I specialize in native wildflowers and keystone trees, but I also have other perennials as well. My goal is to show folks how to incorporate native plants into their regular landscaping. I’m also seriously considering specializing in historic roses, irises, and peonies - you know, the plants that have survived for decades and even centuries in forgotten cemeteries, just blissfully growing without anyone fussing over them. I want to show people how to have a gorgeous garden without needing to spend a lot of time or spraying a bunch of chemicals. Thanks for your steady encouragement and belief in me! 💝
I'm so impressed with your nursery! I've been watching off and on since you were in your backyard selling from your driveway. Congratulations! I love your advice. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. It's so informative.
Always great insight! Our main activity is border plants, spruces and arborvitae’s. We also sell some trees and you’re right, it’s almost all men buying them. Great video!
So thankful for you and your family! You've paved the way for me to have a significant extra income to send the Gospel to unreached people groups. My "nursery" is every possible square inch of a 4500 square foot lot which also includes a house and garage. I just re-did the tiny front yard to showcase mature examples of the plants I sell. I put a path around it so I can walk with folks and point out what's what. I had my first fb buyer this morning since finishing the paths, it was fabulous for me and she loved it too! 💖 This winter I'm going to create a private fb group that my customers can join and I'll notify them with a @everyone post about my big events and what's in bloom. My city is very restrictive about garage sales, but this should work fine. My neighbors are all aware of this business/ministry and are very supportive. 👍 As a thank you, may I just share this "pro tip" with you: edibles are by far my best sellers, especially elderberries. I sold out of 40 elderberry plants in 48 hours of posting on fb marketplace. 😂 Of course I'm making more cuttings of those for next year! God bless you guys, please keep making videos! 💞
Thank you for sharing about the elderberries. I have a couple of beautiful elderberry bushes that I would like to propagate and sell. Do you have any advice for me?
@@lucybrenton149 It might be too late to do anything this year, I take cuttings in June/July. They are pretty tough plants, I've only ever lost a couple starts. I have the John and Adams varieties. I also found, through neglect, that fallen berries will germinate in the spring and give you LOTS of very healthy babies! So if you still have berries on your bushes, just let them go to seed like a wildflower. ☺
I have been extremely interested in starting a small plant business. I just found your content and I’ve been binge watching and taking notes. I just now realized you are from Alabama!! I am too, so this somehow has been very encouraging!
@@savvydirtfarmer Thank you! I’m in Mobile, so about as far south as it gets! Very hot, lots of sandy soil, and the humidity gets so bad some days you have to chew the air. I’m slowly learning to work with it, but I’ve got a long way to go 😂
Eatables are my specialty. I have fruit and citrus trees veggies and perennials and annuals. I started my fruit and citrus trees after watching several of your videos. I had only sold veggies but not the plants so last spring I sold mini mini vegetable seedling plants and made over $1,000 the first and I thank you for all the info that you have shared because otherwise I would not have ever sold a plant
I’ve started specializing in drought tolerant plants for out here in Lubbock. Lots of Mexican petunias, daylillys, Russian sage. I will have to look into screen trees out here as well. Lots of wind!
I love the video. It is very important to have a plan. I am in the beginning stages of propagating plants for a profit. I have sold vegetable starts for the past couple of years (since Covid lockdown). So, I am not to the point where I would be focusing on a wide variety. But, it is very easy to get overwhelmed with ideas of what to grow. With 4 types of hydrangeas, 4 Hosta, Crape Myrtle, figs, blueberries and Japanese Maples… It can be hard to say slow down and see what works best in my area. This video has been helpful in giving me an idea of what to look for when choosing variety. Congratulations on your first year. I believe you will be in the area for decades to come.. God Bless!
Thanks for covering this topic because I've been thinking about the very same thing you spoke about in this video. I love this content. I'm in the process of beginning a homebased market-garden business, and this helps me to focus more specifically on a direction to go in.
