This last springtime I learned something about Etsy - that there are many people who want to buy garden plants at that time of year to maximize their growing season.
"What is THE GROWING SEASON?" you ask, in disbelief.
Well it turns out that Northeners, often referred to as Yankees, can only grow plants outside in the late spring, summer, and early fall. So they are just going outside as we are just returning to the inside in a kind of opposite effect.
I was reminded of this fact when I decided to try to sell some of my extra papyrus plants on Etsy this last March and April. By March and April, my water gardens were overflowing and plants were literally bursting out the sides and bottoms of their pots. Forehead smack, that ruins my pots! So I took many photos and listed the yellow cannas, which bloom first, the taro, and the papyrus.
Turns out that no one really wants to buy taro and cannas, likely because they are available at box stores most everywhere, but boy did the papyrus sell! I sold 9 sets of three rooted plants each at a very reasonable price, all within the span of two weeks. It was so fast that Etsy literally held my payments because they thought I had been frauding people somehow. But I did sell the plants so they eventually paid me.
One more thing about selling plants on Etsy - I have sold about 20 to 30 plant sets now, and in those orders have had two people whine and complain that the plants they received were not what they ordered. So...I am going to have to raise prices to make up for the bad apples. Just like Walmart. I mean, where do you think I learned that from?
