Garage Sale Mobile Tips

A garage sale usually is held to sell off unwanted items. However, you don’t just have to sell second-hand bric-a-brac and clothing at a garage sale. With a bit of planning ahead and some know-how, you can sell a few other things and get some extra cash. A few ideas just to get you started:

• Do you have a fruit tree producing surplus fruit? Then sell the fruit – or get really organised and make jam for sale. Homegrown fruit usually tastes better than supermarket fruit, so this usually sells well.
• The same applies to homegrown vegetables. Now you know what to do with that zucchini surplus. 
• If you don’t grow vegetables or fruit, how about bunches of fresh flowers? 
• Plants themselves can sell. Raising houseplants in pots is simple, and they often sell well at garage sales. In early spring, you can target home gardeners by raising vegetable plants from seed and selling off the seedlings ready to plant – lettuces, cabbages, pumpkins, tomatoes and zucchini work brilliantly – owners of conservatories and glasshouses, take note!
• Home baking also sells well at garage sales. Make sure the table displaying these is not in full sunlight for food safety reasons, and make sure you cover each cake or tray of muffins with cling-film.
• If you paint, take photos or do cross-stitch, you can put some nice framed examples up for sale.
• Home-made clothing (which can include screen-printed T-shirts, knitted sweaters, beads, you name it) can also go on sale at garage sales. This can be a good way of testing the water for a hobby you want to turn into a cottage industry.