A GARDENING guru is raking in more than leaves, but rather, real cash. Their two-in-one tip allowed them to beautify their lawn while bringing in the dough. Redditor Tccoope shared how he thinned his dead stalks every year as they continued to "expand.
" "My wife and I sell shoots off of our hostas every spring for $3 a shoot, or four for $10," he said. "We moved last fall so our stock wasn't super great this season but we still made $1,000 - last year we made almost $4,000," he continued. He explained how they made their sales through Facebook Marketplace and by attending art and plant-focused festivals.
"This has turned into a small side business for us at this point," he said. And the pair has no plans to put the brakes on their planting plans. "We're talking about having my wife quit her current job and build this into a full small business, expanding beyond hostas to other plants.
But that's probably a few years down the road," he said. It seemed they had found a way to sell their hostas and keep them too. "The best part is we still have hostas in the ground, they just aren't overtaking the entire bed every year," they said.
One Redditor was curious about the size of their space. "Wow, that’s a lot of plants. Do you have a big yard with a lot of flower beds? Or do you specifically grow them to sell?" they asked.
"We had around 15 to 20 hosta plants in flower beds around our old house," they replied. "We would be able to pull between 25 to 50 shoots off of each plant alm.
