Janelle Brown: Smarter Than Your Average Brown (Maybe)

[SongbirdHollow]

I think she has a pretty good chance of success with this one. There’s a farm near me in Virginia that does pick your own flowers* and they are doing well. They also have a sunflower field and a corn maze in the fall. Special weekends with food trucks and music. A little farm shop with honey, jams and gifts. Photo ops. 

*how it works is they sell you the vase/container and lend you a pair of scissors. You wander the rows of flowers and create your own bouquet. People love it. Great for kids, dates, and Instagrammers. 

[Orcinus orca]

2 hours ago, SongbirdHollow said:

I think she has a pretty good chance of success with this one.

Except you have to clear fields, plant, weed, fertilize, water, and maintain.  And you are unlikely to get a cash crop in the first couple of years.  It might be great when you have things established but it takes time and a LOT of effort.

[65mickey]

It takes a lot of effort, hard work and money in addition to luck that a drought or hurricane won't come along and wipe out the entire crop. I looked up flower farms close to the area where I live. There were at least 4  pretty upscale operations with greenhouses and gift shops. The have flower arranging classes and events.  Most were built on developed land that had been in the family for years. All of this is to say that starting a flower farm does not just happen on a whim. 

[Absolom]

23 hours ago, Pickleinthemiddle said:

Doing a little research, a one acre farm could generate $30,000 in gross sales.  But flower farming is hard work.  Any type of small business farming is hard work.

The flower farms and greenhouse operations are a labor of love not huge money making schemes.

[65mickey]

I wonder if Janell, Maddie and Caleb understand this.

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[LilyD]

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I wonder if Janell, Maddie and Caleb understand this.

Let’s see….. one has a very poor business record, doesn’t seem to be doing well with finances and seems to be traveling more than anything else. The other is already heavily pregnant with baby no4 and has 3 little ones, which includes two with special needs. That leaves Caleb to do the job. (Is he still working as an engineer btw?)

So, to answer your question: Nope!

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[LotusFlower]

10 hours ago, LilyD said:

Let’s see….. one has a very poor business record, doesn’t seem to be doing well with finances and seems to be traveling more than anything else. The other is already heavily pregnant with baby no4 and has 3 little ones, which includes two with special needs. That leaves Caleb to do the job. (Is he still working as an engineer btw?)

So, to answer your question: Nope!

Sadly, I agree with this.  As for Caleb, isn’t he a plumber?  I could have sworn they moved to N.C. because he got a plumber’s apprenticeship there.  Am I making this up?

[Joan of Argh]

1 hour ago, LotusFlower said:

Sadly, I agree with this.  As for Caleb, isn’t he a plumber?  I could have sworn they moved to N.C. because he got a plumber’s apprenticeship there.  Am I making this up?

Caleb is an elevator mechanic 

[65mickey]

To me this endeavor makes about as much sense as buying an $80,000 Rv and planning on living in it without doing any research into how to set the Rv up and bring in water, power and heat let alone how to get it from the sales center to the property.  

[Meow Mix]

I certainly hope Caleb hasn't quit his job to do this full time.  As I understand it, elevator mechanics are in high demand.  Also, I think he had a union job which means very good benefits.  Given that Evie will probably need more medical procedures in the future, he would be a fool to throw that away.

[ginger90]

I doubt it very much he will be leaving his job.

[ginger90]

[Sasha888]

Jetting off to LA to stay in a beautiful hotel room and ordering room service actually does seem pretty glamorous to the millions of people who are struggling to buy groceries in this economy, Janelle.

If Janelle fails miserably at her flower farming venture, I'm going to find it hard to have any sympathy for her, due to tone deaf, out of touch posts like this.

[LotusFlower]

4 hours ago, Sasha888 said:

Jetting off to LA to stay in a beautiful hotel room and ordering room service actually does seem pretty glamorous to the millions of people who are struggling to buy groceries in this economy, Janelle.

If Janelle fails miserably at her flower farming venture, I'm going to find it hard to have any sympathy for her, due to tone deaf, out of touch posts like this.

Agree.  And I’m probably in the minority here, but I don’t understand posts like this.  You’re in a hotel room watching a rerun, eating a salad.  Who cares?  Why is that important to share?

It’s the part of social media that I hate.  The over-sharing. 
 

[BAForever]

1 hour ago, LotusFlower said:

  You’re in a hotel room watching a rerun, eating a salad.  Who cares?  Why is that important to share?

It’s the part of social media that I hate.  The over-sharing. 
 

Agree @LotusFlower!  Just like the ridiculous dummies from Little People Big World, when your livelihood depends on your presence on social media, this is what you do- post inane things. That must be exhausting knowing there's always a newer, younger, more ambitious "influencer" coming for your followers.  

[CalicoKitty]

2 hours ago, LotusFlower said:

Agree.  And I’m probably in the minority here, but I don’t understand posts like this.  You’re in a hotel room watching a rerun, eating a salad.  Who cares?  Why is that important to share?

It’s the part of social media that I hate.  The over-sharing. 
 

Precisely why I canceled Facebook and do not have any other accounts.  Who cares??

[ChristmasJones]

In terms of people like Janelle and Christine, who both sell MLM products (at least I think they both still do).... with folks like this, I think their "regular" social media posts are part of their need to draw eyeballs for their "business".    Janelle has never seemed comfortable being a self-promoter type - recall her photos of her meals while she was supposedly a health coach.  

 

[mythoughtis]

Janelle’s room service post didn't bother me.  I knew she was making fun of herself.  Here she was in a ‘glamorous’ city, but rather than out sightseeing- she was eating in front of the tv.  Just like she’d be doing at home.   

[ginger90]

[SunnyBeBe]

If the farm actually happens, I will go visit just out of curiosity.  I’m about 2 hours away.