Bro. Craig , in my eyes you are very rich. You have a family, a home, a business that you love. You’re getting paid for what you like to do. You have wisdom. You have a great attitude. You help people. You give people hope and dreams. Just watching your videos have helped me with day to day life since i had to quit my job over a year ago because of health issues and I’m still hoping and trying to get a nursery started. I’m living in a two room guest house and it’s got way to many plants in it that I’m propagating. I’m not going to be sick and feel bad forever I know that God is going to heal me and I’m not going to be broke forever. Talk about starting from scratch!!!!! I long for the day to be able to order pots and plants and ground cover. I’m saying this to let you know the hope and dreams you give people that you don’t even know about Thank you and God bless you. It’s about 180 miles from my place to yours, but one day I’m gonna come to your nursery.

@savvydirtfarmer

3 ай бұрын

Very kind words... and, I appreciate that. People like you are the reason I do KZread.

We are rich when we are loved and have people we love. Thank you, Pastor, for the reminder ❤

@savvydirtfarmer

3 ай бұрын

Good words.

You're rich because your family shares the same passion. Nothing beat that. Here's an idea for you. Add couple of 2 x4s to the inside of your trailer. Then place a sheet of plywood on top, doubling the capacity to carry more pots. Add pots half way, then place the plywood, add on top. Then continue on adding on the lower section, another sheet of plywood on top and more pots. You'll move twice as many pots in one trip.

@Reuthacke

3 ай бұрын

Yeah but then you have to take the whole thing apart. Probably not a time savings. In commercial nurseries they use double decker wagons made from expanded metal. These can be towed with any vehicle, whether pickup truck, tractor, or all terrain utility vehicle.

@savvydirtfarmer

3 ай бұрын

I built a homemade shelf in the front for hauling an extra row of annuals one time. It can work well if done correctly, but with my setup, only for very small plants. I'm trying to get out of the plant hauling hustle if I can. I'll keep doing some, I'm sure, and that's fine. But, at least for now, my concern is not "how many plants can I fit on my trailer," it's "how many plants can I grow in this nursery." But... always appreciate the ideas.

@nel6211

3 ай бұрын

You don't take it apart. The 2x4 runners stay attached to the trailer. The only moving part are the two sheets of plywood.

I wish I was homeschooled as a kid and had a family nursery. ❤ Awesome life!

Blessing to have kids that enjoy the same type of work and a heart to want to be a team and help each other. As long as you have that you and family will be able To overcome adversity, continue to grow the biz and all of you enjoy the successes!

@savvydirtfarmer

3 ай бұрын

"Some" enjoy more than others, but the learning to overcome is what it's all about... at least partially. Gotta keep going.

We are so excited for this new season for you! Just love seeing everyone doing their own jobs getting ready! So many plants to move! Prayers everyday for you and this new season!

Imagine when you can get a small tractor with forks and can move pallets of plants at a time, it’s exciting to see your progress. You and your family are blessed, very precious to be building from the ground up together.

@savvydirtfarmer

3 ай бұрын

Dreaming about that day , but not yet. It will be helpful in many ways, but one in particular will make us at least 5x more efficient

Proverbs 23,vs 4&5 come to mind. Your doing an awesome job raising your children. Love is the greatest gift of all. It shows in your family.

I love your outlook. What the world thinks isn’t that important.. You are teaching your children right! This video is a treasure for your family. Most parents don’t validate their children. In today’s world, children want to be validated! Can’t wait to see a week of new videos! That will be a huge challenge while getting ready for opening day. Good luck and God bless!

Drar Beautiful Odom family, I watched this with tears running down my face as I believe so many in this world don't know what being rich is!! I'm rich beyond Imagination with God's love, my family, friends , loved ones and of course my Gbabies!! Craig, you are spot on with this beautiful and correct message!! Love and hugs to you all! Praying for a prosperous and fantastic fantastic season! Many Blessings ❤ GramsofAllTrades - AKA- Anita

Hi craige. Money can’t buy your riches what you have is a wealth of love and an amazing family. After 40 years in the nursery business I know it takes a special person to succeed and you are one of those all very best Dave uk

@savvydirtfarmer

3 ай бұрын

Oh wow! Thanks so much

Just completely love this family. I wish you were my neighbours, I’d drop by and help out.

@savvydirtfarmer

3 ай бұрын

Thank you for the kind words.

