I started out small a couple years ago. My goal this year is to double the amount that I sold last year. I already made as much in one week as I made all of last year. So I’m optimistic! Thanks for the inspiration!💚

@twohomesteads6512

2 ай бұрын

Wow. Excellent.

@TheRainHarvester

2 ай бұрын

What did you do differently?

@savvydirtfarmer

2 ай бұрын

You're doing great!

Amazing progress and very motivating. Hi from Germany and I am just 65 years old, a professional gardener and graduated biologist, on the way to my own first business.

@savvydirtfarmer

2 ай бұрын

Great!

Thank you so much for your encouragement. I'm 69 year old, and I'm fascinated by plant propagation. Obviously, to follow my passion, I'm going to have a lot more plants than I could ever use in my yard. My hope is to be able to get a spot at the local farmers market and sell my plants. It would be a tremendous help to supplement my income. Your advice and encouragement gives me hope. Thank you.

Craig, hope you have a great weekend with excellent sales. You have inspired many and for those who really want to start a nursery, you give them a road map to follow! Nursery looks amazing! 👍👍👍

@savvydirtfarmer

2 ай бұрын

Thanks - always working on it!

I’m so glad this venture is working out! You and the family are doing GREAT things! Let’s hope for a continuation of a great spring season for everyone!

@savvydirtfarmer

2 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Sold my first 6 plants 🌱 it’s so exciting. I’m on my parents front patio after a job loss and plants are where my heart is so I know this will pan out. I have the drive and I’m gaining the knowledge 😊 ty for this ❤

@savvydirtfarmer

2 ай бұрын

You can do it!

Thank you for this! I needed to hear this. I have a small nursery that I am trying to build and sometimes it feels like it's too small, but this helped me realize- 'start where you are' I love your inspiration! Thanks again! 💜🪴

About a year ago, I watched all your videos from day 1. It took around 2 weeks and it ended as you were about to have your first opening day. It was so interesting to see the growth and process you all went through to get to where you are today. Thanks for the inside look! And so happy for what you have accomplished!

@savvydirtfarmer

2 ай бұрын

Oh, that's great! thanks for watching.

Thank you for all your good advice. Its so easy to want to grow every plant from the beginning. Thats been my biggest challenge is reigning it in and moving slow. Thanks for all you do.

He told you how to start it but this man's Faith, his Family, and his financial responsibility has helped him succeed. So awesome. That storm that just came through got our hoophouse *bummer.

@southerntulip799

2 ай бұрын

Amen.

@savvydirtfarmer

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for the kind words. Storms... yeah. A not-fun part of nursery life, for sure.

You are all about giving. Thankyou! We need more people like you.

@savvydirtfarmer

2 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Great advice and as usual very helpful. This, in my opinion, is one of the best and helpful and inspirational videos I have ever seen. You hit the ball out of the park with this one. I'm starting on a very small piece of land. You have given me the answer to the question I have been asking myself. Thank you.

@savvydirtfarmer

2 ай бұрын

Thanks so much - you can absolutely do it too!

Thank you. Everything is aesthetically pleasing. Very professional. Blessings on your day!

Love your videos. They are so inspirational. You have inspired me to try a back yard nursery in the UK. Thank you for sharing your journey and your knowledge

All the plants look wonderful! It is exciting to see what this year has in store for you! Always great advice!

Sound advice! Thank you, neighbor

I love your content! I am sold. I have a plant obsession and want to get out of my work from home desk job. You have inspired me to go for it. I live on five acres and have always dreamed of having a nursery. Your practical advice has me convinced I can start small and scale possibly. Thank you so much for sharing all of this!

@savvydirtfarmer

2 ай бұрын

You can do it! One step each day

I went to my very first farmer's market last weekend. Made 400 dollars from 4 varieties of perennials I started by seed in my basement. Looking forward to more plant sales. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and encouragement in your videos. Very much appreciated!

@savvydirtfarmer

Ай бұрын

YES!! Well done

Thanks for this video! I'm hoping to one day start a nursery. I'm thinking of starting off by selling plants by the side of the road - start small!

