Today, I’m trying out a new idea – Crop Planning Profiles. Essentially – how do you get a crop to fit into your planning spreadsheets? I thought I would start with a crop that folks keep asking about – asparagus. I would love to hear what you think of this new feature. Disclaimer time: The … More Crop Planning For Asparagus
Well I could tell you to grow profitable crops. I could also tell you to grow crops that don’t take a lot of space for the volume you harvest. Or I could tell you to grow crops that fit with your current weeding tools and systems. But today, I’m going to tell you to grow … More What vegetables should you grow?
Finally, farmers markets are over and the field is cleaned up. It’s time to kick back with a seed catalog and start choosing what to grow next year. It’s always fun to dream of all the new varieties you’re going to try and the new tools you’re going to buy and how they will make … More A good crop plan starts with a good sales plan
You can watch the video ere. So, did you manage to record every harvest you did this summer? Do you have perfect records of how much crop came out of the field? Yes, these records would be wonderful. But if things got a little out of hand this year (or maybe a lot out of … More
You can watch the video ere. I’m sure this never happens to you, you plant a bunch of stuff but don’t record it during the growing season? And then, in the middle of the winter when you’re going to get crop planning, you can’t remember how many beds of peppers you planted last year? Well, … More
I made the front cover of Growing For Market with my article about running a Team Season review. We do a team season review every September at Tourne-Sol Co-operative Farm. It is one of the most significant ways we’ve figured out how to improve farm operations. In the article I break down how we run … More Running a team season review
You can watch the video ere. One of the first steps to start Crop Planning for your farm is to make a sales plan. You want to set up a table with your crops along the left side and the weeks you’ll be at market or CSA along the top of the table. Then you … More fsa tip #75 – Highlight when your crops are available in your sales plan
How to navigate your crop plan data with the Filter Tool in Google sheets. You can watch the video here. Here are the basic steps 1?? Highlight all your data (CMD-A or CTRL-A) 2?? Click CREATE A FILTER in the menu toolbar 3?? Inverted triangles appear in the headers of your columns 4?? Click on … More fsa tip #74 – Navigate your crop plan with filters
Crop planned last December Seed received in January Seed sown in June Transplanted in July Weed free and healthy in August Going to be harvested in October It’s nice to have a spreadsheet on hand that can keep track of the thinking in the time between making decisions and all the actions. After a quick … More Three rows of Radicchios
The ultimate Crop Plan spreadsheet tool is Pivot Tables. I’ve mentioned them before and I’m sure I’ll mention them again. Pivot Tables let you turn a spreadsheet full of columns and data into a simple schedule or calendar that is easy to read and easy to share. Here are the basic steps 1?? Highlight all … More fsa tip #73 – Crop Plan: Pivot Tables