In your journey to be where you want to be, you pause, look around and think how blessed you are. In two more years, you’ll do it again and see how the hard work of the infrastructure has paid off, once again thinking how blessed you are are but to even an order of magnitude more than last time as the young ones learn the ways of an honest living. But, sir, your journey doesn’t just affect your life and that of the family! As you share it with us, we all learn from you, whether nursery related or simply by showing your path to a better life which some will take inspiration from. Your riches don’t stop on your side of the camera. The words you spoke in a previous video which have helped me the most were “just get started, no matter how small, you need to have a starting point to grow from”. You are rich. Thanks for taking us along to prove your words and to prove His words

@savvydirtfarmer

3 ай бұрын

Very humbling... thank you for watching our channel.

Way to go family! You are invaluable! Blessings on your new season

@savvydirtfarmer

3 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

Great video- you and your family are truly blessed- rich in many ways that most people will never know. God has blessed you!

Good morning from Central Florida Mims yay thanks for the video. Very good luck in the future for your Opening soon blessings to you and your lovely family. Thank you for all your input. I watch your videos multiple times so I can get a grip on it. Slow learner.😂

@savvydirtfarmer

3 ай бұрын

Slow learner here as well! Slow and steady.....

So nice to see the family working together. God bless you guys!

@savvydirtfarmer

3 ай бұрын

Thank you!

God Bless and keep your family.

Thank you for sharing your heart and family with us. No words can express the impact each of you have had on my family and our choice to open a Nursery. We have been open since February 1st and it's pretty much my Mom and me during the week potting up and getting ready for our weekly Thursday, Friday and Saturday. It can be overwhelming at times but the reward of the good health, meeting new people in our Community and seeing day by day growth in the business is a "rich" reward to us and our lives. May God continue to bless you abundantly 🌱🌱🕊️💚

@savvydirtfarmer

3 ай бұрын

Thank you!!

Can’t tell y’all how much I miss all of you! It made me weepy to see how much y’all have done! So proud to call your family, my family always ❤️ by the way Carly is so grown 😢😢😢 Stella is too! It’s crazy!

@savvydirtfarmer

3 ай бұрын

WE.LOVE. YALL.

God Bless you and yours. Best of luck for the upcoming season and beyond!

I think the kids win the pizza again tonight. 😃👍💜🙏

@savvydirtfarmer

3 ай бұрын

YES!! They earn it most days - whether it's pizza or not. One could/would eat pizza and pizza only ever.

Great one. Please get sunshade on those heads and ears. (Shade Hats) thanks have a good easter

@savvydirtfarmer

3 ай бұрын

Early Spring it's not such an issue. As it warms up and the sun gets higher, we cover up!

Great kids are no accident. Children are an inheritance from Jehovah. - Ps 127:3. You two are doing a wonderful job. 🌸

@savvydirtfarmer

3 ай бұрын

We're blessed.

Oh man, if I could just get my family to help out like yours does! You are one lucky man!

@savvydirtfarmer

3 ай бұрын

Blessed, indeed.

I love watching you teach your kids a good work ethic. That will be invaluable for them. This was a really nice video, I enjoyed watching it.

@savvydirtfarmer

3 ай бұрын

It's as simple as this, as far as what I teach them... if you want a thing, you have to do the thing to earn the thing. Pretty simple.

Knowing your family has enriched me! 🥰

@savvydirtfarmer

3 ай бұрын

Us too!

Great job. It is a lot of work.

Heavenly treasures over worldly treasures is best. Keep doing what you're doing. They will tell by your fruits. God blessings for your continued journey. Have a joyful 2024 growing season. Ever think of taking your plants to farmers markets for more exposure and new customers? Just a thought and trying to help from afar. Sorry i know how busy you are to get ready for spring. Just keep the farmers market on the back burner for slower times.

@savvydirtfarmer

3 ай бұрын

Haven't needed to. We sell out of most everything we have at this point and I think we can get more people/traffic to our nursery than the farmer's market would. Also, hauling hundreds of plants is a PAIN.

@danradtke1663

3 ай бұрын

I hear you and agree with you 100 percent. One day you will have your inventory built up and you will have extra to share with landscapers and other bulk dealers. Hope you have an awesome open day through mothers day. The majority of sales from my experience. Glad you found those annual wholesalers and veggies. It's hard to grow them without the indoor space to spread. Yours look great though. Good job. Don't forget to put 1 plant as a mother plant in the ground to.learn it's growing habits so you can share your experiences with them. A nice back in ground garden area with some benches to rest for your family and to learn the plants habits. Hope these ideas help your already awesome nursery

This is a great video. Thank you for posting.

