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can anyone turn their backyard into a
six-figure business it sounds crazy but
2 hours of work can make you $2,000
every weekend brother what exactly is
this business is it something you and I
can do or is it simply too good to be
true no matter where you are all you
need is a water bottle and a handful of
rocks to get you started I came to the
Arizona desert to uncover the NASA
secret turning backyards into gold mines
we started off with $45 in a prayer
seriously guys nothing we had nothing so
we're bringing a little bit of the space
technology to your very backyard the
average turnup plant makes 10 bags
selling for $10 to $20 a piece that's 5
cents worth of seed that can turn in a
$200 profit to build this system at home
is about $45 this sells for roughly $800
wow if you have a passion for gardening
and you know not to stick the seat up
your nose guess what you can grow with
our system
guaranteed all right Charles before we
dive into the details of your background
give our audience an idea on what you do
here and maybe a bird's eye view what
this business is really all about we're
the leaders in sustainable gardening and
I am a sustainable gardening solution
specialist what we do fancy yeah but
what we do is it's very simple we take
the concept of sustainable gardening and
we spit it specifically to you and to
your needs at your house or at your
business mhm tell me more a little bit
about that especially for somebody who
doesn't know some of those terminologies
or words like sustainable gardening I
mean sustainable gardening is gardening
where it has low impact on the land on
the community as well as it's really
easy for you to do and easy for you to
maintain some examples of sustainable
gardening would be Hydroponics
aquaponics and aeroponics wow so some of
the things that we'll talk about here
today NASA's implementing similar
techniques you notice there's in our
systems you won't see much algae because
we actually use a UV technology to keep
our water algae free and bacteria free
low water usage recyclable water as if
we're use like we're using in our
systems that's one of the techniques
that we Implement in the um emis Mission
as well so we're bringing a little bit
of the space technology to your very
backyard that's so cool well tell our
audience what we're looking at here
specifically what's unique about this
setup this is our 3x3 ft hydroponic
Trace system and it's a sustainable
gardening so this can be converted to
Hydroponics or aquaponics you'll notice
guys there's no dirt used in this system
at all we use 3 and a/ qu in scoria lava
rock because it's a good substrate to
hold on to the nutrient solution that's
flowing through the system what's the
difference between aqua hydr for
somebody that doesn't know very good
question Aqua is implementing fish so
we'll actually be using fish waste to um
feed the provide nutrients for the um
plants and for the roots it refers to
how the plants are eating yes versus
Hydra yes how we actually provide the um
nutrients to them one is fish based
another one is natural minerals and
nutrient based like we're using in a
system here for Hydroponics this is
Hydroponics okay yes sir so what do you
want our audience to take away from your
story that you can do it that you can
grow that you can provide for yourself
you guys can do this it's so much more
than nutrition it's feeding the mind
it's feeding the body it's feeding the
soul if I don't have a backyard and I
live in a condo on the 50th floor or
something can I still do this on the
inside of my living room or Kitchen in
this case this tray system might not
work for you but I bet you we have a
system that we designed that'll work
just for you that'll be perfect and what
do you call that we call that our
Brooklyn Bridge system it's a 21 Port
system you want to go take a look at it
absolutely let's go check it out let's
go sweet
so this must be the Brooklyn Bridge it
looks like a bridge yes sir so what are
we growing here right now we have about
seven different Garden Greens in here
that's about a week and a half pure root
growth so when this plant actually went
in this system there was no visible root
growth here because of the efficiency of
our sustainable Gardening System the
plants can actually absorb up to 10
times more nutrients than they would in
traditional gardening therefore it
accelerates plant and root growth so
this is yeah this is about a week and a
half and for planting fishing and plant
fans out there they're looking at these
white roots and they're like oh my
goodness that is gorgeous well this is
sustainable garden this healthy guy mm
so what is let's talk about cost I mean
if I wanted to get going and get this
obviously the idea is to start a
business out of it right what we're here
to talk about and understand how
scalable is this so cost-wise for
startup what's the story for you um
depending on the system but initially
for gardening in general $50 that's it
pretty much zero guys listen my wife
actually found a 5 gallon fish tank on a
side of the road and that started this
entire Adventure that's it that's it
what the story a $5 fish tank and two $3
goldfish and here we are today and so as
far as systems to start with what's your
advice oh my advice would always be a
tunnel system we'll actually show you
guys how you can go to your local Big
Box store you can actually pick up the
materials to make this at your own house
maybe $30 in materials and within 8
weeks you can start turning a profit off
of your sustainable Gardening System if
I started from scratch clearly the
