Knocking on doors

Lutonian said:
I would go in person dress smart not in suit (they will think your Mormons or the cops or selling stuff) be polite take no as no and leave your contact details. I have also send my partner she is a woman and this can help as some people don't like 6'. 3" male weirdo's at there door asking odd questions, sometimes a feminine approach will work better on both men and women. Also a little bribe can help money booze yard work ect (don't offer weird things like massages though lol)
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lmao and great point. sex sells. OP send your lady over in a white t, only




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Shogun610 said:
Lol I’d most likely go and as on my way home from work. I’m 6 2” so I hear you but I’m from the area I don’t have any issue with talking to farm owners as I work with them in my career.
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Depends on your work uniform most first impressions are visual for example if your a butcher I wouldn't go in the work clothes caked in blood for example. Being from that area will help if its a tight nit community word of mouth about the nice weirdo can spread and I have even had people approach me.
 
Ok so update on the cow pasture location I will go and visit tomorrow , they are a farm that supplies dairy milk to a nearby creamery. I called the creamery which in turn gave me contact for the farm. They sounded intrigued by my request and not weirded out what so ever… so I’ll stop by on my way home tomorrow
 
Shogun610 said:
Ok so update on the cow pasture location I will go and visit tomorrow , they are a farm that supplies dairy milk to a nearby creamery. I called the creamery which in turn gave me contact for the farm. They sounded intrigued by my request and not weirded out what so ever… so I’ll stop by on my way home tomorrow
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No surprise to me, Pennsylvanians are great people. One of my favorite states. Virginia because its home, Pennsylvania and North Carolina are also like home to me.
 
just.wing.it said:
Obviously the best way is to threaten the landowner and always have a gun in your hand.
Give an ultimatum. Be firm.
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Hahaha…… *Henry Hill narrating*
“Tommy never had a thing for tap roots, on the road home from collecting you could still hear it scratching the trunk”
 

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Shogun610 said:
Ok so update on the cow pasture location I will go and visit tomorrow , they are a farm that supplies dairy milk to a nearby creamery. I called the creamery which in turn gave me contact for the farm. They sounded intrigued by my request and not weirded out what so ever… so I’ll stop by on my way home tomorrow
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Good for you. Farmers are pretty good guys, just always too much/too little rain, too hot/too cold ect. lol.
 
Carol 83 said:
Good for you. Farmers are pretty good guys, just always too much/too little rain, too hot/too cold ect. lol.
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Carol, Farmers strike me as very humble people who don't show off with their 'stuff' or talk about fancy cars or vacations. I think photos are a good idea because they're farmers and they like to talk about things that grow, so the concept of air layering would be interesting to them.

Could you put up something on a feed store, tractor store, 'farmer store' bulletin board with photocopies of images and a takeaway they can read that explains the process. Introduce yourself in the takeaway and leave your contact info. Offer a small cash amount for a tree that meets your criteria.

This would give them something to talk about other than the weather. When they see each other 'Did you hear about the fella who wants to climb up in your crabapple tree and do that air layering thing?'

Approaching the home seems sketchy to me. Might be just a wife or kids home and farmers are busy working. Plus, when they're home they have guns and that alone would give me pause.
 
Katie0317 said:
Carol, Farmers strike me as very humble people who don't show off with their 'stuff' or talk about fancy cars or vacations. I think photos are a good idea because they're farmers and they like to talk about things that grow, so the concept of air layering would be interesting to them.

Could you put up something on a feed store, tractor store, 'farmer store' bulletin board with photocopies of images and a takeaway they can read that explains the process. Introduce yourself in the takeaway and leave your contact info. Offer a small cash amount for a tree that meets your criteria.

This would give them something to talk about other than the weather. When they see each other 'Did you hear about the fella who wants to climb up in your crabapple tree and do that air layering thing?'

Approaching the home seems sketchy to me. Might be just a wife or kids home and farmers are busy working. Plus, when they're home they have guns and that alone would give me pause.
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Katie, First of all I mean no disrespect. Unfortunately, the days of the small family farms are dwindling, at least around here. The younger generation isn't interested in taking over the family farm, so the big guys are getting bigger buying the little guys out. They may not talk about their fancy cars or vacations, but about the hundreds of thousands of dollars they have in equipment or how many thousands of acres they farm. Just a sad truth, sorry about the rant. Living in a very small town, we do get to see the small time farmers who would probably be receptive to collecting/air layering.
 
Katie0317 said:
Carol, Farmers strike me as very humble people who don't show off with their 'stuff' or talk about fancy cars or vacations. I think photos are a good idea because they're farmers and they like to talk about things that grow, so the concept of air layering would be interesting to them.

Could you put up something on a feed store, tractor store, 'farmer store' bulletin board with photocopies of images and a takeaway they can read that explains the process. Introduce yourself in the takeaway and leave your contact info. Offer a small cash amount for a tree that meets your criteria.

