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We are Giving Away Two Memberships to The Backyard Growers Business Center!

Updated : October 6, 2016

Each membership is a $610 value!
Be sure to throw your name in the hat.

Entering this contest is easy, simply post a comment below.  On October 5th, 2016 we will randomly pick two people from those that posted a comment and you will be given a permanent, membership free of charge.

Backyard Growers Shindig 2016 at Mike's Plant Farm, Perry, Ohio

Backyard Growers Shindig 2016 at Mike’s Plant Farm, Perry, Ohio

What is the Backyard Growers Business Center?  Check it Out Here.

Each summer we invite all of our members to a Shindig at Mike’s Plant Farm here in Perry, Ohio.  I’ve been doing this for many, many years and it’s always a fun and exciting event.  The above group photo was from this summer, 2016.

But the Backyard Growers Business Center is so much more than than.  We are a huge family of people from several countries who look out for and care for each other.  We openly share advice, we share what we are doing that works, we invite other members to visit our own nurseries and we buy and sell plants to and from each other.

Duston, Cathy, Pam and my grandson Gavin.

Duston, Cathy, Pam and my grandson Gavin.

Cathy is our ace, she has been with us almost since the beginning.  Gavin is making out a name tag for himself.  His mom, Lorelei McGroarty is the one who took all of these photos for us.  Thank you Lorelei!

Let’s face it, when you are starting out, trying to grow and sell plants for a profit, you are not always surrounded by people who believe in what you are doing.  In many cases, they do everything they can to discourage you.  But in the members area?  That’s never the case.  When somebody starts to question what they are doing or why all they have to do is pop in and let the other members know what’s going on and almost instantly they are given the encouragement and advice that they need.

Mike's Plant Nursery Perry, Ohio

Mike’s Plant Nursery Perry, Ohio

The Shindig always includes a tour of my nursery and I explain what we do and why we do it.  This is our propagation area, in the lower left hand corner of the photo you can see a bed of cuttings.  That bed is over 20′ long and we have five beds like that total.

I have no idea what I was talking about, but at least a few people seem interested.

I have no idea what I was talking about, but at least a few people seem interested.

In the Backyard Growers Business Center we have an area that we call the “Buy/Sell Area”.  If you want to see how fast plants can sell, pay attention to that area.  I remember early on one member posted some ferns for sale and sold $1,300 worth in 20 minutes and asked me to pull the ad because she was sold out!

Another time a member posted some rare Japanese maples and orders start pouring in.  After about five days I congratulated him on selling over $10,000 worth of plants in less than a week.  When I said that he wrote back and said he was “Gob Smacked” which I guess is an English term for being hit in the mouth, or taken completely by surprise.  He was so caught up in processing orders he didn’t realize that he had booked $10,000 worth of orders.

Is it always that easy?  No, of course not.  But if you just watch the ads you’ll see how brisk the ordering process is.

Finnegan and Fergus love the Shindig!

Finnegan and Fergus love the Shindig!

Can’t have a Backyard Grower Shindig without a little donkey time can we?

Finnegan is all about getting his head scratched.

Finnegan is all about getting his head scratched.

Inspecting the potting soil at Mike's Perry, Ohio Nursery

Inspecting the potting soil at Mike’s Perry, Ohio Nursery

How telling is this?  People come to this event and they visit the nurseries of other backyard growers because they want to learn all aspects of this business, including the best potting soil recipes.

Okay.  Seriously, I have to get to my fall plant sale.

If you want to be considered for one of these Free Memberships just post a comment below, the winners will be chosen randomly and announced on Oct 5, 2016.  On October 10th, 2016 we will open up membership for new members, but we only leave it open for a few days.

-Mike McGroarty

Comments

  4. Doug says

    Thank You Mike for sharing the wealth of information with us. Can’t put a price on this…

  6. Dave Ruzicka says

    I commented on my email that I received but I would love to become a member. My 3 boys and wife love to garden and its a great activity for us all.Hoping to continue my little nursery and make it even better with your business Mike. Thanks.

  7. Laura Verderber says

    Hello! I have been following your emails for a long time. I have learned a lot. I want to start a plant nursery so I can help my family financially, plus I love gardening. I feel the membership would help me a lot!

  10. John Bradley says

    Mike, Help! I spent all my money on plants and can’t afford to buy a membership. 🙂

  11. Ann says

    I love reading all your posts. You share so much in an easy to understand manner. I can usually find out any information or advice I need on just about any garden topic. Thanks for all you do.

  12. John says

    Mike
    Just wanted to thank you for including me in your emails. As I am disabled I have limitations in working in the garden, and have found that your articles make my choices of what projects I take on more attainable, Your articles are very informative and enjoyable. Give my best to your sidekicks

  13. Mike Davis says

    Love getting all your emails. Would love to be a member!
    Maybe a little luck will come my way

  14. Sherry Bond says

    Mike, Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. I am very excited to learn from you. I love the yard and garden and I am always looking for fun things to do outside. I am 55 years old and I am looking for things now that I can do as I age that keep me excited. As I get older, the things I do outside will change but my joy of gardening and nurturing will not. You fill my head with ideas for supplementing my 401K. I can’t thank you enough for sharing. Please enter me in your drawing. I am very grateful for all that you teach me. Have a terrific day. Sherry

  15. Mark Mathews says

    Hi Mike!! Thank you for sharing so much with us. I just found you and am thrilled at what I’ve learned. Please enter me in the drawing. I’ve been struggling employment wise and you have provided the solution!! Thank you! Mark

  16. WILLIAM MILLAR says

    thanks Mike you finish by saying by all means stay inspired that i am that i am living down under and have to adjust your calendar to suit my needs in sth australia anyrate once again big thanx bill

  19. Mary Popke says

    My son and and I have learned a lot from you for free and I thank-you for that, Mike. We just ordered your growing system. Love your videos,dog and donkeys. May God Bless You with happiness and good health. Mary

  22. Anonymous says

    Please put my name in the hat for an opportunity for a lifetime membership
    PS. Love that misting system !

  24. David Spatzier says

    Good Afternoon, Mike & Company,

    We’re setting up our farm next year for olive trees – look forward to continued hints and tips to spread the trees outward!

  25. Cathy Bairhalter says

    I love receiving your emails and save all of them in a special folder. A lifetime membership would be wonderful!!!

  26. ditzylucy says

    I like your tips. Very practical, easy, make sense. Read an article every day that you have put out.

  30. AZDuffman says

    You have me inspired to start growing. Starting with tomatoes for flea markets, then on to bigger and better

  31. Sandy Hedden says

    Need lots of help with growing plants in central Arizona. Appreciate your sharing your knowledge.

  34. Paula D says

    I have been doing research on nurseries. I have wanted to have one ever since I was little of which I thank my Grandmother. We don’t have much for choices of the enormous amount of plants you can grow and how. This site was the first one that came up and than I got seeing all the information and I would love to have a membership so I can take a hobby to another level with something I just love.

  35. Donna Yach-Cisewski says

    My Dear Mike
    I would greatly appreciate a membership…I am an avid gardener..
    Raised on a family farm…lots of work but a best lifestyle…Lost both of my
    parents now and am interested in organic plant raising…I appreciate all the
    tip emails and info I am able to read because of your efforts…I would enjoy
    learning more and be a part of your group site…this would help me grow
    a business and use the ground that was ounce a wonderful farm lifestyle….
    Thank You ever so much…

  37. Edwalker and Linda says

    Please enter me into the contest. Thanks you and God bless you!!
    Winning would be lifechanging.

  39. Christine Broomell says

    I just finished your article on blueberries. I have been trying to get a grasp on pruning my berries for a ong time!! Finally a simplistic easy to understand approach? Thanks Mike. I hope I win!!!

  40. TRACY says

    Mike, I learn a lot from reading your site and emails, I could only imagine what goes on in the member area. Please contact consider my hat tossed on for this drawing. Thank you.

  42. Beth says

    Thanks for the chance to win a membership. I got your newsletter and wanted to throw my hat into the ring. I signed up years ago for the growing information and got you packet, but have not been able to afford the full membership to the Backyard Growers. Blessings

  43. Gordon Polson says

    I have been propagating plants ever since I was about ten. Now when I have been retired for 20 years and I have tons of time to spare, Mike’s programs have been a real boast to me. I have stepped up the number of plants from which I take cuttings and also from many more different varieties – I find the whole process really exciting to be quite honest. Over the last two years I have started giving classes on propagating techniques which also gives me a heck of a kick. I wish that I had started doing this more in years past, but engineering got in the way I guess.
    I became a Master Gardener some ten years ago and I teach classes to them and the general public, which gives me a great feeling of satisfaction. I imagine that Mike gets the same kick too.
    I would love to become a member, to be able to have access to more different varieties, but I could never afford the fee, reasonable though it is.

  44. jeff schalburg says

    I have enjoyed your news letters for going on 6 years now . Their always interesting and informative , i have learned allot from you and have tried a few things . I’m looking so forward to retirement so i can have the time to get a backyard nursery started . keep up the good work and bless you and your family.

  45. Susan says

    Mike,
    Thank you for all your advise on on growing my own backyard nursery. I use gardening as a way to lower my stress levels and find piece. After my last tour in Iraq my acreage became my safe haven. We have a little of 5 acres my husband has said I could use. I just have to get started. By the way, I had a breakdown a few days ago and my VA Doc told me to go outside and get my hands dirty, with mowing or breaking up more soil. I love plants it is just hard to find the bare root plants here in Central Texas.

  47. Jamie A. Russell says

    Mike I would love to possibly win the membership. I am in a position where I need another direction and opportunity.

  48. cj says

    I don’t think my first comment went through, as I can only see posts from September 21st and older, so here goes again! 🙂

    I would love to have a membership!

  49. Fran Hunter says

    I would love to win a membership. I grow on a small basis and enjoy composting. I would like to gain more knowledge in propogation and growing plants

  50. Frank J Daley says

    Been a fan for a couple of years now. Would love to get more serious about this business.
    Thanks Mike for all the great info we get from your news letters.