startup cost is almost minimal yes sir
how quickly can I turn a profit then
honestly it would depending on what type
of plant you're growing safe for example
lettuce salad greens within 8 weeks from
the time you put that seed in that
system you'll be selling lettuce greens
you'll be selling salad greens now as
compared to the traditional gardening
how much slower is that compared to 8
weeks um in a traditional gardening um
you're looking at maybe 12 to 16 weeks
before you're even able to have a viable
enough of that lettuce crop to even take
to the market also traditional gardening
in that one spot where you grow that one
head of lettuce that's all you're going
to get from that one spot well in
sustainable gardening that one head of
lettuce that you're actually growing is
going to provide between 7 to 14 heads
of lettuce worth of leaves see that's
the beauty to sustainable gardening you
cultivate and you continue to let it
grow and one head of lettuce can produce
four salads at least a week why would
somebody use the Brooklyn system over
any other systems out there what are the
benefits of it well it's all about space
the Brooklyn brid system can easily be
installed in indoors or Outdoors it can
be on a gor platform or it can easily be
installed up against your wall we even
have another system that you guys might
be interested in and that's our living
wall system I realize you you can't
really grow carrots or beets or anything
else in this system right that is true
although remember that first system we
saw the tray system you can grow root
vegetables in the tray system because no
soil just the same soil no soil either
we'll use lava rocks or we'll use clay
balls or a mixture of the two it's
amazing what plants can do so what are
the benefits of the living wall system
behind us right there obviously space is
one of them I would imagine right space
variety especially the biggest one is
the health benefits that 64 Port system
actually cleanses the air in a 250
square foot room five times a day so if
you have breathing problems or anything
in that nature not only is beautiful to
look at but it also helps you breathe so
what would it cost me to get this living
wall set up at home and in terms of
profit what should I expect what does it
depend on
well there are two ways to look at
profit from this system But to answer
your first question to build this system
at home is about $45 $45 of materials
that you could get from a box store to
sell this system this sells for roughly
$800 W yes quite the profit margin there
well it takes about 20 minutes to put
this system together a typical living
wall system sells for about $50 to $250
per square foot depending on the
materials needed say for instance if you
wanted to sell vegetables in 8 weeks
each one of these is producing a salad
those salads sell for $4 to5 a piece
that's 64 salads but you're not just
looking at one salad from each plant
because within that given week each one
of these is going to produce at least
three salads so that's 64 * 3 * $5
that's what you're going to get from
produce off of this alone within the
first 8 to 12 weeks let's say one of our
viewers wanted to replicate your success
and uh get into this business how much
time per week would they need to commit
to this Venture well initially you're
looking at a couple of weekends in a row
just to get to know how your system
works but after that the beauty to a
sustainable system is it sustains itself
it keeps running when I say 2 hours a
week to take care of it that's if you're
cultivating and harvesting that's if you
have a large system set up but usually
how long would it take you to go out
there and just pick a salad from the
system that's how long it takes you to
manage it so you're talking about
seconds just a few minutes that's it
that's amazing And as far as profit two
hours can what turn into potentially two
two grand a weekend two grand a weekend
easily if you're selling the system
itself you're walking into that location
with 2 Grand already in your pocket just
preorders but if it's lettuce you'd have
to do a lot more lettuce than that well
you're going to do a lot more lettuce
than that here's the beauty though and I
hope everyone's really following this
get to know your community you can
always provide these greens these leafy
greens to your local grocery you can
always provide them to your local um
restaurants they're always looking for
easy access to locally sourced Goods
they don't want to pay the shipping cost
they' rather get it from you this is
inspirational in the sense that you can
grow anything it's bringing all of us
together there's power in community and
there's community in a garden that's
amazing if you guys got a second I'd
love to bring you inside so you can see
how this process actually happens
Absolutely I'll follow you let's go
guys so this is what you call the uh
production Center yes sir this is the
think center right here the think Center
okay for somebody with a sustainable
garden where do I find my first customer
your neighbor literally knock on your
neighbor's door tell them what you have
available in our little neighborhood
that we have here we have people that
provide eggs we have people that provide
fruit and vegetables we have people with
small orchards in our backyard we all
contribute to each other the thing is if
we didn't knock on that door we wouldn't
know that we had all of this to help
where I came from we literally did not
have that we were products of a
construct of a place where we had food
deserts it's 2024 and kids are still
suffering from food deserts our whole
