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<blockquote data-quote="Warren Allison" data-source="post: 1849141" data-attributes="member: 40587"><p>Scott has a pretty lucrative side gig that is passive farm income , for<em> him</em>, at least. Our Kudzu place is just covered slap up with blackberry bushes, wild plums, muscadines and scuppermongs. And looks like it will be a bumper crop this year. The edges of all his row crop land, the old dove field, etc, are eat up with wild plums and blackberries too. He has that orchard with apple, pear, peach and pecan trees. He plants about a 2 acre garden each year...and that doesn't count his watermelon and cantelope patches, and his sweet corn patch. They bought 480 tomato plants to set out this time.</p><p></p><p>There is an old couple ( I say they are old...I think they are about 3 years older than me and Scott!!! LOL) that lives in a house on his place. The man drives farm equipment for Scott, and he and his wife plant and tend the garden. She also helps Mattie with her canning ( and her wine, whiskey and rum making). There is an independent truck stop with a cafe at the exit to Scott's place., It is not very busy anymore, because at the exits to the north and south they have they newer Love's, Flyin J's, Racetracks/ways, and Q T's. That cafe is the only place to eat though, for 20 or more miles in either direction. They have some stalls or booths in the front parking lot, and Scott rents a good sized one. The couple, Zeke, and used to Mattie, pick blackberries, plums, scuppermongs and muscadines, and they sell them in that booth . And they sell tomatoes, watermelon, cantelope, apples, peaches, pears, peanuts and pecans in season. Lot of times they will sell excess sweet corn, beans, peas, cabbage, collards, turnips, peppers, squash and okra in season out of that garden, too. They also sell Mattie's and Bonita's ( The woman is a Seminole from south Florida, and Andrew is a Mexican. He was a<em> legal</em> migrant worker back in the 70;s down there in Fla, where they grow all the tomatoes, etc, and that is where they met. Dunno how they ended up in middle Ga, but they have been on Scott's place for 30 years or more) preserves, jellies, sorghum syrup, relish, chow-chow, etc. Til Mattie got beat up and hurt, they also used to sell boiled peanuts, fried pies, and they made peanut and pecan brittle. Oh, and they sell yard eggs from Zeke's chickens. A neighbor puts beehives around Scott's orchard, and at the garden, and they sell his honey for him, too.</p><p></p><p>Scott pays the rent ( I think $500 a year), and he buys the Mason jars, baskets, sacks etc., and gets his money back each year, and takes just 25% of the sales. It ain't passive income for Andrew, Bonita, Mattie and Zeke, but it sure is for Scott! It is a shame there aren't any kids around there who'd want to work. I bet they pick maybe 10% of the blackberries and wild plums. and less than half of the muscadines and scuppermongs produced just on the Kudzu place.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Warren Allison, post: 1849141, member: 40587"] Scott has a pretty lucrative side gig that is passive farm income , for[I] him[/I], at least. Our Kudzu place is just covered slap up with blackberry bushes, wild plums, muscadines and scuppermongs. And looks like it will be a bumper crop this year. The edges of all his row crop land, the old dove field, etc, are eat up with wild plums and blackberries too. He has that orchard with apple, pear, peach and pecan trees. He plants about a 2 acre garden each year...and that doesn't count his watermelon and cantelope patches, and his sweet corn patch. They bought 480 tomato plants to set out this time. There is an old couple ( I say they are old...I think they are about 3 years older than me and Scott!!! LOL) that lives in a house on his place. The man drives farm equipment for Scott, and he and his wife plant and tend the garden. She also helps Mattie with her canning ( and her wine, whiskey and rum making). There is an independent truck stop with a cafe at the exit to Scott's place., It is not very busy anymore, because at the exits to the north and south they have they newer Love's, Flyin J's, Racetracks/ways, and Q T's. That cafe is the only place to eat though, for 20 or more miles in either direction. They have some stalls or booths in the front parking lot, and Scott rents a good sized one. The couple, Zeke, and used to Mattie, pick blackberries, plums, scuppermongs and muscadines, and they sell them in that booth . And they sell tomatoes, watermelon, cantelope, apples, peaches, pears, peanuts and pecans in season. Lot of times they will sell excess sweet corn, beans, peas, cabbage, collards, turnips, peppers, squash and okra in season out of that garden, too. They also sell Mattie's and Bonita's ( The woman is a Seminole from south Florida, and Andrew is a Mexican. He was a[I] legal[/I] migrant worker back in the 70;s down there in Fla, where they grow all the tomatoes, etc, and that is where they met. Dunno how they ended up in middle Ga, but they have been on Scott's place for 30 years or more) preserves, jellies, sorghum syrup, relish, chow-chow, etc. Til Mattie got beat up and hurt, they also used to sell boiled peanuts, fried pies, and they made peanut and pecan brittle. Oh, and they sell yard eggs from Zeke's chickens. A neighbor puts beehives around Scott's orchard, and at the garden, and they sell his honey for him, too. Scott pays the rent ( I think $500 a year), and he buys the Mason jars, baskets, sacks etc., and gets his money back each year, and takes just 25% of the sales. It ain't passive income for Andrew, Bonita, Mattie and Zeke, but it sure is for Scott! It is a shame there aren't any kids around there who'd want to work. I bet they pick maybe 10% of the blackberries and wild plums. and less than half of the muscadines and scuppermongs produced just on the Kudzu place. [/QUOTE]
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