  51. Marcia says

    I have been on this site off and on for some time now. Last night I realized that THIS is what I want to do with my time. This is my passion. Thank you for sharing your wisdom and allowing us into your home and nursery.

  53. Doreen H says

    I grew to LOVE gardening through a garden program that was set up for the kindergarten classes at my school. Now I am retired and volunteer in this fabulous garden program. At home I spend hours in our vegetable and butterfly gardens. I don’t mind our ninety degree northeast Florida heat, but the bugs make gardening a huge challenge! I am a beginner and just discovered your website. WOW! Thank you for your great advice. I am going to try your rooting system using plastic tubs, sand, and white garbage bags 🙂 My goal is to propagate butterfly plants and get the neighborhood children to help attract and sustain our beautiful variety of butterflies. Kids love to watch the caterpillars grow and turn into butterflies. With a relatively quick life cycle, kids stay interested and very excited. Then they become enthusiastic gardeners! This is the best kind of education imaginable! Thank you for helping me become a better gardener and teacher. 🙂

  54. Jay Bitner says

    Thank you for this wonderful opportunity, Mike. I enjoy reading your emails and the information you provide. Please enter my name in your membership drawing.

  56. Helen McLaughlin says

    We live on a small farm raising and selling our own meats and eggs. It would be an added benefit to our customers to create and sell backyard nursery plants. We would love to win the membership and be part of this extraordinary community. Thank you for the opportunity!

  57. Dave says

    Would love to join your shindig! We are opening our first nursery in February 2016 (with a lot of help from your web-site). Thanks for all your help and advice!

  58. Brian says

    It would be incredible to have a lifetime membership. It would be a great help to our family and our hopes to grow and sell plants. We are passionate about growing.

    I have been following your posts for many years and never cease to be amazed in the quality information you offer. I learn something new every time you post.

    Thank you for this opportunity and for sharing all you have done over the years.
    Have a great day!

  60. Jim Christensen says

    My wife and I recently purchased Backyard Bus. & University programs as a way
    to supplement our retirement incomes. Hoping to learn more from you in the
    future.

  61. David Myers says

    I am retired and have used this site to start my growth in the gardening and rooting of plants, thanks David Myers

  63. Tina Payne says

    I have never won anything before so to win this membership would be wonderful . Thanks for all you do Mike.

  65. Anita Mueller says

    Hello Mike and crew!

    Please pick me for one of those memberships this time!! Love all your information and newsletters…

    Ann

  67. Randy Schneider says

    I found Mike on YouTube several years ago and I have watched every video, some several times. So much good information and easy to understand! I appreciate his down to earth persona and straight forward common sense approach to gardening and plant tending. I would consider a honor to become a member of the club!

  68. Tim Lotz says

    I’ve often said that, if all I ever had to do the rest of my life was plant flowers, shrubs and trees, I’d be a happy man. Thanks for the emails Mike!

  72. Deborah Ring says

    Hi Mike, thank you for all the education. I have been fighting breast cancer and found your site during it all. You have inspired me to grow more then just my veggie garden. I turned my old pool and deck area into an amazing plant and flower garden area,,i dont have anything planted yet cause money is tight when fighting cancer,dont leave much for pleasurable pursuits. But I am hoping by the time new england spring comes i have won one of your memberships and can start my new growing buissness. You have made a grower out of me for life. Thank you for teaching me to care for and make more alberta dwarfs they look lovely around my koi pond. So plz put me in for that amazing membership to win.

  75. Lily says

    Hi Mike,

    Greetings from California! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and experience! I’m so happy I found your website. Can’t wait to get started!

  76. Gerardo says

    Hi Mike , thanks for the info, I am grateful for all you do I was a member before unfortunately lost my Job and since Monday is my b day here I’m entering for a great gift regards

    Gerardo

  80. Mary Mayfield says

    I found your website about 6 months ago. Since then I have learned so much from you. I have always loved plants, especially flowers, and at 1 time almost put up a greenhouse. Now I wish I had, I look forward to reading your column so don’t stop.

  81. Jackie Patterson says

    I would like to win. I love your website, the book and the great videos, I have done some small scale cuttings and would like to do much more. Thank you.

  82. Clifford Taylor says

    Interesting in reading you emails. I was going to join several times but got some health problems which have been taken care of. I even starting preparing planting material, pots and even a small green house but not be able to use. I also have a background in trees and shrubs.

  83. Bradley C says

    Just wanted to say that I love everything you do! Your articles alone have helped me out of a lot of rough patches when I couldn’t figure out what to do. Thank you and please keep doing what you’re doing!

  85. Sharon Christian says

    Thank Your for all your moral support. I’m on my way to finally being able to retire on my nursery. Would love to be a member. Sherrie

  89. Michael says

    Hi Mike,
    Would love to receive a membership to your Backyard Growers Business Center. I’ve been on your mailing list for some years now and have used a lot of your useful information for my own personal garden.. Until recently I have never really thought about applying it to make an income. This past year my wife loss her job and we went into bankruptcy. It’s not a great place to be. Also with my oldest of three about to enter college in two years my head is spinning. I have read so much about you and your business and members. I really think this could put me back on my feet. Win or lose I will be looking into your Business Center down the line once things settle. Thanks and God Bless!!

  90. William says

    Would love to win the Free Membership. Been playing with plants my entire life. I am nearing retirement and this would be a great way to spend my time besides fishing, grandkids & the wife (you know what I mean).

    Thanks Mike

  91. Joe T. says

    Have been following you for years, Mike. Wife retiring and I can now probably do my gardening, which I thoroughly enjoy, and make a few bucks to help with the finances.

    Thanks.

  92. Deborah says

    I grow plants that I know but am eager to learn more. Flowers for cutting, veggies for eating and anything beautiful and tasty. I would love to win a membership. I am a retired librarian but reading is still a favorite pastime when I’m not gardening.

  93. Karen Gadbury says

    Mike ,I would love a membership for a lifetime! Im doing cuttings right now.Theres baby citrus trees in containers. I need to supplement my income. Please add my name to the pot! You are inspiring me as well.! God bless.
    Karen Gadbury

  94. Lonnie says

    Mike, Put my name in the hat for the membership drawing. Would LOVE to be a member. I really love to work with flowers,shrubs and trees. Working in the soil is my passion. THANKS Mike for considering me for membership.

  96. Dorothy Veale, San Antonio, Tx says

    I hope the 2 people who win will be blessed and thoroughly use their memberships to great advantage.

  97. Donna T. says

    I love to propagate plants. You always have good advice to help. I would love to win a free membership so that I could expand my plant choices and hear about what the other members are doing.

  98. Lyndsey says

    Always grateful for what I learn from your posts. Just getting started, but setting goals and looking forward to a successful 2017. Hope I win!

  101. Lezlie Wright says

    I would love a membership . I feel I would really benifit from a membership. I have a greenhouse and I am taking the master gardener class. This would help me even more

  112. Kenny campbell says

    I lost all my raised beds in the flood we had in Louisiana. I would love to win a membership to give me fresh ideas when I start back.

  114. Stephen B Brown says

    Thanks for all the helpful information you’ve provided. I’ve been following your site for several years. Would love to take the next step by joining the group.

  116. Lana says

    Thank you for all that you share I have learned a few things . With an October birthday this would be the highest rated gift !

  118. Goran says

    Hello, My name is Goran,
    Greetings from Serbia – little country in Europe
    Wishing you luck, and me 😉

  119. Diane says

    I would love to start a gardening business so I could work from home and more easily take care of my parents.

    I’m grateful for all of the info you send out. Thanks

  120. Wayne F. says

    I would love a membership to learn so much more from you and get a business started. Thanks for sharing your information.

  121. Sue Beaty says

    Been subscribed to your site for about 4/5 years now. One of the few that didnt meet the unsubscribe demise….. To win this would be a dream. Ive got the property to do this with and i dont work. Thats why i really cant afford to subscribe, but winning this would be a Godsend for me. Im on ssi and my saving grace for sanity is to garden. There is nothing else i really need or want. Thank you for the opportunity. Good luck everyone…….

  122. Syed ajmeer sha says

    Hi auncle mike great person spreading education of plants and its bussnes from last 2 years you are in front of me on my mobile screan,studying your articles,emails or watching your videos May Allah increas your better health,wealth and happy

  130. Greta albritton says

    Mike, my Mom died 4 years ago and your emails lifted my spirits so much i decided to start doing what my Mom loved in honor of her. Planting flowers…Thank you!

  131. Lynn Howdeshell says

    Thank you for all your help over the years. I would enjoy winning this membership as it is hard to do things on SS and at 67 years young I need all the help possible. Look forward to learning more from you.

  132. Lawrence Long says

    I am currently in the Navy and will be retiring in 6 years and I am starting my own backyard nursery as a way to own my own business when I retire. All my life I have wanted to opertunity to change the course of my family and create something my family can be proud of for generations to come. My wife, five children, and myself are excited to start that we even have my parents willing to help us get things started so by the time I retire we will with God’s help have a successful nursery going and can take on a new adventure!

  133. Leila Breaux says

    As a Master Gardener I would like to win this membership so that I can meet other people that are interested in growing new plants and maybe swapping information.

  135. Dixie Hassell says

    Mike,
    I have been following you for many years and I have learned so much from you. I am ready to start my business and would love to have a membership. Either way I will be around gathering more information and learning all I can.

  136. Debra says

    This started out as a hobby. But now it’s more than that it’s my passion to be in my garden. Thanks mike.

  137. Roy Houseman says

    My mother in law, which we took care of for the past 4 years loved to sit on the back porch and watch me garden. She also loved to eat the veggies and herbs I grew. I was always salvaging plants and flowers others threw away and bringing them on the porch for her pleasure. She passed away this past week and now my love for growing needs to expand to others. It would be wonderful to become a member and expand my love and limited knowledge of plants along with making new relationships. Thanks for all your advice and help over the past few months.