purpose with Together We Grow is to
eradicate food deserts if you can't get
to a grocery store because you can't
afford gas or you don't have a car why
don't you replace the grocery store with
one of those systems in your yard so you
may say to yourself well that's just me
I'm just one person what can I do well
it's not just you if you and the other
four people that are living right around
you in a community or in a neighborhood
not only are you providing excess of
vegetables and foods but you're actually
providing a financial resource to your
community in your neighborhood you're
bringing money back into to your
community plant that per seed so that
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I'm ready all right let's do this what's
one gardening myth you'd love to debunk
that you need soil to grow all right
what's your favorite thing to grow in
why um Tomatoes cuz they're delicious
and they're easy absolutely love them
what's your least favorite thing to grow
and why spinach because I've never done
it successfully how does it feel going
from buying 75 cent rotten apples to
where you are today It Feels Like Heaven
it feels amazing wow what a great
question uh how many hours per day do
you dedicate to your business and has
this changed over time maybe an hour in
the morning but depending on what I'm
doing in a yard up to four or five hours
a day but it's all joy that's the whole
thing it's never anything upsetting it's
always pleasure it's always fun that's
awesome can you tell us about your first
sale it was um on um Facebook
Marketplace and it was actually a used
hydroponic system that I had first
gotten I learned how to use it and then
I resold it w I bought it for $50 and
sold it for 20 why do you I was an awful
business
person Les lesson learn why do you
always have a smile on your face is the
question because I've been given that
next breath and why not be happy about
it I got a dog named Einstein and Newton
it's the worst names for them because
they're not smart like that but they're
the absolute greatest things on the
planet and darn it I get to wake up
every day and hang with those little
Misfits what not to smile about brother
all right last one what vegetable from
your garden do you eat the most broccoli
broccoli is easy it grows really fast
and the broccoli that we grow out there
it actually is called stir fried
broccoli so you don't just get one big
head you get that one big head and then
you get like a hundred shoots off from
the side so you get to walk out there
just snap snap to eat fresh you get boy
see what I'm saying salt it's so
versatile it's incredibly nutritious and
it's right there it's readily available
you touched on a little bit but I want
to elaborate a more on your upbringing
and how that influenced your approach to
business we grew up in a ghetto so we
didn't have much we had community and we
had family I was raised by a single mom
very supportive matriarch family so
frugality was everything you had to
stretch every single penny and just
watching my grandmother struggle
watching her pull herself up from a
bootstrap she went from being second
generation of sharecropper to actually
being a school teacher to getting her
master's degree and I got to watch this
imagine her surprised when I actually
got into gardening and it actually
started turning a profit she couldn't be
happier well where are you taking us
next I know we're we've seen everything
that takes place at your property here
uh give us a little insight where we're
going we're going to be heading over to
Tucson Village Farm awesome let's hop in
the cars get over there you got
it well this place is pretty impressive
I'm sure it gets Fuller and busier uh
what later on in the year at a different
time or something it sure does this is
an all year nursery and this is actually
home home of their aquaponics and their
Hydroponics sustainable gardening
systems how are you involved with them
helping with the design of the
aquaponics we were able together we grow
my company we were fortunate and lucky
enough to work alongside with the kids
from the 4H extensive program to develop
and to design their very own aquaponic
and sustainable hydroponic systems is
this your way of giving back to the
community or is this is how you uh
generate Revenue as a business quote
unquote as well this is absolutely
volunteer from together we grow we may
not be able to give them a plate of food
but we can give them a seat of knowledge
and that seed of knowledge can provide
countless plates of food for the rest of
their lives launching this business
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that that's a good segue into the idea
that farming is all about passing the
wisdom the information the knowledge
right what's one business advice that
you've received that's you know that's
been pivotal to you that no matter what
it is that you create no matter what the
product is that you're selling the
ultimate product is yourself if you
don't truly believe in whatever it is
that you're developing whatever it is
that your business structure is if you
don't believe in it the business is not
going to survive it's not going to excel
believe in yourself and you'll believe
in that business first and foremost what
advice do you have for entrepreneurs
experiencing self-doubt we're going
right back to Finding Nemo just keep
swimming just keep swimming Don't Stop
Believing I know it sounds like I'm just
quoting rock songs and movies but
literally you have to focus on a prize
and the prize is your dream this thing
that you're creating this is in essence
a piece of you and if you don't believe
