I made an apartment and rented it out, and currently making another one but haven’t decided about another renter since I’ve been watching your videos. I’m thinking about keeping it as a she shed and growing plants instead. I got lucky with my first tenant but that isn’t always the case. You are my favorite “plant person”. Your videos are not only inspirational but they are perfect for someone starting with very little cash. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I love that you do this as a family.
@@HayleysComet3 Hayley -- I am a broker and property manager. One thing landlords fail to do is their homework up front. Call to verify employment. Ask for a prospect's last 2 paycheck stubs. ANYONE can get a free credit report from each of the 3 major credit reporting agencies (TransUnion, Experion and Equifax.) Ask your prospect to run their credit and print it out and give it to you. This way, you are out NO money in checking their credit worthiness.
Your videos have really helped and inspired me. This year I had my first plant sale and made just over $2,500 CAD. Purely Facebook ads and sold over a five-day period. Thank you for your encouragement and keeping me motivated. 💖
@@FLPnotc I chose a business name and registered it ($90 CDN) which allowed me to order wholesale bare root trees and plants. Potted everything, grew it for a few months and then sold cheaper than local competitors. Good idea to sell really popular things like japanese maples. If you want more info send me your email address 😃
@@annacoventry5054 can you send me more information please. Can you also do this all year round? I’m looking into doing evergreen only. Would you be able to have a quick turn around with this?
I love how many times you repeat that you can grow plants, you can do this! I hear people talk about how they can't grow anything, or keep anything alive, or kill all their plants, when I mention my garden. and its like...I've killed plenty of plants by accident. I just have a lot that have done super well and I learn from it. Plants want to grow. we just gotta help them a bit
Several years ago I had it in my mind to start a nursery. I began collecting nursery pots from everywhere I could.....Walmart, Home Depot, garbage piles in the cemetery, neighbors, began multiple compost bins to make my own using leaves and grass clippings, got a couple cheapie yet sturdy greenhouses. Something that needs to be mentioned is not everything that is not necessarily cultivated should be propagated or sold. It's important to research what you're making more of and whether or not it's considered invasive, restricted, or illegal to sell otherwise. While I can easily propagate burning bush, it becomes hard to eradicate once the seeds are spread by birds, gets established and competes with native species. Even the attractive ribbon grass that roots so readily could be easy money, but again can become a problem spreading underground. While it might seem like a free for all using trees and bushes on your property, double and triple check🧐
I have a somewhat green thumb. It's also a little numb from pushing acrylic plates repeatedly through routers for a lot of years filling time sensitive orders. I have been doing this since 1990 from my shop at home. This month February 2024 I am closing my business. Now I get to enjoy a half acre gardening and propagating plants for my new side hustle. I love gardening anyway so it's a great fit. I will also do projects I choose in my shop and offer them up for sale. It will be a good winter hobby. Hmm....Gardening , plants and maybe planters , bird houses , benches . Obelisks , fan trellises . The most beautiful thing other than gardening is I will create my own schedule. I have been watching Savvy dirt farmer now for a number of years. I love the easy going well presented , friendly shared knowledge. Thank you!
You are a great communicator. Due to your videos I made $60 at my garage sale selling my "left-over" hosta plants. I will not be expanding too much but I really like your explanations and how your youngsters are learning as well.
Craig, I love your can-do attitude! I enjoy propagating plants (shrubs and perennials), as well as growing annual and perennial seedlings, but I have no desire to turn it into a business. I did that for a few years, and it took over our home. Now, I love to gift my plants to family, neighbors, and friends. Have a blessed day! `Margie😊🌿
I'm very much interested in doing this its just taking the 1st step , been growing house plants for alittle over 40 years, every one tells me that I have a green thumb , its truly a passion of mine... just need to take the next step
I'm a widow, my husband left me with LOTS of thrift store/yard sale treasures that he collected over the years. He was obsessed, every day off was another buying opportunity! 😱 I've been having garage sales to get rid of stuff, bit by bit. The money goes to support a ministry called Faith Comes by Hearing. At last year's garage sale, I sold $200 worth of plants - just stuff I no longer wanted. At this year's garage sale, I sold $400 in unwanted plants. Since then, I've found your channel and intentionally purchased plants to sell next year! I've added 10 different kinds - including green giants, hydrangea, and hostas. Thank you for putting all this information out there for me to find. ☺ May God continue to bless you and your family. 💞
As someone trying to start their own nursery (although different plants), your channel has such a wealth of information. I also have to say that in terms of you having your family involved, and your passion for growing, and your outlook on life is honestly inspiring.
My daughter lives in Augusta, GA and theres a older couple who grows and sells day lilies a block from her home. The place is called Shaws Sunshine Garden if you want to look them up. They grow the plants in the ground and when you want to buy them, they will dig them up and put in something. The nursery was even used in a 2018 movie called “The Mule” with Clint Eastwood and Bradley Cooper. They only filmed there because they needed someone who has and grows daylilies. So if you’ve seen the movie, the nursery is a real place. It sits in corner of a side road and you can drive right in front. I am told if gate is open you can come on in. Its at the persons house on side of house. They are open Wednesday through Saturday 9:30-3 pm. One day I’m going to go there and get me some lilies and put them in my yard here in SC and tell everyone how these are special lilies that were grown by someone who had a movie made in there nursery. 😁
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH, I appreciate your videos and advice so much ❣️ I'm fifty years old and in the process of being let go from my job. And the only solace I have is my backyard gardening,which I just started!!! And started by YOUR VIDEO 😃 "How to propagate green giant arbivatae". I just planted two, and they're doing well, and I transplanted a baby(7'-8') tall red cedar in my yard, and IT'S doing well. Thanks again for your help, advice, and mostly your positive encouragement.God bless you and yours ❤
Stay at home mom here! I've been selling houseplant propagations and veggie starts for two years now and I really enjoy it! I'm working on taking things to a level where I can bring in a more consistent albeit small income! Your content has been very helpful!
