When I first moved to my current home, I asked around and no one ( those who grew up in the Caribbean) around me were growing anything. I made calls, drove four hours to buy my fruit trees and today I have 25 fruit trees and 10 garden beds ( 2 more coming ). I am in a hoa ( allows fruit trees in the rear), so am happy.I see neighbours who have been in their homes 15 plus yrs , and not one fruit tree or garden bed. I was taught by mother " Dont rely on snyone to feed you ".
I appreciate you, brother. You're the reason I have live plants on my property lol. They used to die on me all the time. One day, I'll take the trek from Nevada to visit your nursery. I want to have at least one of your trees on my property so I can tell people, "I got this from Queen Creek Tropicals." Keep up the great content.
I feel exactly the same way! He is my Numero Uno Desert Gardening channel. I used to live in Phx & "Snottsdale". Retired to "Luna-tic" County New Mexico. If I ever make a trip that way again, I hope I will be able to make an appointment to come be a customer of his . It would be like a "Meet the Beatles of Gardening" event for me. 😂🧓
We are the final carbon footprint. I bought a property that has no restrictions. I have been in for a year and we have 17 thirty foot beds, 5 peach trees, 5 figs, 6 pigs, 2 goats, 20 egg laying chickens. The ground is horrible, rock and clay. I have to amend every inch to get better plants, but also better drainage. It’s a lot of work. Most of my neighbors just mow their lawns, so sad
A rep from the state of AZ told me that my backyard nusery does not need special permits aa long as I stay small, only sell on FB marketplace and the like, and dont ship out of state.
@@qctropicals why not do "by appointment" type sales only? rather than have people ON your property, meet them down the road on some public easement to complete the sale? if they want to "see" which one they buy...maybe label each plant and do a video walk - by of the stock and have them select item 1a 2b etc. thoughts? avoid needing the permit or other special requirements altogether. before you know it, you'd be ruined by "you need publicly handicap accessible bathrooms and separate septic" blah blah blah.
Its called barrier to entry , ALL businesses have these , somtimes its hidden sometimes its obvious, but there is always hurdles put there to slow down poor people.
very sad. Some benefits of purchasing from a local nursery are 1) keep money circulating in your local economy 2) local nurseries stock plants that thrive in your area 3) Local nurseries won't sell you plants that won't bloom in your area 4)Local nurseries have great solutions to local plant issues 5) local nurseries use resources that many times are sourced locally, decreasing the carbon trail. (Best surprise in the garden in 2024 was watching Autmun Beauty jujube flourish its first year in spite of heat waves and water stress. I'm in zone 10b but its does well here eventhough the literature says up to zone 9)
When I was a kid growing up here in Miami in the 1970's there were at least 25 nurseries around me. My first job out of high school was at a nursery on my street. I started out weeding and inspecting plants then they put me on delivery and learned how to use the Bobcat. In the past it used to be easy to open a business, but now it's an expensive nightmare.
@@qctropicals Mc Mansions sit where the nurseries used to be. It's a shame because I think some young people would enjoy the work even today. We planted a lot of palm trees back then, and I had to go to the tree farm and get the trees, often digging and loading them myself and then dig and plant them at the customer's site. The Bobcat and auger made it almost a one man job.
@@qctropicals I have seen that, what a disaster. Maybe that is why I see older guys planting trees along the road or only immigrants if they are younger.
