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Post by oxbowfarm on Aug 11, 2012 6:51:13 GMT -5
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Post by littleminnie on Aug 11, 2012 7:34:00 GMT -5
Awesome. It is good practice for writing meaningless decorative words. Nice neat handwriting!
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Post by oxbowfarm on Aug 11, 2012 9:31:58 GMT -5
This is probably the ultimate use for this trick for Oxbow Farm, other than a few decorated Halloween pumpkins and squash for our own personal use.
If I were to sell a decoratively scarred pumpkin like the ones you are making it would fall into the same class as a painted pumpkin as a decorative non-food item and I'd have to charge sales tax, which means getting a NY state sales tax ID # and adding lots of paperwork to my life.
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Post by littleminnie on Aug 12, 2012 22:30:49 GMT -5
Well maybe. i do declare sales tax for plants and flower bouquets. But I'll be damned if I will consider a pie pumpkin with some words on it not edible, or garlic and onion braids, chili ristras. I guess corn shocks would be decorative only. My sales tax came to $38 which I paid early in the year online. The website was super confusing. Then last week I got a nasty letter saying I never filed, I paid yes and they have the money but I didn't file with it. Well I blame the website.
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Post by littleminnie on Aug 27, 2012 21:36:12 GMT -5
Some of the Cinderellas have dark green 'patina'. Here is what the butternut and cinderella area looks like now.
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Post by steev on Aug 27, 2012 22:39:11 GMT -5
The red and black Cinderella is very attractive; are they tasty?
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Post by littleminnie on Aug 28, 2012 9:17:38 GMT -5
Whatever. Do you think people will buy them? Maybe they are more like Halloween . I am not sure what did that. If it was a Musque De Provence the color splash would be normal.
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Post by oxbowfarm on Sept 19, 2012 20:20:48 GMT -5
I really like the way the maximas scar the best. Here's a couple we did for some of my daughter's little friends.
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Post by littleminnie on Sept 19, 2012 20:59:13 GMT -5
I agree Maximas scar best. I will not bother with moschatas again.
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Post by bluelacedredhead on Sept 20, 2012 12:17:59 GMT -5
We attended a Fall Fair last weekend where they actually had a children's competition for pumpkins that had been etched.
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Post by littleminnie on Sept 20, 2012 21:39:45 GMT -5
Sold lots at market tonight. I think I priced them just right because some people would hem and hah about them and needing them and then would just desire them so much they would buy. I have 2 Cinderellas left and a few smaller pumpkins. The only thing is I feel so bad people won't be eating them. I sold my one decent marina di chioggia to a young woman who liked how it looked. I told her it was excellent eating but she didn't want to eat it. Still money is money.
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Post by bluelacedredhead on Sept 20, 2012 23:09:41 GMT -5
That would bother me too, Minnie, but some people think that pumpkin pie is easiest from a can. They don't know what they are missing.
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Post by Hristo on Oct 27, 2012 11:21:42 GMT -5
Nice idea. I always scar the hand pollinated cucurbitas, but never thought it could be useful for marketing... well maybe that is because I do not sell at the market yet.
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Post by raymondo on Oct 27, 2012 14:53:36 GMT -5
Nice to see you posting again Hristo. I'll be marking my cucurbitas this way this season to indicate selfings, sibbings or crosses, should I do any.
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Post by Hristo on Oct 27, 2012 15:36:27 GMT -5
Hi Ray! It's by far the easiest way for me. For example I use "X"=Selfed, "XX"=Sibbed, "X Name"=When crossed. The first two are done with a nail. The last one requires something more precise (like a used ball-point pen), unless the fruit is big enough, so I can use a nail too.
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