The Truth About Backyard Nurseries
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I like your never give up attitude. I started a plumbing repair business over 20 years ago and I was determined to never give up. I only work about 20 hours a week now doing plumbing and am building infrastructure for a backyard nursery. I have about an acre to work with and don’t live in a subdivision. I’m growing my own plants because here there’s no sales tax for plants you grow yourself and I know it will take a few years to get going that way but that’s okay since I still have income from plumbing. I love plants and growing them. I can deal with the headaches of running a business since I’ve already been doing it for so long. Hang in there. It’ll get better.
VERY few channels give the reality of backyard nurseries. So many glorify the business, but leave out how much they spend on water, infrastructure, etc. This is true for backyard gardening channels showing massive yields, but don't reveal the cost per unit(and how buying organic at the store would have been WAY cheaper). There are so many fraud gardening and farming channels out there. Glad you are giving the reality of all this.
Truth doesn't sell neither does it get views. Reason for all the misinformation out there. I can easily make a video faking massive profits and how easy it is to get started, boom instant tons of views vs reality like this video.
@@qctropicals Well, I am glad you're one of the good ones out there brother😄
Is Mike McGroarty/Backyard Growers one of those?
Your transparency means so much. Thank you so much.
The part about the wind knocking down the plants and them dying - so true! I'm not in the desert but I have a greenhouse. I was ready to open my first garden selling kiosk 2 years ago and in spring, I ran out of water about a week before I could start selling plants. I had only a well back then.. couldn't water the greenhouse, everything bolted, lost it all.
I worked now for 2 years to gather water tubs, make them a levelled platform to sit them on, install gutters on my barn to catch the water, install the irrigation from the tubs to the garden... so much work! And most videos do not mention these things. It takes a LOT of time to get ready to sell plants or vegetables and we are vulnerable to every little weather change AND almost tied to our properties ;) but I enjoy that last part.. lol Now, we have to be prepared for frosts at times where we shouldn't have them, huge winds, long heat waves, long wet periods.. the weather isn't the same as 15 years ago.. takes lots of planning!
Alan, great video! As a old guy I could not deal with the Cons... Buy for a determined young man like yourself the harder they make it on you the more you will learn and in the end the more successful you will be! I could have used this video 20 years ago when I started my first business. I also learned the hard way and it was not any fun. The Government has proven to never be my friend in any regards. But, it did drive me to work harder. Doc, Thanks for all you do!
Thanks for sharing, it opened my eyes to the reality of having a nursery.
You’re story is great. I wish you all the success in building your dream.
We’ll I’m glad you stuck it out! I’m no politician either and I completely understand where you’re coming from. Good things await you my dude!
the experience you've encountered trying to start up your business we call "the black crab syndrome " or "black crabs in a bucket " people always trying to pull others down
Hi and thanks from Germany.
As a freak of plants since childhood I am a professional gardener and graduated biologist/botanist. Now I am slowly starting to build my own business. Have already started selling at the roadside and will legalize it end of next year. Have worked for others all my life, even as a pharmaceutical sales agent and now I want to be my own boss.
that's awesome
Yep. Working for other people is overrated. I'm a farm and sell plants. The nursery is easier and makes a surprising amount of money compared to farming. My wife wants to go all in on the nursery, but I love farming too much.
добрый день, мы с Вами живём на разных континентах, а проблемы у нас одинаковые... спасибо за видео и удачи Вам в не лёгком бизнесе... привет из Астрахани (Россия)
Thank for your honesty
I am so grateful for you and all you have done to help me! I wish you the best of luck. By the way, this is my new name as I sold my other business. This is Pam in Apache. 😊
May the good Lord richly bless you. Stay true and honest.❤
Hey Alan, I really need to get out there to talk to you one of these weekends. After watching your video, I think I may be able to offer you some tips on how to minimize your tax liability and how to access low cost federal government subsidized loan programs for agricultural. I'm also self employed and I come from agricultural cattle ranching background and even though the local city and county make it difficult to succeed, the federal government has programs in place to help you. It's just a matter of knowing about which programs are available and who to contact to get the ball rolling. If you have any interest in learning about that let me know and I'll make some time to get to QC to talk with you. There is no incentive or financial gain for me its just one guy helping another guy. For example there are cost share programs that will pay for up to 70% of a greenhouse or hoop house, I don't know if that program is still available it depends on if the all the funds have been used up or not. Also, your new property could have been purchased with a 0% down 40 year fixed loan with govt subsidized low interest rate. You can also use the loan to purchase improvements on the land like the irrigation systems, parking lot, lot grading, shade houses, and equipment like the skid steer there, etc.