in that no one else will sometimes only
you can see the light because you're the
only eyes that are looking at it until
you can see it no one else is going to
realize it so never stop believing in
yourself stay focused don't try to
achieve everything at once make focal
points and those focal points will lead
to your eventual go you know when you
get through that wave when you get
through that wake when you're looking
back at that Shore when you're relaxing
and you're just sitting there floating
you're just enjoying it you understand
and you appreciate that struggle that
you was just went through success isn't
that dollar sign success is actually
acknowledging and appreciating that
Journey that got you there did you
always have a green thumb like were you
always good at gardening absolutely not
I was the abute worst I couldn't grow
old in old folks home if I tried I
couldn't grow anything as a matter of I
believe the water department actually
came to my house cuz I thought I had a
leaky pipe but I was just overwatering
dirt and that's how bad it was what's
really cool about this place is is for
you to start with the seed grow the
actual produce the vegetables and then
you guys you know what happens well the
food is prepared right there in the
kitchen so let's go show them and let's
go take a look I can't wait to show you
guys let's go sweet we're now in the
kitchen that's cooking
tell us why this is a big deal and how
does it connect to aquaponics in general
well I'm glad you asked guys this is
actually the angel charity for kids
culinary education center so everything
that you saw in a nursery and everything
that they'll be growing in a hydroponic
and aquaponic systems actually gets
produced and actually gets finished off
in here they sell it in a farmers market
but they actually sell it here they have
their own retail center right here can
you share with us a success story that
may Inspire our viewers there's this
neighborhood in Tucson called the Las
Vistas Coalition it's in North Tucson
and um they had a simple idea of
building and starting their own
aeroponics farm so we had the distinct
honor of building it for them it's
actually a four tier system that four
tier system has now gone on to provide
fresh tilapia fresh fish as well as
fresh produce for free for the elderly
in the neighborhood for the last four
years now you can't put a price on
health if you're able to provide someone
with fresh and healthy food then you
should do that what's your approach to
competition specifically and how do you
differentiate yourself competition is a
part of the business standard it's part
of the business structure but in
sustainable gardening my competition are
my friends I've literally learned from
every single one of them so I don't see
it as competing I'm literally growing
with them you never made enemies all you
did is make friends if you guys are
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has your business model changed since
when you first started it seems like it
was yesterday but it's actually been
like 8 to 10 years and we started off
with produce and we've switched more
into consultation into actual systems
designs it's led us from just working
primarily in our backyard to now I'm
working on Virtual projects and with
folks in Saudi Arabia and people in
Sudan as well as in the South Sudan
we're doing a re Water Reclamation
project there they reached out to you
through yes they've reached out to me
and this is all in the last two or 3
years that it's really taken off the
produce side it's not that it was small
Revenue it was very very reasonable it
was very respectable Revenue but when
you get into the consultation side now
you're looking at upwards of 71 $15,000
a month in consultation side effort in
systems designed when we spoke earlier
about some of the Design Systems like
the living wall we can't keep those in
stock we can't keep any of the systems
in stock as soon as they're built as
soon as we put them out there and we
list them they're gone it's pretty cool
because you're compounding your vision
right for aonics like you did it
yourself but you can only do so much but
when you go to Consulting route now
you've got people doing what you wanted
to do all over the world what kind of
marketing advice do you have for people
that are specifically just getting
started yeah this is going to be a crazy
one to believe but you never know what
your connections may bring you so
especially utilize social media contacts
as much as you can I have friends that I
have an aquaponics that I met actually
through my RC Hobby and these same
friends they're not doing aquaponics
like me but one of them just finished a
TED Talk one of them is an award-winning
writer and I got to meet him just by
reaching out through RC's bringing and
drawing him back in through aquaponics
now he's actually getting a system
design he's putting it out in his house
what's an unexpected obstacle you had to
overcome when it comes to selling the
customers this is a hilarious one
convincing them that they're not eating
fish poop because they've never seen
this process they're not aware of all of
the science that's happening but once
you explain it to them they're Blown
Away by it so your family you mentioned
it more than a few times uh has
continued to play a big role in your
business which is amazing how do you
guys end up working together how do you
handle disagreements who's at the helm
I'd love to say that the captain wears a
hat but that's an absolute lie wife is
right all the time wife is right all the
time but when it comes to on business
