I'm considering starting a greenhouse - just a small one for now - as a way to perhaps earn a living. Here where I live - in Eastern Canada, we have a very limited season for outdoor plants. But I'm wondering if there's any way to make a profit year-round, not just in the springtime. Are there any houseplants or other exotic things that can be sold year-round? Or is gardening strictly a season thing, requiring us to find some other source of income for the winter? Any advice would be appreciated.
I have some experience with bedding plants (petunias, gazania, etc). I used to make a living selling on Ebay but the market (for collectibles at least) has taken a nose dive, so now I'm desperate to find another source of income.
A great idea, for someone who is able to travel and be dependable for a certain # of hours work each day - which I'm not. That's why I'm looking for something I can do from home.
That depends on the size of the structure and it's materials, what is used to heat it, and the plants themselves. I kept tropicals in my 8x12 GH, keeping it 60F at night and 80F in the daytime, and it cost me about $20 a month. Were I to be selling out of the GH, that would hardly be eating up my profits.
Do you actually have a GH, or are you just making things up (or guessing) as you go along?
As a generalization, that's bullshit. Some don't even "know" winter. They just die. There are also *plenty* of plants that survive just fine as long as the temps don't go below freezing for any length of time. It's quite easy (and cheap) to keep a GH above freezing.
They apparently have a basic understanding of plants, I'd say they most likely do. Your generalization of plants would lead one to believe that you do not.
Source? I buy plants year round, as do a lot of people I know.
Nah. I'd say decide exactly what kind of plants they'd like to grow, then figure out if they can afford to build/maintain a structure that will support those plants. "Giving in" so early in the planning stages would only be succumbing to bad advice (such as yours).
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