  138. Denise Hagler says

    My friend and I started a small plant business this spring…you were our inspiration!! Did better than we thought we would!! Gearing up for next year!! Would love to win a membership!! Thank you for all your wisdom and advice!!!

  142. Linda O'NEAL says

    Hello Mike. You have definitely inspired us. We have numerous cuttings of numerous plants. We are excited to see the magic happen. We thank you so much for your generosity in sharing your knowledge. All our best to you.

  143. Rob Marchesani says

    Would l9ve a free membership to use on my building’s rooftop garden in New York!!

    Many thanks Mike!!

    Rob Marchesani
    NYC

  144. Constance L Wheeler says

    Hello !!! I’d love to win a membership !!! I’ve been a gardener my whole life, I taught my daughter and now teaching my granddaughter who is 6 years old and it’s a perfect time for her to be interested in all aspects of gardening, not just for us but for the bees, birds and butterflies we try to attract. Thanks for the opportunity !!!

  145. T. Cashwell says

    Your simple approach to producing and maintaining plants reminds me of my boyhood when we just got the job done! Thanks

  148. Linda Holmes says

    i Would love to win. I enjoy all your articles and have learned a lot from them Thank you for taking the time to do this.

  149. Larry Smith says

    I have had so much fun with the information you put out that I started a small farm, and have used many of your ideas in what I do. I continue to refresh my self with the knowledge you post .
    I do work on a limited budget and a year of free membership would sure be helpful but if I don’t win i can still enjoy your emails and u tube

    Thank you very much and Please keep up the Great work

  150. Bill Maitland says

    Hello Mike,

    I tried three times to post a comment but they would not be posted for some reason. Oh well. Good luck all! Thanks Mike.

    Bill Maitland

  152. Vickie Ferrell says

    Mr. Mike i would be so honored get to a membership. Your advice of the harry lauder walking stick is wonderful. i have mine in a pot and have a clue whatto do with it. thank you so much for your advice.i didn’t have a clue what to do with it.

  153. Mary Ellen Freda says

    I have often thought about starting a backyard growing business. But now that I found myself with the space and time, I have a yard that is infested with garden snails. I live on a small creek, and know from my neighbors that they all have snails in their yards. I have researched the problem with little success. Any ideas?

  154. Nan Ray says

    Wow, this is fun. I am hoping tone one of the winners too. Even so, I always get something helpful here with all the good free information you always put out. Many thanks

  155. Kirsten says

    Would really love to have the membership. My disability prevents me from working but plants keep me from losing my mind.

  157. tamra gilley says

    I’ve learned so much from just watching your videos and reading all of the advice and growing tips you’ve given thank you if I win a membership it will just be one more step closer to making the money that I’m praying I’ll make but growing plants is my favorite thing in life thank you Mike and family

  158. JJ says

    Growing organic in SW Louisiana has been a challenge the 10 yrs I have lived in the South. BUGS. In WA State was much easier growing veggies. But am enjoying starting citrus trees. I start all my own veggies and love to take cuttings and start all in our open
    barn. I enjoy your site very much.

    Thank you for all the great info.

  159. Tim Weigel says

    Mike I have appreciated your passion for starting nursery businesses for a long time. I would love to throw my hat in, hoping to win a membership.

    Thanks,

    Tim Weigel

  160. Judy Spillner says

    You have some of the best advice these old eyes have ever read and your nursery looks pretty special! I may venture up your way regardless of whether I win or mot?

  163. Scott says

    Dear Mike, thanks for giving folks like us an opportunity to further our knowledge of the backyard nursery. We are hoping to get started later this fall for the spring of 2017. Once again Thank You

  164. karen says

    I love the beauty of colorfully flowers. The apts i live in has nothing no plants nothing. I started with a few plants and my area bloobed with color. I was spending money to buy more plants each year. The apts took me to court for my plants and a few other things like feeding cats birds and small things when i gave pictures of my area and my neighbor area of all the plants i won the case. Everyone that comes to my area sits and talk about plants. I want to learn more and start a little business for the love of plants that seem to bring smile to people and happy thoughts. Thanks for the information about plants. I have supplied the apts with a few plants and i would love to really bring things out for next year for the mentally changled here for beauty and color and give gifts for the other neighbors
    Thank you.

  169. Paul says

    I have watched and enjoyed your videos and posts, and have been able to incorporate some of your ideas into my gardening, I would love to have a membership and be able to step up the game and work toward self sufficiency.

  170. Mike King says

    I know this is fantastic, if I could afford to join I would but unfortunately my only chance is to win one of these 2 memberships, Im not holding my breath I never win anything but don’t hurt to try

  174. Maritza says

    I want to do this! I thought I had blueberries growing in my backyard then I found out it is Pokeweed. My kids and I were so excited at the thought of growing our own blueberries that we are more determined than ever to make this happen. Thank you for the encouragement and support!

  177. Melia Pope says

    It’s always been a dream to start my own nursery. But I’m terrified to start it without this membership full of guidance. Thank you for this opportunity…

  178. John Fleming says

    Hi Mike!

    I’ve been reading your mails and browsing your vast library of online info for years; how kind and generous you are.

    I guess I’m still waiting for a kick in the butt to get serious, though.

    Thank you for sharing your success with us for so long.

  179. Rick Elliott says

    Thanks for all your knowledge and sharing it with us. It would indeed be nice to win the memberships.

  180. Barbara says

    My experience with the backyard growers business center, was it’s a fabulous place, where people are very social as a community. And its a great place to learn and purchase from other growers, Thanks for the “chance” drawing, to become part of it.

  182. Cathy Standfast says

    Thanks for the chance to enter to win a permanent membership! I have followed your some of your tips of the last few years with success and would love to learn more!

  183. Lois Rezabek says

    Before I had a computer at home, (this was years ago), I went to the library whenever I needed to find something on the internet, Somehow, I stumbled across your website when you first started the Backyard Garden business. I was so intrigued that I have been following your business evolvement through the years. I just purchased property where I will now be able to do what you do for fun! Without the donkeys, of course. Don’t think the city would permit that. But perhaps a half dozen chickens instead! I would love to receive one of the free memberships. It would be just perfect for me at this time!!

  184. br harbor says

    Have been following Mike for several years now and have really benefited from his instruction.. Would love to be a member, just haven’t been able to budget the cost on my retirement income.

  185. Stephanie Wright says

    Winning a membership to Business area will be what finally gets me going in my own business.

  186. Aaron D says

    Hey Mike,
    PLEASE….PLEASE…..PLEASE…..PICK ME!!!!!!! {:-D
    I’m still enjoying all the great tips you reveal to us.through your treasure trove of emails. I have learned so much and I’m sure looking forward to learning even much, much more. I would be very blessed to be a winner of one of the completely free memberships. I would love being able to take advantage of great deals and a vast amount of valuable information from passionate, like minded plant enthusiasts. I also look forward to being a valuable asset to the members only board as well. Can’t wait to get started gathering cuttings. Keep up the great work Mike!

  188. Mark Ferris says

    FALL arrives, learning how to get set for the freeze coming, Don’t have much of a backyard, only 4 ft X 15 ft but hope I can make something of it with you plans.

  189. Rich says

    Everytime I get a clipping off a plant and start the rooting process I get a rewarding feeling when the roots start to appear, Please enter me in this drawing. Thanks!

  191. Mary says

    I Have been enjoying your emails for several years. I have been gardening for a long time, and took a Master Gardening class a few years ago. I would like to transition from a office job to a backyard business. Love your dedication to helping people get started..

  201. Jeff Garlach says

    Would love to win a membership. New to the business and need a lot of support. There is so much t learn. Thank you

  204. Norman E Linden says

    We will be moving to a new area soon, and will be learning about a new inviroment. Nothing could be better than your emails. Well, maybe a free membership would!

  206. Sandra Mullins says

    Hi Mike,
    Love seeing your blogs and I was surprised a little by all the plants you do offer !!! It looks like a very nice business. You do have a nice job. Thank you so much for all the nice tips you give us on plants..
    I just wish I could grow all you do and have the luck. I want to propagate plants, but never have luck. at all. Guess I’ll keep trying. Thanks again.

  207. Pierre Desforges says

    i would love to get this membership!
    my name is Pierre Desforges fromQuebec Canada ! life ias been hard on me since a few years, but i’m trying hard toget above . Your system is gorgeous i love it ! i have tried it for two years now ,even if i haven’t sold one shrub so far ! i need to become a memeber again to learn!
    Thank you! Have a nice life

    Pierre Desforges!

  209. Gary says

    Hey Mike I started following you earlier this year I have several sticks and cuttings around my yard waiting for Spring. The videos and stories are outstanding and I wish I had a donkey or a goat to help with the decisions. I hope to expand my small backyard plant business with the help of the growers center group and especially you and your emails and videos. Please consider me for one of your openings. Thank You

  210. Peggy Henk says

    Mike, I’ve been following you for years and cannot wait to retire soon so I can get into this growing business. I’ve been an avid gardner for years and have always enjoyed each and every message you sent me. Thank you for all you have given us for free. You are a wonderful person and a great teacher. THANK YOU!

    PS Put my name in the hat too 🙂

  213. Lisa Bass says

    Oh, I can dream…..! Thanks to you the poison ivy vine as thick as my arm that was growing up my backyard tree is now gone, and I have 3 crepe myrtles in my front yard growing happily from cuttings. Thanks for all the handy hints and advice!

  215. josh says

    would love to win a free membership and have really enjoyed all the information I have learned from the youtube video and your book. Thanks again!

  216. Lisa Lavelle says

    I love your emails Mike. You are an inspiration to all of us who love to garden. I would love to win a membership so I can learn even more.
    Keep on planting.

  217. Kurt Zimdars says

    Love the information and videos. Looking for a retirement business. some of the tricks work very well. please keep me on your list.

  220. Ann Bartlett says

    We are in the process of redoing our front landscaping. We had overgrown bushes that we pulled and now we have a blank slate. Exciting yet overwhelming and I need expert help.