Rich in Love, I'm the same way, not much money but rich in love and I wouldn't want it any other way.

❤️❤️❤️ Good luck!!!

I have watched the videos since you were growing in the back yard around the tree. BEFORE, you built the shade cloth house! And even now i am so greatful to have found your channel.. I enjoy the plants and understand the hard work, long hours and the rewards of satisfaction. Having run a garden center for a large big box store, variety counts!. Your doing an awesome job, I hope to visit this Spring! N. CAROLINA isn't that far away, see you soon!

@savvydirtfarmer

3 ай бұрын

Great! You probably know more about all this than I do .

I love your thankful to God and you have an awesome family ❤❤

@savvydirtfarmer

3 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

You are a rich man indeed! Freedom and a great family are worth almost everything! 👍🙏🏼🌸🎄

@savvydirtfarmer

3 ай бұрын

Absolutely!!

You are blessed!

@savvydirtfarmer

3 ай бұрын

Very!

So love you all. This is the best video out there. You all are truly rich and blessed 💕

@savvydirtfarmer

3 ай бұрын

Yes we are - thanks for being here.

@featherfreebird8083

3 ай бұрын

@@savvydirtfarmer I shared this with everyone I know as "the best video out there". Everyone needs to see and hear this. Thanks again hun. Have a fabulous, enjoyable and productive week ahead 💕

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woohoo! y'all are going to have a great year! Thanks for the videos. I know that takes time away from the work of the nursery, but love seeing them.

@savvydirtfarmer

3 ай бұрын

So far so good... now if we can just SELL some plants!

@anitahouse3600

3 ай бұрын

@@savvydirtfarmer Y'all will be so busy....you'll be blown away. 🙂Can't wait to hear how your first weekend goes!!!!

You are blessed! I often think about what the word rich means. Having traveled around the world overseas the past 22 years in the military, and seen true poor got me to thinking coming back to America. People always talk about how poor they are. I did some research on average household incomes around the world. Very interesting food for thought, like what you say about true value. If your household earns around $19,000 a year, everyone working together, you are in the top 4% of the world’s richest people monetarily speaking. Interesting. If your household working together earns $19,000 annually, you have no debt, and $1000 in savings, you are in the top 1% of the world’s richest people. Food for thought about how our culture looks at this materialistic world. You are blessed. And a great inspiration to me and my family. Keep up the good work and giving us content and fueling our dreams. You truly are a family that has their priorities straight in this clown world we are living in.

@savvydirtfarmer

3 ай бұрын

I've been able to visit quite a few countries myself... Uganda, Haiti, Ecuador, Russia, *****istan and others. It's an incredible perspective change that can only happen by going. Life changing, and it sure makes me shut up when I think about whining about what I don't have.

As they say being rich is not everything Most people who are rich $$ are not happy. I believe if you can get up in the morning and see your loved ones and spend equality time with them that's being rich. If you're doing the things you love and enjoy in life and spending that with those you love that's filthy rich. I loved seeing the children and John of course is just the cutest.❤❤❤

@savvydirtfarmer

3 ай бұрын

YES!! Thank you.... John... he's the best. He's the coolest, most unique little dude.

Makes me wonder if there's a way to prevent the weeds from getting in the pots to begin with. Are the weed seeds in the potting soil when you make it? Your family and your dedication are an inspiration!

@savvydirtfarmer

3 ай бұрын

I don't know if the weed seeds are in the potting soil, or if they are airborne, or ???? Crazy thing is we can pot up 100 plants one day and set them out. Weeds appear eventually. Pot up another plants and set them out, virtually no weeds appear. Can't figure that out... at least not yet.

You and I and all who work the earth are extremely rich! As rich as I want❤

Thanks!

@savvydirtfarmer

3 ай бұрын

So thankful....

@amydu5498

3 ай бұрын

I needed to hear your message today! Have a great opening day!

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There is a kind of Corsica small strawberry that grows like crazy, I put them in big pots to other plants. Just a tip to have something instead of weeds :-) I also put woodchips in pots and | don´t have much weeds o grass in them. Plus if you put some other small plant in them that grows very well, the customers can be happy with the added value of another plant. Just my opinion.

Good luck this year, potting up 500 green giants in the rain….its time

@savvydirtfarmer

3 ай бұрын

it IS TIME!!

