Clif slade, CFSA SAC 2015
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- 2. My Story
- 3. Little Clif
- 6. Pop Slade says “There’s enough ways for everybody to have a way”
- 7. Little Clif’s Way Commercial Vegetables Chickens/Eggs Hogs/Sausage
- 8. 43,560 = The number of square feet there are in an acre "One acre can do it" One square acre = 210 ft x 210 ft 43,560 Project at Slade’s Farms
- 9. This could also be called the MIRACLE ACRE
- 10. This initiative is nothing new. It is simply square foot gardening on a commercial scale
- 11. The goal is to gross $1.00/square foot in Sales …thus the $43,560
- 12. Marketing is the key
- 13. Clif’s 5 tiers of Marketing: Selling to CSA’s Roadside Stand Sell to PYO operations Farmer’s Markets Value Added
- 15. Three Rules of a Successful Business 1 The customer 2 The customer 3 The customer
- 16. What the pH on my farm? The optimum pH for growing most vegetable crops is 6.5
- 17. What if my pH is 5.8 or less? Clif recommends : Applying lime Growing cover crops for 1 year
- 20. Fertilization (My 5 gallon bucket technology) One bucket of pelletized poultry Manure per 500 sq. ft. And 10 five gallon buckets of compost per 500 sq. ft. Weekly applications of vermicompost tea
- 25. Organic Compost
- 26. Organic Compost
- 29. Crops to consider • Beets • Bok Choy • Cabbage • Carrots • Cut Flowers • Garlic • Irish Potatoes (especially fingerlings) • Lettuce (Romaine and Buttercrunch) • Maybe Diakon Radish • Onions • Swiss Chard • Turnips
- 41. Clif’s Invention
- 43. -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Inches of Water Available Water ET Precipitation Southeast Virginia Water Deficit Chart
- 45. Clif’s Keys to Success Irrigation Annual Soil Sampling Marketing Good Old-Fashioned Manners
- 46. “Don’t go into it – grow into it” – Clif Slade “You just can't beat the person who never gives up.” – Babe Ruth “Set your goals high, and don't stop till you get there.” – Bo Jackson
- 47. Camp Clifton
- 48. Pop Slade says: “There’s enough ways for everybody to have a way”
- 49. Come to see us! “The farm gate hangs on welcome hinges” - Pop Slade
- 50. Questions?