Plant sale at our site

fatbelly · « **on:** May 17, 2008, 19:20 »

Hi,.
We had a plant and Rhubarb sale at our lot today and put up signs outside the plot advertising it to the Public.
Our prices were low but we took £624
The public really liked the idea of buying plants and fresh Organic Rhubarb from us. We have all planted extra seed Spuds and intend to sell them over the fence in October, again Organic and Fresh.

agapanthus · « **Reply #1 on:** May 17, 2008, 19:27 »

That's a good bit of money....good for you!

lucywil · « **Reply #2 on:** May 17, 2008, 19:37 »

we are not alowed to sell any thing we grow on our plots, it's one of the t&c the council has

compostqueen · « **Reply #3 on:** May 17, 2008, 19:57 »

yeah but you don't have to take any notice

Take a magnifying glass to their rules and it probably isn't anything of the sort on them

commerlad · « **Reply #4 on:** May 17, 2008, 20:02 »

How is the Bolsover in Bloom sale going then Compostqueen

compostqueen · « **Reply #5 on:** May 17, 2008, 20:07 »

Not as well as it should be as it very cold. When we have hot weather,people by bedding plants, plant them and come back for top ups but if it's cold they don't buy them at all

We're there again tomorrow so hopefully better weather tomorrow, and more punters expected at the food fair, we might shift some stuff

fatbelly · « **Reply #6 on:** May 17, 2008, 20:20 »

Quote from: "lucywil"

we are not allowed to sell any thing we grow on our plots, it's one of the t&c the council has

All profits from our sale went to improve the site for everyone.
The plants we grew we donated for free with all monies going to the society.
No individual made anything at all.

I myself donated 19 Cabbages, 4 Broccoli and 8 Sweet Pea plants.

SnooziSuzi · « **Reply #7 on:** May 17, 2008, 20:20 »

£624 is excellent takings! You should all feel proud of yourself

I suggested having a spring sale (bedding plants, 'plug plants' etc) and harvest sale (harvested surpluses) at our site every year in order to raise funds for repairs etc that our parish council won't fund. Didn't get much of a response at the time, but if we could even raise half that amount at each sale I think it would change their minds!

how much did you need to sell to raise that much?

lucywil · « **Reply #8 on:** May 17, 2008, 20:31 »

Quote from: "fatbelly"

Quote from: "lucywil"
we are not allowed to sell any thing we grow on our plots, it's one of the t&c the council has

All profits from our sale went to improve the site for everyone.
The plants we grew we donated for free with all monies going to the society.
No individual made anything at all.

I myself donated 19 Cabbages, 4 Broccoli and 8 Sweet Pea plants.

sounds really good, we could do with something like that to improve things on our site

Lee1978 · « **Reply #9 on:** May 17, 2008, 20:47 »

I wish we could do something like that on our plot as it a fantastic way of raising funds for the site. Do you need to inform the council that you are doing this?

compostqueen · « **Reply #10 on:** May 18, 2008, 08:37 »

no, tell em nowt . If you only want to flog a few veg for your site's benefit get on with it

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