@@josieraimondi6763 I just take cuttings from whatever I have that other people seem to enjoy also! Pothos and philodendron are the the easiest/fastest to propagate in my experience. Really, anything that vines and can be chopped up into individual nodes will be able to make a nice full pot for someone to enjoy😊
Love your videos. You have inspired me. Just finished unloading 400 trade gallon pots I found slightly used for .25 each and then found out that a lumber mill 10 miles from my house sells mulch - hardwood, double-ground! I just unloaded a truckload full for $40. It’s coming together. Thanks again.!
You should check with your local independent nurseries (esp large ones) to see if they'll just give you trade pots for free, honestly. We have an absurd hoard of THOUSANDS stacked in sheds all over the back five acres. We love to give them out, but folks rarely ask. The hoard mostly comes from tossing unsellable plants, or potting up into bigger sizes, but we also have at least one customer a week (or a dozen, in spring time) that will drive up with a trunk full of pots, and insist that we take them, in the name of recycling. I've come to see trade pots as a scourge, at this point. I literally can't get rid of them.
Adapting this info to greenhouse culture/practices. Growing and selling uncommon tropicals and cacti. Lots of challenges and hard work but worth it so far. Thx for the inspiration
All great points! I started my small nursery this year using what I already had and gathering seeds from street trees. I’m focusing on permaculture plants. My biggest problem is we live way out in the country so not a lot of traffic. I don’t have the time for farmers market or shipping plants in the mail at this point. And there’s hundreds of plants I’d like to grow. It’s hard to decide which ones I should focus on.😄💕🌿
You can always try selling to the local independent nurseries in your area; selling as a wholesale grower might be more efficient than retail in your situation. Selling to landscaping companies is another avenue to consider.
i cant wait till i get better at propagating and have just a little more time, ever since i saw your 100% black berry video ive really pumped up my production so i will soon be selling plants right side along my fruit stand. thank you for the info and a great video mate cheers
Found your channel today and I'm glad to subscribe. My extended family owns a nursery in rural Iowa. Almost 40 years ago one of my cousins took a few acres of the family farm and started his nursery. It's now a full-time family business that makes big $$. (It's rural Iowa. Everyone's a farmer and is growing something.) 😃
Really do enjoy listening to you. Ty for a great video... You inspired me these past few months to really look into this for my climate and locality.. Happy subscriber from 🇬🇧 😀
Thank y for your videos it has inspired me to start a small nursery as a side hustle I'm around 5 years from retirement and hope to learn enough to be full time by then
First I want to thank you for all the wonderful informative videos you share. THANK YOU! Second is a questions of what you do with any unsold plants? I appreciate you time and help.
Normal rule is if I don;t sell a plant this year, I bump it to a bigger pot next year and sell it for more. Hardly ever have to throw any out because they won't sell, but occasionally I just chunk a few in the compost pile.
Brother u r the best u motivated me to start propogating and eventually sell. Cant thankyou enough. i think i wanna do similar to what you are doing and hopefully continue all the way to retirement. Love ya man
Truly inspirational. Thanks for a Great video... I just recently decided to take my passion to work and this is exactly what I want to do. Business has been very slow unfortunately. And I need to do something. I have a small specialty retail shop here in NH and I it's on a very busy rd. I think selling plants will do well I hope to supplement some income. I have a lot of down time a work to propagate as well. :) And I have a greenhouse at home in the back yard...
Love your videos, I've been doing doordash and making pretty good money but I like growing plants and want something I can do without putting miles on my car. My only worry is if I'll be able to sell my plants but I won't know till I try! Gonna be watching more of your vids!
If you have a green thumb, I have another side hustle that I have proven to be successful. Having worked at plant nurseries for years, I always always ALWAYS have customers beg for me, or anyone I know, to come help them with their gardening. Somestimes it's just these sweet little old ladies that bought waaaaay too many plants, soil, etc and they end up overwhelmed. They just need someone to come over for a Saturday afternoon and "help" them (do it for them) get it all potted up and/or in their flower beds. If one of these little old ladies lives in a retirement community, you've hit paydirt, because she's going to show all her friends, and they're all going to want the same service. I stumbled on this odd niche when I was 16yo at my first nursery job, and am still doing it at 40yo, at a different nursery, in a whole other state. This niche is not a fluke. The hustle is there for anyone that wants it. I charge $30-$50 an hour depending on the job, with a four hour minimum, and a flat travel fee if their home is a bit of a distance. It's all cash. At this point in the nursery season, spring, I really don't have time to do it, and I'm always looking for people to refer for a similar service. I highly reccomend printing some business cards and dropping them off at your local nurseries, if this sounds like a hustle you'd be into.
Hello, just found your site and I absolutely love it. You are so inspirational and shows so much enthusiasm in it. That is a dream of mine. I am a gardener and think this will be my next step. Thanks
I'm not sure if you know this, forgive me if you do, but this is called "Community Supported Agriculture" or CSA. There are A TON of resources for starting a CSA, even state and federal funds/allowances, in some cases! This is so random, but American Family Insurance has a really great page called "How to get your CSA started" that is literally a step by step guide on the process. I used to run a CSA in northern California, and the process outlined on the AMFAM website is exactly how we got ours started. CSAs are SO important for the community. I hope you're well on way, as I'm commenting on this a year later, but if not, I hope this inspires you to circle back to this phenomenal idea.
