Is small farming profitable?

[Devany]

Catz & Ann,

It has been my experience that lavender grows almost anywhere that rosemary thrives. Neither like wet roots though. Hot and dry is better than hot and wet (more like what we have here).

Ann, I think that there is a Lavender farm on the Hamakua Coast (big island) too. I will ask some friends and see if I can get contact information for you. Meanwhile, the grower on Maui would be another person to ask.

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Originally posted by Hotzcatz

Sure, you can come help farm any time you want to! The beginnings of the farm aren't likely to be fun, though, since I suspect it will consist of fencing and planting trees. I am planning a huge vegetable garden although that will just be for family and friends since selling vegetables grown on the ground is under a different insurance classification than fruits from trees.

I don't think I will be able to grow lavender since it will get too hot during the summers. Lavender likes to grow at a higher elevation and this is only about 400 feet or so. Rosemary will grow well, I'll put in a hedge of that stuff, but lavender would probably just linger around for a bit and then disappear. At least, that's what I suspect, but I'm not the best at growing lavender. What conditions are best for that?

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devany

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