Thanks, Craig. Your motive of encouragement hit home with me. i have roughly 100 Green Giant Arborvitae to sell, and that's what I'm going to do. I'm not going to wait until my hydrangea bloom so I can sell them too. I'm going to advertise on Facebook for my 100 Green Giants and wait for the customers! Thanks again. Many Thanks!

@savvydirtfarmer

2 ай бұрын

Good plants. Good prices. Good pics. They will sell.

Thanks for always sharing!! Love you and your family, always an inspiration to us ! On my second year of my backyard nursery journey. You guys have done an awesome job!

@savvydirtfarmer

2 ай бұрын

Thanks!! Still so much to do here.

You are a great Christian and teacher of all things small nursery and we are very grateful to you all ❤

Wow love it! God Bless

I think what got me interested in selling trees was when I took a few plants to a yard sale a few years ago and they sold immediately. I could have sold them all day if I had more. I started bringing them to other sales after that. That's how I got the bug.

@savvydirtfarmer

2 ай бұрын

Similar to me. People love to buy plants.

Place looks great, a place you would want to visit even if you weren’t going to buy anything.

My first year planting here in Tennessee. Planted some liners out in the field for long time growth. Love the channel learning a lot!

@savvydirtfarmer

2 ай бұрын

Great! That's never a bad idea.

Craig, I am glad that you mentioned that when you had your first sale, you had 1 person stop by in a couple of hours. I had my first sale last weekend and had no one stop. Had a blast! Divided all of my hostas…. Potted up some limelights while watching your last video potting up limelights.. was not planned 😂! Thanks for your time that you are giving us. Your journey inspires so many people to follow their dreams. God bless..

@savvydirtfarmer

2 ай бұрын

Don't be deterred... just keep growing great plants!

@Lynnhopeacres

2 ай бұрын

My first plant sale ever, I didn’t have many plants but I had some to sell so I was gonna sell what I could. I had one lady show up and bought one plant but I’ve gone leaps since then and have way more plants than ever and make a decent income from it. I have big dreams. Keep doing you and having fun with it!

Creeping jenny is a great plant to start with in a small space, you can't kill it, it grows quickly, roots easily and people love it! I checked price at Lowes yesterday and they are getting 4.99 for a small 4 inch pot!

I’m working on my plant growing skills. I want to have my own nursery. I’m starting at Colorado State University for a bachelor in horticulture. It’s an online degree and I live in Hawaii on the big island. I love that I can pretty much grow anything and I mean anything in this climate. The only exception is some cold weather plants.

that compound bow you sold years ago was an awesome move.

@savvydirtfarmer

2 ай бұрын

I agree.

I don't know you guys at all...but I am so proud of you all!❤

@savvydirtfarmer

2 ай бұрын

I really appreciate that!

Thank you for all you're thoughts... very helpful.

@savvydirtfarmer

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Informative, educational and inspiring!!! Keep it rolling.

I really enjoy your videos and thank you for sharing all your hard work! As a botanist, I was surprised to see that you are selling purple loosestrife and creeping jennie. These are both invasive plants in wetlands and should not be sold (that is my opinion but there are states where these plants are no longer allowed for sale, or are considered noxious weeds. Best of luck with your nursery this year!

@maureenmccrackin6933

2 ай бұрын

Purple loosestrife is an invasive species in Canada as well. You might want to reconsider that one.

@savvydirtfarmer

2 ай бұрын

I looked into it more after you and others commented here. It's off my list! thanks

Always inspiring to listen to you.

Awesome video. Beautiful nursery 🥰

@savvydirtfarmer

Ай бұрын

thanks for watching!

Great advice. Thanks.

Keep getting new stuff so it keeps your customers guess. What will he have this week. Great job.you do need the space to grow. You are doing a great job filling your space. Awesome.

Great advice as always I introduced your videos to several of my friends today down in waco. So hopefully you gained 3 or 4 new followers today

@savvydirtfarmer

2 ай бұрын

Much appreciated!

