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|# Upon logging in to the NeoOffice Downloads system, you will be presented with the familiar payment form. Follow the instructions on that page to make a new payment.
|# Upon logging in to the NeoOffice Downloads system, you will be presented with the familiar payment form. Follow the instructions on that page to make a new payment.
|(Note: Beginning on November 27, 2012, as a way of thanking the most generous users, NeoOffice 3.3 downloads were [https://trinity.neooffice.org/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=63767#63767 made available] to all users who have paid a total of $100 or equivalent, even if the last payment was made over a year ago. This expanded availability applies only to NeoOffice 3.3 download access; it '''does not''' include other services, such as direct support from NeoOffice engineers, which still require a payment made within the last year.)
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Downloading NeoOffice
I can't figure out how to purchase NeoOffice download and support services
Beginning in 2011 and reaching overwhelming levels in summer 2012, rude and nasty messages, complaints, and disputes/refund requests from new Mac and NeoOffice users placed an extraordinary burden on the NeoOffice project and its one full-time engineer. These abusive messages and payments-followed-by-refund-requests were so numerous that handling them took almost all the time available, severely diminishing the ability to ensure compatibility with new Mac OS X releases and fix bugs. This situation was unsustainable and threatened the very existance of NeoOffice.
As a result, in July of 2012, all new payments for NeoOffice download and support services were disabled. This drastic measure by and large had the desired effect of eliminating abusive freeloaders and allowed NeoOffice development and bug-fixing for NeoOffice 3.3 Beta/Mac OS X 10.8 "Mountain Lion" support to continue.
After about a month, new payments for NeoOffice download and support services were again being accepted. However, very quickly new users began to overwhelm the payment system with unreasonable emails, payment disputes, and refund requests, including what appeared to be a large-scale coordinated attempt to "game" the system and to prevent the NeoOffice engineer from fixing bugs and supporting long-time existing NeoOffice users.
Since new users overwhelmingly created administrative hassles while most existing NeoOffice users rarely issued complaints or payment disputes/refund requests, in mid-August 2012 payments for NeoOffice download and support services were once again restricted, this time to only users who have paid for services in the past and have not filed any disputes.
While as of late August 2012, the ability to make payments for NeoOffice download and support services is available to everyone, it is possible that this ability will be restricted again in the future if new users continue to create unreasonable burdens on NeoOffice support and development. Certain payment levels may also be restricted at times when NeoOffice engineering is near maximum implementation capacity.
If the ability to make payments is again restricted, unfortunately, it means that the latest versions of NeoOffice are not available to users who have not previously paid for NeoOffice download and support services (note that NeoOffice 3.2.1 is still available for download by anyone on Mac OS X 10.5-10.7 Intel (without Retina displays), although this release is not supported). While we wish we could afford to include new users, the reality is that throughout the last year it has become clear that many new NeoOffice users not only do not appreciate or understand the sacrifices NeoOffice developers have made to make a low cost, Mac-specific office suite, but their actions are also actively undermining the ability to continue providing NeoOffice to long-time loyal NeoOffice users.
Existing users with a payment during the last year
If you are an existing NeoOffice user who has made a payment within the last year, you will be able to download the newest NeoOffice releases as normal. When your services expire in the future, you will be able to make a new payment using the method described below.
Upgrading your service level
If you are an existing NeoOffice user who has made a payment within the last year and would like to upgrade your service level (for instance, from "download access only" to "direct support from NeoOffice engineers"), follow the first two steps below to log in to the NeoOffice Downloads system. Then cancel the NeoOffice download that begins and click on the "Services" link on the top of the page; you can make an additional payment from the Services page while logged in to the NeoOffice Downloads system.
Note that it is not possible to make an additional payment of only the difference between the amount of your existing service level and the amount of the desired new service level.
Existing users without a payment during the last year
If you are an existing NeoOffice user who has not made a payment within the last year, has not made a payment dispute in the past, and would like to download one of the newest NeoOffice releases, follow these steps in order to make a new payment:
- Visit the NeoOffice download page and click on the download link for the version of NeoOffice you would like to download.
- Log in to the NeoOffice Downloads system using the email address you used previously when making a payment for NeoOffice download and support services.
- Upon logging in to the NeoOffice Downloads system, you will be presented with the familiar payment form. Follow the instructions on that page to make a new payment.
(Note: Beginning on November 27, 2012, as a way of thanking the most generous users, NeoOffice 3.3 downloads were made available to all users who have paid a total of $100 or equivalent, even if the last payment was made over a year ago. This expanded availability applies only to NeoOffice 3.3 download access; it does not include other services, such as direct support from NeoOffice engineers, which still require a payment made within the last year.)
Do I have to make a payment?
The NeoOffice project is funded entirely by payments from our users. The newest versions of NeoOffice do require payment. The oldest version does not require payment. There are other special services to thank our most generous users. Currently there are three levels of services (each with a term of one year from the time of your payment):
- Download access only
- Download access plus the ability to suggest and vote on new features
- Download access plus the ability to suggest and vote on new features plus direct support from NeoOffice engineers on any bugs you may encounter
During periods when a beta release is available, users who have subscribed to a level of services lower than the top level may be able to post in the Beta Support forum; always consult the Services page for the most current information.
Note that at certain times, only NeoOffice users who have previously made a payment and have not filed a dispute are able to make new payments (see above for more information about this change).
I see information about NeoOffice 3.2.1 but can't find the download link
NeoOffice 3.2.1 requires an Intel-based Macintosh running Mac OS X 10.5-10.7 (without a Retina display). Make sure you are browsing the NeoOffice web site from a Mac that meets those system requirements, and make sure that your browser is properly identifying itself (see below for more details).
I can't download NeoOffice (or a patch) even though I'm using Mac OS X
If you see the "Sorry, you requested a file that can only be downloaded to a Mac OS X machine and your web browser does not appear to be running on a Mac OS X machine." error message from the NeoOffice web site when attempting to download NeoOffice and you are on a Mac OS X computer, some software on your computer, or on a computer between you and the NeoOffice website, is corrupting your browser's attempt to identify itself.