I enjoy my backyard nursery very much; I'm retired this is our 2nd year of selling from our backyard. You showed your compost pile and I see you through your used soil on the pile, have you done a vid on how to re-use your soil, thanks for taking your time to show all of us around.
I just throw the old soil in the compost pile with all my other yard "junk." When I need compost, I just dig a bunch out from the bottom of the pile... a wheelbarrow or two at a time. I usually use that to mix back into my potting soil. Works very well.
Currently looking to buy a 40 acre lot to build my house and after seeing your videos I may setup a 5 acre nursery and grow from there. Any recommendations for an ideal layout on a lot that size?
Depends on a lot of things… availability of water, shade trees present or not, access, hills/flat, etc. But most importantly, if you’re starting a new nursery, start with no more than 5,000 sq ft and learn how to get all you can from that. You can grow millions of dollars of plants on 5 acres - when it comes to nursery space, 5 acres is a LOT!
@@savvydirtfarmer Thanks for the input. I plan to take your advice and start with about 2K sq feet and grow up each year. Thanks so much for the information on your channel.
Really love your videos and the information you provide with examples. Just getting my new backyard nursery going. Have you ever done or seen a good backyard nursery about packing plants plants to ship, determining postage, and tge process from online sale to satisfied customer? Any direction would be appreciated.😊
I've not done that type of video, as I don't ship a TON of plants, at least not yet. Probably a good idea would be to buy some plants from a reputable nursery and see how they do it. Postage can be estimated through usps and ups websites... they have tools for that. There's certainly a learning curve though, no doubt.
I don't do much. I just occasionally spray when I see aphids of Japanese beetles. We have slugs too, but their damage is minimal and I don't do anything for them.
I absolutely love your videos!!! You've motivated me to start a small backyard nursery on the Alabama Gulf Coast, and I plan to use many of the same plants that you're using. Do you have any recommendations for a minimum number of healthy plants that would be needed in order to have a successful initial public opening? It may sound crazy but I'm concerned with selling out of inventory at my initial opening, losing my customer base and having to do a restart months later. Thanks in advance and keep the videos coming!
I don’t really have a minimum recommendation but my suggestion is to go as big as you can handle. Whether that’s 10 plants initially, or 100, or 1000, or more. Don’t let the small number of plants stop you. I’ve had plant sales with 40 plants. It’s what I had. I sold them.
That's fine, Traditional Medicinals organic tea brand does and they are very successful. You grow decrotive plants. I grow healing and culinary herbs. That's the difference. I like and am subscribed to your channel.
I have a backyard nursery too, just started this year. Right now I manually water and it's taking too long. Have you set up any automatic watering for all your nursery pots? If so, can you do a video on that?
If I am out of town, I set up sprinklers on a timer. Otherwise, I hand water everything, or someone in the family does. Takes about 20-25 minutes each morning in the summer.
Great video. I recall you saying you started with some dogwood trees. Yesterday, unfortunately, I noticed some spots on their leaves and it looks like they have anthracnose. I see why no one grows these any more. I had 31 trees and 62 gallons of soil invested into these. Should I just throw it all out? I also have 25 redbud trees arriving tomorrow but it looks like they are vulnerable to anthracnose and other disease too, so I will probably just chuck them out as well. Several hundred dollars and a couple months of work all for nothing. Do you have any advice? I've also got bamboo, arborvitaes, and ornamental grasses growing, but it looks like I am done with these trees. At least the native ones. So much work and time just to get destroyed overnight.
I don't know what the problem might be. If the trees aren't working for you then move on to other plants... perennials, shrubs, evergreens, etc. You don't have to sink a lot of money into a nursery business to get it started strong... it just takes longer because you're doing your own propagation and multiplication and that takes time.
Another great informative video , than you. I have a few hostas that seem to have not taken. But, plenty that have. I’m thinking of growing my hostas, lily of valley & lariope out through Summer and having a Fall Plant Sale. “All must go” Can you link where you bought your shade cloth from please. Early on i just a plain tarp, but now i think a shade cloth will work best. How do you control slugs/snails on your hostas? These pesky things have found my hostas! 😡
I’ve seriously considered doing this but was wondering do you have to get a license to do this? Also, what are the best platforms to sell on? I love gardening and growing from seed but I just never thought there was any money in selling(since you are competing with the larger nurseries).
State nursery certification via yout state's department of agriculture/ Business license as required, or not, by your locale. Big garden centers? They can't compete with you.
I sure can't. Don't know a thing about plants and those warm winters. Should be easy to figure out though. Look around and see what's growing most in your area. Top 10 most common plants in your area. Start there.
@@savvydirtfarmer gardens are inconsistent around me but I've started planting some basic flowers like red sunflower common field poppy golden shower trees
@@guerrillainsurgent7441 Fall and winter watering? Almost none. Once the heat is gone and the days get shorter, watering needs drastically decrease to only once or twice a week. And in winter, I almost use no water at all.
By the way...since I wasn't finding pots for plants even through the greenhouse suppliers, I actually ordered 1400 pots direct from China. They arrived a day or 2 ago and from order to receipt was probably 2 1/2 months.
I hate to sound like a Debbie downer, but what about patents? I've dreamt of doing this for many years, but that was always something that came up during my research.
Hi Craig, love your videos been watching from the beginning. But, I have a question on your shade house, how do you have it secured to the ground? Is it staked down or do you have posts dug into the ground!!!