@subsonicdemon

2 ай бұрын

@@savvydirtfarmer Not a problem I really do enjoy the content

I already grew veggies fruits and citrus I always give to neighbors the soup kitchens ect but then I found your channel I normally would plant around 800 to a thousand veggie plants . I grew 1200 plants last year and sold around 200 or so for$ 2.50 This year I sold vegetable plants fruit and citrus also a lot of the plants that I had propagated I made $3,000 + I don't think I would have ever started selling if I had not found your channel even though I have grown vegetables and fruit for about 40 years . I will always remain to share with neighbors family friends and food banks. I'm very thankful that you still do your videos even though you are busy with your plants and your nursery sales you have not forgotten about us the viewers thank you.❤❤

@savvydirtfarmer

2 ай бұрын

Pamela, always enjoy your input, You're doing awesome.

Great video, now I feel even more prepared

Love your channel. Thanks for the videos

I grow a few different native plants and sell them at plant sales. I'm still in college, so I can only grow so much right now.

@savvydirtfarmer

2 ай бұрын

I wish more people your age saw the potential in this business!

@Pawpawtrees

2 ай бұрын

@@savvydirtfarmer I know me too. Thank you 😊.

You remind me of Amos of Famous Amos Cookies. He once said people research things to death. They never get started. Like you said, just START with what you have. The rest will fall into place.

@savvydirtfarmer

2 ай бұрын

Ahhh, that's great!

It might be interesting to record plant requests. It may give you good insight into what plants to stock in the future.

@savvydirtfarmer

2 ай бұрын

I really should do this. Many plants I have now are because I learned about them from requests.

Impressive expansion this year . How about a video with prices ?? 😅

I am 57 yrs old and am disabled due to MS. I started last year selling tomato, pepper plants, roselle hibiscus, lemon grass and moringa trees. I did fare but not real good either. I am trying again this year and am doing worse. I have found out that white hydrangeas are very popular and dwarf black mulberry are also popular. I am having trouble on determining what to sell. I am NOT interested in a nursery business like you have. I just want to supplement my disability and sell on an appointment bases. I just wish it were easier to determine what to stock. I can root almost any plant. Thank you for your videos!

@savvydirtfarmer

29 күн бұрын

Start with the two you named, and go from there.

Hi and thank you very much for another great informative video. I would be very interested in a video which explains how you organise your working day/week. This is my first year of trying to make a living from my nursery, and I'm really struggling to get myself some sort of schedule. The front garden needs to look beautiful because it's a showpiece so I can't leave it and do other things, but seeds need sowing and cuttings need taking, and this takes two to three times longer because I'm trying to video what I'm doing for KZread, and there's the paperwork to sort and my website to get up and running, and checking up events to go to and sell at, and then advertising! I'm totally on my own in this, how do I chop myself into all these pieces and wear the different hats? 🤠🌻

I just want to be a small town granny gardener who has a couple sales a year so l can hopefully make enough money to fuel my addiction of gardening. Then, find a 12 step program for my addiction cuz l am out of control! Lol.

@savvydirtfarmer

Ай бұрын

"Small town granny gardener." I like it!

Would you mind sharing your watering schedule for the Green Giants? We have some some Murray Cypress trees in 1 gallon pots we bought as liners, but i am not sure we are watering them enough.. Do you use a moisture meter to check them?

@savvydirtfarmer

2 ай бұрын

No, I've never owned or used a moisture meter for anything. Don't overcomplicate an easy thing. Once the weather gets warm and sunny, I water them pretty much every day, unless it has rained or been cloudy. It really depends on your potting soil. Some soils are going to hold moisture better than others. If you scratch the surface of your potting soil to just a half inch deep or so, you can tell if they need water or not.

What potting mix do you use?

Hey this is Dave. Watching your family has been a highlight in my KZread watching. I like that you are so real. Wish you were closer to Arkansas. I would love to have your friendship! I have a Channel lil’o’farm if your bored sometime check me out. I hobby with plants. Don’t want it to become a job. People are a joy to me, I enjoy meeting folks. This is a great way to help people smile. I see your heart for it. Keep it up!

@savvydirtfarmer

2 ай бұрын

good deal... thanks for the kind words and thanks for watching.

Always wish there was a Two Thumbs Up button.

@savvydirtfarmer

2 ай бұрын

thanks thanks!!

Thank you! How big is your nursery space?