@cheezytaco1000

3 ай бұрын

It’s also 37 degrees🥶

One day if you start selling things online in small amounts, I'll be happy to make the purchase :)

@savvydirtfarmer

3 ай бұрын

I do in winter

You need to have more babies to do all the work as the nursey doubles and triples in size in the future.

@savvydirtfarmer

3 ай бұрын

Barring a miracle... ain't happening!

@stevenfrey8034

3 ай бұрын

Been there and done that?

Man, I wish I had ten hands!

@savvydirtfarmer

3 ай бұрын

They are priceless!

You’re sooo blessed 😊 God is good 👍🏻

Let me know when you get the weeds in pots solution down! LOL

@savvydirtfarmer

3 ай бұрын

Ask me in 10 years... I'll still be working on it.

Fresh potted giants look great.. what size will they finish out by September?

@savvydirtfarmer

3 ай бұрын

Varies plant to plant... some evergreens may take til next Spring. Perennials we're hoping about 10 weeks.

Move over Jeff Bezos! The Savvy Dirt Farmer is in town! You are rich in knowledge, truthfully and unselfishly share that knowledge with others, have a fine family, and have great faith. What more could any man ask for? I have no doubt that financial riches will follow!

I live in Ct.do you think it’s too late to do hardwood cutting on green giants?

@savvydirtfarmer

3 ай бұрын

No... do them now.

Let get ready!! What are you using for fertilizer these days?

@savvydirtfarmer

3 ай бұрын

18-5-12 Florikan

@cheezytaco1000

3 ай бұрын

@@savvydirtfarmer cool, the same then. I just finished off my first bag. Might need to get two this time

@cheezytaco1000

3 ай бұрын

@@savvydirtfarmer AM Leonard?

@savvydirtfarmer

3 ай бұрын

@@cheezytaco1000 That's where I get mine

Rich does not mean wealthy and wealthy does not mean rich. That doesn't mean someone can't be both rich and wealthy.

Just curious, would it be worthwhile to hit each pot with a dash of preen? Weeding rows and rows of pots would flat talk me out of having a nursery.

@savvydirtfarmer

Ай бұрын

I’ve started using Snapshot. I’ve tried Preen. Snapshot is a professional grade product… it ain’t cheap, but so far, virtually no weeds at all.

Love your channel. BTW, would help your dog if you would take a few pounds off of her. Chocolate Labs are prone to hip issues.

@savvydirtfarmer

3 ай бұрын

Our vet says she's perfect, weight wise. We keep an eye on it and are well aware. Thanks for caring about Penny! She's great

I'm excited to see the videos this week. Prayers for everyone's health and stamina!

@savvydirtfarmer

3 ай бұрын

YES!! Thank you.

Love watching all your videos. Wish I lived closer. I’m over here in NC!!! Yes you are rich!! Nd very BLESSED!!!

God has blessed you mightily with your family and this endeavor. If I lived closer I would definitely be one of your customers. Love watching how your nursery has grown and look forward to future videos. Congrats to your entire team!!

@savvydirtfarmer

3 ай бұрын

He has, indeed. Thank you!

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18. Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.

@savvydirtfarmer

3 ай бұрын

Love it all, but especially, "give thanks in all circumstances." Such good words.

I have a small nursery where i propagate trees for use on my own land. Where do you purchase your ground cloth that you are using? I have been using old canvas tarps from semi dump trailers. But they are becoming more difficult for me to find.

@turdferguson814

3 ай бұрын

Google “nursery ground cover”. There are many online retailers that sell it. Check around your area for nursery suppliers or greenhouse supply stores as ground cover can be quite expensive to ship from an online shop.

@nancyfahey7518

3 ай бұрын

Dewitt 3 by 300 Feet Weed and Mulch Barrier Landscape Woven Fabric $69 on Amazon And 6" staples and it will last many years.

@chandrananeeshchandran

3 ай бұрын

Vevor has 6×300 for $69

@savvydirtfarmer

3 ай бұрын

Good replies here. You're looking for something like "woven ground cover." Not plastic.

@chandrananeeshchandran

3 ай бұрын

@@savvydirtfarmer which one is better?

God's standard of wealth is people. You are abundantly blessed and a very rich man!! I love to see your children learning entrepreneurship and hard work!

@savvydirtfarmer

3 ай бұрын

Thank you - we do work hard.

We are rich in our faith in Jesus Christ and God, our father❤❤

@savvydirtfarmer

3 ай бұрын

In Christ alone.... agree!

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