Hi craige great video mate have tried canna lilies very popular in uk and USA but they can be split to make many plants in one season all the best Dave uk
I collected a bunch of canna seeds this year. Looking forward to trying to remember to plant them next year. I bought cannas this year for first time. Lovely! Although flowers only lasted a short time.
Regarding gender tendencies, you are 100% correct. Growing up I did a lot of landscaping work, in university I worked a little in a municipal horticulture department, and after university spent a couple of years working at a greenhouse on the side. Landscaping professionals were predominantly male and gravitated to tasks that were more labour intensive which included planting trees and shrubs. While working for the horticulture department this trend continued although female staff gravitated to flowers. Within the greenhouse, females dominated both the staff and customers. It was actually quite amusing when male customers came in as they would be their with their wives with the purpose to carry things and expressed little interest in the plants (there were exceptions as occasionally there would be lone males who were very passionate/knowledgeable about plants/gardening). However, typically when men arrived alone it was for very short visits to purchase, trees, shrubs, materials (e.g. mulch), or similar products. In the greenhouse it was actually quite easy to assess the customers knowledge of plants based on their behaviors. This included shopping for annuals vs perennials, if they evaluated the quality of the plants, the terminology they used (e.g., apparently every flower was a rose), expressed interest in common plants (e.g., petunias), if they smelled the flowers (lol).
I always enjoy your videos. Autumn is coming quickly here in the northeast. Nearly time to wrap our arborvitae in burlap for the winter to prevent wind blister and schedule our seed stratification. I'm a bit curious as to the type of record keeping you keep (not financial), as to cloning dates, temps, rainfalls, insects noted. ... Also, with plants such as Holly, where there is a need for both a male and a female plant, do you just display the females but notify that a male is necessary?
When I have some holly, I'll let you know. 😀 Record keeping? Interesting you ask, because I get that question fairly often. I don't. Probably should. I look around each week and each day, and think, "what do I need to be doing right now?" And, "what do I need to do next week?" Then, I do it. I look further ahead as well, but not every day. Hardly anything I do today, or any given day, is for today. Today's work is almost always done with tomorrow in view. I do think some sort of planning calendar would help not just me, but the viewers here as well - because I always share what I do, but am also very clear that doesn't mean its the best way for everyone to do it. Some people can't function without a calendar. Some people can't function with one.
Very informative video, love it! Craig, will you be selling bare root arborvitaes to your RUclips community as you did last season? If so, do you know approximately when? I missed out on it last year & want to be ready this time. Thank you, Eric
That's the plan! Last year was early January. Hoping for December this year, depending on if we can get hard freezes by then. They need to be completely dormant. Will have Green Giants and some hostas as well.
That is actually what I plan on doing. My dream is to open up an edible nursery. I want a place where I can sell edible plants as well as fresh produce/seed.
What kind of colored planted do you have early in the season? Most of the things i grow really don't get color till later in the season but it's too hot here by then to hold sales
Creeping Phlox, Hostas, Coral Bells, various dianthus all color up pretty early. Otherwise, get your plants nice and full and green, and make info cards/signs with beautiful pics of what they'll be when they bloom. Those signs sell a lot of plants.
@@savvydirtfarmer thanks! I had a sneaking suspicion that that’s what it was. I need to protect some plants over winter here in Nebraska and wanted to try a low tunnel for things like rose of Sharon to see if they can survive in a pot in zone 5a.
I specialize in native wildflowers and keystone trees, but I also have other perennials as well. My goal is to show folks how to incorporate native plants into their regular landscaping. I’m also seriously considering specializing in historic roses, irises, and peonies - you know, the plants that have survived for decades and even centuries in forgotten cemeteries, just blissfully growing without anyone fussing over them. I want to show people how to have a gorgeous garden without needing to spend a lot of time or spraying a bunch of chemicals. Thanks for your steady encouragement and belief in me! 💝
Sounds like a great thing you’re doing!
Thanks! Keep tips for small nurseries coming! Love it!
I'm so impressed with your nursery! I've been watching off and on since you were in your backyard selling from your driveway. Congratulations! I love your advice. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. It's so informative.
