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magical thyme

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31. yes^^^^ jelly, jam and preserves are 3 different things.

Reply to Le Taz Hot (Reply #14)

Sat Dec 15, 2012, 10:50 AM

Dec 2012

Me, I'll take preserves first and jam second. Jelly is a poor, poor third. Just sayin'

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Think Twice Before Quitting Your Job to Sell Homemade Jam [View all] xchrom Dec 2012 OP

blanket autoxchromeDURec's KG Dec 2012 #1

LOL...I second that. ;) n/t OneGrassRoot Dec 2012 #7

And it doesn't provide you with health care coverage. nt raccoon Dec 2012 #2

Yup, you better have a husband with a Real Job Freddie Dec 2012 #3

I've been saying that for years Patiod Dec 2012 #37

I take exception to this article. snappyturtle Dec 2012 #4

Very cool! OneGrassRoot Dec 2012 #8

Thank you. My business is pleasureable....I'm so lucky! nt snappyturtle Dec 2012 #10

I would say theKed Dec 2012 #40

Quick "hi" to Snappyturtle Le Taz Hot Dec 2012 #15

Oh, you're so kind. This lifestyle has been good to me. I've badly needed income a couple snappyturtle Dec 2012 #59

Forgive me, but I think that you're simultaneously missing and proving the point Orrex Dec 2012 #19

Excellent reply to present balance. Thank you. nt Ilsa Dec 2012 #35

You said this so nicely Blecht Dec 2012 #42

Well said. AnotherMcIntosh Dec 2012 #52

One has to work to find success in this business. One tip: never do a show with snappyturtle Dec 2012 #60

That's fine, but it doesn't change my point Orrex Dec 2012 #61

I know many anomalies. The experiences I describe are typical snappyturtle Dec 2012 #62

Now you're changing the goalposts Orrex Dec 2012 #64

Excuse me for wanting to encourage people with enough sense snappyturtle Dec 2012 #67

Again, bravo to you for your success. Orrex Dec 2012 #68

I'm tired of discussing this but I made my success. If skilled artisans don't bother snappyturtle Dec 2012 #69

Okay, but before you go Orrex Dec 2012 #70

What you're not acknowledging is the role of luck Silent3 Dec 2012 #71

Here here! zeemike Dec 2012 #21

yep - if you don't try it won't happen for sure. elehhhhna Dec 2012 #23

You are wise ... and steadied ... rtassi Dec 2012 #24

I can't help looking at the photo, thinking, eShirl Dec 2012 #5

Or offer two kinds, Quantess Dec 2012 #6

No. It gives it that homemade authentic look. sammytko Dec 2012 #9

and no repeat business from me eShirl Dec 2012 #12

By definition, Le Taz Hot Dec 2012 #14

yes^^^^ jelly, jam and preserves are 3 different things. magical thyme Dec 2012 #31

It's also a terrible waste of produce. Le Taz Hot Dec 2012 #39

I bet Seeds make it healthier due to roughage. nt Ilsa Dec 2012 #36

I just don't like getting them stuck in my teeth. eShirl Dec 2012 #47

Yeah, I have to pick them out of my teeth as well. Ilsa Dec 2012 #50

Why would anyone buy raspberry jam without seeds? AnotherMcIntosh Dec 2012 #53

Owning your business means never having a day off. In_The_Wind Dec 2012 #11

yep, it becomes your life .. rtassi Dec 2012 #26

I love it! In_The_Wind Dec 2012 #32

As a friend said (advising me on my startup): Recursion Dec 2012 #27

Your friend is right. In_The_Wind Dec 2012 #30

Absolutely true. Patiod Dec 2012 #44

Love ya, Xcrome Le Taz Hot Dec 2012 #13

honestly -- i just think of it as something to consider. xchrom Dec 2012 #17

Why not push corporations towards more loyalty and respect for those they employ? MADem Dec 2012 #46

Good advice that heard one day in about 1989 maindawg Dec 2012 #16

"Common"?? My grandparents (I'm 63) never "ran" any kind of "service/farm/industry." WinkyDink Dec 2012 #29

My great grandmother cleaned the homes of others to make ends meet. MADem Dec 2012 #48

my uncle ran a little sawmill on his days off from working in a sawmill. plus the farm chores, HiPointDem Dec 2012 #65

Back in the "good old days" people were lucky if they had Sunday off, and they worked an 80 hour MADem Dec 2012 #38

Yes, go into it with your eyes open! sammytko Dec 2012 #43

I always ask myself, when I get that Handyman Urge, "How much is your time worth?" MADem Dec 2012 #45

The push for "entrepreneurialism" is the great scam of the 2000's alcibiades_mystery Dec 2012 #18

I don't know. The craigslist/etsy thing has its good sides Recursion Dec 2012 #28

the republicans ran on that concept as early as the 94 election datasuspect Dec 2012 #66

Running a business is tough. Starry Messenger Dec 2012 #20

I believe that. I've read that most new businesses fail - businesses of any size. nt Honeycombe8 Dec 2012 #22

K & R Cal Carpenter Dec 2012 #25

Vermont is a haven for these mini-enterprises, good to see someone flamingdem Dec 2012 #33

Vermont will be even more of a haven for small business Freddie Dec 2012 #49

If you have a good job, no I would not quit it especially if you are nearing 50 AnnieK401 Dec 2012 #34

This article blows whatchamacallit Dec 2012 #41

This is what a Marxist would call a "bourgeois affectation". Odin2005 Dec 2012 #51

As an accountant, I have seen at least 100 small business people strike out on their WCGreen Dec 2012 #54

Wow, that is a disheartening report. Arugula Latte Dec 2012 #57

a lot of people start out under-financed. WCGreen Dec 2012 #58

WA. State recently passed a law allowing people to produce edible products from their home. EmeraldCityGrl Dec 2012 #55

my wife and i owned our business for close to ten years madrchsod Dec 2012 #56

kr. and i'll add to that: a lot of the stories hyped in the msm about this kind of thing are the HiPointDem Dec 2012 #63