Gardening for Profit 1
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Start
Your Own Herb and Herbal Products Business
(Entrepreneur Magazine's Start Up)
by Entrepreneur Press
Paperback: 208 pages ISBN: 193215602X
Entrepreneur Press; 1st edition (December 1, 2003) |
| This essential guide not only
shows you how to grow herbs, but also how to develop a wide range of herbal products you
can sell to expand your business and improve profits. Includes expert advice on how to:
Grow, harvest and package the most popular herbs and edible flowers, Construct, operate
and maintain your own herb garden or greenhouse. Create your own herbal products including
dips, jellies, teas, dream pillows, soaps, shampoos, fragrances, wreaths, note cards, and
more, You also get useful sample forms, a glossary, additional resources, plus
step-by-step instructions, checklists, and worksheets to guide you through each step of
the start-up process. |
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Growing
and Selling Fresh-Cut Herbs
by Sandie Shores
Hardcover: 450 pages ISBN: 188305236X
Publisher: Ball Publishing; 2nd edition (November 1, 2003) |
| A love of gardening isn't enough
to turn a pastime into a profitable business. You need to create a business plan, find a
market niche, scout a location, and make the transition from growing small patches of land
to full-blown crops. The author offers her years of experience to guide you toward
success. |
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Flowers
for Sale: Growing and Marketing Cut Flowers: Backyard to Small Acreage
(A Bootstrap Guide)
by Lee Sturdivant, Peggy Sue McRae (Illustrator)
Paperback - 197 pages Reprint edition (September 1994)
San Juan Naturals; ISBN: 0962163511 |
| Includes all the important
information you need with chapters on harvesting, conditioning, pricing and marketing.
Profiles of individual flowers helps the beginner choose. |
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Start
Your Own Lawn Care Business
(Entrepreneur Magazine's Start Up)
by Eileen Figure Sandlin
Paperback: 168 pages ISBN: 1891984756
Entrepreneur Press; (December 1, 2003) |
| Lawn Care Services Generate Plenty
of "Green." Here's How You Can Reap the Rewards. Your business can be as simple
as mowing and edging lawns, raking leaves, and clipping hedges to applying chemical and
fertilizers. Our book will tell you everything you need to know to get started in the lawn
care business. This step=by=step guide includes: How to target your market. What equipment
you'll need. How to hire and manage employees. Record-keeping and accounting. Where to
find working capital. How to estimate jobs, and more. |
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Christmas
Trees: Growing and Selling Trees, Wreaths, and Greens
by Lewis Hill, Judy Eliason (Illustrator) Gwen Steege (Editor)
Paperback - 160 pages (December 1989)
Storey Books; ISBN: 0882665669 |
| Comprehensive guide for selecting
and preparing a site, growing Christmas trees, cultivation, maintenance, production
management, harvesting, locating wholesale and retail markets. Includes a grower's
calendar and list of associations. |
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