Hi buddy, your knowledge would be greatly appreciate it. Shoot me an email :)
I would really like to learn more about the government programs that allow me to get zero down loans. Please tell me where to look for these loans.
Whoa that loan info is surprising.
I thought that land was the one thing that the govt would NOT help you with. I’ve seen evidence of grants for equipment and water and stock, but never land.
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Thanks for this video. I live in Sweden and thinking of starting a nursery
Thank you for talking about what it took to start your business. Glad you didn't quit. I learn a lot from your videos! God Bless!
This is a excellent video. You've done a great service to those considering this type of business and you've touched every base that one needs to think about before starting any type of business. Well done!
QCT always with the truth. Thanks dude. Would love to see more business type videos
Instead of an LLC, create a non-profit association. Up to 100K no sales tax where I live. Keep the books clean, invest any potential profit back into your association.
I was thinking about it. Even once the nursery starts making money I can still pay myself a salary.
@@qctropicals of course. I actually work for an association with 70 people. We all get paid 😃
Namaste blessings and thank you for sharing your knowledge and good energy! manifesting this for myself ❤ 🌱 plants are the best medicine for myself and so many others. I’m learning in this journey of turning plants into a business, and not just my spiritual mental physical medically hobby… plants are life for me and it’s so scary to dive into “selling” but people like you make it so inspiring with so much knowledge and experience and share it freely. From one plant person to another. Protection and blessings to you your family animals and plants 🌱 ✨
Hey bro fellow Army vet here. its interesting that alot of us are wanting to start a nursery. I am trying to work on starting a backyard nursery at another desert not to far from AZ lol
NV?
i liked your video. as a youtuber and nursery starter i learn from your experience and expertise. i could not have gotten as far as i have without youtubers like yourself so cheers and thank you
thank you friend and good luck. One thing, don't give up, quitters don't make it.
Wonderful information! Thanks, I always enjoyed and appreciated your honesty and insights.
Best video ever! Instant subscribe
I'd recommend not letting people at your house, especially these days. Farmers Markets are a much better place to push product.
For a lot of the cons you listed is why I prefer to shop local/ the little guys, the big box stores won't miss my money, but it can make a big difference to the little guy!
2 of the things I try to live my life by are this:
"Do what you love to do and you'll never work a day in your life, as long as what you do is enough to support your way of life"
"Whether you think you can or you think you can't, you're right." Motivation can be a powerful thing brother, keep it up!
You are right. You've reminded me to not give up on my dreams! Thanks for your videos. Hope your dreams come true!
Beautiful nursery!! You have!!!!
I have had the same thing. U are telling my nursery story
Love your video. Thanks for sharing your story.
Thank you for sharing your advice and experience growing and selling plants. Appreciate the honesty! It's also my dream, and I'm trying to figure out what direction to pursue to start my own business related to my plant passion, with minimal capital lol. I will subscribe to your channel to learn more from your experiences. Best of luck in making your nursery on your acreage a reality!
Thanks for this informative video brother , greatly appreciated❤❤❤
Outstanding video, could not of said it better myself!
10 plus years as a grower and this is the first year as a sole proprietor, and working full time. I have been thinking about quitting my full time job. Tennessee here (nursery capital) so no sales taxes here, not yet anyway.
Bless you for putting videos out. Actually you are one of my inspirations for starting one too.
Keep the content coming on plants and videos like this
Ill be driving 1500 miles to camp out in the parking lot the nights before the grand opening.
