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Turn Your Hobby into a Profitable Business
Do you have a hobby
that leads to the creation of a useful and possibly salable product?
Pottery, perhaps, or pies or pesto? Ever wondered how much you could
profit from selling the products you make? You can test the market for
your goods in an inexpensive yet far-reaching manner by leasing a Booth
at Farmer’s Market Online or a basic Listing on the Buy Direct
Directory, where more than 3,000 shoppers a day come to look for
handmade, home-grown, custom-crafted and farm-raised products available
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Start a Farmers Market
Most farmers' markets
start as an idea. A group of local growers, a neighborhood association,
the local chamber of commerce, or in some cases a single individual,
realizes the benefits of starting a farmers' market in their community.
From this initial idea connections are made, meetings are held, and the
farmers' market begins to materialize. |
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Propagate
Houseplants
Have
you ever tried propagating your houseplants? Most people simply place
cuttings in water and hope for the best. While the shoots of species
such as the lipstick plant or creeping Charlie will root in water, many
species won’t. Even when a shoot roots in water, they must be
repotted into soil quite soon or they won't thrive. |
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Build
With Straw
Straw-bale
construction is not a new technology, but it is getting more
recognition as consumers and builders look for more efficient and
economic forms of construction. |
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Make
Cheese
The
process of cheesemaking is an ancient craft that dates back thousands
of years. You will be amazed at how easy it is to make your own cheese.
You already have most of the equipment in your
kitchen. |
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Craft
Custom Magnets
Here's
a quick holiday craft project craft for kids -- custom magnets.
Adhesive business card magnets can be purchased at most office or craft
supply stores, or you may collect the promotional business
card
magnets that arrive in the mail and paint over them. |
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Make Ice Cream
Protect
yourself from the danger of possible Salmonella infection by using a
homemade ice cream recipe made with a cooked egg base, made without
eggs or made with commercial pasteurized egg substitutes. |
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Build a Treehouse
There is an
attraction between trees and children. A tree's constant motion even in
the stillest air, and its great size and reach make a tree fascinating.
At some stage during child development, when motor skills and hand grip
are refined and strong, tree climbing becomes a play task. The world is
filled with trees to climb. |
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Back Up a Trailer
If you have
never
backed up a trailer, you have no idea how confusing and non-intuitive a
maneuver it can be. If you want the trailer to turn left, the rear end
of your rig must go right and that means cranking your steering wheel
right, or clockwise. You gauge your progress by looking in a side
mirror, which of course reverses things. So, how does anyone manage it? |
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