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People not only love fresh fruits and vegetables, they get a kick out of picking their own. Lots of people enjoy spending an afternoon picking their own strawberries or raspberries, or gathering their own basket of apples.
If you are great at growing fruits and vegetables, and would like to start your own small business, you can start a profitable home based, ‘pick your own' fruit and vegetables business.
How to Get into the ‘Pick Your Own' Farm Business
In order to run a successful ‘pick your own' business, you need to have a good supply of produce growing on your property. Rows and rows of raspberries and strawberries come back year after year, and will be ready for your customers to pick them. You just need to make sure you have a head start on your supply of fruits and vegetables to be picked before you open your doors for business.
In addition to your fields, you will also want to set up an area for your customers to pay for their pickings. Set up an attractive area that allows fruits and vegetables to be weighed and paid for.
This is a great place to sell additional items such as home made pies, jams and jellies.
Take advantage of every season, and make sure your ‘pick your own' business grows a variety of fruits and vegetables that will take you through most of the year.
People picking strawberries and raspberries in the summer can come back for apples and pumpkins in the fall. Your property might even allow for customers to come back in the winter to pick their own Christmas tree.
Skills Needed:
Your skill in growing a great supply of fruits and vegetables will be the key to running a successful ‘pick your own' business. Your green thumb will take you far in this business.
Marketing skills will also be important. People need to know about your ‘pick your own' business, and be enticed to come out and give it a try. A strong advertising campaign can get families out to your property. With encouragement, families will start a tradition where they come back to pick their own fruits and vegetables at your home season after season.
Experience Needed:
You need to have experience growing fruits and vegetables in order to run a successful ‘pick your own' farm business.
Startup Requirement:
You will need to have all of the tools and equipment required to plant and maintain your fruits and vegetables. You will also want to have a stock of containers so that your customers can gather their pickings.
Resources:
PickYourOwn.org
Pick-Your-Own Operations and Farm Stand Options for Your Business
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