Selling Tips: Growing Grass, Selling Grass
Every March for many years I’ve started some grass seed on my bay window in anticipation of selling it at my store for Easter and springtime-excited customers. The aroma of soil is good medicine when you can’t garden outside quite yet. If you’re in the need of some green grass, now is the time to get some growing inside. Whether it’s to enjoy yourself, or to sell in your booth or store, it’s a great way to welcome in spring! Here is Selling Tips: Growing Grass, Selling Grass.
Adding some fresh grass into all the nooks and crannies of vintage and junk items brings new life to the old. If you’re a seller, it helps your vintage sell quicker and can give you a great add-on sale also! {see “License Plate Trug How-To”}
Another bonus of planting some grass is clearing out some dog-tired containers. Adding some cheap grass seed and some misting time to vintage mixing bowls, teacups, pottery…anything you have laying around, and you’ve got instant profit!
Some years my growing attempts were more successful than others, depending on how patient I was with nurturing the grass. But we usually sold most of what we grew at the store, especially if April was a cold month. Customers loved adding a pot of grass to their kitchen window or to their Easter centerpiece. We would also bag up grass seed in small bags and sell also, for the customers that wanted to grow their own.
We made anywhere from $50 to $150 in “grass profit” through the years. And when you’re a small-time entrepreneur, every little bit of pure profit counts!
Grow Some Grass!
All it takes is a little potting soil, some grass seed and some containers. Soup cans and glass jars work great, too.
Sprinkle your grass seed onto the soil and add a little more soil over the top. Keep seed moist till it sprouts. Adding some plastic wrap over the top creates a greenhouse effect till you see some green sprouting up. When shoots are 1/2 inch, you can take off the plastic wrap. Continue to mist daily or more often, depending how sunny your spot is. As your grass grows taller, you may need to give it a haircut with some scissors!
The containers of grass look wonderful by themselves, or decorated with some fun paper flowers {“Origami Flower How To Make and How To Use”}. You could also add some live flowers inserted into a tube of water, or some eggshells and birdseed for Easter!
Whether you’re selling grass or enjoying it in your own home, planting some fresh, green blades is a great way to usher in spring before it’s happening outside! Hope this Selling Tips: Growing Grass, Selling Grass was an encouragement for you!
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How clever and it couldn’t be prettier tucked in the vintage vessels! Thanks for sharing@Vintage Charm!
Thanks, Cecilia! Love adding something live & fresh to the old character;)
Thanks for the suggestion to sell these in a booth. I pinned this on my board for my fur friends since they enjoy eating grass, which could be another selling point, especially if placed in a container geared toward animal lovers…
Definitely, Susan! We used to have customers that bought it for their cats!
Is there a special kind or brand of grass seed you prefer? Teachers at preschool looking to grow some in classrooms with kiddos..
We always used a shade mix, Michele, but I’ve heard wheat grass works great and it’s thicker blades of grass, which is kind of fun.
So funny. I was just thinking yesterday, ” time to get my grass started! “
Yes! Have the kids help:)
Miss all that fun, cute greenery! I will have to do some planting this week, thanks for the reminder!
Anytime, friend! Miss you!