  221. carolyn johnson says

    i love that you started this business board up, and would be excited to win a membership on it. thank you for the opportunity.

  222. Leeann says

    I have in my mind how I would love my yard to look, front and back. It has yet to become a reality. I have had a rough two years, but I am still seeing the vision in my mind. This membetship would be a step in the right direction. Thank you Mr. Mike for sharing your knowledge. Sincerely, Leeann
    Heber Springs, AR

  223. Wayne F says

    I must’ve done something wrong earlier, but here goes. What an opportunity this is! Thanks for the generosity.

  224. Gardenia says

    Am busy raising my grandbaby now so missed but on gardening this year, hope to renew my love for gardening next spring. Thanks for all the info you gift to everyone : )

  225. Mitch says

    Mike I have been fallowing you for at least 10 years. please, please give me a lifetime membership I am a 34 year old guy who is eager to succeed in the nursery business I live in Oregon and and I have a good selection of rotted cuttings and liners. I know my plants would make a great addition to your backyard business central. I struggle financially so I dont have the 630.00 but I can offer everyone plant material year round. I was born to do this work and I want this so bad. …

    Please I am begging you can I have the free lifetime membership. …Please

  227. Linda Medford says

    What a great chance to be a part of your gardening family…..I LOVE all the flowers and blooming bushes…..I keep a garden going for my son and daughter-in-law….they own a florist and nothing pleases me more than to have them pick from it to pass them on to their customers….Linda

  230. Sherry N. says

    I love the fact that you’ve made a business out of propagating plants. Would love to have a job doing my hobby. Thanks for all the information you send!

  231. Carolyn Chase says

    Mike, My gardening activities have been drastically cut back, but I so much enjoy your emails and postings. When I do need advice, it’s always clear and real and practical – and usually easy. I can trust what you say because you have obviously been using it successfully yourself. I delight in your sense of humor, as well.

  232. JoAnn Miller says

    My lifes Dream was to have a nursery- back in early 2002 my best girlfriend Lindy & I were going to start one. Sadness Lindy received news she had stage 3 cancer, Later that year I got badly hurt and am now on Total Disability. Although the funds are not there, MY DREAM HAS NEVER DIED to start a Nursery. I love your post and greatest gift would be to WIN A FREE MEMBERSHIP. Thank You Mike

  233. Roger Stremer says

    Gives me an additional reason to look forward to returning from “snow birding”
    Can’t wait for Wisconsin Spring and starting rooting
    Get my name into drawing

  234. Kathy McBride says

    Hello Mike,

    If there is anything I would rather be doing, it would be learning from you! I love, love, love the outdoors, but need a guiding hand. It has been great with what I have been able to read from your e-mails, but I know there is a deeper connection with your members. I would be greatly honored, and would love to be a recipient of one of your permanent memberships.

    Please consider me!

    Thank you,
    Kathy

  236. Justina Gibson says

    We’d love a membership. Does it come with a donkey too? 😉 hahaha Thanks for all the great information!

  238. Life Peace & Joy says

    Pick me, pick me!!…lol. Seriously for the past 20 yrs been working in a profession that is bound by politics and controlled by pharmaceutical companies and very sick and tired of this crazy train called ‘healthcare’. It would be more appropriately called sickcare as that is where they find their money. Plus it doesn’t hurt to keep the food and water corrupted and force untold numbers of vaccines on newborns, babies and adults alike; Nothing like creating your own customer base to keep everyone held hostage cradle to grave. Just want to work at something that actually brings health and vitality back to life within us all, and something that is not based on lies and deception!! God grant me freedom, and please help me find a way out of this rut I find myself stuck in! I seriously need a career change that is fulfilling to my soul! The road to change starts with a single step, and this could be the step I need! Thanks for your consideration!!!

  239. David Balonek says

    My 30 trial is coming to an end this Wednesday. I have to say it has been quite an educational ride. There is no way to read all of the info Mike has published over the years in just 30 days. Much of the info is not available anywhere else, because I have searched in vain for what Mike readily shares. Mike’s love for what he does is very evident. His willingness to share has been a godsend for me and I am sure to many of his followers. I will miss having access to Mike’s website until we can save up enough to buy a permanent membership.

    Winning a permanent membership would certainly be like winning a lotto for me.

  240. Holly says

    I too love walking though my yard with a cup of Joe early in the morning. It’s so peaceful and some mornings I see deer or even turkeys out next to my woods.

  241. Tina Parsons says

    Your knowledge of plants is better than any gardening book. I have a 24′ greenhouse and an acre of garden land to grow plants. I have disabilities to work a regular job so this would be a dream come true. I am an artist and a gardener. Last year I raised some Muskogee crepe myrtles from sticks and this year they are three foot tall and blooming! Hugs to all of you.

  242. Tonia Matlock says

    A permanent membership would be a great blessing.
    Thank you for the opportunity and all of the information you share.

  243. Amy Sedelmaier says

    We are looking to start a nursery, to be able to be home, work together, and secure income on our homestead. I have health issues that would benefit our household to be together and creating an income doing what we love. Thank you for the opportunity to put our name in this drawing, which would be life changing if we win.

  247. Pat Gorton says

    Mike, Pam, and family……sympathies for your loss of Ally, the little yellow dog. How nice to remember her with a Rose of Sharon.
    How about a little article about the history of Rose of Sharon?? And if you ever sell cuttings from Ally’s mystery variety, I’d love to add them to my 93-year-old mother’s garden of “family heirloom” Rose of Sharons from her grandfather’s farm south of Pittsburgh. Her father transplanted them originally to Harrisburg, and Mom transplanted them to her yard in Camp Hill. I love having a living connection to my “roots”. So my interest in propagation techniques is first for preservation, second for sharing, and third as a business…..can’t think of a better way to spend my retirement!

  248. Richard Hipps says

    Hi Mike I’ve been following you for some time now, I would like may name added to the drawing please

  250. debra dominguez says

    I would love to have a membership. I have been trying for years to get a membership just never seem to have enough money, Living on Social Security sucks some times. 🙂
    thanks for all you do.

  251. Carmen says

    I started watching all your videos and reading all your blogs not long ago. I have found a new passion for gardening and learning to propagate plants. It is so much fun. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t. It is my get away from reality of my crazy life between work and school. What a blessing this would be! Thank you for everything you teach.

  252. Paul says

    I love gardening! And I love to read about gardening and apply what I learn to my own situation. Thank you for all the great information that you have provided over the years! Your common sense approach to gardening matters makes sense to me! And I too share with you the spiritual experience that gardening gives me. It is a peaceful centering experience in my otherwise very hectic life. Thanks again, Mike, for everything!

  253. Liz says

    Hi Mike,
    Thanks for the opportunity to post! I’ve been a Master Gardener for about 15 years, & a Master Tree Farmer almost as long. Have also been a volunteer in a primary school garden. So I love talking to folks about the upside of gardening! It would be wonderful to win a membership. (We have fallen on difficult times–a recent job loss & cancer diagnosis within about 2 weeks time. Starting a business like this could help me put those events “in the rear-view mirror”.)

    Thanks for doing what you do. You inspire many, many people!

  254. Linda Webb says

    I would love to start a growing business…I just got thru harvesting my apple tree and my corn…I just wonder if I can grow more in my grow zone of 7b…

  255. E Marie Genevieve says

    Thank you for this opportunity!
    I hope the 2 memberships you are giving away will be life-changing gifts for the winners!!
    My little family would be so grateful if we were one of them!!! 🙂

  256. Professor(Dr) Maswood Ahmed says

    What you did for the nature? Excellent job you did in this earth is the gardening and backyard service nursery and viceversa..Green house,Carbon emission all are under your control. Bravo! I am proud of you Mike McGroarty.God bless you and Live Long Mike.

  257. Stephanie says

    Hi Mike,
    Stephanie here, I subscribed to your emails a few months back and find it very interesting. I find you a sincere person and you really give it your all, in your videos and emails.
    I would like to be considered for the free membership and learn from you.

    Thank you.
    Stephanie,

  258. Howard Robinson says

    It would be nice to have a free membership. I’m retired and money is pretty tight,so free is very nice!

  259. Wayne Little says

    i cannot wait to be in the next shindig picture. It will go well with my soon to be retirement from 35 year job

  260. Doreen Whiteman says

    Mike, I have been avidly watching all of your postings. Hopefully I can learn enough to earn some extra income for retirement. Thank you for all of your information. I had some success so far and would like the opportunity to belong to your backyard growers business center.

  262. Verner says

    I have been studying your instructions and down to earth classes for around 3 years. I had to retire and started propagation of shrubs, trees, and flowers. This the way I have of mentally and physically making it through daily. It is great.

  263. Lester White says

    I am planning on starting my own backyard nursery after reading all of the tips and advice that you share. A free membership would go a-long ways towards getting things rolling here.

  264. Joe Diehl says

    I’ve been interested for so long now, Mike, always wanted to step out on faith after
    retiring from law enforcement and do what I really love to do and that’s to work in
    the dirt and make money also. Love to here my name picked. Thanks so much
    Mike for all you have don.

  266. Karen Howerton says

    I started reading McGroarty’s newsletter about 9 years ago, while taking care of my aunt with Alzheimer’s. I began to garden for her and it was amazing to learn from Mike! She died, and I had to come back home and resume my teaching career, but I look forward to the day when I can retire and resume my “backyard garden” again! Thanks for your faithfulness and all your help!! I really appreciate continuing to received your newsletters!

  267. Jeanie Holland says

    Mike thank you so much for this chance.this would be a blessing .
    I love all the info you give .God blessed you with this gift and you are using it.
    I don,t ever win but thank you for the chance.Wishing you to be able to keep
    On doing what you love todo..I”m like you ,nature brings happiness to my soul.

  268. Pamela Chapman says

    I am not as active as I would like to be, but I do enjoy your info, and would love to win a membership.