Because of a persistent problem with mass downloads from Windows computers in various parts of the world eating up NeoOffice download bandwidth and increasing NeoOffice hosting costs, the NeoOffice website checks to make sure that the web browser attempting to download NeoOffice (or a patch) is running on a Mac. Unfortunately, some third-party anti-virus and firewall software corrupts the standard browser identification string that web browsers send to all websites, causing the NeoOffice website to be unable to identify your browser as one running on Mac OS X. In addition, some proxy servers (possibly one you have installed on your Mac, or possibly run by your ISP or your ISP's internet provider) also corrupt (or remove) the browser identification string.
If you encounter this problem, first check any third-party anti-virus, firewall, or proxy server software you have installed on your Mac and try temporarily disabling it (or turning off the software's option to anonymize your browser, if such an option is present). If this does not allow you to download NeoOffice successfully, try using the instructions on Using curl to download NeoOffice instead to download NeoOffice or the patch.
Before Installing
Do I need to uninstall a previous version of NeoOffice first?
Users often ask if they need to uninstall NeoOffice before installing a newer version. The short answer is NO; in fact, completely uninstalling NeoOffice using the linked instructions before launching the new version may actually cause your old preferences to be reset and dictionaries, macros and other user files to be deleted.
NeoOffice will install over top of an existing NeoOffice installation, replacing the old version while preserving a number of "user" files that live inside of the application bundle. On first launch, the newly installed version of NeoOffice will also offer to import your existing NeoOffice preferences. After upgrading, you should be sure to install the most current version of any language packs and check for upgrades to any installed dictionaries.
Can I have two versions of NeoOffice installed simultaneously?
Users, especially those in institutional settings, often ask if they can have multiple copies of NeoOffice installed simultaneously, for example as they qualify a new version for their environment. This has been possible since NeoOffice 2.0 Alpha, and this procedure is used regularly by NeoOffice developers and testers/bug triage team members to check bugs against multiple versions and in Early Access periods.
To install a second version of NeoOffice, use the following steps:
- Move or rename your existing /Applications/NeoOffice.app, as this is where the new NeoOffice will install to.
- For example, I renamed my NeoOffice 2.2.5 installation /Applications/NeoOffice-2.2.5.app.
- N.B. When renaming your existing NeoOffice and installing a new version, many macros, language packs, dictionaries, and other items that are installed inside the NeoOffice application itself will not be preserved as they are during a normal installation. Your should re-install these items.
- Install the new version of NeoOffice
- Be sure to always launch the desired copy of NeoOffice by double-clicking on the appropriate NeoOffice icon in the /Applications folder in the Finder.
- Do this as your Dock icon may still point to your moved/renamed installation, and LaunchServices (the part of the OS that handles opening files via double-clicks) may randomly choose the version of NeoOffice it opens.
- When you no longer need to use one of the versions,
- Simply drag the undesired version of NeoOffice from the /Applications folder to the Trash.
- Be sure to empty the Trash; otherwise documents may fail to open in the remaining version (this is an Apple bug)
- Rename your remaining NeoOffice installation "NeoOffice" (if applicable).
You can use two versions of NeoOffice on the same machine; however, due to the size of NeoOffice, we recommend that you don't run both at the same time.
Do I need to uninstall OpenOffice.org first? Can I get rid of OpenOffice.org?
NeoOffice will not harm your OpenOffice.org installation; both applications use separate locations for e.g. preferences, macros, and other add-ons. (Due to the limitations of the Mac OS X file association system, NeoOffice and OpenOffice.org may fight over which application will open shared file formats [.sxw, .odt, etc.] by default.)
You do not need to get rid of OpenOffice.org, but you also do not need to keep OpenOffice.org if you are happy with NeoOffice.
Installation Issues
When double-clicking on the .dmg file, there is an error about "No mountable file systems"
This error usually means that the NeoOffice .dmg was not completely downloaded. Some combinations of browsers and internet connections frequently cause large downloads like NeoOffice to stop before the entire file is downloaded but do not inform the user that the download has failed.
In this case, you might try using the command-line curl tool to complete the download (this tool is also useful if you are on a dial-up connection and may need to stop and start the download to use the phone line). Instructions on using curl to download NeoOffice can be found here.
When running the NeoOffice installer, the "test" returns with "NeoOffice can not be installed on this computer."
The BSD subsystem is installed by default on 10.3.x and 104.x as part of the BaseSystem.pkg. If this problem occurs on 10.3.x machines, your BSD subsystem may have been somehow removed or messed up. It is not recommended that you reinstall BaseSystem.pkg alone, since this may leave your system in an unuseable state. Instead, reinstall Mac OS X from your retail CD; select the "Upgrade" option to preserve all of your settings, documents, etc. Then reinstall the latest Mac OS X updates and security updates to return you system to an up-to-date state.
N.B.: Since this requires a fairly significant amount of work, and perhaps time, you should probably check the trinity forums first and see if someone can determine if something else is the problem and find another solution.
Installation stalls when it gets to the "Select Destination" screen
Installation sometimes stalls or hangs when it gets to the "Select Destination" screen (and no drives will appear to choose from).
Unreachable or unreadable volumes on your Mac
The Apple Installer is known to hang when probing all of the volumes on your system if any of your volumes are unreadable.
Try opening each of the volumes on your desktop in the Finder and unmounting any iPods. Once you can open all volumes, then try rerunning the installer. If opening any volumes causes the Finder to hang, you have found the cause of the problem and you might need to reboot to force Mac OS X to unmount the offending volume.
Virus Barrier X6 software
VirusBarrier X6 is known to crash while scanning NeoOffice's pre-installation scripts, thereby blocking the Apple Installer from continuing. Sometimes after a period of 10 minutes Apple's installer will recover.
You may be able to prevent this problem from occurring by temporarily disabling the "Scanning & Firewall" feature of VirusBarrier X6 before trying to install NeoOffice or a NeoOffice patch.
If neither temporarily disabling the "Scanning & Firewall" feature of VirusBarrier X6 nor waiting 10 minutes of the Apple Installer to recover works, you may have to completely uninstall VirusBarrier X6.
Installation fails with a "Install Failed. The source media you are installing from is damaged" error message
For some users, installation will fail and the following error message will appear:
Install Failed. The source media you are installing from is damaged
If you see this message, most likely the disk image you downloaded was not completely downloaded (but somehow still passed the Mac OS X disk image validation). To verify that the disk image is actually the same size as the original on the NeoOffice.org servers, you can follow these steps:
- Select the downloaded file in the Finder
- Choose Get Info from the Finder's File menu
- Compare the number of bytes (listed in parentheses at the end of the Size: line in the Get Info window) to the number of bytes listed on the NeoOffice download page, Language Pack download page, or Patch download page for the file you downloaded.
