Free Write 1-29

I am in a good mood today. The only thing I am worried about is that we are supposed to have striong winds and I just finished building a greenhouse and have roughly 10 thousand dollars worth of plants in it and I dont want it to blow away. I called and had my hired hand throw straps across it and tie it to my work vehicle at the place the greenhouse is at so hopefully it will be ok. I am also in the process of getting all the bids and designs together to add on to my parents house. THey left me in charge and said get it done so I am. We are addign a new family room bathroom basement and closet. THis will be approximatly 45*25. THe hard part about this process is the time. You have to deal with the dirt work guys and the concrete guys all on seperate time tables from the contractors. I have found a way to save money by buying the materials myself and bringing them to the workstie. THisw cut roughly 3000 dollars off of the price. I am in the next week going to have to plant those 10000 dollars worth of plants which is roughly 6700 plants into 4 inch containers and make sure they stay warm and are ready to plant in april. We will start planting the 3rd week in April and will wrap up in the first week of may. These platns will mature quickly and by the middle of july they will have berries ready to harvest. We will not harvest the first year however do to the integrity of the plant. We will harvest the next summer and the plants make roughly 8000 dollars to the acre. I am putting in 7 acres and looking to put in 13 more next spring. I love agriculture and have been fortunate to find an opportunity to sell these berries to a winemaker. He is also looking to expand into Missouri and wants me to help get him established which will be a nice paycheck. I am very fortunate to be where I am becuase as soon as I get it ready I have a buyer wanting to buy part of my berrries for dietary supplements.