Concepts or ideas it's an open format
everyone can contribute everyone can
bring a little bit into it and it's
always good to have that partner in your
life all right so your energy is
infectious I'm curious where does that
come from share with us a little bit
about your upbringing maybe things that
inspire you to do what you're doing
today well that just puts the biggest
smile on my face because I hope she's
watching right now if she is hi Mom she
gets total credit for everything that
you see here you see my mom was raised
in Virginia and they had um a gardening
environment there when they moved up
state New York it wasn't much space so
we they didn't have much of anything not
much money not much anything but they
brought that gardening with them my
grandmother had this beautiful little
garden patch maybe about twice the size
of this tray right here and it was in
her backyard
and it was spending those incredible
moments with her hands in the soil and I
would say mama cuz called her mama I'd
say mama I don't see anything growing
she just gave me the biggest smile and
she said well I see it it's growing
right in front of my eyes and I realized
that was her planting that first seed so
that together we would grow as a family
and it stuck with me so that's even with
the motel for our company Together We
Grow because you plant that first seed
and that's what happens we grow as a
community we grow as one awesome
incredible story Charles where in the
world are we standing looks like some
kind of a track I know it's not a garden
you guys but I had to ask so what's the
story on this well everything in this
yard one way or another is a garden and
on one side we may grow vegetables but
over here is where I get to grow my
little childlike side and I get to grow
my little Um passion for RC cars so as
you know Gardens do take time plants
take time to grow so in that downtime if
we're not developing new products I'm
literally out here just nuring and just
motivating my mind and it's such a clean
hobby it's so much fun it's for people
of all ages and even though I don't mind
watching grass grow it does take an
awful long time and there's nothing more
fun than just watching something Zoom
through some mud go over some rocks and
just be able to go in the house and just
get the right back to inventing again
well besides RC cars how else are you
spending time when it's slower for the
business when things are just growing um
we do a lot of social media development
say for instance on a given day I'll get
up at 5:00 a.m. there's not much to do
in a garden because the garden's all
self-sustained we only have to feed
every 2 weeks so instead of feeding the
garden I feed the social media content
but we're always out there trying to
research because there's always
something new to learn when the plants
are growing you should be growing right
along with them what's the hardest part
about running this business and what's
the best part similar answers the
hardest part growing in the desert the
best part growing in the desert
sometimes the heat is your friend
sometimes it isn't the success with
sustainable gardening means you're able
to accomplish things in this climate
that just aren't possible in traditional
gardening when it's 107° outside your
traditional Garden is going to fail
Point Blank because that's what plants
do but because you have control over
such parameters such as root temperature
evaporation wind things of that nature
in a sustainable controlled climate
you're able to grow where others aren't
so yes sometimes you're going to get
that failure growing in a desert but the
immense satisfaction you get from
success from growing in the desert you
really can't put a price on it do you
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it what's the smartest business move
you've made so far can you share with us
I sure K and this is honestly from the
heart involve your family and involve
your community no one's I don't think
anyone's supposed to do this on their
own I know I tried it for the longest
but as soon as I accepted that I need
the help from my family and always
involve your community because that's
where the true growth happens that's
when we really started to prosper so
family first and then Community that's
awesome so you're saying that could have
applied any business that can apply to
any business especially with the
structure that we have because um what
is a garden but a community of plants
that are growing together and what is a
community but a garden of people that
are growing together that's awesome if
you lost everything tomorrow and you had
to start all over with $100 to your name
what exact steps would you take i' take
$80 and I would put it in my savings i'
take another $10 I'd go to the local pet
store and I'd get three goldfish I'd
take another $3 or whatever it is left
and I'd go get me maybe a 12 pack of
water bottles i' drink the water I'd cut
the water bottles in half flip the tops
over and I'd have myself a 12 station
aquaponics Farm you got this you turn
garbage into treasure trash into
treasure all we're doing is recycling
the same way that the plants are
recycling the fish waste we're recycling
waste from normal traditional garbage
there is no waste in sustainable
gardening how do you manage risk with
perishable inventory and then what what
is the perishable inventory first of all
In traditional gardening perishable
inventory would be a set percentage or
given a set amount of plants that you
would expect to not survive either by
pest or by natural damage in sustainable
gardening we almost totally eliminated
that we have about a 98% success rate