    I had a wreck a few years back, and as a result have slight nerve damage, and lost everything going thru lawsuits….not fun, but I and am starting over. I have a small green house at the new place and hope to get it going again.

    thanks for all your posts and info.

  271. Carla says

    Always gardened but want to turn it up a notch. Thank you for your hands on advice. No theory here; just results.

    PS My mini horses want to meet your donkeys

  272. Darryl Gross says

    Hi Mike, I really want to start a small business for me and the wife. we have 10 acres mostly wooded and I have tried my hand at propagation but just can’t seem to get it right.
    Neither my wife or I are currently working due to a car accident many years ago but this type of thing we feel we can do as it would allow us to work at our own pace.
    We don’t hope to get rich but we think we can get by if we do it right.
    I like your simple approach to things and hope to learn more with or without a membership.
    We are starting out on Dave’s garden for plant trading but I only have willows and rose of sharon.
    I have purchased a few small plant to try to propagate but we have have very limited success.
    I hope to get going on this one way or another so my fingers are crossed but time will reveal our future and just maybe we will get lucky.
    I never win anything but hope is a wonderful thing.

    Thanks for doing what you do!
    Darryl

    P.S. I think my wife just wants the mini donkeys..are they on the table with this deal..LOL

  273. Lee Patterson says

    Mike,
    I have been following you for years and have learned a great deal from you! At the first of next year I will be retiring and plan on using the methods I have learned from the programs purchased from you!
    Please consider my name for one of your memberships. My plan is to help others as they try having their on backyard nurseries in our area of Alabama.
    Thx Lee Patterson

  275. DonnaJo Dembinski says

    I’m throwing my hat in the ring, Mike! I think with your help I can get my husband onboard and we can make a difference in our retirement.

  278. Bert says

    Hello Mike,
    I have received quite an education with your many blogs as well as your books.
    You have a real knack for teaching people how to grow plants and reveal many secrets to plant growth that would take us a lot of time to research ourselves.
    Thank you for sharing your wealth of knowledge.

  280. Laurie Jozefyk says

    Hello Mike,

    I enjoy seeing your posts and wish I had the space to start a plant buisiness. I would have to cut down several trees on my property in order to have enough sun to grow most plants. I have allot of wisteria – white and lavender , several colors of rhododendron ,mountain Laurel bushes and phlox and even some bamboo.

    Mike do you think I could sell these varieties to start a business selling plants?

  282. Rose says

    Mike
    I would love to receive this membership from you.
    I would to join but funds are not there to do so. I have received your emails for years now and have learned so much. We have never been in a place that we could do very much. We have moved to the country and we need the extra income. I love to garden, and do new things. I think I belonging to the backyard growers would me the extra boost and support that I need to get things going in the right direction.

    Thank you for all the tips and hints and hope.

  283. Suzanne P Hunt says

    I have a dedicated folder in my yahoo mail titled “Gardening Newsletter” JUST for your emails.
    🙂

  285. jennifer dunn says

    Mike, I am so grateful to have stumbled upon one of your websites, which led me to the others.
    This backyard nursery business is right up my alley and I am eager to get started!
    Thank you for sharing,
    Jennifer

  286. John Gagnon says

    Bought everything offered and potting about 100 plants per season. Owe my little success to Mike!

    John

  287. Sandra Roof says

    God bless you and yours, Mike! Thank you for your generosity and kindness. 🙂 My hat is in the ring!

  288. Cherie H. says

    I would love to win!!! I found 2 walnuts seeds growing this summer because squirrels put them in different paces in my garden so I transplanted them…they are growing wonderfully. I love plants.

  291. Nora Kroese says

    As I thumbed through what seemed like endless applicants…I thought there isn’t much chance for me, but sure a lot I need to learn and that membership would be worth a lot of gold to me.

    Am a very early beginner but certainly enjoy your posts and am already trying some of your suggestions.

    Please enter me in the drawing.

  293. Darrel Rose says

    I do really love how you grow your plants, Mike you make things so easy to do with your tips on how to start plants from cuttings, it is so simple that I have started copying your ideas and it’s fun but would really like to be a part of this group of yours

  295. Donna E says

    I didn’t see my comment, so am re-commenting. Thank you for all that you offer everyone on your site. I so wish I had the confidence to do what you are doing.

  296. Betty S. says

    I love gardening and working outside and definitely could use the help and guidance! Please enter me in the contest!! So much to learn… Thank you.

  297. Eddie Pate says

    Thanks Mike for what you do .We started our backyard nursery several years ago with what we learned from your cds. love doing that. Thanks Eddie

  299. Martha Pate says

    Thanks Mike for what you do .We started our backyard nursery several years ago with what we learned from your cds. love doing that. Thanks Martha

  302. Milton McMullen says

    I have been a follower of you for quite a few years and would like the opportunity to learn more. I have been interested in getting started in the nursery business but have hesitated because of the initial cost. Because of the many years of you being in the nursery business and having so much knowledge which you are willing to share with others, I know I would be able to learn how to do this by using your method. I have never found anyone else which explains how to do this as well as you do. You explain in simple terms HOW to raise plants and also explain what NOT to do so we can be successful in raising plants. Keep up the good work.

  303. Burt Levy says

    Put my name in the hat. Been a custom furniture builder for 40 years. Possibly time to get a new vocation. Messin’ ’round with prairie plants for the past 10 years. New business, who knows.

  306. Cheryl says

    Thank you for making this offer. It would be really nice to turn this all-consuming passion to grow things into an income stream and connect to people that understand why you have so many plants growing in your back yard 😉

  307. Muguheli Edward says

    I have been receiving and reading your gardening tips for the last 3 years now. I am a forester by profession, and hence my passion for nature and plants. I have a tree & flower nursery here in (Africa) Kenya.
    Surely, your tips (are & have been) inspiring, Keep it up Mike!!
    As a Kenyan, I strongly believe winning a permanent slot, will not only impact on me as an individual, but as Africa as a whole.
    Looking forward to receiving the good news, come October 2016!

  308. Susan says

    I’ve learned so much already from the videos I have seen and am interested in learning more…I would love to win a free membership! thanks for the offer Mike.

  309. Mike Bell says

    Thanks from accross the pond. I bought your system and have successfully implemented it for over 2 years over in the North of England. I just love learning more from your materials.

    With Gratitude

    Mike Bell

  311. Debbie Casalina says

    Hi Mike, I love all your techniques, it is everything I do, now I just need to do it on a bigger scale. Love my plants! God Bless

  312. Bill Maitland says

    Hey Mike,

    Just switched jobs and got something close to home. Now I will have time to get back in the garden again. Good luck to everyone. Keep it green. Thank you for all you do,Mike.

    Bill Maitland

  314. Bill Maitland says

    Hello Mike,

    I just retired from my life consuming job and found work close to home. Now I can get back to gardening. Can’t wait! Good luck to everyone. Keep the world green. Thanks for all you do Mike.

    Bill Maitland

  319. Carl Bradley says

    I got my green thumb from my mom she was always planting and growing flowers and stuff. I have been doing some propagation on a very limited basis trying to help a friend get a continuing line of an old family grape vine that has been in his family for over 100 years. I am going to try the hardwood cutting route this winter to see if I can pull it off.
    i really like and appreciate the information you have been sharing for the long time I have been on your email list. If I could win an the free membership it would be great and would likely help me become more enthusiastic about growing sticks.
    Thank you for the opportunity.

  325. Linda B. in Illinois says

    I love to grow things and I would love to win a free membership to your club. I really enjoy all of the information you provide on gardening. Thank you so much for this opportunity!

  327. Jill says

    To take a twig and watch it grown into a beautiful plant is owe inspiring, and you get to do that every day. Lucky man

    Jill

  331. Nancy Bailey says

    A few month ago I was searching for ways to propagate some fast growing shrubs and trees to create some privacy. I found Mike’s backyard nursery and have been reading everything and watching videos as much as I can. So much helpful information and I feel like I’ve struck gold!! Thank you so much for everything!

  333. Ian L says

    A great opportunity to win a membership to the backyard growers business center.
    Please enter me in the running, Thanks!

  334. Mary Raynor says

    Hi Mike and family. Just want to say thanks again with the help with our mist system. It works amazing, even with all our wet weather we have had plants root so quickly it blows our mind! To win a lifetime membership would be awesome! My husband is deaf and on disability and this has made him so happy! He always says he wished he had known about this year’s ago, something that gives him such happiness is to see those roots on his cuttings, he’s always so excited! He just can’t wait to start our own Nursery too! Being able to get different varieties of plants as cuttings would be a godsend. Well happy planting, thanks again to you and the family for keeping us inspired, and for all your help and tips! Mary and Keith

  335. Marlene Chenger says

    I really enjoy reading your emails and all the information you provide. Have learned quite a lot and am amazed at what you are doing out in Ohio. Love starting plants from seeds and cuttings….such a great feeling to see them grow.

  336. David Chance says

    Throwing my name into the hat. To make a few dollars from a hobby I love would be awesome.
    Thanks Mike.

  339. Steve Binns says

    Thanks for doing this Mike. You are going to make a couple of people very happy!
    Put my name in the pot.

  341. Bob and Deb Thomas says

    We would like to win a membership, hoping it will help make our flower business profitable.

  342. Norman Parker says

    Five weeks ago I used your method to try to root eight weeping cherry tree cuttings, six of the eight worked. They had three to four roots each. I had tried white play box sand, which I should not have. It was almost as solid as cement. Difficult to get the cuttings out, but going slow and deliberate I got the six cuttings out safely. I transplanted them into course sand. I’m hoping they will get more roots so I can put them in the garden to grow before the snow flys. Hope I win so I can get the benefits of being able to get plants or cuttings cheap. Keep up the instructions Mike.

  343. Jeff says

    Mike and friends – Beautiful photos of beautiful flowers! Nothing makes me happier than growing season.
    Now that I’m about to retire I can finally get to finishing my 3/4 acre garden. I would love to be selected to receive the membership because no matter how much you know, there is always room to learn more.
    Keep doing what you do.

