Tuesday, October 20, 2009

But why do you want so much garlic?

I've been very busy working on my farm plan.  I am a very good farm planner.  I am a very poor farmer. 

I have been working on garlic.  I bought three heads of seed garlic on ebay and was able to plant TEN cloves, so I will have TEN heads next fall.  Not much of a money maker there.  SO, I ordered SIX more heads from Johnny's Seeds (with shipping it was like $30.00-ouch) so I will have a total of THIRTY-FOUR cloves planted, so I should get THIRTY-FOUR heads next fall.  Still, barely enough to keep the vampires away.  BUT, I figured if I plant the cloves from the THIRTY-FOUR heads in the fall of 2010, then I will have ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-SIX cloves to plant, and then in the fall of 2011, I will have FIVE HUNDRED FORTY FOUR cloves to plant, 2012, TWO THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY SIX, 2013, EIGHT THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND FOUR, and then in 2014 I will have THIRTY FOUR THOUSAND, EIGHT HUNDRED AND SIXTEEN cloves of garlic to plant.  If I sell half of my garlic at $.50 a head, I will make $8,704.00. and be able to plant the other half for 2015 at which time I will have SIXTY NINE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED AND THIRTY TWO heads of garlic and if I sell half and plant half, I will make $17,408.00.   


Therefore, how long did it take Ms. Delores Porches to get from Kalamozoo, Michigan to Lake Titicaca, Peru if she WASN'T wearing a hat? 

Smiles from the (stinky) farm,
Lisa

7 comments:

  1. In my estimation, you are spending entirely too much time thinking and not enough eating - Peanuts, that is. The Little UnDead does not like your plan, by the way.

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  2. Do goats eat garlic? Maybe they should. You know how goats are often used for sacrificial rites...sort of a vampire/goul type thing. You could market your garlic as a goat protector. Then, you could charge more $$$$$ for your garlic, and earn even more thousands of $$$$$$.When you make all that money, let me know when you attend the auction....I wouldn't want to bid against you with all that extra cash you'll have. Hugs, Kathleen

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  3. And so it goes, on and on and on and on. I love garlic and can't wait for you to be rich in a couple of years, then I can say, "oh, I knew her when." Char

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  4. I think our up coming Holiday Halloween, is affecting your thinking? tee hee

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  5. That might be enough garlic for a year; probably not though.

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  6. Sounds like a good plan to me! : )
    Warm wishes and happy planting!

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