This is part of a 30 day series -30 Days to Change. I am giving you practical tips over the course of 30 days to have more change/cash by Christmas. If you missed a post, you can catch up here. If you have any tips or ideas for this series, or would like to submit a guest post for this series, please contact me.
Do you have a small farm? Do you have a rare item you grow or make? If so, you can sell it to make some cash.
My parents live in the middle of about 13 acres of land. My dad, a country-farm-boy at heart, has had hens, roosters, genies {an ugly, funny looking bird that attacks}, ducks, and bees. It costs money to feed and raise chickens, incubate eggs, and harvest honey.
In the years past, my dad would sell the eggs by the dozen for a little cheaper than what they cost in the grocery store. {This is a STEAL for natural, farm raised eggs with no steroids!} The extra money went towards the chickens and materials to grow his little flock of chickens. Of course, he could have opted to not grow his flock of chickens, but reinvesting the money he made from the chickens was a great business move. It allowed him to gather more chickens without investing any additional money.
My dad also has around four bee hives. Each year he harvests honey from the hives. Then, he takes the honey, and pours it in 16 ounce jars. {He goes through the process to sterilize the jars first, then he seals them.} After he is done with the honey, he normally ends up with a couple of hundred jars! He sells the jars of honey to friends, family, neighbors, and others. This is a great, small way to make some money. Since we live in the south where a lot of people have peanut, grass, or dust allergies, the local honey helps combat those allergies. Needless to say, my dad doesn’t have a shortage of people asking about his honey. ???? Plus it does taste WAAAAAAAYYYYY better than the honey in the grocery store.
Of course, I don’t know the ins and outs of bee hives {I was already married when he started it}, but it is a small hobby that has turned into a little extra money for him. This works for him because he grew up with farm animals and a garden. I don’t recommend going out and purchasing a hive of bees, or a bunch of chickens if you don’t know what you’re doing. I just want you to see that you can sell something that you might not realize you can sell. If you have a vegetable garden, sell the vegetables your family will not use. If you have a full-blooded-registered dog, see about breeding him/her for some extra cash. Think outside the box with this. ????
