RE: 🌱to💰• Growing Money In Your Yard Series • {pt2} • Grow What You Know & How to Find Profitable Opportunities
Great minds think alike! I had a similar proposal but focused mostly on medicinal herbs. Please have a look! I will be resteeming all of your posts on this topic since I would LOVE for this to take off on Steemit. Another idea I had that I would like to run past you.... @jerrybanfield is a busy Vegan. I have seen videos about his diet and his yard and I think it could be GREAT if the community to organize around him (at first) to showcase how suburban agriculture could be implemented through Steemit to provide food and employment through the local and online community. Will review your earlier post now. Bravo! great idea for gardeners on Steemit to take things to new heights.! Cheers @ecoknowme
https://steemit.com/gardening/@ecoknowme/steemit-community-do-you-garden-help-the-ecoknowme-help-you-help-others-while-growing-your-own-medicine-business
Edited my article to include yours @ecoknowme ☮
Thanks for the support, we can all grow together! 🔥🚀
⇪ STEEM UP & STEEM ON!! ⇪
note: I am happy to network with fellow steemian-gardeners, but I believe we can easily grow a strong base of users without power-players. Sure, it is wonderful to have their support, but let's attract their support by creating high-quality content together. THEY WILL COME TO US (if they're smart ). As my account grows on Steemit, many others will grow along with me.⚡️ We are the power ⚡️
Awesome! Thanks @grow-pro !
I was just asking @grow-pro yesterday about Saffron. I bought some from Amazon. It sells as it grows and without much processing, and it sells very well. It's magical stuff and has a lot of benefits for many different ailments. It makes me wonder how hard it would be to grow it and if there's profit to be had. I strongly suspect there is. That's just one example of many other medicinal plants and herbs!
It is very expensive for a reason though :/ I live in India and it is surprisingly not that much cheaper here. It requires a particular climate (altitude maybe) and for a large area, you get a small amount and it is labor intensive. That said, it might be something that just needs to be figured out and done better. Square foot gardening or BioIntensive for Saffron would be very interesting to see since those guys would know how to optimize efficiencies the best. Will look into it! Thanks for the tip @finnian! cheers @ecoknowme
yes, @finnian I looked into it - Saffron likes to grow zones 6-9 & I'm zone 7. It actually grows wild here on my property. They are awesome to watch in early spring. I'm going to ask a friend that owns a nursery to get me some corms (crocus bulbs) and see if I can get a big 'ol saffron patch going next year. I read it takes 50-60 flowers to make one tablespoon of saffron spice, so I'll do a few thousand square feet 😎🌱
I'm also growing some chamomile (German), which has a ton of awesome health benefits. I did a post in my early days (haha I'm a seasoned 52 days now..lol):
Chamomile - The Medicinal Plant Superstar ⭐️
Have you ever considered the essential oils market @Finnian? You would gasp at the money being made.. Wild profit margins! We can chat about a couple ideas that might really pique your interest 😎🔥🚀
Hmmm, it didn't sound that complicated from what I saw on Amazon. I think people are simply using the part of the plant to make tea?
I'm not the one with the green thumb. @elyce is. Her father was a florist, and its in her blood. She REALLY enjoys working with plants too. I wish she would pursue it more, for I know it is one of her main passions.
Speaking of that, she's dying to see your place. Those are her words, not mine. She's interested in seeing the setup you have there.
It really is not all that complicated, especially with abundant information and tutorials online. You should tell @elyce that @grow-pro says it's time to grow! haha
We just moved into this new place last year and I'm a struggling 1-man-band here..haha We bought the property for the land value and have much to do yet.
It takes me 5 hours to cut the grass, so you might imagine I do not accomplish anything quickly as far as working on the house goes! Outside is going to get a major overhaul for next season and that will begin at the end of this month and likely continue until next spring. This year my focus (outside) has been to grow plants and trees for landscaping I plan to do in the future and really test different areas of my property for light, soil, etc. I am also testing several trellis systems for my tomatoes - next year I know exactly what works here best. It is entirely a learning experience for me this year, but I believe it is necessary to reach the goals I have set in my mind.
In order to finish what needs to be done inside, I must start generating income outside. Which is entirely starting from scratch. We are under construction - all the time..LOL I literally go from drywall, to plumbing, to irrigation, to cultivating grounds. It is nonstop and I have 99 projects half-complete. It's tough with two kids under 4 - that's my first full-time job. It is no wonder I have been to the chiropractor 45 times this year..(not exaggerating, unfortunately, that number is a conservative guess).
OSHA might make us wear hard hats if I show any more photos..haha!! Hopefully, I will get this place to where I want it soon. I'd love to be able to have you both up for a visit once I can get some of these projects knocked out.
Headed outside now to set some posts and sweat glory all over the lawn ✌️😎
Here is some I found in my yard in February and transplanted it. It pops up randomly around here.