Sub-lease vegetable garden area in backyard? (subletting, rental, insurance)
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We are in the South Brunswick township, and we have a pretty deep backyard. The plot is 150' x 400' deep.
We have some lawn, but beyond that, we have an annual struggle with maple trees that come up. If we were to make it all as a grass lawn, our mowing bill gets quite high.
We were thinking of sub-leasing a section of that area, so that someone can setup a vegetable farm, work on it, and make some profit while sharing some of the produce with us.
Questions:
1) Will there be any legal implications to this?
2) Has someone tried this before?
3) Is there a minimum size of land that needs to be handed over to make it worth the while for someone to work on it?
4) Where / who can I talk to, to take this to the next level?
Why don't you go to the township and ask them these questions. Probably the best place to start.
If they give you the green light I would suggest you get in touch with your county Rutgers Master Gardener program. You can find them on the Rutgers Ag site.
Not sure any of this is going to work, just trying to help.
As a garden you may not make as much money as you think on the rental of this piece of land.Although not in NJ we rented a 25X25ft communal garden plot for many years, rental cost for the city owned property was a mere $20 a year.here it is (2nd one)= http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g1...pse0605ccd.jpg
Unfortunately the weeds ultimately won as health issues in the form of decreased mobility forced me to give up the garden as i could no longer bend down to deal with the weeds.
Theres also the issue of giving who knows how many people unlimited access to your backyard so they can do this gardening.
Farm? No one is going to make much, or any money, planting and harvesting that site. Gardening anywhere near maple trees is quite a chore--they have a lot of surface roots.
The OP might want to inquire with his/her home insurance agent, regarding possible liability issues if and when an itinerant farmer injures himself in the OP's backyard. The OP should ask if his/her insurance covers injuries to a non-family member in this type of instance.
As a garden you may not make as much money as you think on the rental of this piece of land.Although not in NJ we rented a 25X25ft communal garden plot for many years, rental cost for the city owned property was a mere $20 a year.here it is (2nd one)= http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g1...pse0605ccd.jpg
Unfortunately the weeds ultimately won as health issues in the form of decreased mobility forced me to give up the garden as i could no longer bend down to deal with the weeds.
Theres also the issue of giving who knows how many people unlimited access to your backyard so they can do this gardening.
The weeds or the roots always win. I have to sleep; they don't.
I would pay someone to turn my back yard into a garden, manage it, and give me produce.
Well, you might be able to give it to someone for free. I don't think anyone is going to pay you. My town in Northern Bergen county also has a Garden club and they charge $50 a year for a small plot that is given to every interested member...
Or you might make some cash subletting to someone producing... uh... non-fruit bearing tomatoish type plants.
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