- If the size does not match, your download is incomplete.
You can also compare the MD5SUM for the file you downloaded to the MD5SUM of the original files, which are listed on the NeoOffice MD5 Checksums page along with instructions for computing the MD5SUM.
If your download was incomplete, you may be able to complete it by using the
curl Terminal command instead of re-downloading the entire file. For instructions on using the
curl method, see Using curl to download NeoOffice.
Installation fails with a "generic" error message
For some users, installation will fail and the following error message will appear:
There were errors installing the software Please try installing again.
If you see this message, you need to open the System Preferences application (/Applications/System Preferences), click on the International icon, select the Languages tab, move English to the top of the list, log out, login again, and then rerun the installer. After installation, you can (and should) revert to your preferred language.
This behavior is required to work around a rare but serious bug in the Mac OS X Installer on some versions of Mac OS X; for more information, see this section of the Download instructions.
Why does the NeoOffice installer request my administrator password?
In this thread, Patrick Luby explains the reasons for this requirement:
- Administrator access is required because Neo/J uses OpenOffice.org's multi-user installation. This doesn't require admin access, but in the early days of Neo/J testing, we found that the OOo code has a very bad habit of trying to edit the installed files if the files are owned by the same user that is running Neo/J. This can really muck up a Neo/J installation over time.
- So, to prevent the OOo code from editing any of the files in the installation, the installer executes chown -Rf root:admin and chmod -Rf a-w all of the Neo/J files.
Patching Issues
The patch installation fails with a "generic" error message
For some users, installation will fail and the following error message will appear:
There were errors installing the software Please try installing again.
See Installation fails with a "generic" error message in the Installation Issues section above.
The patch installer refuses to start the installation.
Under Mac OS X 10.3.x and 10.4.x, the installer will provide a red "stop" sign with exclamation point; clicking on the volume will produce the error message "You cannot install this software on this volume" as well as some further information about the problem (or on 10.4.x, "Could not find specified message for index 16", which is a bug in the 10.4.x installer).
There are two cases in which these messages might appear.
The patch is for a version of NeoOffice newer than the version installed on your computer
Patches for the latest version of NeoOffice will not apply to earlier versions of NeoOffice. Each time NeoOffice moves to a new version of the OpenOffice.org codebase (including OpenOffice.org minor point releases), the patches for the new version will be incompatible with older versions of NeoOffice. The latest version of NeoOffice uses a certain OpenOffice.org codebase while earlier versions of NeoOffice used a different (also earlier) OpenOffice.org codebase. As described in this thread, "It would be like trying to apply the Mac OS X 10.3.1 updater to Mac OS X 10.2.8...."
If you open NeoOffice and select "About" from the "Help" menu, the version reported in the About window should be the latest version of NeoOffice. See the NeoOffice Release Notes to learn which version is the latest.
To fix this problem, drag NeoOffice from the Applications folder to the Trash. Then download and install the latest version and the new patch that goes with it.
NeoOffice is not located in the /Applications folder
The message will also appear if you have moved NeoOffice from your /Applications folder, or if you have renamed NeoOffice. The patch installer will only search the /Applications folder for NeoOffice installations; /Applications is the only supported location for installing NeoOffice.
To fix this problem, quit the installer and move NeoOffice back into your /Applications folder (or rename the application "NeoOffice"). Because the underlying OpenOffice.org stores a number of absolute pathnames in its configuration and preference files, you will also have to delete the ~/Library/Preferences/NeoOffice-x.x folder or you will experience errors running NeoOffice in the future. Then run the installer again to install the patch.
Post-Installation and First Launch Issues
Check your language settings before launching NeoOffice
NeoOffice adopts the uppermost language of the Languages: box of the International pane of the Mac OS X System Preferences as its own language for spellchecking (assuming that the necessary language pack is already installed or the language is one of the default 12 languages).
Be aware that some languages have more than one form (e.g., English has US English, British English, Australian English, etc.) as the possible selection; click the Edit List... button in the Language tab of the International pane of the Mac OS X System Preferences to add your version of the language, and then drag and drop it to the top of the list in the Languages: box before launching NeoOffice for the first time.
See Troubleshooting Spellcheck for further details on issues with certain languages.
Why doesn't NeoOffice let me run it as "root"?
In this thread, Patrick Luby explains the reasons for this requirement:
- Running as root is disabled on purpose. Over a year ago I added this code because we found that running as root causes the underlying OpenOffice.org code to act like it is in "single-user install" mode. In this mode, OpenOffice.org starts writing user preferences in the /Applications/NeoOffice.app files. This, in turn, makes Neo pretty much unusable for any other user account on your machine.
Also note that running as (or even enabling) root is discouraged under Mac OS X, and one should only use root if one is an experienced UNIX admin and has a good reason to do so.
Why does NeoOffice access the Internet after the first launch?
NeoOffice is regularly being improved. Bugs are being fixed and new features are constantly being added.
When you first install a version of NeoOffice, and about once a week thereafter, the application will check the Internet to inform you of any new recommended patches or updates so that you can be sure that your version is always up-to-date.
If a new patch is found, your preferred web browser should open and take you to the patch download page.
Staying up-to-date will not only increase the stability of your software, it will cut down on the large number of "duplicate" bugs filed that have already been fixed in released patches. This helps ensure that limited development time can be spent on unfixed bugs and adding new features.
If you do need to disable the "patch-check" feature (for instance, you are in a managed environment and will be handling mass-deployment of NeoOffice patches yourself), see Disabling Patch Checking for instructions. If you disable patch checking, we strongly urge you to subscribe to the NeoJUpdate mailing list, closely watch the NeoOffice Release Notes page in this wiki, or use another method to keep aware of the latest patches.
Troubleshooting tips for other common problems can be found on the Troubleshooting Tips page.
How do I get rid of NeoOffice?
