Country chic: How region’s new trend takes off for young grower
She’s seized every opportunity that presented itself since she was a young child and now a young go-getter has launched a unique and successful side hustle.
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Buying from the bush has become a popular trend for city slickers to add character and charm to their abodes and this new venture ticks all the boxes.
Ever since she was a young child, Sally Ziesemer, 25, lived by the motto ‘I saw the opportunity, so I took it’ and the mantra has followed her well into adulthood.
Growing up on a grain farm about one hour west of Toowoomba, Ms Ziesemer was a boarding student at The Glennie School and later moved to her boyfriend’s family farm in Chinchilla.
Now Ms Ziesemer has started her own side hustle – Home Soil and sells bunches of wheat she collects from the two farms she calls home.
“I walked out to the paddock, filled a Woolworths bag with wheat, stripped every stem and bundled them up and just thought I’d see if anyone was interested in buying them and it’s taken off,” she said.
“My home soil is super important to me and I love the thought of someone displaying a piece of my home in theirs.”
Within just a few months of launching, Ms Ziesemer said she received about 100 orders and several wedding requests.
Now with the wheat harvest almost over, the Home Soil founder is keen to sell more homegrown goods including cotton and sorghum bunches.
While the business holds sentimental value, Ms Ziesemer said the everlasting product also makes a great decor and vase arrangement option.
“It’s important to support the little, rural businesses and see how things are made – whether it’s wheat or food,” Ms Ziesemer said.
“It’s pretty cool to be posting wheat to cities all around Australia.”
To place an order, message the Home Soil Facebook page.
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