What $500.00 looks like in WV

That's a box and a milk crate of em..125 dozen for 500. 00.

This is a one time deal..the guy is our longest running customer.

He wants to be the first to have em at the farmers market where he sells them.

I thought it was like here and you’d be showing some little old ladies pain pill prescription she sold on the R tech bus that took her to the doctor.

No, that's one band wagon we aint.on.lol

So how many hours is that to collect, clean, and deliver 125 dozen?
I always keep track of hours vs profit to see if it’s actually worth my time. My trapping generally pays $27-30hr after it’s all broke down. Of course I’m all of 8-10min away from each property too, which really helps with time.

Our son used to dig them and sell to a guy who would sell to the Russians in New York city. We kept them in a stream in milk crates till we had enough. Picture brings back some good times!

I was a little scared to open this one up, could have been anything from shine to pills.

Or teeth…

Digging time delivering everything..we have about 6.hrs in them.and we have 2/3s of what he dug left.to.sell. we Figure to make 15 to 1800.00 on this round that he dug.

I'll sell them in about 3 hrs.

Last year we made 70.00 an hour digging and selling and cleaning included.

The digging parts the easiest..the times involved in packaging them.and selling them.

He digs. I help some. I do the packaging and 90% of the selling.

That's Awesome

That is very respectable return on time for sure.

There's alot of work involved for sure but there's satisfaction in making money out-of something that most people wouldnt even try to.

We.do.not like punching a clock. Lol

I planted about 2 dozen today. paid about $5 ea for the plants.
Looks like its alot more lucrative to sell live plants for planting instead of eating.

I have the narrow leaved variety of wild leeks (Allium burdickii) growing in my woods. They are few and far between tho, the deer like to chew them down.
I have heard the popular variety (Allium tricoccum) is less bothered by deer
I shall see.

Wr have both varieties. 3.00 a dozen or 7 dozen for 20.00 if you need anymore.

Is that $4 a dozen?Or is my math wrong?

Are those ramps? What part do you eat and what do you make with them ?

yes, or otherwise known as Wild Leeks around here.

I would much more like the looks of a " William McKinley " shinning face looking at us.
Good job keep it up.

WTG, always like your post,

I dig them. But I don’t sell them as they have to last me all year.

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Yes. Your math is right. They're usually 2 a dozwn but we had to take em 4 hrs away for delivery. He's our oldest customer and our biggest.