You have tried NeoOffice and decided it is not for you. This happens sometimes. You can use these instructions to remove NeoOffice without leaving any trace. Please note that you will no longer be able to read any spreadsheet (.ods), presentation (.odp), database (.odb), math (.odm), or graphics (.odg) documents you may have saved in the OpenDocument file formats (TextEdit will open word processing [.odt] files).
How do I cancel a recurring payment (subscription) to NeoOffice?
If you have decided that NeoOffice no longer fits your needs and had previously set up a recurring (monthly) payment via PayPal, the following methods will allow you to cancel that payment.
Method 1:
- Log into your PayPal account
- Visit your account's "My Account" > "Overview" page.
- Click on a recent NeoOffice payment listed on that page.
- This will display the details of that payment and you should see a link to the PayPal subscription number.
- Click on that subscription number link, and the page that appears should have a "cancel subscription" button.
Method 2:
- Log into your PayPal account.
- Go to "My account" > "Profile" > "My money" > "My pre-approved payments" > "Update" to see a list of recurring payments.
- You can then cancel those recurring payments you no longer wish to continue, e.g., the one for NeoOffice.
If these steps are not clear or you need more help, vist the PayPal Help Center and search for "How do I cancel a subscription?" to see PayPal's step-by-step walkthrough.


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If you have never been to SEMA or just haven't found the time to make it out, it's an experience every car enthusiast or professional in the industry should experience at least once. The best advice anyone can give a first timer is to bring comfortable shoes and don't expect to see everything. And while aftermarket parts and modified Japanese and American cars are in great abundance at the show, those special European tuner cars are in shorter supply.
At the 2013 SEMA show we went hunting for impressive Porsches with either subtle changes or obvious upgrades that scream 'look at me!' We photographed each Porsche that crossed our path on the show floor. Whether your preference is race, wild, street or show this year's SEMA had something for everyone.
Let us know in the comments section below which Porsche you love best.
2007 Porsche 997 Turbo
Believe it or not, this is one of the least wild looking cars at the show. This Apple themed 997 Turbo took center stage at the Optima Batteries booth and is tuned by BBI Autosport. If you haven't already heard of BBI Autosport, it is a small tuning shop in Huntington Beach, CA that specializes in tuning Porsches. Their mission statement says it all: "In our world of aftermarket tuning, good quality and craft have been let go in the name of cheapness and convenience. Where others strive to find cheaper materials and processes, we strive to find superior ingredients and time consuming rituals that will guarantee a product built solely on passion, artistry and craft."
This particular car features a carbon BBI widebody on the outside and Recaro Sportster seats with GT3 shifter and cables for interior upgrades. The engine features the BBI B7 package, which produces 700hp. To slow the car down is a Brembo GT 380 kit. And to help maximize ride quality are Ohlins TXX dampers along with BBI control arms.
While this sweet ride may look complete, BBI says the build is still ongoing. We look forward to seeing what other modifications are in store for this tuned 997 Turbo.
2006 Porsche Boxster
Whether you're a fan of pink camo or not, the exterior of this car does one thing very well: Grab your attention. In the CSF Performance Cooling booth, this Boxster features a 911 GT3 Cup front bumper conversion and a 996 Cup wing. If it looks track ready that's because it will be running in the Grand Am road racing series, according to CSF.
The engine has been swapped for a 4.2L rather than the original 3.8L and pushes out an estimated 450hp through a smooth shifting OS Giken clutch. Stopping power comes in the form of Stop Tech brakes. To provide cooling is the world debut of the CSF all-aluminum three piece racing radiator set. These radiators feature the same fittings and connections as the original radiators but is made larger to fit more coolant. The cooling is improved by about 40 percent compared to stock, according to CSF.
The pink camo may not be for everyone, but with these race-ready mods there is no doubt this wrap will help this Boxster stand out on track.
1999 964 Porsche 911
We wanted to save the most subdued looking Porsche for last. This mint green 964 at the H&R booth features custom deep kit coilover suspension from H&R, available exclusively through Rotiform. This kit is designed to go ultra-low with a static suspension that uses traditional dampers and springs.
Other modifications include Brembo brakes, Rotiform wheels and a roll cage. And while this car may not compare in upgrades to the other Porsches featured, the subtle nature of it doesn't require a busy wrap or crazy conversion.


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Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz says the company's newly inked search advertising pact "comes with boatloads of value for Yahoo (YHOO)," but you wouldn't know it to look at the company's share price. Yahoo's shares slipped into the mud on the deal's announcement, declining nearly seven percent to $16.07 in early trading. Meanwhile, Microsoft's (MSFT) shares were up 0.98 percent to $23.70.
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SALEM, Ohio — Lose money in 2013? Who wants to lose money? Are you crazy?
And yet, farmers and landowners everywhere — every year — overlook some of the basics that would help them save money or make money. So we decided to create a list of ways to lose money this year* (in hopes that you'll not take our advice). Here are our top 13, in no particular order of unprofitability:
1. Ignore financial record keeping.
I mean, c'mon, who has time to file or record all those invoices, or assign expenses to a particular enterprise? Reconcile statements? Just trust the bank. Don't you make your money out in the field or in the milking parlor? I'm sure that stack of papers and records on top of the filing cabinet is complete. Every co-op receipt, every vet bill. Just do it Dec. 30.
Don't bother creating an annual profit and loss statement, cash flow summary, or balance sheet. Who really needs to accurately track costs of production, anyway? And definitely don't bother doing an inventory (isn't that just for hardware stores?). You can remember how much hay was in the barn last January, right? And the bunker silo was about 80 percent full, for sure.
The beauty of a farm is that you can keep all your household and farm accounts together, too.
2. Cancel some of your insurance coverage.
The money you'll save by not paying premiums is golden. It's a risk worth taking.
3. Pretend you've never heard of 1099s.
Farmers don't really need to issue 1099s, do they? A root canal or colonoscopy is more fun than having to ask someone for his Social Security number or tax ID number, just so you can comply some tax law. So what if you've paid that unincorporated business or person (think neighbor who does custom work, cash rent landlord, accountant/tax person, repair person, etc.) at least $600 or more (or a lot MORE)? You'd rather talk about "feelings" at the local coffee shop than ask for a tax ID number.
Of course, Dave Miller, with Wright Law Co. in Dublin, Ohio, would advise that you assume everyone you do business with is going to go over that magic threshold of $600 and have them complete a W-9 (official IRS form) before they are paid the first time during the year. "It is amazing how quickly business folks will provide the needed information so they can get paid."
