Selling Your Herb Products Shared From MOTHER EARTH NEWS  Written By: MOTHER EARTH NEWS editors Your best prospects for selling display cards of herbs will be found among supermarkets, grocery stores, health food store. and specialty shops. Any store that sells food is a prospect for a dried herb display card. A good time to see […]

A Guide to Selling Christmas Trees Shared From MOTHER EARTH NEWS  Written By: Jack Hope Buying and Planting Christmas Tree Seedlings Evergreen seedlings, which are two years old and about eight to to inches tall when you plant them, are commonly sold in lots of 1,000 (call your state Christmas tree association for a list of […]

Sell Firewood for a Side Income Shared From MOTHER EARTH NEWS  Written By: Glen R. Smith How to Market Your Business Bear in mind, at all times, that the season of the year and the day-by-day weather your area experiences will have a very decided effect on your firewood sales. Late fall, winter, and early spring—obviously—is […]

Ideas to Create a Work-From-Home Business Letters From the Readers of MOTHER EARTH NEWS Self-employment is a dream shared by many people, but finding the right work-at-home job can be daunting. We asked our readers to tell us their successful home-based business ideas. Despite their different ways of making money, these home-business veterans offer similar […]

What Flowers to Grow for Profit Shared From MOTHER EARTH NEWS  Written By: Lynn Byczynski What Flowers to Grow for Profit Select flowers that grow well in your climate. Although you may love delphiniums, you probably won’t get much production from them if you live in a windy, hot area. And be sure to choose varieties […]

Pick Your Markets Just as You Pick Your Friends Shared From MOTHER EARTH NEWS  Written by: Mort Mather Some people carry too far the idea of growing what is easy. I got a call one July from someone who had planted and brought to harvest an acre of zucchini. Now that they had a product, they […]

Excerpted from Sustainable Market Farming by Pam Dawling Which crops to grow Some crops require more skill or are less dependable. If your climate is marginal for okra, avoid relying on it for a large part of your summer income. Gardening When it Counts by Steve Solomon has a table of “Vegetables by level of […]

Excerpted from Bioshelter Market Garden by Darrell Frey Marketing Farm Products Market gardening is two interwoven businesses; growing produce and selling produce. Writing in their book Natural Capitalism, Paul Hawken, Hunter Lovins and Amory Lovins, show that farmers’ income represent less than one percent of the gross domestic product of the US. However, “those who sell to […]