Market Gardener Masterclass Success Story | Rutabaga Ranch
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- Опубліковано 18 вер 2024
- A few years ago, Jaymie took a leap and registered for the Masterclass. She now grows 45 different crops and owns the Rutabaga Ranch which is a 1.5-acre market garden!
She claims that the Masterclass had an enormous impact on her profitability and efficiency and she manages her whole farm around this tool only. A big part of the farm's success is from the Masterclass season extension protocol and methodology. They are able to differentiate themselves from others at the market which made their farm profitable in their first season!
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Il y a quelques années, Jaymie a fait le grand saut et s'est inscrite à la Masterclass. Elle cultive maintenant 45 cultures différentes et possède une ferme d'un acre et demi: Rutabaga Ranch.
Elle affirme que la Masterclass a eu un impact énorme sur sa rentabilité et son efficacité et qu'elle gère toute son exploitation autour de ce seul outil. Une grande partie de son succès est due à la méthodologie d'extension de saison présentée dans la Masterclass. Grâce à cet élément, ils sont capables de se différencier des autres sur le marché, ce qui a rendu leur ferme rentable dès la première saison !
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Hmm! A promotional video for a masterclass - not cool. Why is the advertised profit figure not mentioned?
I couldn't agree more! I am in my first growing season and I am seeing immediate success and I believe that is truly because we have such a great proven model that we can practice and learn from with the masterclass!
For my startup, I took a USDA loan for $25k with a 5yr repayment. With a repayment of $5k a year and a $2k operating cost, as long as I bring in $7500, I technically "turn a small profit".
I work a plot just big enough to max out my labor. I don't hire anyone or use volunteers. I comfortable make my loan repayment, but I have yet to turn a profit. I'm in my second year and I'll admit that I do spend a considerable amount of time still working on infrastructure and haven't gotten to a base point of operation, so I know there's still plenty of room for growth. I could probably use a tool like this for efficiency planning. Howenver, deep down I know the backbone of these programs is underpaid labor. The model seems to be to scale things up, put it all in fast, then seek interns. Multilevel marketing at it's finest.
@Kay Doubles that's what I'm seeing at market. This month will be then end of 2 years at this market and I'm only now starting to have a larger enough return customer base to sell out. Last year I was taking product home every week.
@Kay Doubles yeah that is a good problem to have. I'm far too idealistic and would probably just figure out a nice way of refusing their requests. I like being able to say from top to bottom the produce they buy is from me.
Love Rutabaga Ranch sooo muchhh. 💖
I’m 12 so I would love too be able to have a market garden, today I have a 900 square foot planting space but one I have too get land and two I don’t have funds so I’ll come back too this video in 10 years but this was really helpful thank you and we’re are you located?
Huges from Spain!
Would be interesting to see actual numbers and market access. And profitable on year one? How?
There are SO MANY factors that go into profitability for a small-scale farmer; from land and infrastructure expenses to labor and tools. This is why our focus is on education about all the technical aspects of farming, so that at the least, given proper tools and infrastructure, a grower can have the highest rate of success with their crops.
I mean, you can be profitable in year one, given a few factors. But its unrealistic for most people. So my husband and i own our land outright, so we have no mortgage. Our vehicles are also paid off, so our farm truck only costs us in gas and maintenance. We also already owned a horse, so now instead of paying to have manure hauled off, we just compost it, and there's our fertilizer for the season. We had to put a small investment into chickens and ducks, but letting them free range and building a coop ourselves cuts down a metric s* ton in costs, so we get more free fertilizer and eggs to sell without much cost. We dont have to invest in pesticides because we let nature do its job.
Story time. Years ago, i had a small hobby garden, i also had a husband who hates wasps. So we had wasps in our barn up the wazoo. Well, my husband sprayed them all. The next year, i had tons of pests, and horn worms destroyed my garden. So, as an ecologist, i decided i was going to actually start using my degree for something. I told my husband to stop killing the wasps, and the pests went away. Next thing you know, the wasps are all over the barn, and i said leave them be. He did, and the barn swallows moved in, and they ate the wasps. Now we have cute little baby birds watch us from the rafters while we work in the barn. We also leave the bats and frogs alone, which eat a lot in the way of bugs. Without pesticides, we aren't killing ladybugs, so no more aphids. Nature has really fixed our problems, and it saves me lots of money.