  344. Cheryl Beaty says

    After seeing these photos, I am beginning to think that I could actually do this in my 40 sq ft garden.. I’ve been receiving your emails for years just because I love all the great information but you have inspired me to think more about growing for profit.
    Thanks and keep up the great information.
    Cheryl in Newark, OH

  345. thelma rogers says

    I am 81 years old and though I cant do this big time I really enjoy my little plants that is growing on my porch after the way you showed me how to do it again thanks a lot

  346. thelma rogers says

    I’m 81 years old and even though I cant do this in a big way it is a blessing to see my little plants growing in a container on my porch. that you showed me how to do it again thanks a lot

  347. Bob says

    I am 63 and don’t have anything to pass on to the children and grandchildren. Just maybe we can all watch the videos together and make a plan to work together. You help so many. Thank you for a chance to win.

  349. Wendy says

    I have been reading your blog for years! What a dream life you now have, and how generous to share all your hard work and effort with us. I have always loved gardening and wanted to join your group for years, but too busy working my life away, and now I’m retired and have time, not to mention the ideal place to do this, I cant afford it, which is not only too bad for me,( Could really use the extra income) but for all the people who live in our neck of the woods. You see the nearest garden center is about 100 miles away. And it is a big box kinda store. How wonderful it would be for them to be able to purchase close to home. Wonderful for them and me. I have proven a lot of people wrong just by proving yes you can have a garden in this area of the world.

  350. Diana Clausen says

    Mike, I want to do what you do – I want to make a living doing what I love!
    You have inspired me to order your dvd and booklet, which are great! If I could be lucky enough to win your membership package, I will do the happy dance all the way from Huntington, IN to your place in OH! Thanks for all you share!

  352. Stephen P. Evans says

    Mike, you do one heck of a job and I can honestly say that it is very much appreciated. I have learned some very interesting things on you website and am sad to say that not all of them have worked. I am in North Central Florida and things that grow in other parts of the state do not grow here but I keep trying. It would be nice to win one of the Backyard systems. Thanks for the job you do…

    Steve E.

  353. Ellen Marvel says

    I have been in love with what you do and I would have loved to do what you do. I would just like to be able to buy plants from you now at your low wholesale prices. God Bless you and your family that work together in this life? If I was to win, I would give it to my son to make millions, and I would help him of course?
    Ellen Marvel

  354. Doris F. Fontenot says

    Thank you for this opportunity . would be so grateful to be chosen and get going with mailing little plants all over .

  355. Mark Adams says

    Hi Mike, I really enjoy your emails and all the information. I’m putting the information to good use this year. Thanks!!

  357. Jim Davis says

    Really would love to win! Been following for years and even bought some of your books. Yardstick my first cuttings this summer.

  361. Deborah Ring says

    Hey Mike, I would love a free membership. I am new to gardening and a friend suggested your site. I have absolutely loved it, it couldnt of come at a better time. I have been fighting breast cancer and thats what got me into gardening plants and flowers before the cancer i only did vegetables. I decided to redo the old broken down koi pond this year and started looking into plants to put in it and around it. I got so excited going to a local nursery and reading your blog that i decided to turn my old deck pool area into a magnificent flower garden. I built boxes and rockways,pergola,fencing from the dogs and now learning and researching the different flowers and plants i want to start putting in there. So far i have seen the ones i want on all your site,but funds r tight,i used all the old stuff i had in the yard to do the pond and flower garden area,due to the cancer meds,treatments etc it dont leave much to do pleasurable pursuits. So i seen you r giving away 2 memberships and thought that is so amazing. So here i am, your rookie gardener Debbie,who has fell in love with your site and enjoy all that you r teaching me. Thank you so much for your website,teachings,cause you have made a gardener out of me for life now. I would love to win and it would go to great use. Your friend and fan always. Debbie

  363. Colleen Georghiou says

    I have been following your work, plans and general info on plants and your nursery for years, I love it and have used several of your ideas. I am a total plant addict, and I really enjoy learning about different plants and ideas for starting new ones. I would love to have the time i need to do this also, but between grandkids and a small family business, it hasn’t been a full time move yet. I keep hoping will be able to spend more time on but its a slow progress. our business does not support us as well as it once did due to changing circumstances and growing family to support, it would be great to do this more to add to our family’s income. you have helped me much over the time ive been connected, thank you mike.

  366. Linda O'NEAL says

    Hello Mike. You have definitely inspired us! We have taken numerous cuttings of numerous plants. We are so excited to see the magic happen! Your expertise is such a gift. To win a membership would be over the top! Best wishes to you.

  367. candy salisbury says

    Mike your information is so helpful. Your emails are the first I open even before my kids. You have answered a lot of questions for me and my friends.
    Thanks again.

  368. Josie Hata says

    It will be an honor to have a free membership in your organization.Living in the desert has been a challenge in gardening.Thank You

  369. Candy Rick says

    Mike, I’ve been following your posts for over a year now. Most things I cut and paste to a word document so I can print it and keep it in my notebook! My husband has nearly completed my first greenhouse and enlarged it another 4 feet…is leaving room to enlarge it again. I just don’t feel like it’s going to be big enough. With being a retired nurse, organic growing has been my focus. I’d so love to win this lifetime membership. I want to take what you teach and make it profitable here. I’m ready!!

  370. John Stanczak says

    I’m moving soon and I have 6 blueberry plants, large ones and I plan to take them with me and would like to know the best time and way to dig them up and replant them.
    Thank you

  371. Bob Lowe says

    My experience with birds, especially while working in the garden has really been uplifting. I’m not familiar with the call of the bald eagle, but another lofty flyer is the Mississippi Kite. His call is a sound like a steam kettle ~~~ pppppssssssssooooo in a high tone. My favorite is the Mocking Bird and I will stay outside just to hear them sing. One more week of school to go and I will achieve Master Gardener status here in Arkansas. Love your site and would like to use it more fully. thanks
    Packratbob

  373. Judy Burks says

    The best birthday (Oct. 3) present ever would be to win a membership. Making plans for retirement (want to continue being ‘busy’) and am including this as a possibility. THANKS

  374. Lester Scoggins says

    I can’t wait until I can spend more time reading and doing what I am reading. You give me more than I can keep up with, but not more than I want to know about!
    Growing up a farm boy I love the animals and your character!

  376. Sandra Boring says

    I love your site and all the helpful information. I look forward to receiving it in my email.. Good luck in all you do to help others.

    Sandra

  378. Kathy Dozier says

    Mike, Thank you for what you do !! I have been on you email list for many years. I would love to have a membership to your association. Please pick me! It would be a beautiful blessing!
    Thank you, Kathy Dozier

  379. Pat Shaw says

    I know that your system can make money, but being a quadriplegic I have to operate in a small scale. Yours is the only system of many that I have checked out that I am convinced will work. I will begin working it on small scale this fall..
    Keep up the good work.

  380. Karl Bruns says

    I’d love to try my own business.

    Maybe this would give me the confidence I need to start

    If it’s meant to be ….

  381. Karl Bruns says

    Such an inspiration. I’d love to do what you are doing. Not sure I have the intestinal fortitude to take such risk.

    So for now I will propogate for myself and enjoy doing it.

    Maybe a membership would teach me and give me the confidence to give it a try

  382. Brian says

    I have enjoyed growing plants of all types since I was ten years old. My window sills were full of pop bottles, jars or any container to hold a plant to root. Just watching them grow and the different characteristic of each type has always fascinated me. It is why your website fascinates me with all the valuable information you provide. I am in my 65th year and would be delighted to acquire a free lifetime membership that could be used in my retirement years and possibly even visit for your annual shindig! I am in Southwestern Ontario, and only a few hours away. Thanks for the opportunity.

  383. Bill MacDonald says

    Fantastic Mike I wish I would have known about this long ago. I appreciate and enjoy the opportunity to learn myself but i am anxious to help others learn and use your opportunity.

  385. Gary says

    Mike, I always read and appreciate your articles. Have purchased a few of your less expensive pamphlets but can’t afford the full membership.It would be great to get one of these free.

    I’m 71 living in Florida

  387. OldPhart says

    I’m an old phart [65] who has followed your site for a few years now but just have not had the time to put much of what I’ve read here into practice.

    FINALLY got a greenhouse of sorts-[pallets-cattle panels and plastic sheeting] up in the yard and hope to be able to overwinter a few things there this is NW MT where it’s cold, snowy and grey from before Thanksgiving through March.

    Even though we live in a fairly narrow canyon with rocky clay soil we’ve managed to get a small orchard of 16 trees to survive here-the deer are the main problem, not the soil or the weather~!

    Should I happen to be one of the fortunate two to win, a membership will surely not go unused. Making a few extra bucks while doing something I enjoy would be a great retirement.

    Winning a membership would be great but even if I don’t I wish the best of luck to those that do.

  388. Kathy Peacock says

    I am getting close to retirement and have started planning my backyard growing business. All of the information you have provided has been very useful. I hope to have a green house by the spring of 2017. I would love to win this membership. Thank you so much Mike!!

  391. Sister Lorie Shaffer says

    This is exactly what I need! I’m slowly becoming unable to work a “regular” job due to chronic illnesses and love the outdoors (I’m a Georgia Master Naturalist). Mom used to haul (long distance semi driver) plants from central Florida and is an enthusiast, too. This membership would be a blessing for me. I’m really looking into growing healing plants and herbs and using them to improve my health, as well as the health of others. I’m also interested in documenting the plants during each phase of their lifespan and present the results as part of an informational blog on my site. Besides, I’d love to meet the donkeys!! Keep up the great work! Love your site! %^)

  392. Emily Gallant says

    Mike
    Even from Canada I love all your inspirational stories about gardening. Plan to do more when I have more time. Thanks so much for all the info.
    Emily

  393. Georgiana Enfelt says

    I would like to be entered in membership drawing. I lovw gardening but i am just a novist and want to learn much more.

