People often ask me; “Mike, how can you sell plants that don’t even have leaves on them? They look dead.” And the answer is, we use point of sale signs, often called bench cards. These point of sale signs really help the customer make buying decisions. They want to know what the plant looks like… Click here to read more…
Archives for 2014
Lawn Installation. Hand Seeding, Hydro Seeding or Sod? Which is better?
Mike’s Plant Farm 4850 North Ridge Road Perry, Ohio 44081 It doesn’t matter whether you are installing a new lawn at a new house, replacing an old lawn at an existing home, or rejuvenating the lawn that you have, you have options of how the grass seed is applied or whether or not it makes… Click here to read more…
Mike and Duston McGroarty Offer Live Training for Small Business Owners.
Duston and I are doing 8 weeks of live training for Small Business Owners. This training will cover all aspects of Internet Marketing as well as a Wealth of Information about Marketing and Promoting a Small Business, both Offline and Online. Recently we did a one hour, forty minute live training event and so far… Click here to read more…
Winter Time Plant Propagation Techniques.
I took most of these snow covered tree photos early in the morning. Winter Time Plant Propagation Believe it or not, the dead of winter is the ideal time to make hardwood cuttings of many deciduous plants. Sounds crazy doesn’t it? However, with many plants it really is the ideal time. We do most of… Click here to read more…
Everything You Know about Composting is Wrong???
One of my customers shared this video of Mike McGrath with me and I found it to be interesting and informative and thought I’d share it with you. Lots of good information about composting. Some of it contradicts what we’ve been told. Without a doubt compost is one of natures miracles. It has so many… Click here to read more…
A 15th Anniversary and a 58th Birthday
An important message from Duston McGroarty (Mike’s son): I can’t believe it’s been 15 years (I guess time flies, right?). 15 years ago, this January, my Dad started FreePlants.com. He didn’t know it then but his life would never be the same. Over the course of the next 15 years he went on to change… Click here to read more…
Paying off all of your debts is a life changing, liberating experience.
(the links on this page are affiliate links) My good friend Leo Quinn is an expert when it comes to debt reduction and he has helped thousands of people, including Pam and I. Leo has an excellent program that you can follow at home and I talked him into offering to my friends, customers and… Click here to read more…
Homemade Mobile Potting Bench. It has Removable Wheels!
Let’s see if I can put this photo in perspective for you. Our potting soil pile is off to the left, over there by the Donkey Barn. Many of our container grown plants are way out back by that beige building you see way in the background. But we’ve also got a smaller container area… Click here to read more…
How to Propagate Grapes from Hardwood Cuttings.
Grape plants are easy to propagate from cuttings. Most of the time they are done during the winter months when the plants are dormant. Cuttings taken in the late fall and winter are known as hardwood cuttings because just as it sounds, the wood is much harder during the fall and winter than it is… Click here to read more…
How to Make Homemade Plant Propagation Flats.
This is a good winter project. At least it was for me. These wooden plant propagation flats are really quite simple and easy to make. I used pressure-treated wood so they would last and I’ve never had a problem with treated wood around my plants or rooting cuttings so don’t be concerned about that. Everything… Click here to read more…
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