We left the USA for all the reasons you have talked about. I won’t be controlled, no rules for me. EVERYONE, grow food, share and encourage all others to do the same. I give away chickens for people to have self sufficiency. Do not let them control you…we have to multiply!, grow grow grow..prosperous and middle finger to the gov. You are right, we sweat doing all the hard work in the extreme heat, extreme mosquitoes, extreme biting ants, loads of weeds and never ending work…the rewards are super sweet and worth it. AND IT IS MINE
You, good sir, are absolutly RIGHT! And its not just in the US, also in Europe. Gardencenters are around but they don't care about the health of their plants, at all. They get them, they water them maybe once or twice, then they sell them for half the price because their plants start looking ugly and people only want to get the pretty stuff. And it needs to be pest free too. I got two banana plants last week for half the price because they were on the edge of drying out. Felt bad for them because they were put away in a corner like trash.. I hope they will recover, so shortly before wintertime, but thankfully, I also keep Hippeastrum, and just like Banana's, they store water in their cores/bulbs, so I know a thing or two about that, and lets face it, plants are amazing when it comes to recovering. NEVER give up on them, because in many cases, they WILL find a way to survive and surprise you! But seriously, we NEED more people like you, who tell the truth about the industry, and keep the craft, the TRUE craft of growing plants alive. The current trends in Asia worry me btw, prices are being held up even with lots of plants that can be sold - the new trends, to get varigations left and right causes people to pay INSANELY high prices, yet the older breeds will be forgotten soon, because nobody wants to buy common "green" plants. They are boring. No, we need more pinks and yellows and white's all over the place and ask over 10.000 dollar a piece for them to get rich! Well...enough of me ranting away at the industry of (indoor)plants. Greetings from the Netherlands! I will keep on following your channel, keep it coming :)
Government regulation and permitting is part of the problem, but unregulated corporate greed and HOAs are just a much to blame. Government doesn't force builders to make cookie cutter homes, greed does. Government doesn't force builders to create HOAs where homeowners have less freedom to do what they want with their property, the builders do so they can control how properties around those for sale look until all of the properties are sold. Then the lemmings of the world, sometimes disguised as freedom lovers, keep them going after the builder steps out!
one thing I've learned recently is nothing is "forced" . Everything is a "choice". Problem is, the right choice is not always easy. Banks will loan a builder money if building an HOA neighborhood vs custom homes. The permitting process is easier for HOA developments than custom homes. Everything is cheaper when building HOA vs custom home.
glad ur here on youtube, i rely on hearing you anyalyze the insanity, i feel you on the control ...and it getting swifter , im developing a food forest, so ty again.
I agree with most of what you said...I've been looking for a property with modest smaller home and an irrigated 1-2 acre, and anywhere close to the city in Phoenix metro area, you are going to be near a million dollars.
You don’t have to go down. Get a private member association (PMA) to keep your nursery secure. If you get with Dave Jose he can help you set it up. He is in Arizona too.
My wife and I are probably 5-10 years from opening a nursery, 🤞. Things will definitely be different then, especially after general AI bots are a thing. Not giving up yet, just honing in our skills via community gardens and our 1/4 acre yard in the meantime. Good luck to all of us!
It is what they want. your knowledge and skill will be essential and I believe you will be a valuable resource to your community. Keep the faith God has a plan you can’t see yet. 🙏
I'm in the romantic stage of year one with a backyard nursery. I get many sales in north central Florida with mango trees and i enjoy it. I only keep about 75 trees at a time and have a great time selling the trees. I do it for the love of mango trees and not for profit even though you will make money. I'm a positive thinking person and trust in God to send customers.
Truth. I can see them even regulating backyard gardens soon. Pretty sure a HOA wouldn't allow it because they say no to everything. My sister got denied putting up fencing around her backyard by her HOA on her own house. Terrible.
Genuinely curious question--if AZ requires a paved lot to have customers park on your property, can you get around that by having customers park on the public street adjacent to your property? It will likely be limited, but maybe you can set customer expectations. A rolling cart helps load plants in cars or you bring the retail space closer to the street. There's a small home nursery I love in Houston, TX that does this, but I've never thought to ask them about their permitting process. Super interesting. Thank you for sharing your journey!
You're correct all small businesses are going under. A lot of big businesses are closing daily. I have had a landscaping and mowing businesses for 29 years now. Last year we did half the business as the year before. Commercial properties are spending less. Home owners seem to care less about their yards. I was talking to my brother yesterday he makes 38 an hour as a detective and his wife makes 34 an hour as a nurse. We cant afford to pay help anyone. We aren't even making the money people working make now. Equipment, tires, gas, repairs, its where all our money goes. Something has to give. The world is becoming a different place. I see a lot of empty commercial properties sitting empty in the near future and not many small self employed businesses left at all. Very sad technology has ruined the world. We all cant work for Amazon.
You are in more of a neighborhood that could support this. In regular city single family neighborhoods, most lots are not that large. But from the retail business standpoint, it’s mostly not allowed except I believe salons. Traffic and parking is one of the main reasons.
