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Post by mountains gardener on Mar 13, 2014 16:11:32 GMT 10
Hi fellow gardeners,
I want to start my own backyard nursery and I want to exchange ideas, challenges, knowledge and failures with others who want to do the same.
I searched the internet for a forum just like this, but I didn't find one dedicated to those who want to start their own backyard nursery.
Technically challenged as I am I really hopped on board and started my own forum.
It is for those who want to produce and sell plants or seeds from their own backyard. This is not a general forum on how to propagate plants for your own backyard it is dedicated to propagate plants for sale, be it for your own profit, a community project or charity.
I hope that you fellow gardeners join in - please register!
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Post by ghsebldr on Jan 15, 2015 14:09:25 GMT 10
Howdy MG, glad to find your forum. I would like participate if you get folks with questions. I've been in the small nursery business for 25 years now and wouldn't change a thing in those years. It really is all good all the time. Even the mistakes.
I currently grow for market and opened up a very small nursery The Weekend Nursery for the wife's new retirement job.
For my part I now manufacture greenhouses for homeowners and nurseries alike.
Happy planting
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risinorion
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Latitude: 45N
Climate Zone: Temperate-Maritime
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Post by risinorion on Jan 22, 2015 4:13:42 GMT 10
I'm very excited to be a part of this! I have been growing plants for years and realized (not sure why this came as such a surprise) that growing is my passion. Within the next few years I'd like to leave my soul-crush of a job to pursue nursery work full time. I am starting with a small goal of selling lots of veggie starts this spring in a "yard sale" format. I've been collecting genetic material like a mad man and I'm looking forward to getting things going. Small and slow changes.
Thanks for making this board - Let's blow it up!
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Post by gardenlarder on Feb 14, 2015 17:25:30 GMT 10
Great idea. Could you also add a introduction forum so we can tell everyone about ourselves, our experience and what we are passionate about  |
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Post by reed on Feb 18, 2015 22:38:22 GMT 10
Very interesting topic. When my girlfriend lived in town I helped her with a small veggie garden and HUGE flower gardens. One time we decided to participate in the community wide yard sale to get rid of some junk. People ooed and awed over all the flowers and next thing I was digging up iris and peony starts and selling them. We kept it up and started potting things up ahead of time, then we started packing up seeds. After a while people came especially to see what she had.
Now we live in the country and have to haul our stuff to flea markets, community yard sales, swap meets and the like but still do pretty good. We stick mostly with easy to grow things that all you need to do is dig and divide or easy to start. Last couple years Mimosa and Red Bud trees have been popular also horseradish. We try to stay with small starts of things and keep the price low. Easy packaging is important, iris roots wrapped in moist paper in a cheap baggie will sell for a couple of dollars. Keep it neat and clean so some one can buy it and stick it in their pocket. No big pots full of dirt that can spill and cost a lot in money or effort. We do sell some bigger pots of things but mostly the small, easy, cheap are the best sellers and if it don't sell we just stick it back in the ground.
If you do live in a town or by a big road just turn your yard into a garden that people slow down to see as they drive by. Then stick out a sign, they will come.
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coppice
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Your Nursery: Stacked Stones Retreat
Elevation: 600 ft + or -
Climate Zone: Zone 6-A, SE-OH USA
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Post by coppice on Feb 21, 2015 2:00:30 GMT 10
I'm old, worse I feel older than I am. its getting to be that time when creating some kinda legacy whispers in my ear. IE, its late, better you get something done Cagle.
I have over the years set out orchards for my own entertainment. This years play-book is to complete two. One orchard for the eldest, and another at the local pagan (Hippy) homeland.
I also give away sapling trees and perennial plants at Columbus day autumn fores at Wisteria camp-ground. I mean a tree hugger has to have something to love don't they?
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