  394. Ellen in Medina says

    This is incredibly inspiring! I am sloooooooooowly incorporating your methods in my city/suburban garden, Mike. After 2 rounds of unemployment in 2 years (my hubby, I work part time), I want something that doesn’t depend on anything but my own efforts! Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience with us.

  395. S.Parker says

    Following your excellent advice I now have a number of assorted rooted cuttings which will kick start my new plant nursery business. “Living the dream”

  396. Nathan Roby says

    Hi Mike, I thank you so much for your hard work, knowledge, and enthusiasm in growing plants. I first ran across end your YouTube channel when trying to find information to prune some trees and shrubs. Since then I have learned of this wealth of knowledge and began taking cuttings of my favorite shrubs to root. I am just so anxious for them to root! Well thanks again!!!

  397. Tamrat Tsegaye ARAGAW says

    Thank you very much for sharing me your experience, courage and successes. Do not stop inspiring me all the time.

  398. Cherie Kennedy says

    I am a “transplanted” Yankee from Massachusetts to NC. I love Japanese Maples and I planted two when I got here in 1990. About five years ago, I noticed a few small “sprouts” around both trees….I guess I didn’t realize until later that they were 350 Japanese Maple saplings!!! I now have them every year. I I have had some success with them, but I see a great business here, with your help. I would love a free membership as I am struggling financially due to the destruction of my house (a 20/20 story). Please put the joy back in my life and teach me how to make the plants I love, a business so I can build a new house. Thanks so much!

  399. Jill says

    You do have the the life, Mike. Thanks for sharing exactly how to do what you do, so we can all live the life!

  400. Margaret Drew says

    I love your site and postings! I also love gardens and gardening. Thanks so much for your time and effort put into postings and sharing what you have learned about the “Backyard Nursery”!

    I look forward to each email newsletter!

    Wishing you all the best

  402. Henry panter says

    Hey mike .. i really do not need the membership. It would be a nice to be closer associated with your nursery.. ilove your insights on working with dirt and plants..i have a really small area for gardening. I actually live in a rv park. Do my work on about 12 square feet and other containers.. you are a great source of information for me..keeping inspired henry

  403. Greta Albritton says

    Wow Mike, I am just getting started in growing some things in my backyard and I would LOVE to have a membership because I am not sure of what I am doing yet. I just bought potting soil, haa.

  407. Donald R. Welcomer says

    I really appreciate your gardening tips and helping hand! Please enter me in your free membership drawing.

    Thank you,
    Don

  408. Bobby Breaux says

    Hi Mike! I am entering your contest for couple of reasons. First of all, I am attending a class on become a Certified Louisiana Master Gardener. We get our final test on or about October 6th and it is a take home open book test. In our classes which are 3 hours long each day we have studied Botany & Plant Propagation, Basic Entomology, Basic Plant Pathology. Weed Science, Soils, Soil Moisture and Nutrition, Pesticides and the Environment, Vegetable Gardening, Herb Gardening, Home Fruit and Nut Production, Lawn Care, Ornamental Horticulture, Diagnostic Keys to Urban Plant Problems, Organic Gardening, First Detector Training for Master Gardeners and volunteer Management.
    Once we pass the test we become Certified Louisiana Master Gardener Apprentices. Before we get our complete certificate we have to complete 40 hours of community service, then we get our badges and certificate. The Master Gardener Program is about volunteering your services and knowledge to help the community out to the best of your abilities and/or find out the answer from your county agent and report your scientific findings to the public or whoever is asking for your help.
    And that is why I am entering your contest with high hopes of winning.
    Thanks.

  409. Brian says

    Good day Mike
    Put me in Mike. Just retired at 65 . This could be something to keep me busy year around thanks .

  410. william weeks says

    A free membership would be great!.I make my own compost and love to use the “OLD WAYS” such as cover crops to put nitrogen back into the soil the natural way!

  411. william weeks says

    Iwould like the free membership.I make my own compost and love to use the “OLD WAYS” such as cover crops to put nitrogen back into the soil the natural way!

  414. J S says

    Anybody have any luck propagating cuttings of Hibiscus ? My trees always die out over the winter and I keep buying new ones every spring. Here in NYC the winters are tough and interior space limited to bring the plants into winter over,

  415. Terry says

    Isn’t it amazing what beauty we see and don’t realize how it got here. It could only be a God thing and we don’t realize or respect God for that beauty. There is not a thing we see or do that is not orchestrated by God but yet we ignore and wonder why our nation is in the state it in.

    Genesis 2
    The Seventh Day, God Rests
    2 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. 2 And on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done. 3 So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God rested from all his work that he had done in creation.

    And we wonder why our country is in the shape it is in.

    2 Chronicles 7:14

    14 if my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.

    The challenge is, is it all about our our personal gain (money) or respect for God of what He gives us. The challenge is can we live by our desire or will we live by God’s desire. Try it…You might like it.

  418. Thomas Jackson says

    Would love to win a free membership. After my Stroke last year, I think I could do justice to this endeavor. I enjoy working with the soil and plants. I hope to win this opportunity. Thanks.

  419. Allison Warfel says

    I’ve been following your posts for a year or two now. We have land but not access until my husband retires in five years- his job is 75 miles from home, and we spend our weekdays at a cottage near his job. I’d like to do this to supplement our retirement income. I’m also trying to figure out if we can do anything with the quarter acre that cottage sits on in the mean time.

  420. Venie says

    What a very generous offer. I live in Connecticut so I’m not sure if I could possibly so what you do. But I am willing to try in my mothers honor. Would be an awesome adventure to share with my daughter in law and grandkids.

  421. Leon miller says

    Mike, I really love your program and all the videos you produce. You have helped me tremendously. Please keep up the good work that you do…helping folks. A membership would be a treasure.

  422. Shelley Reynolds says

    Been reading your emails for about 5 years now. Lived in a few sub divisions with HOA’s that woukd not approve of this type of business.
    But now we live on the edge of the city in Caldwell Idaho. We have not a lot of parking , but maybe if we had a sale a few times a year the neighbors would not complain.
    We are a single income family. , I’ve never been able to afford your materials, but I have considered trying to root our 5 rose of Sharon shrubs and starting small. Thanks for your education. Especially on soil.

  423. Cyndi Vess says

    I would LOVE a membership!
    My husband doesn’t think I would be successful but I do!
    I love growing plants and you have helped so much with all your info.
    Thanks for sharing. : )

  424. Patty says

    Mike,
    I love your videos, your quick email tips, your donkeys and yellow dog,,,,, everything. You have your own mailbox in my emails so that I can go back and reread your tips. Whenever I need a smile I visit your site. Maybe next year I can take even more advantage of the knowledge that you share. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

  425. Kenny says

    Enjoy reading your articles on your website. Very useful and interesting info you provide to your readers. Gardening is one of my best hobbies I enjoy. It all started in a garden originally for us and this helps us to return to our roots.

    THANKS

  427. J A Rudsky says

    You are a down to earth speaking our language type of guy! Wish some politicians watched some of your videos they have a lot to learn!! I have started many plants but I just give them away to neighbors. I just love to watch a seed break through the ground and later produce fruit, or a twig grow into a shrub or tree. That is true gardening!

  430. Sue Smith says

    Please enter me in the drawing. I am retired and love plants! I’m also very interested in learning how I can supplement my income by selling plants!

    Thanks so much for the valuable information you share with us!

  431. Steven Landis says

    I would love to have 1 of your memberships. As a truck driver I never had the home to do a backyard nursery. Now that I’m not driving because of illness I now have the time but not the funds. Thanks for offering this chance again. Steve

  432. Rose Eskridge says

    I love reading your information! I am ready to quit public working & start growing plants and being like you!
    Keep on keeping on Mike!

  436. Alnoor Rajan Talwar says

    Hello
    I love to garden and was diagnosed with MS 10 years ago. Because of physical limitations and financial constraints, I am not able to do as much as I could do.
    Thank you for teaching me how to propagate and care for plants. Thanks to your help, I now turn my dining table into a potting/planting station every spring and fall and can still follow my passion.
    I took my weekly fliers and newspapers and turned them into free weed control tools. Thank you.

  440. Kareema says

    Mike, you have been an inspiration to me for a long time. I find myself sharing with others the knowledge you share. While life has quite challenging over this past year since my dad passed away it is still a dream of mine to do what you do as a means of supplementing my income.

  443. David Sams says

    I have enjoyed your site for several years now and learned too. I also understand why you love what you do. We just got back from a weeks’ vacation and I find that I love it here at home not somewhere else. The irrigation system is running, the grass is wet with dew and it will soon be hot again, I just filled the suet feeder and sometimes the resident bald eagle flies over here too. Keep up the good work!

    PS. I am 74 and we give away far more plants than we sell and are happy to be able to do it.

  445. Chalet says

    I live in East Tennessee and we have been seeing bald eagles, its a beautiful sight.

    I would love to be considered for a membership. I already suscribe to your emails and enjoy them very much,

    My favorites are japanese red maples, all kind of hosta especially the jumbo variety, and hydrangeas.

  446. Kenyon Coble says

    Have been following you for several years now and always great information, fun photos and inspiration for anyone who loves growing plants.

  448. Kathy stooksbury says

    Hi Mike and family. It is so wonderful to get to know people who are willing to help others and see others prosper and be able to live a life doing what they enjoy. Thanks for all your hard work and so happy you are willing to share all you have learned over the years. To be able to learn from someone elses wisdom is great I am sharing and telling others as I go. Thanks again!

  450. Ilana says

    Mike, you’ve created a a Ph.D. business model – Push Here, Dummy. Working in the garden is soul-satisfying, and complements my work as a sculptor and studio owner; it makes the world a better place to live in.

    Whether I win the membership, or not, I’m going to continue gradually growing a small business. Thank you fo showing the world there’s more to a yard than grass and impatiens.

  451. Bob Hinn says

    I have worked as a Golf Course Superintendent for 30 years and have always wanted to own my own nursery. I love getting my hands dirty and seeing the fruits of my labor.

