they need to, or quit farming altogether because of frustrating-and often avoidable-losses.In this comprehensive business kit, Wiswall covers:

• Step-by-step procedures to make your crop production more efficient
• Advice on managing employees, farm operations, and office systems
• Novel marketing strategies
• What to do with your profits: business spending, investing, and planning for retirement

A companion CD offers valuable business tools, including easy-to-use spreadsheets for projecting cash flow, a payroll calculator, comprehensive crop budgets for twenty-four different crops, and tax planners........
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