This one is for all of you who’ve got an online farm store full of order and need to put together a harvest list to fill those orders. In this tip, we’ll see how to … Export your orders from you online store as a CSV. (This one is from Shopify – it would be similar … More FSA Tip #30 From Order CSV To Harvest List
What is a bed foot? A bed foot is a one foot long slice in your growing bed. I like thinking in bed feet rather than square feet because it lays a clear framework for thinking about your fields. Right off the bat you don’t have to worry whether your numbers include your paths or … More Bed Feet should be your BFF
You want your spreadsheet cells to change colour based on what’s going on inside? Conditional Formatting is the thing for you! This is the first a few Conditional Formatting tips. This one is the basics so we can get more complicated next time. In this tip, we’ll see … How to get to the Conditional … More FSA Tip #29 A Conditional Formatting Primer
Today’s tip was inspired by an email I received wondering if there was a way to merge the crops lists from 3 separate crop plan into one list. Well there is a pretty quick way to merge lists. And if you throw in the UNIQUE and SORT formulas you can organize your merged list to … More FSA Tip #28 Merging Lists In Google Sheets
Here’s a Profit Calculator I put together to get ready for week 3 of the Season Review Challenge. You can evaluate each of your crops against your profit benchmarks to see what crops you should grow more of on your farm, and what crops you should drop. Step 1: How much do you want to … More FSA Tip #27 Crop Profit Calculator
This is the second in a series of Farm Spreadsheet Tips about Google Forms. Last tip we set up a Google Form to gather harvest data during your harvest mornings. In this tip, we’ll link that form to one of your farm spreadsheets so you can work with the answers. This works for all Google … More FSA Tip #26 Working With Google Form Answers
This is the first in a series of Farm Spreadsheet Tips about Google Forms. Next week will be the beginning of the Farm Season Review Challenge. And one of my key season review tools is Google Forms. I want all of you to make sure you understand Google Form Basics to be able to use … More FSA Tip #25 Setting Up Google Forms
I know you know that it is a good idea to stop and reflect on the past growing season to make sure you learn all the lessons you’re supposed to learn. And from year one at Tourne-Sol, where I farm, we always made a point of doing a season review every fall. But it wasn’t until year … More The Farm Season Review Challenge
When do you need to plant your lettuce so that it’s ready to harvest on time? When did we actually harvest the lettuce and send it to market? When did we do some other incredible significant farm activity, and was it done at the right time? Dates are a key component of a good farm … More FSA Tip #24 Understanding Date Formats
