Made a few $$ on anything lately?

[HilltopDaisy]

Just wondering if you've made a few bucks on anything from the homestead this summer.

My neighbors set up a cute vegetable stand by the road and sold cukes and squash and a few other things, and they advertised on craigslist. I've seen cars there a few times. I bet they made enough to pay for their seeds. Every little bit helps.

I sell eggs at work for $3 a dozen, and have a waiting list of several days. Sell a pair of birds every so often. It might cover the cost of feed. I bought some new Buff Orpington chicks this Spring and I plan on hatching eggs to sell chicks this spring. I have Delaware's and Welsumer's for hatching eggs next Spring. I sell honey and Nigerian Dwarf goat kids, too.

Another neighbor sold close to 800 chicks this summer, by incubating all his fertile eggs and sold mixed chicks for $1.50 -$2.00 each, straight run, with a free ad on craigslist.

I'm thinking about making a big batch of soap, probably to sell to coworkers, for the holiday gift giving.

How are you all doing? I won't be able to retire for another 14 years, so I can't really homestead like I'd like to now, but all the little things add up, and they sure do give me a wonderful sense of accomplishment.

[Lizza]

My girls made $575 showing their herd's of dairy goats and dairy cows in premiums at our local county fair last week (plus one cake entry). I've been meaning to post a picture of one of our doe's down in the goat forum, she got "Best in Show"! Very exciting. We've never gotten best in show before.

For selling animal products, my goal is to always just break even so my own milk/eggs/meat are free besides labor. Doesn't always happen but it's the goal at least.

[Timberline]

We sell a few eggs year round and sell a couple heifers and/or steers every fall. I don't sell any produce, we use most of it and give any extra to family. You're right, every little bit helps.

[Callieslamb]

I bought a pregnant ewe for $50. Kept her a couple of months and sold her for $200.

[Texasdirtdigger]

Did a little bit of sewing...Nothing else to sell. ( sigh)

[Kmac15]

Sold some honey this year, first time we had some extra in 3 years. We sold out in 2 weeks.

[lmrose]

We sell enough goats, garlic, rhubarb and eggs every year to cover our property taxes, any animal feed and what little I buy at the grocery store. That said we don't buy much grain as the animals eat mostly from the pasture , hay we dry and from the garden. We could sell alot of organic vegetables but don't anymore. The weather is too unpredictable from year to year. We grow for ourselves and give the rest away.There are more people here now trying to have market gardens but it is hard. Last year was to wet and this year too dry. We always said the farm has to support itself otherwise we couldn't farm.

[jmtinmi]

DH planted a nice sized pumpkin patch & he is hoping to sell them. We will see.....

[travlnusa]

Been having a good year buying holstein baby bull calves at 3 days and selling at 400lbs.

[beaglebiz]

my kids had an honor stand this year, and are still making money on their vegetables. (they have their own gardens lol)
The youngest planted a pumpkin patch with cinderellas, pie pumpkins and jack o lanterns. There are tons out there. One of the cinderellas is so perfect, he plans to enter it in the fair. He also plans to sell the extras.
I donated pints of zucchini relish for the boy scouts to sell at their hot dog stand. They sold them all for $3 a jar (we served the relish with the dogs, so people were able to try it. ) We raised about $100 just in zucchini relish (but now I have a pint jar shortage)

thats about it. we gave away or bartered lots of stuff

[willow_girl]

I sold a truckload of seedlings and perennial divisions this spring. Had a lady call me today looking for tomatoes for canning. Said she has been paying $16 a bushel and thinks that's high! I have no idea what the going rate is, but I told her I didn't have enough to sell this year (I'm all caught up on my canning at the moment) but to feel free to check back next year. Who knows, I may have a bumper crop and want to get rid of some?! $16 is $16, although for that price, I think I'd rather put them in my own pantry (unless I get too many to keep up with!)

[CountryWannabe]

I made a couple of bucks on my heirloom melons. All small, two-serving type. They grew rampant this year. Way more than we could eat, so I sold 'em for $3 a pop. W/Mart was selling similar for $3.50, obviously not heirloom and no doubt picked at less than optimum time... What I made will pay for all my seeds next year plus perhaps a few more canning jars.

Mary

[sandc]

46 meat rabbits for $10 a head
26 pedigreed rabbits for $20-$40 a head
155 gallons of goat milk $5-$6 a gallon
32 dozen eggs $2 a dozen - free range birds I don't feed in the warm months
44 ducks various breeds $6-$15 each
Roosters bought at auction $.70 each and sold for $5.00 each about 50 or so.

I think I did good this summer so far. Trying to figure out where I am exactly to see if I am in the black after feed this year.

[MO_cows]

Soon we will have a vet call to preg check and should have 3 bred heifers to sell. Started selling extra eggs instead of giving away. Would like to try a punkin patch or melon patch and see if we could make anything.

[Emmy D]

I just this week listed our farms on Local Harvest and have had several calls about buying eggs!!

www.localharvest.com

Emmy

[Patt]

We sell eggs and vegetables and bread that I bake all through an online farmer's market. We also sell rabbits butchered and ducks and geese. In the past we have sold milk. Plenty to make money with on your farm and people are looking for fresh and local!

[JuliaAnn]

About $480 in small potted fig trees, and a about another $50 in assorted natives; small mayhaws, sassafrass, witch hazel, etc.

Hoping to do much better next year. I had to work the first 4 months of this year away from home and didn't have time/energy to propagate as much as I should have.

While it is not something we grew or made ourselves, we have been buying nice, older bikes cheap, doing minor repairs, and making about 20 to 40$ per bike profit. It's not much, but it's a kind of fun hobby/sideline to have gotten into.

[Wendy]

Milk, eggs, soap, candles, butchered chickens, & whatever else I can come up with.

[taylorlambert]

Sold several buckets of squash to 2 local supermarkets, and 2 restaurants. Also will seel them turnips and mustard greens to. I will also sell some atthe truck patch.