For my wife, Brenda and I, the way we started our home-based business was purely by accident. We’ve had a giant rhubarb patch in our yard for as long as we have lived on this property. We barely notice it until fall when we cut down the seed stalks for composting. One spring day Brenda noticed something unusual about that very spot in the yard beside our shed. The rhubarb was gone. Someone had decided to help themselves to whatever was there. Although we never used it, the … [Read more...]
Make Money With Your Hobbies
Here’s an idea where you may be scratching your head and asking yourself, how can you make money with your hobbies? Well, as it turns out, it really isn’t that hard at all. Let me see if I can paint a picture for you. During the Christmas season there tends to be a lot of craft fairs. In fact, pick any time of year and think about any outdoor or indoor market you have seen. This can be a Farmer’s Market or any kind of seller’s market. What do you see at these events? Well, off … [Read more...]
Turn Preserves Into Profit
I know a woman in her late 50’s. She used to do a lot of canning when she was younger as that was what you did when you lived on a farm and had a huge garden and long, cold winters. When she got off the farm her interest in canning waned. Then one day she got that desire to make jam and jellies and pickles but had nowhere to store them so she made small batches of these items and took them to the local farmer’s market. Her original plan was to just test market to see if any of her products … [Read more...]