He would say that, he's an enrolled agent, which is a fancy description for someone who can represent taxpayers before the IRS.
You won't go broke if you don't issue 1099s, right? Just take the gamble. The IRS penalties are just $100 for each form that wasn't filed that should have been. Ignore Miller when he says if the authorities decide there was intentional disregard for the law, the penalty is $250 per form with no limit on the total penalty amount.
And we're sure it's just an old wives' tale that some experts have indicated that the IRS may disallow the reportable expense if there was no 1099 issued.
4. Let your beef cows calve whenever they want.
We've heard for years that beef cattle should have an established calving season. We even hear that the shorter the calving season, the better. But we agree with John Grimes, OSU Extension beef coordinator, when he says that logic doesn't make sense.
You really enjoy calving out cows, right? So you don't want to have all that fun in too short of a timeframe and want spread that enjoyment over several months, right?
"I really don't like calving in cold weather, so we start in the spring, go right through the summer, and into the fall," Grimes says. "There's nothing like calving in shirt-sleeve weather!"
Look at the advantages: You'll never overwork your herd bull; he can breed a few more cows if he doesn't have to get them all bred in a short time. You love to work cattle and calving over many months gives you several opportunities to sort, vaccinate, and wean calves.
And long calving season also extends your marketing season and spreads out your cash flow.
"An extended calving season can give me a wide range of calf weights that may allow me to hit the highest price on any given week," Grimes adds. "This wide range of ages allows me to make several trips to the local auction market and I can always use a good excuse to have lunch at the sale barn diner!"
5. Buy the same corn hybrid you always have.
Corn hybrids really don't change yield potential that much from year-to-year. The variety you've been using the past 15 years will do just fine. Your dad always used it, too, even though his farm was in Alabama. Plus, the cows always liked it for silage (thank goodness, you sold them 10 years ago and don't have to milk twice a day anymore). Don't worry about the stalk rot that plagues you in some fields, and just plant the same maturity in all your fields. If you do switch this year, just buy from the neighbor-seed corn dealer and forget about all that performance data schmata. He wouldn't steer you wrong.
6. Don't bother soil testing.
(They're just trying to sell you something.)
You soil tested five years ago, so don't bother doing it again this year. Just keep doing the same fertility recommendations that you got that last time. You'll be fine. It's not like we had a drought or anything last year.
And don't get sucked into that whole grid sampling concept. A field is a field is a field. Dirt is dirt.
7. Buy a bull every two years.
This is another gem from John Grimes, OSU Extension beef coordinator:
"I own a small herd of beef cattle. I usually run about 17 or 18 cows and keep back two or three heifers for replacements. Even though the heifers are difficult to manage with the mature cows, I always raise my own replacements because I can't find heifers better than I can produce. Besides, I'm sure I can raise them cheaper than those big outfits that raise dozens at a time and breed them artificially to proven calving ease sires.
"I typically buy a herd bull every two years. I need a bull that has enough calving ease so I don't have calving difficulties with the two or three heifers I keep back. I am willing to give up some performance on the calves out of the mature cows to make sure I don't have problems with the heifers.
"Since I keep heifers out of my bull, I have to buy a new bull every two years so I don't have a bull breeding his own daughters. I've had bulls that sired outstanding calves that I wished I could have had kept a little longer, but simply couldn't because I kept their daughters.
"At least I don't have to worry about my mature bull getting too big and wanting to go visit the neighbor's cows!"
8. Sit tight and do nothing.
We wanted the best advice for marketing our grain, so we turned to our fearless grain commentator, Marlin Clark. His advice for 2013? Do nothing.
"I have always tried to live by the axiom that I should do something, even if it is the wrong thing," Clark says. Not this year.
Just let it ride, don't bother thinking about what is next in your business. You know, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it."
Taking action or making an action plan does not guarantee success, so why would you want to anticipate events that never happen? "Your prediction of the future might have all the success of stirring tea leaves or chicken entrails."
If you are following a plan, that just means you have a jumping-off place to react, and you'll know that when it happens anyway, right?
"If you have no plan, you will be late to realize that events are conspiring against you, and too late to make a better plan," Clark added.
Clark admits that those in the grain business always preach about making a marketing plan. "The trouble is, we have to make assumptions about prices, and we really have no ability to control them, only react to them."
"If we have a plan that assumes one of several price events may occur, we have direction set ahead of time. It is just a matter of reacting and implementing a different part of the plan."
Then Clark quoted Bill Wallbrown, general manager of Deerfield Farms Service, who's known for preaching two things: Be "proactive," and, "Those who fail to plan, plan to fail."
But, hey, having no plan is a plan itself, wouldn't you say?
9. Plan to live forever.
Who can keep all those estate and inheritance tax issues, and investment accounts, insurance policies and retirement accounts straight? Besides, you created a will when you got married 27 years ago. Nothing's changed since then. I mean, you're just doing what everyone else is doing — 86 percent of Americans haven't updated their wills or other estate-planning documents the last five years.
And your family knows exactly what you want done with the farm after you're gone, so you really don't need to have a succession plan or talk to an adviser about it. Whoever said, "Every farm has a beginning, middle and an end," doesn't know your farm. It'll last forever.
10. Just turn the cows (or sheep or whatever) out.
Fencing in the Back 40 counts as pasture management. You used to throw some heifers out there in the '70s, and the grass was good enough for them then, so it's probably still decent feed for your current herd or flock. If they get hungry enough, they'll eat anything. It's got a creek running through it, so they'll have access to water, too.
The more we think about it, the better it sounds. That way, you won't have to clip any of those pastures or make hay in those fields at all. The grass might get a little high, but eventually it'll get eaten. Don't worry about reseeding, it'll fill in itself. And you don't need to worry about soil fertility because — duh — the manure will fertilize the pasture just fine.
All those people who keep talking about portable fencing and moving cows every three days are just nuts. Who has that time to spare?
11. Sign on the dotted line.
If the landman said this is the best deal for an oil or gas pipeline easement on your property, and the offer's on the table for only five days — sign. He means it, and you can't just tell him what you want, can you? You talked to your neighbor, and it's the same agreement he signed 10 years ago, so just sign. Why would you want to pay some overpriced lawyer to look it over?