We also do most of the work by hand. Anything that can't be done with the zero turn gets done by hand. We do no dig, so that cuts down in equipment costs, and we get much better crop production in a smaller space. We also have 3 kids that i have spent years tricking into thinking planting seeds and taking care of animals is way better than a tablet, so now i have teenagers who give me free labor. Shhhh, don't tell them its work lol.
Basically we started out buying land because we had a horse and the horse needs land, and we also had young children that we didn't want to raise in the city. It was land we bought regardless. We also already had tools to take care of the land. So our idea evolved over time from a small garden to a working farm using both nature and equipment we already had. Now we have horse pasture, and my very large yard which is now just one big garden. With seed saving, we've been able to expand for free. We also kind of "stole" (a volunteer said i could deadhead so its not illegal lol) some seed from a botanical garden to start a cut flower garden for free, so thats even more things to sell. You would be surprised how much middle aged women love some handmade dried flower wreaths lol. Those things sell for up to $75 a pop. So as you can see, if you already own the land and equipment outright, and allow nature to do most of the work for you, it's very easy to be profitable the first year. The problem for most people is they are starting from scratch, whereas we didn't. We had years of owning our property to prepare the land before the idea of market gardening ever popped in our heads. Obviously, it would be difficult for most people, and we only lucked out because i like riding horses. I understand most people dont have the same luxury we do, and i kind of feel like grifters are using people like my husband and i to sell products to others who didn't start out the same way we did. So im in agreement with you when it comes to most people. I also want to see some receipts.
Oh, so we're deleting comments criticising the price structure now? I know this is basically an ad, but that was honestly disappointing. I didn't think you were the censoring type.
Don’t hate. They deliver great info which is more valuable then the price. If it is too expensive buy a book.
@@yazman5044 Criticism isn't hate. My original comment was respectful.
Don't like their price structure? Create your own course and charge whatever you want.
@@later_daze_4080 That's not how criticism works. (It is how capitalism works, though, more competition being the solution to everything.) In my original comment I did say that they're entitled to charge as they do.
@@yazman5044 I don't think what ximono said was hate. You want hate? Well what about the man looks like a trogladite who walked onto a farm and never merged with society, and not like he was prepping for a commercial and should look somewhat presentable? 😂
But as for their point, yea i do think it's overpriced too and a fair bring up. If you want us to be your consumers listen to our demands and drop the price. Maybe then we will buy in and they'll make more money. But I promise you most of this info is free on UA-cam anyway. I run very successful small scale market gardens out of community rented plots and I learned most of it by searching up my questions online, some past experience from family, and honestly epic gardening. You don't need the masterclass. Also attend local garden con's people are always willing to answer questions and help newcomers.
What were they sprinkling on the cucumbers?
Better buy the master class and find out
We did not see exactly which insect it was on our visit but I believe it was an Aphid Eliminator from Anatis. If you look at their website you can see a number of different options for beneficial insects for cucumber plants!
@@TheMarketGardeners Yep..that what she said when she opened the box...great recommendation!
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That orange VW in the background of the barn had me distracted in the best kind of way.
We loved it as a backdrop too! 😉
What I find funny is that nearly all market gardening videos that say they have a viable business and making money, all the while trying to sell you something besides produce or really trying to build a UA-cam channel so they done have to market garden anymore😅; if there was so much money in market gardening you wouldn't be trying to get out of it😅; the same thing with homesteading channels; they are always trying to get you to buy a homesteading course, while trying to make you believe they are making good money selling homesteading products like eggs, and firewood or produce etc.😅. If knew where a goldmine was I sure wouldn't be telling everyone where it was.😅😅😅
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Oh, lol. It’s just an advertisement.
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This was just a commercial lmao
So her only advice is taking a master class?
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