Building The Nursery Business - A Day in My Life.

[@JulieMelberg]

I went to your daughter's you tube. My! She's a chip off the 'ol block! She's great! You have a great family business on your hands. Good for you!

[@asaliden4584]

I have a small backyard nursery as a side hustle, and you guys have really been inspirational. And now I have a side hustle to the side hustle! I love being creative and working with wood, and now I’ve started to make obelisks, trellises and wood containers and it’s really is a fun and good side hustle. The profit is huge, an 6 foot obelisk costs about $15 and my price is $150 and now when I have a template it takes me about two hours to make one. I know I could charge much more, if you want to by it, you’ll have to pay almost $400 here in Sweden. So, there’s side hustle to side hustle’s too. 😉

[@savvydirtfarmer]

Very, very nice!

[@twohomesteads6512]

I really like the temperature being included when you put the time in the video .

[@savvydirtfarmer]

Thanks! I'm a huge weather nerd so I usually know the time and temp - just something I like to share on the videos occasionally.

[@FlomatonFamous]

Enjoyed the video, I have my initial nursery inspection on Tuesday. We are super excited!

[@KarlKarsnark]

You only have one back and one body, so take care of them by working smarter, not harder. Y'all are making amazing progress and nursery looks great. Cheers!

[@nel6211]

It's a big balancing act with the nursery and the family. Glad you're finding time to step away and enjoy doing things with the family.

[@savvydirtfarmer]

Yes, it is... thank you!

[@diverdan551]

Just found you guys recently and subscribed and have been binge watching a bunch of your videos and you definitely get me excited to begin working and planning on a small nursery side hustle!!!! I worked around four years for a very large nursery (Eisley's Nursery) mainly as a delivery driver around much of California and Western Nevada and totally love(d) working with all kinds of plants and seeing so many other small and large nursery operations and plant varieties around much of the North State...Enjoy watching your progress and thank you for sharing with all of us!!!!! God Bless you and your family....

[@savvydirtfarmer]

Welcome!

[@diverdan551]

@@savvydirtfarmer Ahhhhh!!!!! Thank you so much!!!!!

[@GEOsustainable]

You're right. I am on city water, from the amount you're using, my water bill would be in the 10's of thousands of dollars. I have to rely on rain water. And I don't waste a drop.

[@mikewearden2804]

You need a small tractor. Look into a bx 23s. Your going to need it. That trench would have taken you about 10 mins. You can also use it to move product around. Well worth the investment

[@savvydirtfarmer]

I've known since before we got the place Id need one. Will get one eventually... money.

[@mikewearden2804]

I hear that! But what's your time worth? What's your back worth? If you go down then what? Just started a small backyard nursery here in Hamilton Ontario. Canada. Having fun so far. One sale so far $400.00 in 7 hours. Just doing vegetable and perennial flower starts. I'm building up my mother plant selection this year and going to start propagating in June.

[@lindakay8171]

Watched Chloe's video last night and both of you are hard workers BUT rewards will come when all the veggies grow and you get to enjoy the harvest.

[@ScottFairley-sv4yg]

Diggin' like a champ despite the bad back!

[@savvydirtfarmer]

Gotta get it done. Back is in good shape now. Just want to keep it that way.

[@Resa_Grace]

Really enjoyed the day in the life video! 🥰

[@gabrielricks8340]

Six feet deep! lol "you can forget it!"

[@volunteerlivingbyliz8440]

Leaving the Dream!

[@twigandroot]

good morning! keep up the great work

[@Resa_Grace]

Came back just to say - You guys are doing GREAT! I admire you & your family. Fantastic work ethic & the dedication to stay debt free - truly inspiring. Thank you SO MUCH for taking us along the journey!

[@savvydirtfarmer]

Thank you CCM!

[@lanceb7438]

Thanks for showing all the work it takes to get a nursery going. Digging the trench is a lot of work. That might have been a good place to rent a trencher for the day and get it done. Would have saved a lot of time and maybe some back pain.

[@savvydirtfarmer]

Probably. I've rented it twice for other water lines. I figured this one is "only" about 60 feet, so I'd just hand dig... the ROCKY, CLAY, HARD as concrete ground. Some decisions turn out to be better than others... FOR SURE. 🙄

[@lanceb7438]

@@savvydirtfarmer LOL You are certainly right. I live in the Willamette Valley and our ground is clay. When it starts to dry out, our ground get hard like that as well.

[@bonniemccormack1361]

I've quit a 1000 times but you keep me going. I was half expecting to see a shipment of annuals landing in your yard 😆 I'm focused on varieties of stuff a little more exciting then what's available around here, kinda like you.

