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Clif Slade“Responsible Farming With
Profitable Results”43560 Initiative
My Story
Little Clif
Pop Slade says “There’s enough ways for everybody to have a way”
Little Clif’s Way Commercial Vegetables Chickens/Eggs Hogs/Sausage
43,560 = The number of square feet there are in an acre
"One acre can do it"
One square acre = 210 ft x 210 ft
43,560 Project at Slade’s Farms
This could also be called the MIRACLE ACRE
This initiative is nothing new.
It is simply square foot gardening on a commercial
scale
The goal is to gross $1.00/square foot in Sales
…thus the $43,560
Marketing is the key
Clif’s 5 tiers of Marketing:
Selling to CSA’s Roadside Stand Sell to PYO operations Farmer’s Markets Value Added
Three Rules of a Successful Business
1 The customer2 The customer3 The customer
What the pH on my farm?
The optimum pH for growing most vegetable crops is 6.5
What if my pH is 5.8 or less?
Clif recommends :Applying lime
Growing cover crops for 1 year
Fertilization (My 5 gallon bucket technology)
One bucket of pelletized poultry Manure per 500 sq. ft.
And 10 five gallon buckets of compost per 500 sq. ft.
Weekly applications of vermicompost tea
Close Row Spacing
Organic Compost
Organic Compost
Crops to consider
• Beets• Bok Choy• Cabbage• Carrots
• Cut Flowers• Garlic
• Irish Potatoes (especially fingerlings)• Lettuce (Romaine and Buttercrunch)
• Maybe Diakon Radish• Onions
• Swiss Chard
• Turnips
Clif’s Invention
High Tunnel Greenhouses
-3-2-101234567
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Inches of Water
Available Water ET Precipitation
Southeast Virginia Water Deficit Chart
Irrigation Central
Clif’s Keys to Success Irrigation Annual Soil Sampling Marketing Good Old-Fashioned Manners
“Don’t go into it – grow into it” – Clif Slade
“You just can't beat the person who never gives up.” – Babe Ruth
“Set your goals high, and don't stop till you get there.” – Bo Jackson
Camp Clifton
Pop Slade says:“There’s enough ways for everybody to have a way”
Come to see us!“The farm gate hangs on
welcome hinges” - Pop Slade
Questions?