It's just sitting there... not fastened down at all. The shade cloth doesn't catch much wind like something more solid would, like a tarp. My oldest shade has been there for 3+ years and I've never done anything to it at all since putting it up.
@@savvydirtfarmer thanks for the reply so quickly. I’ve wanted to build one for myself, but over here in SWMO on this hill that I live on you can’t hardly get a pick in the ground. Nothing but rocks.
Selling any plants requires a nursery certificate from your state’s dept of agriculture, which includes an inspection. Check your individual state requirements
Warning: I have worked for myself for years. I have a slave driver for a boss. There is always something that needs to be done. I am putting myself to the task all to often.
I have a green thumb and a 5 year degree relating to landscape architecture. 90% of people WILL KILL ALL THEIR PLANTS BECAUSE THEY ARE NIT CAPABLE OF NURTURING. I love your enthusiasm but some people hate work. You’re talking about work. I’ve been taking cuttings and my physical condition really limit me. See the three cup method for propagating plants. It’s a great way to start. It’s a TH-cam video I saw. You’re actually dealing with the plant ONCE.
Yep. Some people hate work, and that's tragic. And, they should do something for a side hustle besides starting a small nursery. And, chances are, most of those people aren't watching this video.
You seem very confident in your knowledge that 90% of people will kill all their plants; I'm curious where you acquired that exact number? My 20yrs nursery experience has provided the opposite perspective; many new gardeners struggle with over nurturing their plants via too much water and fertilizer. Many semi-professional/professionals I've spoken with over years don't even see it as work really, in my experience, and most folks enjoy work they find fulfilling and purposeful. Conversely, as I'm also an accountant, the biggest hindrance for folks aiming to start businesses like these is often an aversion to focusing on how the financial end works. Nurturing the plants seems to the easy part; filling for a tax ID number is where things start to fall apart.
Yes, you get a feel for it. In the heat of summer, every plant every day gets watered. Some plants I'll water twice if needed... that would be plants that are pretty root bound, for example, they're going to wilt faster.
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What are you doing for a side hustle?
Back yard nursery, but it’s in the front yard.
@@brownthumbnursery nice!!
I made an apartment and rented it out, and currently making another one but haven’t decided about another renter since I’ve been watching your videos. I’m thinking about keeping it as a she shed and growing plants instead. I got lucky with my first tenant but that isn’t always the case.
You are my favorite “plant person”. Your videos are not only inspirational but they are perfect for someone starting with very little cash. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I love that you do this as a family.
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@@HayleysComet3 Hayley -- I am a broker and property manager. One thing landlords fail to do is their homework up front. Call to verify employment. Ask for a prospect's last 2 paycheck stubs. ANYONE can get a free credit report from each of the 3 major credit reporting agencies (TransUnion, Experion and Equifax.) Ask your prospect to run their credit and print it out and give it to you. This way, you are out NO money in checking their credit worthiness.
Your videos have really helped and inspired me. This year I had my first plant sale and made just over $2,500 CAD. Purely Facebook ads and sold over a five-day period. Thank you for your encouragement and keeping me motivated. 💖
Excellent job! You could probably teach me a thing or two.
Congrats! That is fantastic!! Wish you much success in the coming seasons
Can you elaborate on how you did this?
@@FLPnotc I chose a business name and registered it ($90 CDN) which allowed me to order wholesale bare root trees and plants. Potted everything, grew it for a few months and then sold cheaper than local competitors. Good idea to sell really popular things like japanese maples. If you want more info send me your email address 😃
@@annacoventry5054 can you send me more information please. Can you also do this all year round? I’m looking into doing evergreen only. Would you be able to have a quick turn around with this?
I love how many times you repeat that you can grow plants, you can do this! I hear people talk about how they can't grow anything, or keep anything alive, or kill all their plants, when I mention my garden. and its like...I've killed plenty of plants by accident. I just have a lot that have done super well and I learn from it.
Plants want to grow. we just gotta help them a bit
Well said!!
Several years ago I had it in my mind to start a nursery. I began collecting nursery pots from everywhere I could.....Walmart, Home Depot, garbage piles in the cemetery, neighbors, began multiple compost bins to make my own using leaves and grass clippings, got a couple cheapie yet sturdy greenhouses. Something that needs to be mentioned is not everything that is not necessarily cultivated should be propagated or sold. It's important to research what you're making more of and whether or not it's considered invasive, restricted, or illegal to sell otherwise. While I can easily propagate burning bush, it becomes hard to eradicate once the seeds are spread by birds, gets established and competes with native species. Even the attractive ribbon grass that roots so readily could be easy money, but again can become a problem spreading underground. While it might seem like a free for all using trees and bushes on your property, double and triple check🧐
Indeed. I keep an eye on my state's invasive list and don't use plants on that list. That's all I do.
I have a somewhat green thumb. It's also a little numb from pushing acrylic plates repeatedly through routers for a lot of years filling time sensitive orders. I have been doing this since 1990 from my shop at home. This month February 2024 I am closing my business. Now I get to enjoy a half acre gardening and propagating plants for my new side hustle. I love gardening anyway so it's a great fit. I will also do projects I choose in my shop and offer them up for sale. It will be a good winter hobby. Hmm....Gardening , plants and maybe planters , bird houses , benches . Obelisks , fan trellises . The most beautiful thing other than gardening is I will create my own schedule. I have been watching Savvy dirt farmer now for a number of years. I love the easy going well presented , friendly shared knowledge. Thank you!
