The Homegrown Vendor Blog

A dried flower arrangement is decor, not food. Here is what to make, what stems really cost, how to dry and build pieces that hold up, and why local pickup beats a big shipping box.

How to sell beeswax wraps from home: which sizes to make, what to charge per square inch, the words to keep off your label, what shipping costs, and where to sell.

Make, test, label and sell bath bombs from home: a starter recipe, drying times, the FDA label parts, drug words to avoid, and what each way to take orders costs.

Who can add a TikTok bio link, why TikTok wants a direct link, and where a home food vendor should point it, with the full fee stack for each ordering page on a $20 order.

The first 3 seconds decide a food Reel. Here are 12 fill-in hook formulas for bread, jam, eggs and market days, plus how to test them and read skip rate.

How to build an Instagram Close Friends list of your best customers, invite them without hurt feelings, write the VIP drop story and pick the right head start.

Who can start an Instagram broadcast channel, how to set one up in 5 minutes, what to put in every drop announcement, and where to send followers to order.

Instagram Guides were retired in December 2023. Here is the setup that replaces them for food vendors: a pinned menu, category Highlights and one link where customers order and pay.

Super Bowl LXI falls on Valentine's Day 2027. Which snacks a home vendor can legally sell, how to size party trays, when to close pre-orders and what 25 orders cost.