So I have to ask what is a lower carbon footprint we know if we drop the low 0.025% plant start to die and so we are at 0.04% right now plants thrive at 2.5% carbon in the atmosphere yeah you see where we're going with this are we having your warmer Summers we are Maybe depending on who you talk to if you're talking to a seasonal worker like me I would tell you that the last four Summers were cooler than the previous Summers between 20 20/10 and 2018 we're by far hotter than they are today knowing that the temperature in this world is regulated by two things the axis of the Earth which does change the Three Gorges Dam in China changed to 3° and the amount of solar flares released by the Sun sadly you and yours do not have nothing to do with it I'm going to leave you with the math problem and you can Google it to get your s*** straight One commercial jet Burns about 30,000 gallons of fuel in 40 hours there are a minimum of 28,000 commercial airlines in operation now with 10 to 15,000 on the sidelines for repairs how much jet fuel does the commercial airline burn a year compared to the people yeah I'll be waiting on your answer get back with me with that
Now they are even controlling the use of irrigation. They only allow you to use the irrigation 2 days a week. That is unsustainable unless I spend 2 days a week watering all of my plants
Have you ever looked into a PMA (private membership association)? You could charge members $1 for membership and you might not have the hoops and expense involved.
@@qctropicals I can't share links here but I suggest doing some research on it. It's basically a right to conduct biz without government intrusion. As long as you're not causing evil/harm then the government can't control your biz.
Yes, it does seem like more and more backyard nurseries are disappearing, leaving only the big box stores. Thank God for nurseries like yours. Vice President Democratic nominee Kamala Harris promises to fight for the middle class, and save our country’s democracy, if elected.
I don't have many nurseries selling fruit trees in my area - I know only one with great fruit trees selection and I think it opened recently in residential area, but they have a lot of land and they are reselling, they don't grow trees . And I learned that people at least in Florida believe that fruit trees attract rodents (like rats). I was surprise of course bc I am from country side and I googled it - that misinformation is there.... One women found a rat nest and was told bc of her fruit trees so she got rid of all fruit trees (someone else took them). When I had a property with fruit trees I had 2 cameras on my backyard and I have seen a skunk, opossum, cat visiting my yard, without cameras I'd not able to tell that i have so many animals on my yard during night time
great video. To me the main issue is land price, demand drove price up, now prices high. I don't like $$ land but it seems like just supply n demand. Couldn't you get around zoning n other issues by buying county island property ? Some of these are 1 acre. it is kind of catch-22. you need big piece of land cheap, but you need it close to customers. I talked w/ nursery owner once he told me "like farmers we work hard for not much most of lives, then retire at age 70 sell property as milionaire" Look at Moon Valley nursery in Chandler that land has got to be valuable.
the county island property debate is a myth. My new commercial property is county island. May as well get into the real state market instead of the plant business at that point.
God created a garden, and invited us to live there. He loved His creation first, and He loves it more than we do. He reminds us hundreds of times in His word to not worry. May He richly bless you, keep you, and make His face to shine on you. Tending to land and animals teaches us about God, His intricate creation , and especially about oursrlves
There will be online which sucks bc you don’t get to pick and choose or see pest or diseases I shop local plants from nurseries there better looking then big box and so much variety
people don't buy in my area anymore, looks like no money or asking 50% price reduction even for plants with $5 price! I hope the demand in your area still strong!
@@qctropicals Man, that's terrible. I hope you have a plan what to do when demand is low. I increased the prices and barely do any discounts. I am low in stock and I love my plants so I don't care if I have them longer which means I enjoy them more:) Eventually they sell. And In florida the prices for plants are very cheap... so it's kind of low margin business.
I recommend anyone that wants to start a business to get a business management degree or at the minimum take a few courses. The threshold for when you have to start following larger corporate rules is incredibly small. Sometimes a minimum of employing 5 people or making more than 10K profit. It can be incredibly frustrating navigating all the rules and regulations. But there are people and programs on the inside to make things easier. Just have to be willing to expand your network and comfort zone. The FSA and NRCS have resources to help make that transition from hobby farm to full blown business. You're already giving them tax dollars may as well use their services.
It isn't just backyard nurseries, it is ALL small business of any kind that face similar issues. This is why so many small businesses are online now, even specialty nurseries, as it is the only cost effective way to even have a small business any longer for most people. As the human population continues to grow we will become more and more dependent on corporations as they will be the only ones with enough money/resources and the ability to provide the things humanity needs. The only real solution is more self production and then barter, trade and sell with your neighbors for the things you can't/don't produce. We will actually need to go back in time as things were once done in the past if we want any sort of self sustainability or we will all become completely dependent on the corporations. It's all by design, the powers that be want it this way.....
This has been happening to the nursery businesses since the 70's. If you want to grow plants in your backyard, dont expect to be the next Monrovia nursery. Find a niche and work what you have available and dont follow the leader.
