[Dien Rice]

Originally Posted by GordonJ

I'll spare the stories, albeit, interesting. But, who cares?

You want an Instant Harvest? Two words:

Foraging. The acquisition of food by hunting, fishing, or the gathering of plant matter.

Gleaning. To gather what is left by the reapers.


Easy. Now about the reapers, they learn to plant seeds for what people want.

Or grow the want. As in the case of my Uncle Frank Yoder, who shrank his tropical fish business down from 35 varieties to 7 of the most popular...I guess the old 80/20 PRINCIPLE of learning what most of his customers, retailers...would sell; mostly the top 7 varieties.

Later, at his dirt farm, he planted mostly Pumpkins, because he figured a way to profit more from them than what he got out of the same ground with a variety of veggies.

So, why can't you Glean profits from other people's fields? You can. It is the way to an INSTANT HARVEST.

Foraging isn't as popular as it once was, but combined with exchange, (barter), a bushel of cherries or black walnuts used to get us a bushel of green beans or tomatoes.

Not as many wild berry bushes to find, but the concept; value exchange...is the very essence of a successful JV.

Hi Gordon,

First, this is great!

Second, I'm not too clear on what you mean by "gleaning"... Could you explain further?

I'm really enjoying this series of posts...

Best wishes,

Dien