Sounds great!! A change of scenery will likely do you good.
You are a great communicator. Due to your videos I made $60 at my garage sale selling my "left-over" hosta plants. I will not be expanding too much but I really like your explanations and how your youngsters are learning as well.
GREAT!!! Glad you did well
Forget plants, you should become a motivational speaker
But I really like plants. 😀
Craig, I love your can-do attitude! I enjoy propagating plants (shrubs and perennials), as well as growing annual and perennial seedlings, but I have no desire to turn it into a business. I did that for a few years, and it took over our home. Now, I love to gift my plants to family, neighbors, and friends. Have a blessed day! `Margie😊🌿
So nice of you
I'm very much interested in doing this its just taking the 1st step , been growing house plants for alittle over 40 years, every one tells me that I have a green thumb , its truly a passion of mine... just need to take the next step
Hint: the next step is looking into your local sales tax regulations.
Just started a backyard nursery. Growing herbs, etc. Thanks to finding your video, I've got the perfect side hustle.
Great job!
What’s the fastest plant to sell now? Just want to get this going then wait for evergreen to grow and sell those in 1.5 growing season.
I'm a widow, my husband left me with LOTS of thrift store/yard sale treasures that he collected over the years. He was obsessed, every day off was another buying opportunity! 😱 I've been having garage sales to get rid of stuff, bit by bit. The money goes to support a ministry called Faith Comes by Hearing. At last year's garage sale, I sold $200 worth of plants - just stuff I no longer wanted. At this year's garage sale, I sold $400 in unwanted plants. Since then, I've found your channel and intentionally purchased plants to sell next year! I've added 10 different kinds - including green giants, hydrangea, and hostas. Thank you for putting all this information out there for me to find. ☺ May God continue to bless you and your family. 💞
What a wonderful idea! Good for you, and thanks so much for being here.
As someone trying to start their own nursery (although different plants), your channel has such a wealth of information. I also have to say that in terms of you having your family involved, and your passion for growing, and your outlook on life is honestly inspiring.
Appreciate the kind words... we have a good time with it!
Great knowledge on how to have a backyard nursery, but also great words of wisdom here! Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us!
Much appreciated!
I have a mini farm as a market garden. I think this is a great side hustle! I appreciate your encouragement!
Absolutely! Part of the reason it's a great hustle is because you can do it at any scale... from the top of a card table to acres and acres.
My daughter lives in Augusta, GA and theres a older couple who grows and sells day lilies a block from her home. The place is called Shaws Sunshine Garden if you want to look them up. They grow the plants in the ground and when you want to buy them, they will dig them up and put in something. The nursery was even used in a 2018 movie called “The Mule” with Clint Eastwood and Bradley Cooper. They only filmed there because they needed someone who has and grows daylilies. So if you’ve seen the movie, the nursery is a real place. It sits in corner of a side road and you can drive right in front. I am told if gate is open you can come on in. Its at the persons house on side of house. They are open Wednesday through Saturday 9:30-3 pm. One day I’m going to go there and get me some lilies and put them in my yard here in SC and tell everyone how these are special lilies that were grown by someone who had a movie made in there nursery. 😁
Nice!
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH, I appreciate your videos and advice so much ❣️ I'm fifty years old and in the process of being let go from my job. And the only solace I have is my backyard gardening,which I just started!!! And started by YOUR VIDEO 😃 "How to propagate green giant arbivatae". I just planted two, and they're doing well, and I transplanted a baby(7'-8') tall red cedar in my yard, and IT'S doing well. Thanks again for your help, advice, and mostly your positive encouragement.God bless you and yours ❤
Stay at home mom here! I've been selling houseplant propagations and veggie starts for two years now and I really enjoy it! I'm working on taking things to a level where I can bring in a more consistent albeit small income! Your content has been very helpful!
You can do it!!
Meghan -- what houseplants do you like to sell? What are the easiest to propagate????
@@josieraimondi6763 I just take cuttings from whatever I have that other people seem to enjoy also! Pothos and philodendron are the the easiest/fastest to propagate in my experience. Really, anything that vines and can be chopped up into individual nodes will be able to make a nice full pot for someone to enjoy😊
Selling starts is my excuse for buying yet another two variteys of basil seeds....
You're so encouraging. Thank you so much!
Love your videos. You have inspired me. Just finished unloading 400 trade gallon pots I found slightly used for .25 each and then found out that a lumber mill 10 miles from my house sells mulch - hardwood, double-ground! I just unloaded a truckload full for $40. It’s coming together. Thanks again.!
YES!!! Pots and bark mulch - 2 of the hardest things to source. You're well on your way, sir!
That’s great !!! Sourcing need items at an affordable price is a big hang up !
Best of luck to you !
You should check with your local independent nurseries (esp large ones) to see if they'll just give you trade pots for free, honestly. We have an absurd hoard of THOUSANDS stacked in sheds all over the back five acres. We love to give them out, but folks rarely ask. The hoard mostly comes from tossing unsellable plants, or potting up into bigger sizes, but we also have at least one customer a week (or a dozen, in spring time) that will drive up with a trunk full of pots, and insist that we take them, in the name of recycling. I've come to see trade pots as a scourge, at this point. I literally can't get rid of them.
Adapting this info to greenhouse culture/practices. Growing and selling uncommon tropicals and cacti. Lots of challenges and hard work but worth it so far. Thx for the inspiration
Great!!
Young man you are so inspiring and motivating. Thank you.
I appreciate that!
You’re a wealth of information and positivity tks I’m doing this 😎
I have to thank you for your continued encouragement. THANK YOU. You have the best youtube channel!