All true..I hope things turn around but I'm also a realist. And the online selling platforms continue to raise and create random fees to the point that you just don't feel that you're making enough. We get dirty, and the fat cats get richer. 🤷♂️
In some cases it would definitely help voting for the right people. Voting for someone just because the other person hurt our feelings is always going to end up bad for our pocketbook
Hiring help, those of whom are lazy, or really haven't had to work hard at anytime in their life, are the pathetic ones. Entitled crybabies. The younger generation, many of whom have grown up spoiled, babied, have no concept of what "work" really means. I am a Plumber by trade. Have been doing this line of work since 1989, so I know what it means to work HARD, physically. Digging trenches, backfilling, grading the trenches, to allow proper fall for sewer pipes. Luckily, this aspect of P,umbing, I haven't had to do recently. But, I have done the bust &ss part of Plumbing for years. Many younger ones nowdays haven't a clue what working hard, physically, entails. Very sad.
🎉 06:20 You are absolutely right about people being lazy. For the past 20 years, people have been focusing on career paths that are sitting and clicking on computers, talking on phones. Not being up and about moving around almost constantly during their working hours. I know this because I transitioned from working the units, Non-stop on my feet, usually 12 hour shifts with a LOT of lifting involved as a nurse from 1975-2005. I called it "Aerobic Nursing". I was strong and fit. But I succumbed to the corporate cubicle culture working for health insurance plans doing "sitting on my butt nursing" for the last 10 years of my career. 2005 - 2015. And gained a total of 80 pounds. Of which I still have 40 to lose to get back to a more healthy weight. Biggest regret in my career. By the way, you are my Numero Uno Desert Gardening channel. I used to live in Phx & "Snottsdale". Retired to "Luna-tic" County New Mexico. If I ever make a trip that way again, I hope I will be able to make an appointment to come be a customer of yours. It would be like a "Meet the Beatles of Gardening" event for me. 😂🧓
Control the food, control the people
When I first moved to my current home, I asked around and no one ( those who grew up in the Caribbean) around me were growing anything.
I made calls, drove four hours to buy my fruit trees and today I have 25 fruit trees and 10 garden beds ( 2 more coming ).
I am in a hoa ( allows fruit trees in the rear), so am happy.I see neighbours who have been in their homes 15 plus yrs , and not one fruit tree or garden bed.
I was taught by mother " Dont rely on snyone to feed you ".
Your mother was a wise person!
The slow death of America was outlined in many of your points.. So sad but very true....😢
i wouldnt say it's a slow death...its been a pretty rapid death in the past 20 years
Sad but true. Great video and hope you continue to prosper.
Excellent topic and important conversation. Vote accordingly. We only have the right we fight for! Are we willing to fight?
To bad we don't have free and fair elections
I appreciate you, brother. You're the reason I have live plants on my property lol. They used to die on me all the time. One day, I'll take the trek from Nevada to visit your nursery. I want to have at least one of your trees on my property so I can tell people, "I got this from Queen Creek Tropicals." Keep up the great content.
I feel exactly the same way! He is my Numero Uno Desert Gardening channel. I used to live in Phx & "Snottsdale". Retired to "Luna-tic" County New Mexico. If I ever make a trip that way again, I hope I will be able to make an appointment to come be a customer of his . It would be like a "Meet the Beatles of Gardening" event for me. 😂🧓
We are the final carbon footprint. I bought a property that has no restrictions. I have been in for a year and we have 17 thirty foot beds, 5 peach trees, 5 figs, 6 pigs, 2 goats, 20 egg laying chickens. The ground is horrible, rock and clay. I have to amend every inch to get better plants, but also better drainage. It’s a lot of work. Most of my neighbors just mow their lawns, so sad
A rep from the state of AZ told me that my backyard nusery does not need special permits aa long as I stay small, only sell on FB marketplace and the like, and dont ship out of state.
permit is mainly required if youre going to do retail sales out of your house
@@qctropicals why not do "by appointment" type sales only? rather than have people ON your property, meet them down the road on some public easement to complete the sale? if they want to "see" which one they buy...maybe label each plant and do a video walk - by of the stock and have them select item 1a 2b etc. thoughts? avoid needing the permit or other special requirements altogether. before you know it, you'd be ruined by "you need publicly handicap accessible bathrooms and separate septic" blah blah blah.
@@tomh4591 already got the permit but yes that was a choice.
