First Official Plant Sale!

My First "Yard Sale Plant Sale"!

This is my 1st attempt @ selling 

my homegrown transplant veggies!

I wanted to keep my first sale small and easy to do with little to no cost to me so I did it yard sale style...I live in an apartment complex in San Diego located on a busy street in North Park. The location is highly traveled and often I see neighbors having great success with their yard sales, so I knew I could sell plants just as easily! 

This is how my "yard sale plant sale" looked, so it ended up more like a driveway sale but you get the idea...

I sold the plants for $3 each, 2 for $5 or 5 for $10

With each sale I also included a little guide to growing a successful garden

Here's how it looked...

Growing Tips 4 Your New Plant!

All plants are grown in BIODEGRABLE pots

 They can be planted right into soil without removal!

The key to a successful & productive garden is

MOIST SOIL & SUNSHINE

*Be careful with watering, a plant’s yellowing leaves is a sign of overwatering*

 *Don’t over fertilize, it will cause your plant to produce many flowers but no real fruit*

*The quicker you pick your first fruit, the faster your plant will produce more*

*Avoid insecticides, soaps & chemicals on your plant, they cause more damage than good*

*Plant bug repealing flowers, like Marigolds, for a natural chemical alternative*

The weather was a little bit warmer than usual for a Sunday in May, it was a hot day for sure!

Yard sale costed me nothing to set up but my time and effort (and my fiancee's!) 

Overall it was great for being my very 1st sale & 

I'm really happy about how it all turned out...

got me super pumped for my next sale! 

I will be selling my transplants at 

Kobey's Swap Meet (San Diego's Best!)

Hopefully there won't be a problem with selling vegetable transplants because there are rules/licencing for selling certain products, such as produce, but since these are plants and do not have any fruit and you can't eat them I think I'll be fine...

****crosses fingers****

I'll keep you guys posted on how my 2nd & even more epic plant sale goes at the swap meet, I think it's gonna be awesome! 

"Have fun & get your hands dirty!" - Jojo

Gardening in small spaces

Just to show off a bit, this is my amazing urban garden in San Diego...

I have been gardening on my patio for almost three years and it had become my fun free time hobby! I love being able to grow almost anything my heart desires because of

 my patio...

it gets sun from sunrise to sunset which =

 PERFECT GARDENING CONDITIONS!!!!!

Here are some pictures to show off the labor of my love and hopefully I can document the progress of my personal garden...what I have growing right now it's pumpkin, corn, tomatoes, bell peppers, cucumbers, and tons of different flowers & herbs throughout, including in a repurposed shoe rack! All tables, storage&containers in my garden have been reclaimed or resused 

(alley treasures are the greatest!) 

Growing EcoFriendly Veggie Transplants

Being GREEN while making some $$$

I am currently in the process of growing transplant vegetables for sale. I'm doing this by growing the plants from exotic heirloom seeds.

These transplants are rare plants that you won't find at big box garden stores. The homemade pots the transplants are growing in are made of recycled paper, so they are biodegradable! This means you can plant the pot right in the ground!

The varieties include:
1) Orange Peach tomato
2) Indian Finger pepper
3) Chocolate Habanero pepper
4) DelikaTesse (German) cucumber
5) Rich Sweetness 132 melon
6) Purple Calabash tomato
7) Sugerbaby (red stalk) corn
8) Super Sugar Snap pea
9) Sweet 9 Bells pepper 

Each variety was originally planted in 25 biodegradable pots which = one tray of plants

I started the first round of trays (3 trays per round) on March 10th and since then every other week I would start a new round of trays. Currently, I have a total of 10 trays in varying stages of growth!

My transplants today...

MAKE YOUR OWN 

BIODEGRADABLE POTS for TRANSPLANT VEGGIES

Step #1

Get a newspaper, rip it in half 

Step #2

Fold again, a little less than in half

Step #3 

Get a can of soup, large,and lay it down on the halved paper, letting the can be halfway on and off the paper

Step #4

Roll the paper up around the can

Step #5

Fold over the excess rolled paper around the bottom of the can like your wrapping a present

Step #6

Press down on folded edges on the bottom of the can and carefully slip out the can from the newly formed paper pot, it will be very delicate.

Step #7

Fill the pot with your soil mixture, the soil will hold the bottom folds closed, making the pot complete

Step #8

Place the filled pots in a tray or flat to make transport and handling of newly made pots easier

Step #9

Put 1 or 2 seeds in each pot and press down firmly on soil placed over seed to ensure good water exposure and promote sturdy root growth! Make sure to keep the soil nice and moist. Final result should look like this

THATS IT! 

your on your way to growing your veggie transplants!

My first transplants are looking amazing and I can't wait till they are ready for sale!