from seed all the way through maturity
with every single plant why is that um
because we don't use soil we avoid all
pests and all bacteria or problems
associated with traditional soil growth
so the soil is a culprit in a sense when
it comes to the perishable aspect of
gardening well yeah but that's always
been part of the risk with it that's
another one of the joys to sustainable
garden it's organic so there are no
pesticides unused at all spray you don't
need to whatsoever we're actually
benefiting because we don't have to
worry about that we don't have to worry
so much about the risk we can just plant
more what's the biggest money mindset
shift that you had to overcome going
from employee to business owner well
that was a hard pill for me to swallow
when I actually realized this and it's
that time is money you can't get time
back and that time invested in
developing your business has to be time
well spent you can waste money you
cannot waste time and that was the
biggest thing is realizing how much time
I had wasted so valuing my time valuing
my minutes understanding that there's a
monetary value with that time and using
my time more wisely that was the biggest
change how do you structure your day
today as opposed to when you were first
starting out any anything important
there that we can learn from there sure
is I'm so glad that I appreciated every
minute every countless hour that I put
into developing these stations because
it's allowed me to have so much time to
just relax so much time to be with my
family now you would think that with all
of these systems it'd be a lot more work
but that's the exact opposite so I'll
basically get up at 4:35 in the morning
so emails everything business
structure-wise that's usually done by
9900 a.m. I'm enjoying time with my
family I'm getting my runs in I'm
getting my exercise in I'm just living a
great life you're taking care of your
health pretty serious you have to
Wellness First Nutrition First Health
First how has your relationship with
towards and money changed since you
started the business can you there's the
Hip Hop added More Money More Problems
that's not really true with us it's more
money more relaxation it's just giving
me more time to spend with my family the
one thing that I really do appreciate
about a a greater level of income is
being able to invest in our kids being
able to invest back into the company
having that opportunity to finally be
able to save it it it changes everything
so guys never give up what's one
entrepreneurship myth that you actually
believed that held you back in honesty
this one really did hurt I always
believed that my progress and my gains
would be based on some type of initial
huge seed money amount like I needed a
whole bunch of money in order to even
put my thought to use when it was the
absolute truth I did it with nothing we
had zero dollars and it held me back for
years thinking that I'm not going to see
this through fruition unless I have the
money first well I put the thought in
the process first and the money later
and I wish I would have known that in
the beginning I put a dollar sign on
believing in myself the idea doesn't
come to life it doesn't come to fruition
unless you have it and unless you
believe in it awesome tell us what the
difference is here because we saw one at
your house there you feed the plants yes
who's the feeder here good question
guing the fish yes at the house we use
um Master Blend which is trace minerals
and on vitamins here the primary source
for the plants is actually fish pool
this is an aquaponic system you don't
eat the fish these are just for looks
exactly we don't eat the fish in this
system although if you chose to you
could easily grow edible fish in a
system oh wow the only differences would
be water temperature flow rate oxygen
rate which you can emulate you can
duplicate any setting in nature in this
aeroponic system and so their waste
feeds the absolutely the fish Pro comes
through this is a double filter system
so there's one system in there with a UV
light in there that keeps keeps this
water nice and sparkly the other filter
is actually taking fish grw water it's
sending it through this filter it then
goes to the plant roots and it comes
right back into the tank from here and
this is how many days that is this is
just dirt by the way yep that's just
dirt these were actually put here on
Saturday so today's Wednesday just a few
more days yeah just a few days this fish
tank here can actually feed up to 240
plants oh wow do you see this business
model as Recession Proof why why not I
absolutely do because this business
model was the birth of the recession
this business model was the result of
the pandemic this business model was the
result of at one point there was a
government shut down and I was actually
sent home for my job at kit Peak for an
extended amount of time so I had to make
something that was Recession Proof
because a government job just wasn't
those can come and go guess what always
stays hunger you need to eat so feed
them food and people are always going to
need to get away from some type of
stress so gardening people always want
an easier way to do it so sustainable
gardening as we get older our joints
start to hurt and ache so sustainable
gardening where it's not painful to your
body we kept all of these in mind from 8
to 80 Recession Proof we have something
for you if you enjoyed this episode you
have to check out episode 148 with rain
who turned $200 into a seven fig exotic
fruit farm seriously check it out thanks
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