This is happening across so many industries. I work in the furniture business and it's a daily fight against large corporations and government rules
no industry is safe from the zombies. CORPorations, dead non living entities that have more "legal" rights than living breathing souls.
Its called barrier to entry , ALL businesses have these , somtimes its hidden sometimes its obvious, but there is always hurdles put there to slow down poor people.
Best video so far… Well said!
very sad. Some benefits of purchasing from a local nursery are 1) keep money circulating in your local economy 2) local nurseries stock plants that thrive in your area 3) Local nurseries won't sell you plants that won't bloom in your area 4)Local nurseries have great solutions to local plant issues 5) local nurseries use resources that many times are sourced locally, decreasing the carbon trail. (Best surprise in the garden in 2024 was watching Autmun Beauty jujube flourish its first year in spite of heat waves and water stress. I'm in zone 10b but its does well here eventhough the literature says up to zone 9)
Carbon is good, it's not pollution. The only green house gas is water vapor and the sun controls that. Plants need more carbon.
One can learn a lot from living in a greenhouse -just checked out other country it all green vs the desert country
When I was a kid growing up here in Miami in the 1970's there were at least 25 nurseries around me. My first job out of high school was at a nursery on my street. I started out weeding and inspecting plants then they put me on delivery and learned how to use the Bobcat. In the past it used to be easy to open a business, but now it's an expensive nightmare.
yes if money is your end goal, easier ways to invest than opening up a nursery. Only big name nurseries will be around in the next decade or so.
@@qctropicals Mc Mansions sit where the nurseries used to be. It's a shame because I think some young people would enjoy the work even today. We planted a lot of palm trees back then, and I had to go to the tree farm and get the trees, often digging and loading them myself and then dig and plant them at the customer's site. The Bobcat and auger made it almost a one man job.
@@chargermopar most young people now a days sit at home and play video games all day and expect their parents to pay for everything.
@@qctropicals I have seen that, what a disaster. Maybe that is why I see older guys planting trees along the road or only immigrants if they are younger.
We left the USA for all the reasons you have talked about. I won’t be controlled, no rules for me. EVERYONE, grow food, share and encourage all others to do the same. I give away chickens for people to have self sufficiency. Do not let them control you…we have to multiply!, grow grow grow..prosperous and middle finger to the gov. You are right, we sweat doing all the hard work in the extreme heat, extreme mosquitoes, extreme biting ants, loads of weeds and never ending work…the rewards are super sweet and worth it. AND IT IS MINE
where did you move to?
@purplelizard8 Where do you go that less corrupt? We can get together with blicks here.
Yes, we’d all like to know where is the freedom place?
You, good sir, are absolutly RIGHT! And its not just in the US, also in Europe. Gardencenters are around but they don't care about the health of their plants, at all. They get them, they water them maybe once or twice, then they sell them for half the price because their plants start looking ugly and people only want to get the pretty stuff. And it needs to be pest free too.
I got two banana plants last week for half the price because they were on the edge of drying out. Felt bad for them because they were put away in a corner like trash..
I hope they will recover, so shortly before wintertime, but thankfully, I also keep Hippeastrum, and just like Banana's, they store water in their cores/bulbs, so I know a thing or two about that, and lets face it, plants are amazing when it comes to recovering. NEVER give up on them, because in many cases, they WILL find a way to survive and surprise you!
But seriously, we NEED more people like you, who tell the truth about the industry, and keep the craft, the TRUE craft of growing plants alive. The current trends in Asia worry me btw, prices are being held up even with lots of plants that can be sold - the new trends, to get varigations left and right causes people to pay INSANELY high prices, yet the older breeds will be forgotten soon, because nobody wants to buy common "green" plants. They are boring. No, we need more pinks and yellows and white's all over the place and ask over 10.000 dollar a piece for them to get rich!
Well...enough of me ranting away at the industry of (indoor)plants.
Greetings from the Netherlands! I will keep on following your channel, keep it coming :)
Government regulation and permitting is part of the problem, but unregulated corporate greed and HOAs are just a much to blame. Government doesn't force builders to make cookie cutter homes, greed does. Government doesn't force builders to create HOAs where homeowners have less freedom to do what they want with their property, the builders do so they can control how properties around those for sale look until all of the properties are sold. Then the lemmings of the world, sometimes disguised as freedom lovers, keep them going after the builder steps out!
one thing I've learned recently is nothing is "forced" . Everything is a "choice". Problem is, the right choice is not always easy. Banks will loan a builder money if building an HOA neighborhood vs custom homes. The permitting process is easier for HOA developments than custom homes. Everything is cheaper when building HOA vs custom home.
you’re inspirational to a small optimistic gardener like myself, thank you!!!!!!!
glad ur here on youtube, i rely on hearing you anyalyze the insanity, i feel you on the control ...and it getting swifter , im developing a food forest, so ty again.