12. Hire the cheapest labor you can find.
There's no loyalty or pride in farm employees any more, so forget trying to keep good ones and just go cheap. The turn-over might be a little bit of a pain, but it's really not going to cost you that much in your lost time to find, hire and train another worker.
So what that the new guy is not all that reliable, or never calls when he's hungover and isn't coming to work. And the fact that he whines constantly and bad mouths you behind your back isn't affecting his work or anyone around him, right? I mean, you gotta be a little flexible about the milking parlor cleaning procedures sometimes. Is it really that critical?
And you don't want someone who's really going to think for themselves, do you? You want them to do exactly what you tell them and no more.
13. Repeat after me: It'll never happen to me.
'Nuf said.
(*Editor's note: We really want you to do the opposite of what we're suggesting, and are hoping the over-the-top suggestions, like "don't soil test" will push into soil testing and MAKING money this year!)
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Brassicas are the winter garden mainstay!
Broccoli is the favorite Brassica and rightfully so per the nutrition it offers. Plants differ in size, head color and shapes, how heat tolerant they are if you intend to let them over summer, and side shoot production. To get value for the room Brocs take up, a lot of gardeners seek varieties that produce a lot of side shoots after the main head is taken. Some newer varieties are already producing side shoots before the main head is taken! These smaller heads are great steamed if large, or tossed with your salad if small. Do as you wish! Research has shown there are less aphids when you plant different varieties of brocs together! Probably true for other large Brassicas as well. More!
Kale has been a recent have-to-have! Eat young leaves fresh in salads. Steam with other veggies over rice. High in Vitamin A and anti cancer properties! Lovely varieties – green or purple, flat or curly leaves. They just keep growing. They are technically a biennial, 2 year plant. The first year is for production, the second they make seeds. But. In SoCal they over winter several years. Or if we have exceptionally hot weather, they may bolt and make seeds the first year! You can end up with a pom pom style, especially the curly leaf kales. But they lose their verve, look tired and tasteless, rather tortured. A fresh young kale in good soil will easily take up a 3′ footprint and produce thick tender vibrant leaves like crazy! What a difference. I hope you start fresh ones each year. They grow so quickly. You won't lose any harvest time if you plant a baby at the base of the old one, then take the old one down when you are getting those sweet young leaves from the baby. I'll bet you forgot how good they can really taste! Just be sure to work in some good compost so it can be strong and keep producing well. More!
Cauliflower now comes in the standard white, also green, orange and purple! The disadvantage is there is only one head and that's it, though as with any Brassica, the leaves are edible. Like Collard greens.
Cabbage is more dense for the dollar than Cauliflower though it too has only one head and takes a long time to grow – even the mini varieties! But what a feast! A cabbage head is amazing and you can fix it so many ways. Shred in salad, coleslaw, steamed, cabbage soup – Borscht, stir fried, cabbage rolls, cabbage kimchi, in tacos, as sauerkraut! Or try a traditional Irish dish, colcannon, a mixture of mashed potatoes, cabbage or kale, onions, and spices. YUM! There are many cabbage varieties as well – 'white,' red or green. Different sizes, and I do mean different. There are 4 to 6″ minis for container gardens, sooner eating or you just don't need a huge cabbage. Easily more than a foot in diameter monsters! First they grow loose, then they fill in and make hard dense heads. An amazing plant! While your cabbages are putting on size, plant lettuces among them and other Brassicas. Lettuce repels cabbage moths. More!
Brussels Sprouts are charming. They like a colder climate to make big sprouts. In Santa Barbara SoCal area you need to be prepared to harvest lots of small ones.
All these big Brassicas need feeding from time to time because they are big, and most of them are continuously producing leaf crops! They are all susceptible to Mildew. Try for resistant varieties. Water in the morning when possible so they can dry by evening. A good reason not to over water or fertilize is aphids and whiteflies! They like softer plants. Use plenty of worm castings, as much as possible in their soil – as much as 25% if you can! Plant your Brassicas far enough apart, leaves not touching, for airflow when they are mature, so pests and diseases don't easily spread plant to plant. Brassicas are generally frost tolerant, even a bit freeze tolerant, and it is said their flavor improves!
Cilantro is their best companion! If you like the scent, winter, early spring are good times for cilantro. It doesn't bolt so fast. Summer it bolts, winters it will freeze, so replants go with the territory. Cilantro makes brocs grow REALLY well, bigger, fuller, greener!
For salads arugula, bok choi, kohlrabi, mizuna, mustard, tatsoi, peppery sweet alyssum! Root crops are Daikon and White Icicle, pretty China Rose and handsome Long Black Spanish radish, turnips, rutabagas! Grow horseradish for fermenting. Plant these tasty small Brassicas in rows, between, among, around, in patches. A few here, a few there! Be artful and enjoy their many flavors at your winter table!
Peas – Flat, Snap or Pod
Flat is the same as Chinese or snow peas. String 'em or buy the stringless variety, and eat 'em right then and there or toss a few with your salad, steam or stew in Oriental dishes, add to your stir fry! Shelling or English peas are so delicious fresh out of the pod and might tasty steamed. SNAP peas are the sinful favorite of many. Few make it home from my garden. I just eat them. That's why you get stringless varieties. Who wants to be picking their teeth at the garden, LOL?! Ok, if some of those snap peas do make it to the kitchen, add them to salads. If you must, lightly steam them, add them to stir fries. They are very tender. To keep their fresh green look, undercook….
Yellow, green or purple, you can get bush or pole peas! Bush peas come in sooner; pole peas grow tall, so come in later. Soon as your bush peas are done, the pole peas will come in shortly after, making for a steady supply. And the pole peas keep on coming. Compared to beans or tomatoes, peas have a shorter life span. And when they are done, they are done. Fertilizing, coaxing, additional water doesn't help. Successive planting is the answer. Plant once a month or so if you love peas. You do have to keep them picked or, like beans, they stop producing. They have short roots and need to be kept moist. Onion family stunts peas! But carrots enhance peas! Plant carrots around the cage or along the trellis. If you plant carrots on one side of them, water the pea side so the carrots don't get too much water and split.
