Your plan sounds good. If you have the room you should try growing some veggies as well.

Thank goodness for spouces who humor us. I'm married to a very patient man.

I can think of two things off the top of my head. Check with zoning to be sure you can legally do this. And mint doesn't grow true from seed. If you want generic mint seed is fine. If you want particular varities go with cuttings.

This sounds like fun. Good luck!

Mountain Mint, Pycnanthemum pilosum, is the only mint that comes true from seed.

The problem with selling a limited number of kinds of plant is that:
1. if they do well, you won't get repeat customers
2. if they die, you won't get repeat customers

I know you're not in this for the money, but if you want to keep people coming back, could you plan for a succession of plants throughout the summer?

Katey

I have plenty of space for more cold frames outsideand I can start up to 2520 plugs at once if I use 72plug trays in my basement. Basil is easy to start so I might start some more a week after the first planting. Starting 1 tray of cuttings (rosemarry) takes me about 20 minutes or so, wheras planting seed is considerably faster.

I am debating on the wave petunia idea...or perhaps something different like burning bush (kochia), perhaps chamomile (for those tea drinkers).

I do normally grow veggies I have an ok sized garden I suppose...about 1000ft2 in total (8 plots in total, martha stewart style, the wife is a big fan of everything martha), with a 400ft2 strawberry patch planned for this spring.

I was tempted to try converting my 2 largest plots into snap or snow peas and pole beans...Add chicken wire trelleses(wood frames), to maximize my yield. I just dont know what kind of yields I would get and whether it would be worth giving up my corn/onions patchs for...I could make it work I suppose....

I am planning on giving out recipe booklets for the herbs,whip those up on the ol laser printer..

Now here is the an idea that has been dancing around my head....since the community center is only 2 doors down would it be worth it to try and approach the municipality to use thier parking lot. If I could get a few more like minded individuals...ie some crafty type people and a few bakers I could probably get a bit more traffic...and then only have to sell on saturday..no farmers market here so there could be interest especially with all the larger new houses being build on either side of my comunitity. It just sounds like it would be a helleva lot of work to get running...and could flop easily if people dont show up with thier wares...just rambling now....sick at home with the flu.....

You should try offering veggie transplants as well. Even people with a limited amount of space would love to have a potted tomato on their porch but don't take the inititive of starting seeds.

I sell tomato, pepper, and eggplant seedlings at planting time. Last year I also did well with squash and cucumber seedlings and those are so easy to start. I charge about $2 for 4 inch tomato plants (mostly heirloom or wierd varieties you can't get at the Walmart) and 50 cents for 2.5 inch squash. You also always pot up the tomatoes to gallon size for late starters.

I sell perennial and herb plants at our farmer's market and twice a year from my house. People love to see a variety of things...good luck..deb

Well today I am going to do a dry run to document how long it will take to grow each tray to the time it would have to go into the cold frames....one tray of each variety of herb...i have 72 rosemarry clones rooted(consider this the start of the growing cycle).....planting seed for Genovese basil, Thai Basil, Some italian Large leaf Basil..lemon basil...also going to try something called strawberry Spinach (Chenopodium capitatum)...grows berries and edible leaves...sounds a bit invasive..reseeds its self year after year..
I am also going to start a tray of asters(mix)...as I think I am going to turn one of my mini plots into an aster garden...for cut flowers for the house......Wifey is letting me build an insulated grow room in the garage so space will not be an issue soon...