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The Farmer’s Office One of the things my guests have talked about a lot is effective bookkeeping and record keeping whether your a small backyard gardener or a busy market farmer. Today Julia Shanks is going to share her knowledge of business, farming, cooking and restaurants, her books and her new course on how to be the most effective producer you can be and how to enjoy growing a successful garden. http://amzn.to/2j7m3DP () Julia Shanks Author of the http://amzn.to/2j7m3DP (The Farmer’s Office: Tools, Tips and Templates to Successfully Manage a Growing Farm Business) is here today to share her brilliance and talk about her new course the http://www.juliashanks.com/ (Farmer’s Edge) starting January 11th, 2017! http://www.juliashanks.com/ () FULL SHOW NOTES COMING SOON! Let’s Get to the Root of Things Which activity is your least favorite activity to do in the garden. No, I love it all. I can’t get into the garden enough. I love weeding in the morning with my coffee I find it meditative . . . What is your favorite activity to do in the garden. Probably, I do enjoy the weeding I get the weeds in the thread stage and I get to see the clean beds…. just sitting and pondering the different cycles vegetables behind watching the vegetables.. What is the best gardening advice you have  ever received? Well, I’m thinking the most recent gardening advice there’s a dfference between decomposing vegetables and compost my compost system isn’t very good, that’s I tried that. as long as it’s composting well, if the worms the die… the compost gets really stinky, I have a lot of worms in my soil, I feel like I’m vermi-composting, it’s aerated, You have to drill al to of holes, holes in the bottom of the bin… as you put not gonna get the same air s A favorite tool that you like to use? If you had to move and could only take one tool with you what would it be. I don’t have a lot of tools, I need my hose to water, I just got drip irrigation I have a trowel, a Well, I just got the drip irrigation hoses, I bought them at home depot, I just snaked them around the garden… water doesn’t plant everything pretty darn close small garden, 100-200 feet was enough… especially with the drought, on the be careful concentrate the water where you want it, turn it on when you need to soak the water … A favorite recipe you like to cook from the garden? I do make that kale salad regularly the other dish I saute with garlic raisins curry powder romesco sauce tomato pepper sauce that’s a favorite I wrote this book with my friend Brett, the farmer in Maryland he has a dish … for potato December dishes because it’s cold sauted greens with potatoes scallions simple good curry recipes I like the coconut curry with chili paste restorative and creamy and rich healthy The Cookbook is called the  http://amzn.to/2j7qv5A () http://amzn.to/2j7qv5A (The Farmers Market Cookbook: The Ultimate Guide to Enjoying Fresh, Local, Seasonal Produce) A favorite internet resource? http://www.juliashanks.com/tools-for-entrepreneurs/ () this is gonna be really self serving but my website I have a lot of resources I’ve been writing lots of articles lots of tools and tips http://www.juliashanks.com/thefarmersofficetemplates/ (templates) find a cash flow lots of excel templates webinars videos accounting… food and ag links to the articles…. A favorite reading material-book, mag, blog/website etc you can recommend? I gotta say I do enjoy growing for market guilty pleasure is Modern Farmer I don’t think anyone written who want to be farmer… I enjoy it… good magazine… If you have a business to you have any advice for our listeners about how to sell extra produce or get started in the industry? I would say, track your costs… as much as you can… that’s the only way you are going to figure out what works if...