I have to admit, plant people really are good people. I wasn’t meeting respectful moraled people until I started growing plants. I work for some else’s backyard nursery and have my own hobby nursery which is ready to supply my boss or another nursery.
Negative: drug dealers and cops seem to know eachother. If Drug dealers fear you might be growing something that cuts into their business they tell the police you are growing weed. Not sure why they assume I would need to have a tiny hidden illegal grow when I can make big money on plants I do not need to hide. If I want to smoke that stuff I can sell fruit trees or Cassava then buy weed. Drug dealers and cops tend to be informant buddies.
check your own local laws. You don't need to claim its a retail business until you sell a certain minimum. In mine its when you go over $500.00 The benefit of proof lays with the municipality.
I really appreciate your honesty. Very helpful video, thank you!
Thank you for being honest with us! =)
I loved this video. You told us the truth and reality we needed to hear!
Thank you for information… wonderful… may the good Lord bless you and your dreams 🙏😇
you as well friend
This video has some awesome information. I knew it would not be easy. Is till have not looked into insurance. It is allot. Good luck
My observational suggestion would be to sell that property after finding a more copacetic state/county. A place with more rain seems like a good idea too. Thanks a bunch for sharing your experience. Best of luck, and stay strong!
I'd move to FL if it wasnt for my plants
GREAT ADVISE full of honesty and truth! ty
As a sometimes gardener one thing I've noticed in my lifetime is that plant sales have shifted to what works well for real estate speculators and hoas, instead of the gardeners.
Can you explain further? Do you mean trendy plants used in the yard to help sell a home?
What plants do you see selling well?
Very helpful video. Thanks for making it.
Absolute diamond! Thanks for this video!
Well said!! Thank you for being real! Keep going.
Greetings from Germany and thank you for this deep and honest insights. I always thought, that being self employed in Germany is horrible and that the US ist the place to do that. But when I hear you talking about the cons I see the same problems I have here. Only the taxes sounds a little lower than here 😂
I wish you all the best and hope your dream can come true!
Get’em Alan!
That's right, always have a paper trail.
You dont have to worry about cancer Alan...you have a Moringa Tree 🤗
OMG, keep being honest and keep updating us. County like that is not only in Arizona, another guy in Florida is dealing with county too. On top of that he had thieves stealing power generators. I learned at university if its' not in written there is nothing you can do. Is anyone else helping you? I had my first business at 25 with 2 partners. Crappy clients, oo yep, happily it's only 3%
Great video, I am in a smallish town in louisiana. The permit was super easy here, I had an inspector come out and approved me on site.
Wow! Where in Louisiana are you? I want to start a small nursery in my backyard in Louisiana and St. Tammany parish told me that I did need an inspection I only need a permit.
@@MrHelena2155 prairieville. They did an inspection, but he was only looking for plants with bad disease or insect problems. The guy was very cool
I'm doing it in va brother! Stick with the long term plan!
I guess it depends on where you live. If you live in a warm sunny place, you get a lot for free. Where I live I have to have heated planthouses with lights to grow stuff (I live in Sweden).
What fruit trees grow well in your area?
What's up Alan, this is guys.
Thank you so much for this video
first 3 mins, SPOT on brother. I'm in financial/retirement planning for the past 12 years, through the ups and downs of interest rates, banks and insurance companies guaranteeing paltry 3-5% returns, meanwhile I put a seed in the ground and get 100s back. This quote resonates HARD with me, as it should everyone: "There seem to be but three ways for a nation to acquire wealth: the first is by war, as the Romans did, in plundering their conquered neighbors-this is robbery; the second by commerce, which is generally cheating; the third by agriculture, the only honest way, wherein man receives a real increase of the seed thrown into the ground, in a kind of continual miracle, wrought by the hand of God in his favor, as a reward for his innocent life and his virtuous industry" - ben franklin. Not to mention "money" moony mono-eye (sorry too deep) changes with the times and has no intrinsic value save what we place on it as a mental construct as a society, however plants/food will always be tangible and valuable to any and all
I agree friend. Problem in our society is "commerce" has taken over the "agriculture". No longer can you trust nurseries to tell you the truth simply because truth doesn't sell.
yea , I'm not one for "isms" in general, but commerce is "unfair" aka capitalism in the sense that, you sell a plant for 10, guy down the road sells for 20 same plant, people buy from him because whatever reason, that person was ripped off in a sense to the benefit of the other. When in reality, the way it should work in lieu of middle man aka "money", is a trade system (but that can't be taxed, but boy do they try with "tangible personal property tax" and the likes) you need something i have and the other way around. what a paradise that would be, if we all pursued what we loved and were good at to the point of abundance, and shared with others
Alot of people dont do it on the cheap.