Wow, thank you!
Thank you so much I've been thinking about this for quite sometime.... I adore plants blessings m Appreciate you taking me on this journey 🤘🏾💜👩🏾🌾🏞️🌍
Love videos from people like you ❤
Thank you so much!!
All great points! I started my small nursery this year using what I already had and gathering seeds from street trees. I’m focusing on permaculture plants. My biggest problem is we live way out in the country so not a lot of traffic. I don’t have the time for farmers market or shipping plants in the mail at this point. And there’s hundreds of plants I’d like to grow. It’s hard to decide which ones I should focus on.😄💕🌿
You can always try selling to the local independent nurseries in your area; selling as a wholesale grower might be more efficient than retail in your situation. Selling to landscaping companies is another avenue to consider.
Also, if you sell as a wholesaler, you don't have worry about fussing with sales tax.
i cant wait till i get better at propagating and have just a little more time, ever since i saw your 100% black berry video ive really pumped up my production so i will soon be selling plants right side along my fruit stand. thank you for the info and a great video mate cheers
Thanks for watching!
Thanks for a great video! Your kids are so cute!❤️
Found your channel today and I'm glad to subscribe. My extended family owns a nursery in rural Iowa. Almost 40 years ago one of my cousins took a few acres of the family farm and started his nursery. It's now a full-time family business that makes big $$. (It's rural Iowa. Everyone's a farmer and is growing something.) 😃
I love this!
Thank you so much for the inspiration! I feel like I can do anything.
You can do it!
Really do enjoy listening to you. Ty for a great video... You inspired me these past few months to really look into this for my climate and locality.. Happy subscriber from 🇬🇧 😀
You can do it!
Thank y for your videos it has inspired me to start a small nursery as a side hustle I'm around 5 years from retirement and hope to learn enough to be full time by then
You can do it!
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Thanks so much for the inspiration I found you at the perfect time God Bless you and your family for sharing your awesome
First I want to thank you for all the wonderful informative videos you share. THANK YOU! Second is a questions of what you do with any unsold plants? I appreciate you time and help.
Normal rule is if I don;t sell a plant this year, I bump it to a bigger pot next year and sell it for more. Hardly ever have to throw any out because they won't sell, but occasionally I just chunk a few in the compost pile.
Brother u r the best u motivated me to start propogating and eventually sell. Cant thankyou enough. i think i wanna do similar to what you are doing and hopefully continue all the way to retirement. Love ya man
Seems like you're on the right track... well done!! Keep going.
Just found out about your channel from the Side Hustle podcast. Can't wait to dive into your videos.
Truly inspirational. Thanks for a Great video... I just recently decided to take my passion to work and this is exactly what I want to do. Business has been very slow unfortunately. And I need to do something. I have a small specialty retail shop here in NH and I it's on a very busy rd. I think selling plants will do well I hope to supplement some income. I have a lot of down time a work to propagate as well. :) And I have a greenhouse at home in the back yard...
Great encouragement! Would love to try this with our grandson 💯❣️
Love your videos, I've been doing doordash and making pretty good money but I like growing plants and want something I can do without putting miles on my car. My only worry is if I'll be able to sell my plants but I won't know till I try! Gonna be watching more of your vids!
If you have a green thumb, I have another side hustle that I have proven to be successful.
Having worked at plant nurseries for years, I always always ALWAYS have customers beg for me, or anyone I know, to come help them with their gardening.
Somestimes it's just these sweet little old ladies that bought waaaaay too many plants, soil, etc and they end up overwhelmed. They just need someone to come over for a Saturday afternoon and "help" them (do it for them) get it all potted up and/or in their flower beds. If one of these little old ladies lives in a retirement community, you've hit paydirt, because she's going to show all her friends, and they're all going to want the same service.
I stumbled on this odd niche when I was 16yo at my first nursery job, and am still doing it at 40yo, at a different nursery, in a whole other state. This niche is not a fluke. The hustle is there for anyone that wants it.
I charge $30-$50 an hour depending on the job, with a four hour minimum, and a flat travel fee if their home is a bit of a distance. It's all cash.
At this point in the nursery season, spring, I really don't have time to do it, and I'm always looking for people to refer for a similar service. I highly reccomend printing some business cards and dropping them off at your local nurseries, if this sounds like a hustle you'd be into.
Hello, just found your site and I absolutely love it. You are so inspirational and shows so much enthusiasm in it.
That is a dream of mine. I am a gardener and think this will be my next step. Thanks
You can absolutely do it!
@@savvydirtfarmerthank for the encouragement. Will u be my mentor if needed.
Just watch everything here... I think it'll help.@@avaander2065
I'm wanting to start a plant co op for my economically depressed area. Teahouse them how to buy, sell. Trade and feed themselves.
Nice!
I'm not sure if you know this, forgive me if you do, but this is called "Community Supported Agriculture" or CSA.
There are A TON of resources for starting a CSA, even state and federal funds/allowances, in some cases! This is so random, but American Family Insurance has a really great page called "How to get your CSA started" that is literally a step by step guide on the process. I used to run a CSA in northern California, and the process outlined on the AMFAM website is exactly how we got ours started.
CSAs are SO important for the community. I hope you're well on way, as I'm commenting on this a year later, but if not, I hope this inspires you to circle back to this phenomenal idea.
I have learned so much from you. So Thank you so much😍
Great stuff, as always! I love to see my notification that you posted a new video!