This would give them something to talk about other than the weather. When they see each other 'Did you hear about the fella who wants to climb up in your crabapple tree and do that air layering thing?'

Approaching the home seems sketchy to me. Might be just a wife or kids home and farmers are busy working. Plus, when they're home they have guns and that alone would give me pause.
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Carol is exactly right…. I know what I have to do and I already broke the ice..
Actually the farms here are doing well, and they’re very smart people… dairy farm like I said that has pasture . Even Amish farms are adapting, I’ve gotten a crab apple from an Amish farm before but they had a farm stand, this is alittle different but like lmI said they were intrigued by my request and I’m looking forward to speaking with them in person tom. Also, farm is different to me, it can be cattle, chickens, lama, goats, crops , homestead ,or even an apple orchard etc. There are so many varieties near me it’s pretty great to see.
 
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Carol 83 said:
Katie, First of all I mean no disrespect. Unfortunately, the days of the small family farms are dwindling, at least around here. The younger generation isn't interested in taking over the family farm, so the big guys are getting bigger buying the little guys out. They may not talk about their fancy cars or vacations, but about the hundreds of thousands of dollars they have in equipment or how many thousands of acres they farm. Just a sad truth, sorry about the rant. Living in a very small town, we do get to see the small time farmers who would probably be receptive to collecting/air layering.
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Carol, no disrespect taken. I'm sad to hear that.

In Florida we still have still have some small time farmers and agriculture farms. I rode horses with a girl who went to the only horse/farm/agricultural store in town to get her hair done! She said if she bought her hair color from Walgreens the woman would put it on. Honestly, I laughed so hard it hurt. I live in another world where getting your hair cut and colored is about a 400.00 dollar deal so I couldn't get over that.

It's a one stop light town and she loves living there. She moved from 'here' to there when she got her horses. It's about 45 minutes N of Orlando and there are still small agricultural growers there...Not so much farms although a few citrus farmers left and quite a few tree and plant farmers.

My grandfather used to buy farms in Illinois and farmers would farm them and send him a check. There were still two that 15 of us owned...Lots of cousins and we got a check once a year. We just sold one of the farms for a fraction of what is worth ten years ago and still have one and it's farmed by a farmer who said 'no problem, I'll just drive my tractor down and farm it too.' So that's in a small town in Illinois.

I just assumed it was like that in other places in the midwest but it makes sense that it isn't. Very sad I would think for the people still trying to make a living as a farmer? I think kids in Florida think broccoli comes from the grocery store. There are hardly any orange groves left when it used to be nothing but. Big developers came in and bought them out to build giant Walmarts and subdivisions. Very sad. We miss the groves desperately. Nothing sweeter than the smell of orange groves when the blossoms are in bloom.
 
Katie0317 said:
Carol, no disrespect taken. I'm sad to hear that.

In Florida we still have still have some small time farmers and agriculture farms. I rode horses with a girl who went to the only horse/farm/agricultural store in town to get her hair done! She said if she bought her hair color from Walgreens the woman would put it on. Honestly, I laughed so hard it hurt. I live in another world where getting your hair cut and colored is about a 400.00 dollar deal so I couldn't get over that.

It's a one stop light town and she loves living there. She moved from 'here' to there when she got her horses. It's about 45 minutes N of Orlando and there are still small agricultural growers there...Not so much farms although a few citrus farmers left and quite a few tree and plant farmers.

My grandfather used to buy farms in Illinois and farmers would farm them and send him a check. There were still two that 15 of us owned...Lots of cousins and we got a check once a year. We just sold one of the farms for a fraction of what is worth ten years ago and still have one and it's farmed by a farmer who said 'no problem, I'll just drive my tractor down and farm it too.' So that's in a small town in Illinois.

I just assumed it was like that in other places in the midwest but it makes sense that it isn't. Very sad I would think for the people still trying to make a living as a farmer? I think kids in Florida think broccoli comes from the grocery store. There are hardly any orange groves left when it used to be nothing but. Big developers came in and bought them out to build giant Walmarts and subdivisions. Very sad. We miss the groves desperately. Nothing sweeter than the smell of orange groves when the blossoms are in bloom.
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This post is about collecting from properties and how to ask, please stop throwing off the thread …
 
When looking for rural yamadori here in NC, I like to dress up like my avatar and hide in the woods. No one is ever creeped out by a middle-aged man hiding in the trees with face paint on. The only negative is all the gophers I run into that chewed the roots before I could get the tree. Then it's just a matter of pumping about 15,000 gallons of water down there to teach him a little bit of a lesson.
 
Tried my first 'note in the letterbox' week before last on a Hinoki in their front yard. Got a nice voice message on my phone from an old lady saying it's not for sale, which was of course all good. Will try this again sometime as it left the ball in their court completely.

I had offered 'cash' and described myself as a 'local plant enthusiast' :p
 
"notes" are cowards way out and can mostly expect to be ignored. Never be afraid to meet new people and brighten their day with genuine friendliness.
 
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