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total investment in the vegetable garden amounts to about $3,500 with $1,560 spent for seeds and the rest for a tiller, sprayer and plow bought secondhand to supplement the equipment he already had.
Family Labor
He hasn’t figured in the cost of labor, all of which he and his brother supply themselves. The two men have put in uncounted hours. “We’ve had time for picking and selling and that’s about it,” he said.
"And sowing,” Lucy interjected.
“Not much,” Ted responded, shaking his head. “We don’t have time to put out new plants and I haven’t even played golf but one or two times this year.” As for his beef cattle operation, the cows are taking care of themselves, according to Triplett. “And they’re doing a right good job of it!”
Just the beans alone look like they’d require a lifetime to harvest. With 6,000 feet of plants in rows 740 feet long. “I know I’ve been doing some picking when I get to the end of one of those!” Ted joked. “With all the labor that’s required, truck farm
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