The Homegrown Vendor Blog

Cured homemade soap keeps six months to a year or more. How long to cure before selling, what causes orange spots, melt and pour and liquid soap, and what date to print.

Hard candy keeps months, caramels 1 to 2 weeks. A shelf-life table for every homemade candy, plus fridge, freezer, labels and when to cook for a holiday sale.

How long cooked, condensed milk, nut and cream cheese fudge last on the counter, in the fridge and frozen, what date to print, and how to keep fudge you sell from drying out.

How long simple, rich, fruit, canned berry, maple and elderberry syrups last, why sugar level decides it, what date goes on the bottle, and which states let home kitchens sell syrup.

Raw, creamed, comb or infused: how long each kind of homemade honey keeps, why crystals are not spoilage, how honey actually goes bad, and what date to print on a jar you sell.

Canned, refrigerator or fermented: how long each kind of homemade pickle keeps, how long jars should rest before you sell them, and what date goes on the lid.

Price homemade coleslaw at about $7 a pint and $13 a quart, with BBQ restaurant prices, a quart cost of $2.52 to make, and the cold-food rules to check first.

Farm sausage averaged $10.22 to $11.90 a pound in 2026. See what to charge for bulk, links and brats, what processors charge, and when sausage beats a half hog.

A regular poke bowl with 4 oz of tuna sells for about $16. Here is what five poke sellers charge, what a bowl costs to make with retail vs wholesale fish, and the rules.