[@dreaminggreennursery]

We have to have a minimum of 3 feet deep here in NY for all lines. Loved the video keep them coming! It's great to see how far you guys have come. Wish we lived closer I'd love to stop by. Your videos are very informal, you help me think of things I either haven't yet, or forgot about lol.

[@savvydirtfarmer]

3'. I can't imagine having to deal with that.

[@cathtf7957]

Awesome!

[@paulanthonysalim745]

I love the video ❤

[@manuelbarrera5462]

I'm starting in my backyard.. two little hoop houses 7x15 amazon specials... i'm the same way with the back pain... couple of herniated discs

[@justsayin5609]

It's a cold day in the 40s? 😂 From your fan in Canada...... Sympathize with the back issue though...

[@manuelbarrera5462]

That pickaxe action is whats killing your back though... always big swings with the pickaxe...never small ones. it may seem easier but it's making you use your body instead of gravity. if you don't want to make it deep then don't put force into it, just let gravity take the axe down. then wedge the dirt up afterwords, that's why it's rounded. Straddle stance and a straight back on every strike.

[@groforit]

Just found your channel and definitely subbed. So motivating! loving following your journey of building your nursery. Could you do a video on how you edit your videos? I have a few videos of my gardening endeavours but find the editing part quite intimidating (piecing together clips etc.) Keep up the awesome work and thanks again for sharing with us as you learn and grow :) 🌿

[@savvydirtfarmer]

Really? I can;t think of much I'm worse at than editing?!

[@groforit]

@@savvydirtfarmer lol, well you're better at it than me! 😂. I'm sure any editing tips you and your daughter have will be helpful🌿

[@patriciahogg5763]

Trench digger- rental? 😊

[@savvydirtfarmer]

Probably should have... have done so multiple times before. Figured for a short dig, I'd just do it. Sometimes I look back on something I did and say, "there was a better way and I didn't do it." Such is life.

[@anitahouse3600]

Hey.....love your videos. You inspired me to expand my little plant sales. Question.....the mix you use for potting, it is very loose. Do you add anything to hold onto the water? Thanks for sharing your day. I have family in N Ala. I am hoping to come see you soon!!!!

[@matthew004]

What my company uses is pine bark… hard wood shredded. And crystal sand with sandstone dust. Then we add lime and slow release fertiliser.

[@savvydirtfarmer]

Hardwood bark holds some water… the mix isn’t perfect, but it’s very cheap and my plants thrive in it

[@Lollylobacres]

I bought some hydrangeas to use to propagate. I have them in pots. Two have grown to about a foot tall, two have hardly any growth at all. Are there some that just do not grow as fast? Those that are a foot tall, can I go ahead and propagate those? One that has grown only six inches has a small bloom on it.

[@stephaniehoward5062]

Hi! Foe the irrigation video, can u show how u would flush it out for winter? Or just explain what u need to do? Is it really as simple as just detaching or do u have to flush it out with some sort of air pump?

[@savvydirtfarmer]

Hope to get to it this week or next.

[@ronfarquhar9319]

The brand at one of the big box stores "evergreen" claims to be hardwood bark mulch. Have you ever tried it? I am still looking around for bulk,but that showed up right away in a search..

[@savvydirtfarmer]

I have not. Generally, hardwood bark need to be "double ground." Can't be big chunks and strands of bark.

[@lilyrosedaisyvioletsweetpe1207]

💚💚

[@esmysyield2023]

I have a carolina saphire. Its still under 4'. Would this be a good time to take cuttings? Or do you have a video on that particular variety of ever green?

[@savvydirtfarmer]

I don't know what that is... but, it's getting into that time of year where taking cuttings now doesn't make much sense. It will be cold in very few weeks and there's not time for much to root. That leaves you waiting til winter to do them as hardwood cuttings, any time before warm up in early SPring. That's what I would do at this point.

[@esmysyield2023]

@@savvydirtfarmer it's an evergreen like the ones you grow. It just has this silver blue sheen to it and it is naturally shapped like a christmas tree. I think its also called cypress arizonica. Or something like that lol. Its a very pretty tree and it gets fairly tall for privacy

[@cheezytaco1000]

Hi love the videos, do you sell green giant bare root liners to ship by mail?

[@savvydirtfarmer]

Only in winter, when dormant, if I have them.

[@cheezytaco1000]

@@savvydirtfarmer so I’ll try to hit you up this winter, in the meantime I’m looking around for sources so I’df you know of a good place I can get plugs or liners let me know. Thanks

[@tammylevi4391]

What is the link for your Facebook page?

[@savvydirtfarmer]

Search "Odem's Nursery" on FB