I agree with most of what you said...I've been looking for a property with modest smaller home and an irrigated 1-2 acre, and anywhere close to the city in Phoenix metro area, you are going to be near a million dollars.
It's just going to get worse, widening the gap between poor and rich.
I lived in South America for a few years, and there was a Huge gap between the have and the have nots..I've seen this before and it doesn't end well
Laguna hills nursery make their $20/bag through the patent soil bag they sold …
Keep at it, we need you!
💪💚long live the solo farmer! May God give us the endurance to stay resilient 🎶💪
You don’t have to go down. Get a private member association (PMA) to keep your nursery secure. If you get with Dave Jose he can help you set it up. He is in Arizona too.
My family members take a peek at my garden and to check on me 😂😂
👋 Thank You.
My wife and I are probably 5-10 years from opening a nursery, 🤞. Things will definitely be different then, especially after general AI bots are a thing. Not giving up yet, just honing in our skills via community gardens and our 1/4 acre yard in the meantime. Good luck to all of us!
It is what they want. your knowledge and skill will be essential and I believe you will be a valuable resource to your community. Keep the faith God has a plan you can’t see yet. 🙏
God bless you
God bless you, brother. What you are saying is true. I see it coming as well.
your channel is awesome ! great video as always !
I'm in the romantic stage of year one with a backyard nursery. I get many sales in north central Florida with mango trees and i enjoy it. I only keep about 75 trees at a time and have a great time selling the trees. I do it for the love of mango trees and not for profit even though you will make money. I'm a positive thinking person and trust in God to send customers.
do you do it in residential zone or you are in agriculture zone? I am in Florida too.
only way to succeed in this business is if you truly like plants. Otherwise it won't work
@@Find-Your-Wellness-With-Me residential
Truth. I can see them even regulating backyard gardens soon. Pretty sure a HOA wouldn't allow it because they say no to everything. My sister got denied putting up fencing around her backyard by her HOA on her own house. Terrible.
Genuinely curious question--if AZ requires a paved lot to have customers park on your property, can you get around that by having customers park on the public street adjacent to your property? It will likely be limited, but maybe you can set customer expectations. A rolling cart helps load plants in cars or you bring the retail space closer to the street. There's a small home nursery I love in Houston, TX that does this, but I've never thought to ask them about their permitting process. Super interesting. Thank you for sharing your journey!
You're correct all small businesses are going under. A lot of big businesses are closing daily. I have had a landscaping and mowing businesses for 29 years now. Last year we did half the business as the year before. Commercial properties are spending less. Home owners seem to care less about their yards. I was talking to my brother yesterday he makes 38 an hour as a detective and his wife makes 34 an hour as a nurse. We cant afford to pay help anyone. We aren't even making the money people working make now. Equipment, tires, gas, repairs, its where all our money goes. Something has to give. The world is becoming a different place. I see a lot of empty commercial properties sitting empty in the near future and not many small self employed businesses left at all. Very sad technology has ruined the world. We all cant work for Amazon.
You are in more of a neighborhood that could support this. In regular city single family neighborhoods, most lots are not that large. But from the retail business standpoint, it’s mostly not allowed except I believe salons. Traffic and parking is one of the main reasons.
TRUE ON EVERY POINT! Have you considered just using crushed stone or de - compost grant stone instead of a traditional parking lot?
they won't allow me, either their way or no way.
Crazy how this video comes right when Tropical Mango nursery starts looking to sell
to be honest I found out after making this video. This business is not easy especially if you need the money from it to survive.
This is the sad truth. Governments need to adjust regulations TOWARDS less carbon footprint, not more.
