hello

[flowerlady]

Love this website and especially the 'ish' element.

Over a few years I've dipped my toes into the self sufficiency waters a few times, mainly because i hate the obscene waste in modern life and love growing. I've also sold produce with some success but lots of difficulty too. It is a neat way (when it works) of earning cash and avoiding paying the tax on it. Helps me to remain a stay at home mum.

Lots of inspiration here so thanks for having me.

flowerlady

[Wombat]

G'dAy Flowerlady,

Nice to hear from you and welcome to the site.

It is interesting that you have been able to sell some of your produce. Perhaps at some stage you might be able to regale us with stories of what worked and what didn't!

Nev

[shiney]

Welcome Flowerlady!

Tell us what you have produced and sold. What have you planted thats been a success where you are?

[flowerlady]

hello to both of you and thanks for the welcome

I've only ever sold jam from my food crops, didn't make much from that really - apart from a big mess in the kitchen.

Flowers and plants are my thing. The hardest work and least lucrative were bedding plants (marigolds, petunias, geraniums etc) - also troublesome were hanging baskets. Look beautiful when they're grown but v. hard to transport when selling.

Best successes with cut flowers. Enjoyable and surprisingly easy to sell, well that's a lie really, I worked really hard at getting good quality and flogging them but they are easy to carry and make the car smell nice.
Beneficial growing flowers alongside your veggies too!

Just been given some horse manure so I'm thinking about mushroom growing. Am easily distracted

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[Shirley]

Hi flowerlady!

Nice to meet you.

Shirlz x

[Moorf]

G'day - this forum is fab, welcome aboard!!

Moorf (also quite new!)

[Millymollymandy]

Hi Flowerlady, welcome to the site. I love flowers too and wish I could find a bit more time for them, but I've been focussing on the edible plants!

[hedgewitch]

Hello and welcome to the forum

[woolcraft]

Hi,

Nice to read your post. I love flowers too.

I am also a new member.

Sue

[Chickenlady]

Hi Flowerlady. Selling your produce sounds interesting. Where have you done it - markets, boot sales, by the side of the road???

Welcome!

[Andy Hamilton]

The waste of modern life is one of the driving forces of this site, I am glad you agree. So you also sell your own produce? Is there any pitfalls with that?

Welcome

[ina]

Hi Flowerlady

Welcome! I'm generally better at growing edible stuff, but keep seeing these wonderful flowers and wish I had more room (and more sun in the garden) for growing them as well... What kind of cut flowers do you sell?

Ina

[flowerlady]

Thanks everybody for the welcomes.

There are lots of pitfalls with growing anything for sale but I would still recommend flowers. Am working on some articles about it now. My experiences are really a comedy of errors. I fell into a deep pit of toilet roll tubes (eco flowerpots) and almost drowned in collected rainwater, (until it stopped raining in the droubt) but in the end the flowers did smell sweet and I sold them.

I did give up a few years ago but have started again after a rest. Its very tiring trying to be green. You're v. excited about your carrots and crushed eggshells while your kids want a playstation and husband steals all your worms for fishing.

As said above, the 'ish' aspect here really works for me.

cheers fl

[gunners71uk]

lady hi !!!! pls to meet you [/b]

[flowerlady]

hello and thanks for the welcome.

I've posted some info about flower growing (and selling) in the hints and tips section to answer the queries hopefully.



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