When you run a business, your customers rely on you to provide a service they are willing to pay for. While many service businesses operate on a pay-per-service basis, you could implement some strategies to create ongoing revenue streams for your business.
Montmorency tart cherry ripening on the tree ready for U-pick or cherry juice at King Orchards. Montmorency. This is the traditional cooking cherry, once picked it needs to be pitted and frozen or canned within 24 hours. This job is made easy now that we have a large commercial pitter.
Melons like hot weather, but Charentais also has a reputation for ripening well in cooler temperatures, so you could try planting a few seeds each month in the summer to see how late in the year you can get melons to ripen. We have goat manure in our clay soil here, too. It is dug in about a foot deep.