| | |  | New Business | Home » » Growing Your Herb Business | | | | | | | Description: | | Practical advice on budgets, locations, business plans, bookkeeping, staffing, inventory, and pricing. Case histories of 50 thriving herb businesses. Additional topics include developing products, packaging, special events, and methods for expanding. | | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| Bertha Reppert | | Paperback:
| 192 pages | | Publisher:
| Storey Publishing, LLC | | Publication Date:
| January 07, 1994 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
| 0882666126 | | Product Length:
| 8.99 inches | | Product Width:
| 5.98 inches | | Product Height:
| 0.56 inches | | Product Weight:
| 0.69 pounds | | Package Length:
| 9.06 inches | | Package Width:
| 6.06 inches | | Package Height:
| 0.47 inches | | Package Weight:
| 0.66 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 14 reviews |
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33 of 33 found the following review helpful:
 Lots of tips on how to present your herbs to the consumer.Feb 25, 1999
One of the nicest sources for creative selling that I have read. It is packed with so many motivating, and unique ideas from what to grow, and how to sell it. The author seems to be a very experienced herbalist. I can't wait till my garden grows so I can put some of her ideas into action. If you are first starting an herb business, this is a great one to read.
27 of 27 found the following review helpful:
The best book for a person looking to get into BusinessFeb 24, 1999
By FamilyGrdn@aol.com
Most herbal stores will not have this book. Why? Because it is to good!!!!! Your finger will be on the pulse of the Herb business when you read this book. It has everything from bookeeping and permitting to actual growing and stocking your store or business. Read this and you can not fail.
18 of 20 found the following review helpful:
Required reading, better still, the Bible for herb businessJan 01, 1998
As a amateur herb enthusist, I purchased this book and even with my limited time and sometimes limited concentration level I was unable to put this book down. I was able to take a number of Bertha's ideas and suggestions and implimented them on a small scale and with wonderful results. I feel this book and it's author is a asset to the gardening community.
6 of 6 found the following review helpful:
Starting your own businessAug 30, 2005
By Tiffin A. Mabry
I am thinking about starting a business with herbs. This book has been easy to read and understand. It was full of information that will let me contact other people for further information. The book was also full of titles of other books that were equaly a good.
I would recommend this book to anyone starting a business.
5 of 5 found the following review helpful:
 No thyme like the present to start your herb businessOct 18, 2006
By E. A. Lovitt
"starmoth"
"Growing Your Herb Business" is a quick, chatty read consisting of herb talk (25%) and business talk (75%). I loved the anecdotal information about different herbal start-up businesses, even though much of it sounded like ad copy, and when the author got to talking about herbs, it was like chatting with an old neighbor over the fence:
"My Aunt Bertha went to her grave with jet black hair thanks to the sage dye bath she boiled in an old iron skillet. I tried her trick and, by Jove, it also cleans the skillet."
Thanks to this book, I now know why my rosemary topiaries keep dying, how to plant mint so it doesn't take over the whole garden plot, and how to start tarragon (NOT from seed).
Do not expect too much detail about herbs--only the top thirteen (a baker's dozen) are discussed in any detail. There's also none of that fuzzy New Age business about cutting veronica in the dark of the moon and putting in your true love's mead. This author is primarily a businesswoman:
"'Oh Rosetta,' I protested, 'you'll never make money this way.' 'But I'm so happy,' was the soft reply."
Rosetta didn't have a business plan, didn't pay attention to marketing her product, labeling her herbs, and restocking them. Basically, she had a hobby that she enjoyed, not a business.
This book has got literally hundreds of tips on how to make your herbal business a success. If you just grow herbs for your own enjoyment, Bertha and her friends still have a lot of great information for you in this book. You might even want to try boiling a few sage leaves in your skillet after you read it.
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