Thanks for Truth. We are 50% down on food production worldwide. Every food garden makes the difference.
Pursuing your dream and devtouring other away from theirs by dragging out the hardships, challenges and burdens of having a nursery. Your deliverance is uninspiring.
Look people,, don't let this video negatively affect your inspiration and love for plants.
The legal stuff, yes but your life and situation is most likely very different than his. Your outcome is not going to be the same.
Use your sixth sense and let your intuition guide you.
I appreciate the heads up from him. It hasn't discouraged me, but informed me of unwanted possibilities. I agree with you that every situation is different, but this is an eye opener for me to be aware of before I start my journey.
I'm just telling it like it is. Life is not easy and it generally sucks. But we must persevere and never give up. Quitters never succeed.
We had a hail storm in central Florida and I got 50 holes in my greenhouse roof.😢
It's not at all shatterproof? I'm assuming you're talking in the wavy fiberglass opaque panels? Thought that stuff could take quite a few hits
Unless theyve been there b4
I'm only 45 seconds into this video and I have to ask are you related to the Macho Man Randy Savage laugh out loud
I would love to start a little nursery, But I know I would immediately get reported by my neighbor, Who runs a nursery, but it is so extremely overpriced that folks shop elsewhere.
Terrible world we live in. I suggest you do what makes you happy. We only live once.
trying to get to big without funds will ruin your business.
agree my friend. Learning as I go though.
Thank you so much what a great video. From a wanna be backyard nursery owner in semi arid Western Australia. Even though our shire and council laws are different to US they are still full of BS 😆
Damn! I had no idea that if you have customers showing up, it’s considers you a retail business. Does selling plants online void that? Or is it just wholesale that doesn’t need to be a retail?
selling plants online is more manageable. Believe it or not, most places you gotta get a permit for that too!
The United States make it so hard for everybody to start and operate a business.
Everything requires license, permits, and fees, and regulations, and registration, inspections. and approval.
In other countries, their citizens grown, harvest,and sell products with very little or no government intervention.
Don't need license or permits to sell at market, Etc.
It makes it hard for everyone to make a living and survive in this world!
And people in Canada complain how we are controlled and taxed, the US is just as bad :(
The fines they will level on you are absolutely ridiculous. It is much easier to check.
Look into being a PA. It’s sometimes better than being an LLC.
I've been a sole proprietor for 30 years, knew of llc's but not had heard of PA's, what's that?
@@GreenCanvasInteriorscape it’s acronym for professional associate. As a real estate agent I can’t be an LLC and work for a brokerage. The PA allows me the same tax advantages as an LLC. The majority of my income is taken as consulting fees from my PA to myself. I have used this for 15 years now I think.
You should move to Cali. You will make more money, get more traffic and actually get to take a vacation.
lol i'm good
California real estate and electric costs, and high taxes. Fogaddaboutit
You know I hear the cons. But I see some things that are definitely affecting this mans bottom line. Like his area, his choice of plants.
Agree
Where do you get pots in bulk like that?
local landscapers
Too much government is a terrible thing
Pursue your dream and don't give up your blessings will come with your faith in God.
thank you friend
I knew a couple that had a good nursery business going, but when they divorced, the business had to be shut down.
oof
This guy sure loves talking about himself
That's what I like about him the most. You can learn a lot from someone like him. I have.
Out here in Tucson wanting to chase my dream of owning a cactus nursery. Glad I found your channel and so far every video is awesome! keep up the good work, you're very inspiring. I've had lots of days where I just feel like forgetting about my plants, but it is my dream.