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I thought it would be really cool to buy a train for our house. I know the boys love trains, and I saw those really big G scale trains when we were on vacation. So I ordered the train, ordered extra track and set it all up. The boys, 6, 4 and 8 months love… Click here to read more…
Purple Flowering Sandcherry is an easy plant to grow, always a great seller because of its purple leaves and delicate pink flowers. Always in demand. How is this plant sold? Let me count the ways. Unrooted hardwood cuttings. An unrooted cutting is pretty much nothing but a stick. But because of the popularity of Purple… Click here to read more…
I logged onto the Backyard Growers Message Board last night and read this message. It brought tears to my eyes. We bought Mike’s Backyard Growing System in March 2008! Our restaurant had just closed down! We had lost everything we had worked for the last 12 years and my husband was planning to move to… Click here to read more…
People often get really confused when you start talking about grafted plants or budded plants. They also get confused when they have plants in their landscape that start acting crazy and they don’t know why. In this video, I explain how and why plants produce suckers and why those suckers should be removed. If they… Click here to read more…
What Does Heeling In Plants Mean? In the nursery business we often toss around terminology that some people get confused by. I often suggest to people that when they buy plants late in the fall to just “heel them in” until spring. And they often have no idea what I mean by that. Sometimes we… Click here to read more…
Watch the video below to learn some tips and tricks for planting bulbs in the fall. Special: Get Paid to Grow Plants from Home… Mine Have Earned Thousands!
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Frequently Asked Questions: Q. When is the best time to take grape vine cuttings? A. Wait until the plants go dormant and lose their leaves. After Thanksgiving is usually a good time. Q. How many buds should be on each grape cutting? A. We want three buds on each cutting. Cut just below the bottom… Click here to read more…
Do your plants have spider mites?
These are the Miniature Roses in our landscape. I hope you enjoy the short video.
Hello from Branson, Missouri! Pam and I are currently vacationing here in Branson. Branson is an amazing place to visit. We first discovered Branson back in 1996. I surprised Pam with a trip for our 20th wedding anniversary and we’ve been coming here ever since. Branson is America! Nestled in the heart of the Ozark… Click here to read more…
Get Paid to Grow Small Plants from Home… Mine Have Earned Thousands!
This is our youngest son Kevin (the groom) helping his mom to her seat. We were both a lot happier than we look in the photo but it was a very emotional moment for us. The night before the wedding they held rehearsal in our front yard, then instead of a formal dinner we had a… Click here to read more…
The compact variety can grow to 12 tall or taller, but at the same time I’ve kept mine in my landscape trimmed to about 42″ for years. Burning Bush only puts out one really hard push of new growth each year in the spring. So if you trim your Burning Bush after that happens it… Click here to read more…
I know that I’ve got a lot of Pittsburgh Steelers Fans on my mailing list, and I’ve got a message for you. I just spent the weekend in your fair city, and I would like to tell you how much I enjoyed myself and how impressed I was with some of the things I saw… Click here to read more…
Hydrangeas can be divided into two categories. Those that bloom on the current year’s growth, and those that bloom on old wood, (last year’s growth). The Hydrangeas that bloom on old wood are from the macrophylla family. These include Nikko Blue, Endless Summer and many other pinks and blues. When I say they bloom on… Click here to read more…
First, it’s important to make the connection that the white grubs in your lawn will hatch into Japanese Beetles and if you have Japanese Beetles they will lay eggs in your lawn that turn into white grubs. Japanese Beetles can severely damage your roses and other plants in your landscape because they feed on the… Click here to read more…
Frequently Asked Questions: Q. Why should I cut off the dead flowers on my rose bush? A. Once the flower is spent, the plant starts putting energy into making seeds, which doesn’t help you as a gardener. When you remove the spent blooms, that energy goes into producing new flower buds instead, so you get… Click here to read more…
It’s been over five years since we originally did this video so it’s time for an update and a follow up to how this pruning job worked out. I went back out to this tree and took some still photos that you will see here. When we posted this video we received a lot of… Click here to read more…