So I have to ask what is a lower carbon footprint we know if we drop the low 0.025% plant start to die and so we are at 0.04% right now plants thrive at 2.5% carbon in the atmosphere yeah you see where we're going with this are we having your warmer Summers we are Maybe depending on who you talk to if you're talking to a seasonal worker like me I would tell you that the last four Summers were cooler than the previous Summers between 20 20/10 and 2018 we're by far hotter than they are today knowing that the temperature in this world is regulated by two things the axis of the Earth which does change the Three Gorges Dam in China changed to 3° and the amount of solar flares released by the Sun sadly you and yours do not have nothing to do with it I'm going to leave you with the math problem and you can Google it to get your s*** straight One commercial jet Burns about 30,000 gallons of fuel in 40 hours there are a minimum of 28,000 commercial airlines in operation now with 10 to 15,000 on the sidelines for repairs how much jet fuel does the commercial airline burn a year compared to the people yeah I'll be waiting on your answer get back with me with that
@@okiedoke6373the earth isn’t tilted.
@marisaphoenix1893 It obviously is, that is why you have seasons.
Carbon is good for the environment, they are outside their jurisdiction pushing the scam of anthropogenic climate change.
That is not the main issue, it's inflation, and monopolies
Now they are even controlling the use of irrigation. They only allow you to use the irrigation 2 days a week. That is unsustainable unless I spend 2 days a week watering all of my plants
Have you ever looked into a PMA (private membership association)? You could charge members $1 for membership and you might not have the hoops and expense involved.
What's that about
@@qctropicals I can't share links here but I suggest doing some research on it. It's basically a right to conduct biz without government intrusion. As long as you're not causing evil/harm then the government can't control your biz.
Not unless they are trading super rare good varieties,diversity(varieties) will keep them going
Yes, it does seem like more and more backyard nurseries are disappearing, leaving only the big box stores. Thank God for nurseries like yours. Vice President Democratic nominee Kamala Harris promises to fight for the middle class, and save our country’s democracy, if elected.
Nice presaentation💛💛💛💛💛💛Interesting share
I noticed your nice shade area. What percentage shade is that?
40%
My friend, what do you know about Moringa Oleifera trees?
They are super easy to grow from seed , go ahead and plant one.
Couple months later you will have your moringa tree
i have a full how to video on my channel, check it out
I don't have many nurseries selling fruit trees in my area - I know only one with great fruit trees selection and I think it opened recently in residential area, but they have a lot of land and they are reselling, they don't grow trees . And I learned that people at least in Florida believe that fruit trees attract rodents (like rats). I was surprise of course bc I am from country side and I googled it - that misinformation is there.... One women found a rat nest and was told bc of her fruit trees so she got rid of all fruit trees (someone else took them). When I had a property with fruit trees I had 2 cameras on my backyard and I have seen a skunk, opossum, cat visiting my yard, without cameras I'd not able to tell that i have so many animals on my yard during night time
Do you have sour sop tree
no
great video. To me the main issue is land price, demand drove price up, now prices high. I don't like $$ land but it seems like just supply n demand.
Couldn't you get around zoning n other issues by buying county island property ? Some of these are 1 acre.
it is kind of catch-22. you need big piece of land cheap, but you need it close to customers.
I talked w/ nursery owner once he told me "like farmers we work hard for not much most of lives, then retire at age 70 sell property as milionaire"
Look at Moon Valley nursery in Chandler that land has got to be valuable.
the county island property debate is a myth. My new commercial property is county island. May as well get into the real state market instead of the plant business at that point.
God created a garden, and invited us to live there. He loved His creation first, and He loves it more than we do. He reminds us hundreds of times in His word to not worry.
May He richly bless you, keep you, and make His face to shine on you.
Tending to land and animals teaches us about God, His intricate creation , and especially about oursrlves
There will be online which sucks bc you don’t get to pick and choose or see pest or diseases I shop local plants from nurseries there better looking then big box and so much variety
people don't buy in my area anymore, looks like no money or asking 50% price reduction even for plants with $5 price! I hope the demand in your area still strong!
geez asking for a discount on a $5 plant is crazy lol. No, traffic has dropped drastically here.
@@qctropicals Man, that's terrible. I hope you have a plan what to do when demand is low. I increased the prices and barely do any discounts. I am low in stock and I love my plants so I don't care if I have them longer which means I enjoy them more:) Eventually they sell. And In florida the prices for plants are very cheap... so it's kind of low margin business.
@@Find-Your-Wellness-With-Me same plan here, I just keep them longer. Just gotta push thru it. Quitters don't make it.
Wouldn't it be great if a few rich investors bought up city blocks at a time just to plant a garden.
keep fighting my man. Maybe expand your range with other garden products like soil, compost, fertilizers, pottery, garden accessories and so on.
once i open the new place yes
I recommend anyone that wants to start a business to get a business management degree or at the minimum take a few courses. The threshold for when you have to start following larger corporate rules is incredibly small. Sometimes a minimum of employing 5 people or making more than 10K profit.
