The Savvy Dirt Farmer channel is here to show you how we are building a nursery business from the ground up. We started out as hobbyists with a small nursery in our backyard, in approximately 1,200 square feet. Many trials and errors later, we are in the nursery business full time today and are now growing our family nursery business together. The trials, errors, successes, and failures are documented here. Somewhere, buried in these many videos, there may be something here for you to learn if you are interested in starting your own trek into the wonderful world of the small nursery business. We are located in far NW Alabama, ZONE 7. Visit our nursery mentoring community at nurseryyou.com. EMAIL: savvydirtfarmer@gmail.com
Wow I wish I could get starters that cheap. Up here in Canada I've yet to find a place that does starter shrubs/perennials that size at a decent price... The best I've found is around $5-15/plant which means it needs to grow a couple years before I can sell it for $30... Yet I can get a 2 gallon shrub ready to sell for $17 that I can sell for $35 the next day. I guess there is a reason 99% of nurseries up here are re-sellers rather than growers!
Do you keep your oak leaf hydrangeas in the full sun or in your shade house? I kept mine in my shade house and they didn’t really grow like I thought they would. Thanks ❤
I love how you tell us everything, but never waste a word or ramble! "Keep your stinkin' fingers out of the way!" Your videos are truly the best, and that accent is just a killer! Thank you for sharing!
I am just making this comment to support what you were explaining about how quick someone could multiply their hydrangeas. I took a branch from a limelight that was about the same size as the Annabell in this video. I made 25 cuttings 12 months ago. Just from the pruning of my rooted cuttings, I have sold right at $1000 and I have just shy of 150 cuttings and potted limelights for my next spring sale. Thanks Craig for your videos!
And no matter how detailed and specific you are when you advertise.. There seems to always be some that don’t read and comment that they were expecting different.. I need to get more specific on setting up a time.. I have been just telling people that I am available after 3:30 in the evenings. And they usually show up within an hour.. But I don’t want to be pushy about a commitment.
Great advice! Especially #5…. I prefer to be alone doing my thing. I will never be a social butterfly. But I love to be helpful and educate. So, I can deal with people…. My trouble is knowing when to shut up when I start talking about things that interests me. While it isn’t as big of a turn off as being rude would be, it’s still a problem. Thanks for your time and advice! God Bless!
@@savvydirtfarmer thank you Craig. I need to do more of this and ask people such as yourself. It's confusing trying to look on the internet and reading about repotting. I have a whole bunch of skip and English laurels that were growing in a 1-gallon throughout the summer but a lot of the roots are starting to grow at the bottom. I figured if you could plan them in the ground throughout the year why couldn't you up pot them in the winter. Anyway thank you and I really like your videos it's nice to listen to you your messaging while working around our little farm.
My plan is start a nursery that specializes in rare and unusual plants, edible landscaping, butterfly/hummingbird/wildlife gardening, food forests. I live in a 1.4 million metro region and there is no native or specialty nursery.
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You can always rent a small plot from a farmer and most community plots allow for growing ornamental plants even if you're in an apartment. Also you may convince your apartment complex to allow you to garden or set up a community space. Then there is always getting the proper state and federal permitting to allow you to harvest wild plants and sell them.
A landscaper is trying to convince me to plant these 5' on center in a row to make a formal hedge. I don't like the idea of topping and pruning arborvitaes. What are your feelings about cutting these into hedges? I can see doing it to hollies or laurels, but not arborvitaes. Seems like they will be too susceptible to disease. Do you have experience with making them into hedges?
@@savvydirtfarmer Have you seen American Pillar Arborvitae? It looks pretty good. Nobody knows about them over here. I'm in NY, 7a. The only draw back with American Pillar is the are like sugar for rabbits. We have more rabbits here than people sometimes. Thanks for your help. I wish I were down south. My mom's from Memphis and the family is from Alabama.
Thank you for the kind words. For a number of reasons, I do not give out wholesale sources here anymore. That said, taking some time on google can bring you a lot of very good information and sources. thanks
That’s for all your content. I’ve learned a great deal over the years . Your videos are part of my Saturday morning coffee routine. I always look forward to them.
Agree with 80/20. Disagree with the reason for being kind. I try to be kind because it's the right thing to do, regardless of whether or not they may become part of the 20 later on.
Well said! The people skills is really a thing and getting harder to come by. Staying humble and trying to enjoy people is the best posture. The financial management is certainly a big topic. Included in that is trying to project forward. You have to think about what you are going to be selling a long time in advance. We are always planning out 5 years in advance. We grow a lot of trees and some we hold as long as 3-4 years. Great video!
Heading home to the nursery from a week at the beach. Your video is the first that popped up! Thanks for the good info and inspiration to get moving when we get back home!
