Spring Itch is in full affect.
Catalogs, Applications, Phone Calls, Rough Drafts, Sketches, Notes, Emails...... You name it I've been doing it in preparation for spring 2012. Not only have I decided to participate in a local food resource hub in my neighborhood, I've decided to try my hand at vending at a local farmers market after 4 years off. A whole lot has changed since I was last a vendor. There is way more paperwork than I remember, as well as insurance requirements that are proving to be more difficult than I first thought. After several phone calls and research online I'm hoping to have finalized what I need to do business at the market by later today. The issue is whether the policy should be a commercial policy or an attachment to the personal home-owners policy since the product is homemade. *sigh*
Responsible people do the right thing and I've always labeled my food with dates and ingredients. I figure most people who give the gift of food do to some degree, and I am all about safety because no one wants botulism or salmonella poisoning. However this insurance issue is grating at me because I'm not getting clear answers about coverage and have literally talked to 5 different people in at least two different states not to mention multiple counties; and that was just today. So right now I will say that *possibly* you will find delicious QBJ's Jams & Jellies available at the Midtown Farmers Market this year; but if not I will still do what I do for family and friends because that is my way of showing love even if there is no return profit involved. Well it's that time of day where kids start hollering for a snack and to be picked up from the bus stop on a timely manner (if not in that order). lol
Happy Spring planning, I'll tell you more about my Spring itch to dig in the dirt later. Hey if snow is in the forecast a girl can still dream about bumble bees and lightening bugs. *smiles*
Responsible people do the right thing and I've always labeled my food with dates and ingredients. I figure most people who give the gift of food do to some degree, and I am all about safety because no one wants botulism or salmonella poisoning. However this insurance issue is grating at me because I'm not getting clear answers about coverage and have literally talked to 5 different people in at least two different states not to mention multiple counties; and that was just today. So right now I will say that *possibly* you will find delicious QBJ's Jams & Jellies available at the Midtown Farmers Market this year; but if not I will still do what I do for family and friends because that is my way of showing love even if there is no return profit involved. Well it's that time of day where kids start hollering for a snack and to be picked up from the bus stop on a timely manner (if not in that order). lol
Happy Spring planning, I'll tell you more about my Spring itch to dig in the dirt later. Hey if snow is in the forecast a girl can still dream about bumble bees and lightening bugs. *smiles*
Hello!! Thanks so much for dropping by so I can know you are here on blogger. I've added your link to my blog page. I can't imagine being a vendor at a market but I bet it is a lot of hard work, though rewarding too. We have a pretty good one here that I occasionally visit. Good luck with getting back into it.
ReplyDeleteI thought I'd leave a comment about Pinterest here for you as well as on my blog. Not sure if you'd see it there. I'm sorry I didn't put in the post. I was only seeing red about the issue and not really thinking ahead I guess.
The tag is everywhere on the net however it doesn't usually have good directions of where to put it in the html. I had to Google 'meta tags on blogger blogs' to find out how to install meta tags and where to put it. Then for my template it was trial and error. Mainly it goes in the top section prior to the box that talks about the header.
Change-comment boxes don't allow meta tags. Just check the post I put it on or Google it. It is also found on PInterests site under help, what if I don't want my images pinned. Good luck. If you have any more questions don't hesitate to email me.
Also, if you with to see where your traffic is coming from Blogger has a good feature that tell you. I personally prefer SiteMeter though. It is a free download and again you must install html on your blog for it to work. You'll need an account too. You can outclick on my Sitemeter stat and it will take you to their website or you can just Google it too.
I really like your pretty background picture. Is it grapes or some other berry?
Thank you so much for visiting and commenting here Tina. Yes they are grapes, my daughter said the same thing to me yesterday after having not visited the site in a while. She even wondered why I didn't use our gooseberry picture. I told her I'm working on it lol (she's 20)
ReplyDeleteIn the past I used a program like sitemeter for a business website I had. With blogger though I am getting better at reading the site traffic to try and decide what I could be doing better or differently.
I will be adding the mettags asap. The first thing I did though after posting to you was Google "disable right click for image protection" and found the site sneakymomma blog design. The link for that is here: http://www.sneakymommablogdesign.com/2010/01/image-protection-disable-right-clicking.html
On my old site I just password protected everything I didn't want to share and created locked folders for members only. Not really an option here on blogger. But the directions from sneakymomma were pretty simple and I am hoping it will help out. If not I will still check out the "what if I don't want my images pinned".
Before visiting your site I never thought about adding the disclaimer to the top of my page to ensure it's visible since some people don't get the whole "personal property" thing. I will be designing something tonight for the top of my page.
Thanks again and I will keep visiting you really inspire me and so many others. Please keep doing what you do.