Thank you so much! I appreciate you being here.
Here’s one thing I would have lot’s of simple wreaths ❤thanks for sharing your experience with us
Great tips as always. Thank you! 🌲🌸
Always great insight! Our main activity is border plants, spruces and arborvitae’s. We also sell some trees and you’re right, it’s almost all men buying them. Great video!
True!
I love your channel too, never stop posting content, amazing!!
Another great video with lots of really good information! Thanks! Keep em' comming please!
So thankful for you and your family! You've paved the way for me to have a significant extra income to send the Gospel to unreached people groups. My "nursery" is every possible square inch of a 4500 square foot lot which also includes a house and garage. I just re-did the tiny front yard to showcase mature examples of the plants I sell. I put a path around it so I can walk with folks and point out what's what. I had my first fb buyer this morning since finishing the paths, it was fabulous for me and she loved it too! 💖 This winter I'm going to create a private fb group that my customers can join and I'll notify them with a @everyone post about my big events and what's in bloom. My city is very restrictive about garage sales, but this should work fine. My neighbors are all aware of this business/ministry and are very supportive. 👍 As a thank you, may I just share this "pro tip" with you: edibles are by far my best sellers, especially elderberries. I sold out of 40 elderberry plants in 48 hours of posting on fb marketplace. 😂 Of course I'm making more cuttings of those for next year! God bless you guys, please keep making videos! 💞
Great! So thankful for all of this - God Bless your efforts for His glory!!
Thank you for sharing about the elderberries. I have a couple of beautiful elderberry bushes that I would like to propagate and sell. Do you have any advice for me?
@@lucybrenton149 It might be too late to do anything this year, I take cuttings in June/July. They are pretty tough plants, I've only ever lost a couple starts. I have the John and Adams varieties. I also found, through neglect, that fallen berries will germinate in the spring and give you LOTS of very healthy babies! So if you still have berries on your bushes, just let them go to seed like a wildflower. ☺
I have been extremely interested in starting a small plant business. I just found your content and I’ve been binge watching and taking notes. I just now realized you are from Alabama!! I am too, so this somehow has been very encouraging!
Welcome to the world of plants! What area are you in?
@@savvydirtfarmer Thank you! I’m in Mobile, so about as far south as it gets! Very hot, lots of sandy soil, and the humidity gets so bad some days you have to chew the air. I’m slowly learning to work with it, but I’ve got a long way to go 😂
Eatables are my specialty. I have fruit and citrus trees veggies and perennials and annuals. I started my fruit and citrus trees after watching several of your videos. I had only sold veggies but not the plants so last spring I sold mini mini vegetable seedling plants and made over $1,000 the first and I thank you for all the info that you have shared because otherwise I would not have ever sold a plant
Sounds great! This is the stuff that really excites me - when someone watching says, "I can do this!" And, they DO.
My dream is to own Dexter cattle. Love both of your channels.
Seems doable enough!!
I’ve started specializing in drought tolerant plants for out here in Lubbock. Lots of Mexican petunias, daylillys, Russian sage. I will have to look into screen trees out here as well. Lots of wind!
Sounds great!
No wonder why i got into Pansies too, just planted over 100 to see in the spring how it goes 🤔
This is a really good informative video!
I love the video. It is very important to have a plan. I am in the beginning stages of propagating plants for a profit. I have sold vegetable starts for the past couple of years (since Covid lockdown). So, I am not to the point where I would be focusing on a wide variety. But, it is very easy to get overwhelmed with ideas of what to grow. With 4 types of hydrangeas, 4 Hosta, Crape Myrtle, figs, blueberries and Japanese Maples… It can be hard to say slow down and see what works best in my area. This video has been helpful in giving me an idea of what to look for when choosing variety. Congratulations on your first year. I believe you will be in the area for decades to come.. God Bless!
Variety with a healthy supply of each but keeping it as a small backyard nursery as well
Thanks for covering this topic because I've been thinking about the very same thing you spoke about in this video. I love this content. I'm in the process of beginning a homebased market-garden business, and this helps me to focus more specifically on a direction to go in.
