For sunflower growers

A row of gold and an honest jar.

A sunflower stand is the simplest beautiful business in farming: succession plantings every two weeks, stems cut at first light, bunches in buckets by the road with an honor jar — and a season that ends the week the plantings do. Pennies per stem, dollars per bunch, and a jar that mostly adds up. MadeKeeper keeps the whole sunny operation counted.

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How MadeKeeper maps to your rows

Stems by the cutThe morning cut logs in stems; bunches of seven pull them down. Seed and growing costs attribute to pennies a stem, so the $8 bunch knows its margin.

The honor jar, reconciledBuckets counted out, cash counted in — the difference is the day's truth. Most jars run honest; now yours has a number.

Succession plantings on the calendarSix sowings, two weeks apart, each logged — so July's gap or August's glut traces back to a date you can move next year.

The wilt is shrinkSaturday's unsold bucket is Monday's compost. Log it as shrink and the season's true sell-through — not the hopeful version — plans next year's seed order.

One stand week, to the penny

Say you cut 210 stems for the week — 30 bunches:

210 stems @ 9¢ attributed growing cost$18.90
Sleeves and rubber bands, 30 bunches$4.20
Bucket water and stand odds$3.10

Week's cost — 87¢ a bunch$26.20

At $8 a bunch the week grosses $240.00 and keeps $213.80 before any jar shortage — a roadside business that runs while you do other work, finally with a bottom line under it.

Cut flowers sold from your own land keep the paperwork light in most places — it's the honor stand's cash that wants clean records, and MadeKeeper keeps the daily counts and reconciliation for you; local stand and signage rules stay yours to check.

Straight about what's live

Materials and true cost per piece, products (in bulk or one-of-a-kind), sales that drain stock, the was-this-fair-worth-it event math, mileage, expenses, and the year-end tax packet — all in the app today. Etsy and Square sync, your own storefront, a booth card reader, and shipping labels are building, shaped with founding makers. Nothing above describes a feature that doesn't exist without saying so. See the full live-vs-building list →

Questions sunflower growers ask

How do I cost a stem I grew from a $4 seed packet?

Spread seed, water, and amendments across the stems the rows actually gave — it lands around a dime. The point isn't precision to the penny; it's that the bunch price stands on something, and the jar's math closes every night.

What does the honor jar usually lose?

Stands that count report a few percent — and counting is the only way to know yours. Log buckets out and cash in daily; if the gap grows, you'll see it in the ledger before it becomes a resentment.

Can I sell to florists or the farmers market too?

Yes — florist buckets at wholesale and a Saturday market table run as their own channels beside the stand. Three outlets for one row of gold, each with its own honest margin.

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