It can be incredibly frustrating navigating all the rules and regulations. But there are people and programs on the inside to make things easier. Just have to be willing to expand your network and comfort zone. The FSA and NRCS have resources to help make that transition from hobby farm to full blown business. You're already giving them tax dollars may as well use their services.
It isn't just backyard nurseries, it is ALL small business of any kind that face similar issues. This is why so many small businesses are online now, even specialty nurseries, as it is the only cost effective way to even have a small business any longer for most people. As the human population continues to grow we will become more and more dependent on corporations as they will be the only ones with enough money/resources and the ability to provide the things humanity needs. The only real solution is more self production and then barter, trade and sell with your neighbors for the things you can't/don't produce. We will actually need to go back in time as things were once done in the past if we want any sort of self sustainability or we will all become completely dependent on the corporations. It's all by design, the powers that be want it this way.....
that's their end goal. Remember though, they give us a choice so they're on the clear.
Let’s hope not!
We are a dying breed, but we love it !
what's your opinion on growing Frankincense here in AZ? Have you tried it?
full sun/frost sensitive done. I had one but it was too shaded and a gopher ate it
Bless up, never quit 🙏🏽🫡
You're are the man, brother!
"I'm from the government. I'm here to help." Quit voting for Leftists. Trump/Vance 2024.
This has been happening to the nursery businesses since the 70's. If you want to grow plants in your backyard, dont expect to be the next Monrovia nursery. Find a niche and work what you have available and dont follow the leader.
These government overreach needs to stop..
All true..I hope things turn around but I'm also a realist. And the online selling platforms continue to raise and create random fees to the point that you just don't feel that you're making enough. We get dirty, and the fat cats get richer. 🤷♂️
Instead of a commercial nursery, why not a (PMA) Private Membership Association to get around all their "laws"? I'll be a member!
just found out about this PMA thing.
America - land of the free... no more. Sad to see it.
Love you mate!!! No diddy
lol
Pretty soon their will be no more a backyard
The very rich will only have these nurseries. Push the small guys out.
100/hour and i'll come over there and sweat.
Buy & sell plants off your property, problems solved
Ha, as a man I don't need a permit form another man
yea until they send you a letter and start fining you $300 a day until you comply :)
@@qctropicals No address no contract. You need to know how to NOT contract with the state. That's how the wealthy do it
more rentals than actual home ownership. In Peoria, AZ lots of rental communities. They look like concentration camps to me.
because that's what they are
In some cases it would definitely help voting for the right people. Voting for someone just because the other person hurt our feelings is always going to end up bad for our pocketbook
"Doesn't matter how much I pay"
Bro... sign me tf up!
Where are you located? *bout to go look.
Hiring help, those of whom are lazy, or really haven't had to work hard at anytime in their life, are the pathetic ones.
Entitled crybabies. The younger generation, many of whom have grown up spoiled, babied, have no concept of what "work" really means.
I am a Plumber by trade. Have been doing this line of work since 1989, so I know what it means to work HARD, physically. Digging trenches, backfilling, grading the trenches, to allow proper fall for sewer pipes.
Luckily, this aspect of P,umbing, I haven't had to do recently.
But, I have done the bust &ss part of Plumbing for years.
Many younger ones nowdays haven't a clue what working hard, physically, entails. Very sad.
🎉 06:20 You are absolutely right about people being lazy. For the past 20 years, people have been focusing on career paths that are sitting and clicking on computers, talking on phones. Not being up and about moving around almost constantly during their working hours. I know this because I transitioned from working the units, Non-stop on my feet, usually 12 hour shifts with a LOT of lifting involved as a nurse from 1975-2005. I called it "Aerobic Nursing". I was strong and fit. But I succumbed to the corporate cubicle culture working for health insurance plans doing "sitting on my butt nursing" for the last 10 years of my career. 2005 - 2015. And gained a total of 80 pounds. Of which I still have 40 to lose to get back to a more healthy weight. Biggest regret in my career. By the way, you are my Numero Uno Desert Gardening channel. I used to live in Phx & "Snottsdale". Retired to "Luna-tic" County New Mexico. If I ever make a trip that way again, I hope I will be able to make an appointment to come be a customer of yours. It would be like a "Meet the Beatles of Gardening" event for me. 😂🧓