Peas are the winter legume as beans are the summer legume of your garden! They are the trellis plants of our winter gardens. Put in your trellis first, then plant pole seeds, plus transplants of bush and pole all at the same time for them to come in one after the other. Your bush peas in cages will produce first, then your pole peas, and likely your seeded pole peas will follow in short order. Soon as your peas are done, clip off the plant, leaving the roots with their Nitrogen nodules in the ground to feed your soil. Plant more!
If you don't have marauding birds, presprouting your seed peas makes sense! If you do have birds, cover them with aviary wire. PreSprouting peas is super simple. Paper towel on plate, lay out peas an inch apart, fold the paper towel over them, spritz with clean water, keep them moist. By +/- 5 days they will have sprouted. Get them into the ground, carefully so you don't break the little roots. Presprouting assures no spots will be empty where a seed didn't come up and you lose production! See more!
Make some Pea & Mint Crostini like at My Husband Cooks (Please do not drool on your keyboard while you are at this site.)
You can have a terrific time with beets! They thrive in cooler weather. Many colors! Grow the biggies, Cylindra! Plant them at the same time you plant smaller varieties so you have the littles first, then the biggies! Early Wonder Tall Tops and Dutch Baby Ball are a tasty choices, or red cold hardy Flat of Egypt! Try a yellow like Touchstone Gold!
Chard is an elegant super productive winter favorite! Handsome, colorful, really, they are the 'flowers' of the winter garden! Superlative nutrition, low calorie, easy to grow! If you want quantity, plant Fordhook Giants! They are wondrous – easily 3′ tall, foot wide leaves when conditions are right for them! Chard can't be beat for production per square foot.
Lettuces thrive in cooler weather too, but do cover them at threatened freezes. Lay down tomato cages, cover, and secure the cover. Remove when the day warms up. Lettuces come in all kinds of shapes and delicious colors. They do best in rich soil, regular moisture. Winter is the cooler time when tender butter leafs and heading varieties do well.
Try super dense Salanova! Johnny's Seeds says: Harvested as fully mature heads, the flavor and texture have more time to develop than traditional baby-leaf lettuces. The unique structure of the core produces a multitude of uniformly sized leaves, harvestable with one simple cut. Salanova is more than 40% higher yielding, has better flavor and texture, and double the shelf life of traditional baby-leaf lettuce, making it an excellent, more economical option. What do you think about all that?!
Perfect timing for tasty root crops – beets, turnips, rutabagas, daikon radish. Beets are a double winner because the roots and the leaves are edible. Pick leaves from time to time. When your beets are the size you want, pull them and eat all the leaves and the beets as well!
Winter is growing time for long Daikon Radish. And Carrots. Carrots are a dense root, so they take awhile. Plant short varieties like Thumbelina and Little Fingers for sooner eating. Kids love them! At the same time plant longer varieties to eat when the Little Fingers are one. You might enjoy some of the mixed color packs! The longer the carrot, the longer it takes to grow. Look at the seed pack to see how many days it takes to maturity. Of course, you can pull them sooner and smaller. 🙂 Avoid manuring where you know you will be planting carrots – makes them hairy. Steady water supply and not too much or they split.
Parsnips, celery and parsley are all in the carrot family and enjoy cool SoCal weather. Celery is in-the-garden edible let alone low calorie! Leeks and bunch onions, but no onion family near peas.
If you haven't planted already…some of you carry your layout plan in your head, others draw and redraw, moving things around until it settles and feels right. Do add a couple new things just for fun! Try another direction. Add some herbs or different edible flowers. Leave a little open space for surprises! Stand back, take a deep breath and ask yourself why you plant what you plant and why you plant the way you do. Anything been tickling the back of your mind you are curious about? More about Designing Your SoCal Winter Veggie Garden!
Plant longer maturing larger and taller varieties to the back, shorter early day varieties in front where they will get sun. Put littles on the sunny side of these. Plant your tall plants first, let them get up a bit. Then clip off the lower leaves and plant your littles. Or plant quick rounds of littles between the tall plants. They will be ready to harvest when the big plants would start shading them. A classic combo is lettuces among starting cabbages!
Mixes rule! Plant several varieties for maturity at different times and to confuse pests. Pests are attracted at certain stages of maturity. They may bother one plant but leave others entirely alone depending on temps and the pest's cycle! There are less aphids on broccoli when you plant different varieties together. See Super Fall Veggies Varieties, Smart Companion Plantings!
Peas and green manure mixes – legumes and oats, feed and replenish your soil because they take N (Nitrogen) out of the air and deposit it in little nodules on their roots! If an area in your garden needs a pep up, plant it to green manure. Broadcast a seed mix of legumes and oats and let them grow. Bell beans, Austrian peas, vetch and oats from Island Seed & Feed Goleta is an excellent choice. The first three deposit N; the oats have deep roots that bring nutrients up and create soil channels for oxygen, water and soil organisms! Plant it where next summer's heavy feeders, like tomatoes, will be grown!
If you are planning for mid January bareroot strawberry planting, be preparing your strawberry patch now if you are planting to plant green manure! The green manure mix I use takes 2+ months to grow. I chop it down when the bell beans flower. Chop it into bits, add acidic (azalea/camellia) compost, worm castings and turn it all under. It takes two to three weeks to decompose, let the soil organisms restabilize, and be ready to plant. That puts us right at mid January!
OR. Strawberry runner daughters can be clipped Oct 10 to 15, stored in the fridge for planting Nov 5ish. Remove any diseased soil where your beds will be; prep your beds with acidic compost like an Azalea mix. Commercial growers replace their plants every year. Some gardeners let them have two years but production tapers off a lot the second year. If you let them have two years, generously replenish the soil between the berries with acidic compost. Last year I laid down boards between the rows where my berries would be planted. The boards keep the soil moist underneath. I planted the berries just far enough apart that they self mulched (shaded the soil). Worked beautifully. I got the idea for the boards from a pallet gardener.
Plant in super soil to get a good start! Clean up old piles of stuff, remove old mulches that can harbor overwintering pest eggs and diseases. Then add the best-you-can-get composts, manures, worm castings. In planting holes, toss in a handful of nonfat powdered milk in for immediate uptake as a natural germicide and to boost their immune system. Throw in a handful of bone meal that will decompose for uptake at bloom time. If you have other treats you like to favor your plants with, give them some of that too! Go lightly on incorporating coffee grounds either in your compost or soil. In studies, what was found to work well was coffee grounds at only 0.5 percent of the compost mix. That's only 1/2 a percent! See more details about soil building! If you have containers, dump that old spent stuff and put in some tasty new mix!