@savvydirtfarmer

2 ай бұрын

Hard to say now… kinda spread out. Probably 10,000 sq ft + parking

Do you have a template for your plant ID cards? Thanks for all you teach us!!

@savvydirtfarmer

2 ай бұрын

No, I just make them on canva. Very quick and easy. I save as PDF and email to a local print shop, where they print and laminate them for me. About $1/sheet. 4 cards per sheet. $.25/card. Very, very cheap marketing.

@John_GGG

2 ай бұрын

@@savvydirtfarmer great tip!

If I split my hostas in spring and put in containers, where do I keep them in the winter?

@savvydirtfarmer

2 ай бұрын

Wherever you have room for. Just leave them in the containers you split them into.

You may want to check on the legality of purple loosestrife. In Wisconsin it is a major invasive for shore lands, and it is actually against the law to sell it, vs a lot of other “invasives” that are still legal to sell, but they are on some lists of invasives so all the haters come out. But those really aren’t that bad if you’re a gardener. But purple loosestrife is pretty bad from what I hear. Just fyi.

@savvydirtfarmer

2 ай бұрын

Have done so thanks to a couple of comments here. It's off my list. No more. thanks!

Thanks for another great video! I’m curious if you live in a big community? I’m not sure if my community is big enough to bring enough plant business if I would open a backyard nursery?Hope that makes sense?

@savvydirtfarmer

2 ай бұрын

My community is out of town, but not far. People often comment (or whine) about "how far they drove." But, I live within 25 miles of something like 150,000 people. That said, and this may sound counter-intuitive, don't let your location deter you if nursery is something you want to do. I have a friend who grows and sells fruit trees is very remote area in Arkansas and they have a huge business! People drive there from 50 plus miles every day and they are booming. Grow nice plants and let people know what you're doing. People will drive a long way to get them. Just make it worth their time.

@marlenemullet

2 ай бұрын

@@savvydirtfarmer thanks for your reply! Very encouraging!

If I do not want to sell retail, can I just propagate and sell the plants to a garden center in bulk (like 200 rooted plants)?

@savvydirtfarmer

Ай бұрын

Sure you can, you just have to find buyers.

Why use shade cloth if buyers plant them outside?

@savvydirtfarmer

2 ай бұрын

Annuals are grown in greenhouses somewhere. The transition from greenhouse to garden can be rough on them. So, the shade provides something of a transitional environment between greenhouse and customer. And, it keeps the plants from burning while in my custody.

First, how reasonable is it to start a backyard Berry Nursery, selling only berries? I have had a dream for about a year, ever since I have been following you, of selling berries for a side hustle. There are very little people selling Honey Berries in my area and people are always looking for them even though they grow great here. That and Marion berries seem to not be talked about a lot here. I have 4 bushes that I planted a day ago and I have plans to get more and propagate the ones that I have once they grow a bit. I also have Marion and Logan Berries growing with plans to propaget them as well. I already started buying cheap pots and I have a ton already from all of the plants I grew last year. The Area of my backyard is about 5600 ft. I would be using about 1400-1500 feet to grow berries. This part of my house is unimpeded with neighbors trees on the north side of my house. Would this be a reasonable side hustle? I may end up using more of my back yard if this ends up being a good Idea. Just curious of your input if you get to this comment.

@savvydirtfarmer

2 ай бұрын

Berries are 100% a good way to get started. Add blueberries to your list. I sold 180 of them, mostly in February, when they were dormant. CRAZY how popular virtually all edibles are. Fruit trees, etc. Take 1000 sq ft of space and master getting everything you can out of every inch of it first. You can have a HUGE business in 5,600 sq ft.

@LeadByFaith81

2 ай бұрын

@@savvydirtfarmer Thank you very much, I appreciate your input!

Everything looks wonderful! One thing to check on- I think you said you are growing purple loosestrife. If so, please check it out online - it’s invasive in many areas. I am not sure if that of the case where you are.

@savvydirtfarmer

2 ай бұрын

I have learned about it thanks to you and others comments. It's off my list! No more. thanks

@John_GGG

2 ай бұрын

It’s a beautiful plant, but boy is it invasive.