Great! thanks for watching
I enjoy my backyard nursery very much; I'm retired this is our 2nd year of selling from our backyard. You showed your compost pile and I see you through your used soil on the pile, have you done a vid on how to re-use your soil, thanks for taking your time to show all of us around.
I just throw the old soil in the compost pile with all my other yard "junk." When I need compost, I just dig a bunch out from the bottom of the pile... a wheelbarrow or two at a time. I usually use that to mix back into my potting soil. Works very well.
@@savvydirtfarmer Thank you
Very motivational. Great video
Thanks so much!
Great video as always!1. Keep up the great work!!
Luv your great videos. !!!! Thankyou so much !!!!!!
Currently looking to buy a 40 acre lot to build my house and after seeing your videos I may setup a 5 acre nursery and grow from there. Any recommendations for an ideal layout on a lot that size?
Depends on a lot of things… availability of water, shade trees present or not, access, hills/flat, etc. But most importantly, if you’re starting a new nursery, start with no more than 5,000 sq ft and learn how to get all you can from that. You can grow millions of dollars of plants on 5 acres - when it comes to nursery space, 5 acres is a LOT!
@@savvydirtfarmer Thanks for the input. I plan to take your advice and start with about 2K sq feet and grow up each year. Thanks so much for the information on your channel.
Really love your videos and the information you provide with examples. Just getting my new backyard nursery going. Have you ever done or seen a good backyard nursery about packing plants plants to ship, determining postage, and tge process from online sale to satisfied customer? Any direction would be appreciated.😊
I've not done that type of video, as I don't ship a TON of plants, at least not yet. Probably a good idea would be to buy some plants from a reputable nursery and see how they do it. Postage can be estimated through usps and ups websites... they have tools for that. There's certainly a learning curve though, no doubt.
Can you do a video on pest control? I find a lot of centipede’s and slugs and snails and saw bugs in and under the pots when I’m up potting
I don't do much. I just occasionally spray when I see aphids of Japanese beetles. We have slugs too, but their damage is minimal and I don't do anything for them.
I absolutely love your videos!!! You've motivated me to start a small backyard nursery on the Alabama Gulf Coast, and I plan to use many of the same plants that you're using. Do you have any recommendations for a minimum number of healthy plants that would be needed in order to have a successful initial public opening? It may sound crazy but I'm concerned with selling out of inventory at my initial opening, losing my customer base and having to do a restart months later. Thanks in advance and keep the videos coming!
I don’t really have a minimum recommendation but my suggestion is to go as big as you can handle. Whether that’s 10 plants initially, or 100, or 1000, or more. Don’t let the small number of plants stop you. I’ve had plant sales with 40 plants. It’s what I had. I sold them.
Grow medicinal herbs to dry and sell as organic loose leaf tea. Also started making and selling fresh organic farm to table culinary spices.
Do it! But I'm not growing anything and labeling it as "medicinal."
That's fine, Traditional Medicinals organic tea brand does and they are very successful. You grow decrotive plants. I grow healing and culinary herbs. That's the difference. I like and am subscribed to your channel.
I have a backyard nursery too, just started this year. Right now I manually water and it's taking too long. Have you set up any automatic watering for all your nursery pots? If so, can you do a video on that?
If I am out of town, I set up sprinklers on a timer. Otherwise, I hand water everything, or someone in the family does. Takes about 20-25 minutes each morning in the summer.
@@savvydirtfarmer Thank you. Your videos were very useful for us to start the backyard nursery.
I hate my boss... got my backyard nursery registered this year.. for a 5th of an acre. Soo many plants.
You can do a TON in that space!! Let us know how it’s working out
Is there something I can sell now while waiting for my propagated plants to grow to selling point.
Also, we want to hear more from the Savvy Dirt Farmer Daughter
How do you find buyers? You sell to other stores/nurseries, website, developed a client list?
Let the public know you have plants for sale at a great value and they will find you!
You can definitely sell to local independent nurseries. We buy herbs from moms with like four kids hanging off them all time.
Thank you❤❤❤
Care to expand on your business plan it sounds great. How did you choose this hustle among so many others.
May make a video on that down the road some time.
Run Forest run.
You can do it.
Great video. I recall you saying you started with some dogwood trees. Yesterday, unfortunately, I noticed some spots on their leaves and it looks like they have anthracnose. I see why no one grows these any more. I had 31 trees and 62 gallons of soil invested into these. Should I just throw it all out? I also have 25 redbud trees arriving tomorrow but it looks like they are vulnerable to anthracnose and other disease too, so I will probably just chuck them out as well. Several hundred dollars and a couple months of work all for nothing. Do you have any advice? I've also got bamboo, arborvitaes, and ornamental grasses growing, but it looks like I am done with these trees. At least the native ones. So much work and time just to get destroyed overnight.
I don't know what the problem might be. If the trees aren't working for you then move on to other plants... perennials, shrubs, evergreens, etc. You don't have to sink a lot of money into a nursery business to get it started strong... it just takes longer because you're doing your own propagation and multiplication and that takes time.
Another great informative video , than you. I have a few hostas that seem to have not taken. But, plenty that have. I’m thinking of growing my hostas, lily of valley & lariope out through Summer and having a Fall Plant Sale. “All must go” Can you link where you bought your shade cloth from please. Early on i just a plain tarp, but now i think a shade cloth will work best. How do you control slugs/snails on your hostas? These pesky things have found my hostas! 😡
I don't have major slug issues... fingers crossed that continues. Shade cloth link shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=1020530&u=3151152&m=72437&urllink=&afftrack=
I’ve seriously considered doing this but was wondering do you have to get a license to do this? Also, what are the best platforms to sell on? I love gardening and growing from seed but I just never thought there was any money in selling(since you are competing with the larger nurseries).