Winter Feeding Lettuces like a light feed of chicken manure cultivated in. All the winter plants are heavy producers – lots of leaves, some of those leaves are monsters! Cabbages are packed tight, leaf after leaf! They may need a light feed. Remember, it's cooler now, so their uptake is slower, so give them liquid feeds of things easy for them to uptake. Fish emulsion (if you don't have predators) or a tasty tea mix – compost, worm castings, manure (no manure tea for lettuces).
Give your berms a check. Restore or add, shift them as needed. Before wind or rain, double check cages and trellises, top heavy plants. Stake them, tie peas to the trellis or cage. Start gathering sheets, light blankets for possible cold weather to come. Keep tomato cages handy.
You don't have to garden this winter! You can cover it deeply with all the mulch materials you can lay your hands on up to 18′ deep. Believe me, it will settle quickly. Let the herds of soil organisms do their work over winter. That's called sheet composting or composting in place, lasagna gardening – no turning or having to move it when it's finished. If you are vermicomposting, have worms, add a few handfuls to speed up and enrich the process. Next spring you will have rich nutritious living layers of whole soil for no work at all! Another wise option is to do something Hugelkultur style!
"Our most important job as vegetable gardeners is to feed and sustain soil life, often called the soil food web, beginning with the microbes. If we do this, our plants will thrive, we'll grow nutritious, healthy food, and our soil conditions will get better each year. This is what is meant by the adage 'Feed the soil not the plants.'
― Jane Shellenberger, Organic Gardener's Companion: Growing Vegetables in the West (Colorado)
Winter watering in drought areas is the same as for summer. Before 10:30 AM, after 4 PM. Watch which way water flows along the leaves. Some plants it flows to the center stem. Some drip water off the leaf tips in a circle around your plant, the dripline. Some go both ways. Make berms just beyond where the mature plant's water flows. If at the dripline, that's where the tiny feeder roots take up moisture and nutrients. That's why they call them feeder roots! If your garden has a low spot, plant your water loving plants – chard, lettuces, spinach, mizuna, mints – there or near a spigot.
Fall Pests & Diseases
- Prevention Drench young plants, ones you just transplanted, with Aspirin solution to get them off to a great start! Drench your seedlings when they get up a few inches. One regular Aspirin, 1/4 C nonfat powdered milk, 1/2 teaspoon liquid dish soap (surfactant), per gallon of water. Aspirin triggers a defense response and stimulates growth! Powdered milk is a natural germicide and boosts the immune system. Be sure to get under the leaves too!
- Brassicas, Peas! Lots of ants and on Brassicas, lengthwise curling leaves are the giveaways for aphids, then whiteflies. Aphids carry viruses. Aphids come in fat gray or small black. Avoid over watering and feeding that makes for soft plants, tender leaves that aphids thrive on, and ant habitat. Spray the aphids away, make the ants leave. Get up under those leaves, and fervently but carefully do the tender growth tips. Do it consistently until they don't come back. Cinnamon is amazing. Ants don't like it at all, and when you are starting seedlings it prevents molds and damping off. Sprinkle it on the soil in your six pack. Get it in big containers at Smart and Final. Reapply as needed. ASAP remove yellowing leaves that attract whiteflies.If Whiteflies and aphids/ants come along, give them a bath too! Get a good grip on your hose and swoosh them away when you first see them. Be sure to get hideaways under the leaves and in crevices!
- Chard, Lettuces, Spinach – Slugs and snails are the bane of so many crops, but these especially. Lay down something like Sluggo immediately. Then do it again in a week or so. Kill the parents, kill the children. After about 3 times you rarely need it again anytime soon.
- Biodiversity In general, avoid row planting where disease and pests wipe the plants out from one to the next to the next. Instead or rows, plant in several different spots. If you can't help yourself, because your family always planted in rows or that's the way farm pictures show plantings, remember, this is YOUR garden! Also, leave room so mature plants' leaves don't touch. Give them room to breathe, get good big leaves that get plenty of sun and produce lots more big leaves and many big fruits! Stunted crowded rootbound plants just don't perform as well and are more disease and pest susceptible.
Keep up with your maintenance. Weed so seedlings aren't shaded out or their nutrients used up.
If you have lots of seeds, over planting is an age old practice. Plant too, too many, then thin them with tiny pointy scissors, aka harvest the young, and eat 'em! Young radish sprouts, teeny carrots, beets, cilantro, arugula, onions, little Brassicas of all kinds are wonderful in a salad! If they get a little big, steam them or add to stir fries and stews. Another way to do it is plant flats of lettuces, mesclun mixes, and mow them! Tender baby greens! They will grow back 3, 4 times.
Have it in the back of your mind what summer plants you will be wanting, where you will plant them. Plant more permanent plants like a broccoli you keep over summer for side shoots (like All Season F1 Hybrid), or a kale that will keep on going, where they will not be shaded out by taller indeterminate summer tomatoes.
October is the last of Seed Saving time for most of us. Make notes on how your plants did, which varieties were the most successful. These seeds are adapted to you and your locality. Each year keep your best! Start sorting and labeling seed baggies on coming cooler indoor evenings. Store your keepers in a cool dry place for next year's plantings. Generously gather seeds for upcoming January Seed Swaps!
Santa Barbara's Seed Swap is January 28! The last Saturday of January every year is National Seed Swap Day! Look in your area for an event, and if you don't find one, collaborate with your local garden club or permaculture group to get one going!
Plant gift plants or bowls or baskets for the holidays! Make Lavender sachets!
Take a deep breath of this fine fall weather!
See the entire October Garden Newsletter!
The Green Bean Connection started as correspondence for the Santa Barbara CA USA Pilgrim Terrace Community Garden. All three of Santa Barbara's community gardens are very coastal. During late spring/summer we are often in a fog belt/marine layer most years, locally referred to as the May grays, June glooms and August fogusts. Keep that in mind compared to the microclimate niche where your veggie garden is. Bless you for being such a wonderful Earth Steward!
Love your Mother! Plant bird & bee food! Think grey water! Grow organic!


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