Hi craige great video mate have tried canna lilies very popular in uk and USA but they can be split to make many plants in one season all the best Dave uk
I collected a bunch of canna seeds this year. Looking forward to trying to remember to plant them next year.
I bought cannas this year for first time. Lovely! Although flowers only lasted a short time.
Regarding gender tendencies, you are 100% correct. Growing up I did a lot of landscaping work, in university I worked a little in a municipal horticulture department, and after university spent a couple of years working at a greenhouse on the side. Landscaping professionals were predominantly male and gravitated to tasks that were more labour intensive which included planting trees and shrubs. While working for the horticulture department this trend continued although female staff gravitated to flowers. Within the greenhouse, females dominated both the staff and customers. It was actually quite amusing when male customers came in as they would be their with their wives with the purpose to carry things and expressed little interest in the plants (there were exceptions as occasionally there would be lone males who were very passionate/knowledgeable about plants/gardening). However, typically when men arrived alone it was for very short visits to purchase, trees, shrubs, materials (e.g. mulch), or similar products.
In the greenhouse it was actually quite easy to assess the customers knowledge of plants based on their behaviors. This included shopping for annuals vs perennials, if they evaluated the quality of the plants, the terminology they used (e.g., apparently every flower was a rose), expressed interest in common plants (e.g., petunias), if they smelled the flowers (lol).
Another great video! Thank you for sharing the tips... Wishing you guys much success!!!
Thanks so much!!
I always enjoy your videos. Autumn is coming quickly here in the northeast. Nearly time to wrap our arborvitae in burlap for the winter to prevent wind blister and schedule our seed stratification.
I'm a bit curious as to the type of record keeping you keep (not financial), as to cloning dates, temps, rainfalls, insects noted. ... Also, with plants such as Holly, where there is a need for both a male and a female plant, do you just display the females but notify that a male is necessary?
When I have some holly, I'll let you know. 😀 Record keeping? Interesting you ask, because I get that question fairly often. I don't. Probably should. I look around each week and each day, and think, "what do I need to be doing right now?" And, "what do I need to do next week?" Then, I do it. I look further ahead as well, but not every day. Hardly anything I do today, or any given day, is for today. Today's work is almost always done with tomorrow in view. I do think some sort of planning calendar would help not just me, but the viewers here as well - because I always share what I do, but am also very clear that doesn't mean its the best way for everyone to do it. Some people can't function without a calendar. Some people can't function with one.
Very informative video, love it!
Craig, will you be selling bare root arborvitaes to your RUclips community as you did last season? If so, do you know approximately when? I missed out on it last year & want to be ready this time. Thank you, Eric
That's the plan! Last year was early January. Hoping for December this year, depending on if we can get hard freezes by then. They need to be completely dormant. Will have Green Giants and some hostas as well.
I see I'm not the only one hooking with my knee the bottom of the leg on my Carhartt shorts and tearing them!!🤣
That is actually what I plan on doing. My dream is to open up an edible nursery. I want a place where I can sell edible plants as well as fresh produce/seed.
What kind of colored planted do you have early in the season? Most of the things i grow really don't get color till later in the season but it's too hot here by then to hold sales
Creeping Phlox, Hostas, Coral Bells, various dianthus all color up pretty early. Otherwise, get your plants nice and full and green, and make info cards/signs with beautiful pics of what they'll be when they bloom. Those signs sell a lot of plants.
what kind of pipe do you use to make your low tunnel hoops?
Low tunnel = EMT conduit
@@savvydirtfarmer thanks! I had a sneaking suspicion that that’s what it was. I need to protect some plants over winter here in Nebraska and wanted to try a low tunnel for things like rose of Sharon to see if they can survive in a pot in zone 5a.
Make sure you charge taxes or they will come for you and tell you that you owe us $50,000 in taxes.
We are a legitimate business. We charge the taxes we are required to charge/