State nursery certification via yout state's department of agriculture/ Business license as required, or not, by your locale. Big garden centers? They can't compete with you.
I love that dog! Zooooomies!!!!!!
She's pretty great.
@@savvydirtfarmer You're pretty great too! Just found your channel and am enjoying your content ☺
@@s44577 I sure appreciate the kind words.
Hi, where do you get your pots from please?
Local supply store, free from landscapers or other nurseries, have bought them from greenhousemegastore.com and amleo.com
Could you recommend q good plantto startf with in zone 10b
I sure can't. Don't know a thing about plants and those warm winters. Should be easy to figure out though. Look around and see what's growing most in your area. Top 10 most common plants in your area. Start there.
@@savvydirtfarmer gardens are inconsistent around me but I've started planting some basic flowers like red sunflower common field poppy golden shower trees
Dude. Bird of Paradise. I go crazy for those.
Question are you shipping plants now? I really would like 10 hostas please.
I am not. Sorry.
Where do you live & is there anything special that you are looking for?
How long does it take a hydrangea cutting to be ready to sell in a bigger pot?
Propagate them this year, sell them next year or the next.
Very helpful content! But for #6, the customers are the boss.
But I don’t mind working for them.
How often do you water in the fall and summer...I'm starting with hydrangeas and hostas
I water every morning in the summer. If it rains, I can skip a day or two. It takes me about 20 minutes to water each day.
@@savvydirtfarmer thanks...I wrote summer but I meant to say winter
@@guerrillainsurgent7441 Fall and winter watering? Almost none. Once the heat is gone and the days get shorter, watering needs drastically decrease to only once or twice a week. And in winter, I almost use no water at all.
What percentage shade cloth is this on your structure?
Not sure, but between 40-60% will do.
@@savvydirtfarmer love your channel! Binge watching 😅
@@abolitionistsofalabama261 much appreciated!
By the way...since I wasn't finding pots for plants even through the greenhouse suppliers, I actually ordered 1400 pots direct from China. They arrived a day or 2 ago and from order to receipt was probably 2 1/2 months.
Great! Where did you get them, or who did you get them through?
@@savvydirtfarmerTemu for the win
I am Fathima currently living in abudhabi..I have some plants Alovera, Ajwain. Mint .I don't know how to sell that .I am waiting your reply
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I hate to sound like a Debbie downer, but what about patents? I've dreamt of doing this for many years, but that was always something that came up during my research.
Don’t ever propagate patented plants and label your plants properly and you’re good to go.
Hi Craig, love your videos been watching from the beginning. But, I have a question on your shade house, how do you have it secured to the ground? Is it staked down or do you have posts dug into the ground!!!
It's just sitting there... not fastened down at all. The shade cloth doesn't catch much wind like something more solid would, like a tarp. My oldest shade has been there for 3+ years and I've never done anything to it at all since putting it up.
@@savvydirtfarmer thanks for the reply so quickly. I’ve wanted to build one for myself, but over here in SWMO on this hill that I live on you can’t hardly get a pick in the ground. Nothing but rocks.
One thing I have learned from the Savy Dirt Farmer is don’t over think it.
If you haven’t learned to graft fruit trees you should to extend your inventory & increase profits.
Maybe some day. I've got PLENTY to do right now.
Are you required to be state licensed or inspected?
Selling any plants requires a nursery certificate from your state’s dept of agriculture, which includes an inspection. Check your individual state requirements
Do you sell online or locally or both?
I sell locally from my nursery; occasionally, in winter, I sell to my viewers online.
How do you sell it though?
Post ads. People come buy them... lots of them.
Warning: I have worked for myself for years. I have a slave driver for a boss. There is always something that needs to be done. I am putting myself to the task all to often.
What zone are you in?
7
I have a green thumb and a 5 year degree relating to landscape architecture.
90% of people WILL KILL ALL THEIR PLANTS BECAUSE THEY ARE NIT CAPABLE OF NURTURING.
I love your enthusiasm but some people hate work. You’re talking about work. I’ve been taking cuttings and my physical condition really limit me.
See the three cup method for propagating plants. It’s a great way to start. It’s a TH-cam video I saw. You’re actually dealing with the plant ONCE.
Yep. Some people hate work, and that's tragic. And, they should do something for a side hustle besides starting a small nursery. And, chances are, most of those people aren't watching this video.
90% of people who kill their plants do so thanks to overwatering, for the most part.
You seem very confident in your knowledge that 90% of people will kill all their plants; I'm curious where you acquired that exact number?
My 20yrs nursery experience has provided the opposite perspective; many new gardeners struggle with over nurturing their plants via too much water and fertilizer. Many semi-professional/professionals I've spoken with over years don't even see it as work really, in my experience, and most folks enjoy work they find fulfilling and purposeful. Conversely, as I'm also an accountant, the biggest hindrance for folks aiming to start businesses like these is often an aversion to focusing on how the financial end works. Nurturing the plants seems to the easy part; filling for a tax ID number is where things start to fall apart.
Here's a questions for you...how do you know how much to water all the different types of plants? Do you just get a feel for it?
Yes, you get a feel for it. In the heat of summer, every plant every day gets watered. Some plants I'll water twice if needed... that would be plants that are pretty root bound, for example, they're going to wilt faster.
@@savvydirtfarmer I gotcha. Thank you for your reply. You have an outstanding setup.
Chester Blackberry patent is expired .
I meant this to be a $10 donation.
Thank you