"Howdy y'all. It's been a tough year in Ponyville, what with tha' depredations of that trumped-up darn old 'Lord Tirek', but we buckled down, harvested them apples an' made a whole lotta hay."
"Twilight, that don't make much sense," Applejack objected. "We don't grow hay except for personal consumption."
"Hay's a synonym for bits. You made a lot of bits."
"Not enough, or else we wouldn't be filin' this fundraisin' plea."
"Trust me," Twilight said: "This makes sense."
"Don't seem completely honest..."
Venpony your investments and Social Security Number to Applejack today at {link removed by author}.
Era: Season 4.
Featured Story: on 18/11/2021
Image: by me with the site's Applejack image embedded.
Chapters (1)
I'll admit I found your Risks Section… disconcertingly specific, for lack of a better description, but I also can't deny I'm intrigued by your proposal — especially given the names behind it.
Point being, I'll be in touch!
–AP
In-character-isms aside, this was a fun little read! Nicely done.
:)
I do appreciate the idea that Platinum single-hoofedly wrecked this sort of investment scheme with a few tulips. Thoroughly enjoyable bit of story. Thank you for it.
Twilight couldnt pick up a tree and root ball, measure the magic used, replace the tree. Measure the weight of a stump and rootball, Subtract to get weight of tree, measure from logs the water ratio, to get total carbon store per tree?
Emissions also depend on diet? So much beans means hinds?
Jiminy-Christmas, is this scheme a bad idea. IRL former apple growers from the Yakima Valley can tell you exactly why. And the taxes! Going from all the sweet subsidies and simple reporting that peasant farmers enjoy to the psychotic calculus that is Small Business/Self-Employed taxes is its own nightmare, and Applejack isn't even going to claim depreciation. Yeah, just leave what is far and away the biggest tax break that farmers receive off the form.
She should have gotten financial advice from Rarity instead.
11054565
"Thanks mightily fer your interest, AP. With respect to yer comment about tha' "Risks" section, I always find that honesty is tha' best policy, so I did my darndest ta' be as forthcomin' as possible, not wantin' ta' tell a half-truth by omission. Twilight n' I, we made sure to have an afternoon brainstormin' session 'bout it. I look forward ta' speakin' more in tha' future even if ya' ultimately decide investment's not fer ya'." -AJ.
Thank you all for reading.
11054661
Now, now, no need to blame Twilight for all of Applejack's mistakes. To be fair to Twilight, although her words may not have been heeded, she did advise Applejack to take depreciation.
As Applejack said:
Who knows what sort of insanity Rarity might have recommended.
Let's hope this plan works out for Applejack despite the inherent risks.
If it doesn't, then there might need to be a sequel. And Applejack doesn't want that. 
11055117
I thought of Rarity, because she made her fortune by selling clothes in a nudist colony, but maybe Pinkie Pie would have been the better friend to ask. Applejack should just have a great big party! The whole town is invited and the theme of the celebration is doing things around the farm! Hey, it worked for Winter Wrap-Up and The Sisterhooves Social.