  454. Suzanne Brown says

    Wonderful to see so many responses and to read the comments. I too am grateful to Mike for all the information he has shared. I remember the first email I received years ago when he started to promote his business. Since then I have found many tips and how-to-do items that have helped me be a better gardener. The videos are great including the fudge recipe video!

  456. Michelle says

    I have been learning so much about plants and propagation through you. I love your simple, straight forward approach and would love to win one of those memberships!

  458. William Reed says

    I’m now 80 years old and have been reading your emails for many years and would like to start up a new part time business.

  459. darrell Lambert says

    I’ve been enjoying your website and email information for years. I would love to have a business center membership.
    Thanks for all the great tips and information….. and give Finnegan and Fergus and extra head scratch for all of us here in TEXAS!

  461. Vickey McDonald says

    Learning to garden in Alaska has been a serious challenge. Have wanted to become a member since I first heard about your business center. Living in a small tourist town with season work has made it financially impossible for me. I would really love to have a lifetime membership.

  462. J Larson says

    I love plants and animals of all kinds. I’d love to start growing plants again for fun and learn to profit from them as well.. I miss having my hands in the dirt.

  463. Nancy says

    Hi Mike! I recently moved to the high desert of California (the edge of the Mojave Desert) with an elevation of 4,300 feet and an average of 7 inches of rain. I was desperate to find some resources for getting things growing here and discovered your website. I am determined to grow and propagate plants here against the odds, and so far have had some success. I love to read your tips and have read your book about propagating plants. Thanks for sharing your ideas, knowledge and passion for gardening, propagating and landscaping! I’m looking forward to making the desert blossom like a rose and would love to sell plants that I propagate, too!

  464. Lynn McMillen says

    I couldn’t imagine trying to “go it alone” dong something like starting a business. Having other people who have “been there, done that” are so important. They can give you ideas you never had, make sure you don’t make stupid mistakes, keep you from trying to reinvent the wheel – so many reasons to have a membership to the BYG board.

  466. Nicola Johnston says

    Playing in the dirt is meditations for me. Relaxing and a great sense of making thing look pretty. Love flowers!

  471. Ronnie says

    Hello Mike I have been getting your emails for a few years now and find lots of useful information. Keep up the good work Mike.

  475. Mike says

    Hi Mike,
    I have recently switched from poultry to tree farming; I am also a high school teacher. I always run a side businesses to keep the bills paid. Right now I’m just getting started and growing inventory however I have no income to grow the business other than my teaching check. Winning a membership would go a long way twords helping my family. I would also spend a good deal of money buying from members.
    All the best,
    Mike
    North County Trees
    San luis obispo, California

  476. SMADAR MORT says

    I’ve been indoors for over 15 years due to medical issue
    After watching your videos
    I discover my back yard’s potential.
    Gave me a reason to get outside.
    I never though it can be so relaxing and gratifying
    It not only got me through hard depression times
    I started selling plants. besides making money,
    It feels great to see other people buying and appreciating what I do.
    Would love to have a membership

  478. Carl G. Scarbrough says

    I would like to be the proud owner of the $610.00 membership. Due to being disabled since 2006 my income is very limited. I have R/A, high blood pressure, staff infection, type 2 diabetic , hearing loss, prong for infections and only 63- years of age. If I thank am going to have any extra money at the end of the month my unpaid copay to doctors receives ever thing. THANKS CARL.

  481. shamal salveen raj says

    hi can i get a chance to be a member…..i am from very remote area in Fiji Islands and it would be beautiful to be a part of such group
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    In my garden there is a large place for sentiment. My garden of flowers is also my garden of thoughts and dreams. The thoughts grow as freely as the flowers, and the dreams are as beautiful.

  482. Baja Joan says

    Dear Mike, Pam, and donkeys,

    I made a few errors in my comments yesterday, and omitted a few words.

    The missing words are noted in parenthesis below:

    As soon as I am more comfortable with the growth cycle of Moringas, I ( intend ) to take the show on the road and encourage local grammar school kids to grow Moringas.

    I also have some 3 gallon edible opuntia cactus that have more than doubled in size ( since ) July and recently have planted 10 more young pads.

    I know you folks must be crazy busy with plants and life. I apologize for any inconvenience, just wanted my post to make sense.

    Best regards,
    Joan.

  484. Larry Coover says

    We take care of our daughters, one is severely disabled. We would love to be a part of the club! 1000 thanks!
    Alli and Larry Coover

  485. Diane Rogers says

    Hello, what a great thing to do! Whoever wins will love it I’m sure. I’m currently living in apt and have only 3×6 area of concrete to grow on. However, next year I am hoping to build in country with lots of space. Learning how to have my own business will help tremendously with bills and enjoyment as gardening is good for the soul.

  486. Larry says

    Hi Mike. I read your post often, you are an Internet sensation it seems. You are everywhere I search. I started by back yard nursery down by the creek to try growing nursery stock evergreens. I hardly knew what to call it and then I ran across your website and there it was “Mike’s Backyard Nursery ” which was exactly what I had. So, now I knew my place. People would stop by and ask “What are you doing down by the creek?” I would tell them just trying to grow a few plants to put around the house. They would almost always then refer me to a large nursery somewhere in the area. It wasn’t very uplifting , I felt awkward actually. The next year people would stop by and ask , I would give the same answer and their reply would be ” Are you selling them? Or, Who are you selling them to ? I’m kinda weird but I ‘ ve paid so much attention to those plants sometimes it seems I can see how much the’ very grown daily . Three Years later I haven’ t parted with any of my plants. I’M HOOKED !
    I have had some success accompanied by a lot of failure mostly with nutrition or lack of. There is so much out there it is hard to discern. I have been growing in containers not getting any help from mother nature. Containers are tough for me say up to 3 gallon.

    I have had tremendous success with propagation for a few species
    I built a 12 x 48 hoop house with a mistake system. Percentage wise really good. I fell I have something to share in this area.
    I WOULD REALLY.LIKE TO WIN A FREE MEMBERSHIP NOT JUST TO TAKE BUT TO SHARE AND GIVE BACK. I have learned through the Internet and would like to make it real and maybe

  488. Duane Hurd says

    I think your back yard is a little bigger then mine. But I’m a Felco #2 kind of guy. Love the video’s great job.

  489. Marla says

    Hi Mike and family, this is so nice of you to offer a chance at free membership. I’ve been saving all the good advice for about 5 years and can’t wait to retire (4 years) so I can do all the wonderful things you’ve shared with us. .
    Thank you again.

  490. Mike B. says

    Thanks for all of your educational videos about taking cuttings, soil, and growing in general. My first try at cuttings was unsuccessful, by I think I know why.

  491. Katherine Ford says

    I love your site. I hope to continue to gain knowledge from you and your information on the site. I love to garden and hope to get the membership, since I can not afford one at this time.

  494. Laura Addams says

    Dear Mike, I am so very grateful for your emails. I have learned so much from you to help
    keep my indoor plants and my gardens happy, healthy, and beautiful. Learned a lot about
    cutting, replanting, when to cut back my bushes, what to do about replanting my Forsythia.
    Each day I look forward to hearing each day’s lesson. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
    Best, Laura

  495. Virginia Griswold says

    I am appreciative of this opportunity! A membership would be a huge blessing to my family. Thank you!

  497. Gina Osterloth says

    I would give about anything to be a permanent member! We host the R3 Community Recovery Garden and I would love more info on how to make it produce. We see plants to help raise money to keep things growing. Sooo, to have a permanent membership would be a DREAM COME TRUE!

  499. Robin Galbraith says

    I would love a free membership. This is my first year and I’m addicted! I love making cuttings and watching little trees and plants grow. I’ve also started into seeds and love watching them sprout out of the soil. And thank you Mike for showing me how to do it all!

  500. Gayle Werner says

    Mike and company – I have been loving your newsletters and videos for years! I would be thrilled to win a membership. Thanks for the opportunity!

  501. Rick says

    I would love the membership!
    My first hundred pots arrived yesterday, I’ve got a couple yards of compost in the driveway and know where my future propagation bed is going. I just have to get the grass out of the way and get it built. Your books that I bought a couple months ago have been quite an inspiration! Thanks Mike!

  502. Glenda Guard says

    Mike, I’m getting ready to live my dream back on a farm! I can’t wait to start my backyard nursery and look forward to putting all this great information to work for me. Thanks Glenda

  503. howard mozel says

    Thanks for all your easy to understand e-mails. I’ve learnt more from you than from many books that I have read. Please keep inspiring me. P.S. Love your donkey’s, but, even more a win in your drawing.

  506. Linda Bailey says

    Dear Mike:

    I think that what you are doing is a wonderful act of kindness and unselfishness. Not just extending free memberships to potential members, but even more, your sharing of knowledge and experiences of plants and backyard growing.

    I am a Plant Lover and I long to become a member. My Mother had a “Green Thumb.” She could literally stick a leaf into the ground and it would grow. As a child, I was fascinated by my Mother’s “magic” with plants. So, I grew up with a strong and loving relationship with plants. I don’t have my Mother’s Green Thumbs, but I do have her love and respect for plants.

    I am a retired teacher, and my dream is to establish a lucrative Backyard Nursery. At present, my landscape is filled with potential “Parent Plants”, however, my experiences with rooting cuttings have not been successful. This is why I would love to become a member to learn how to become successful at something that I love so much.

    Thank You So Much!

    Linda

  508. Vicki Pulford says

    My husband and I would love to have a lifetime membership. I can’t get enough Learning new ways and such about gardening.

  511. Cal & Charlene Hollis says

    I sure would love a free membership and look forward to your news e-mails.
    It seems membership has always been just a wee bit out of reach for us, sure would love to be selected.

  513. Thomas Gregory says

    Just sowed some kale/turnip/beets a couple of weeks ago (God watered ’em and they’re sprouting now)….looking forward to addition on shed for intermittent misting system!

  515. Tracey Kiselak says

    Mike, 15 years ago I got your book and I have been following you every since. I use the book as reference and your videos keep me fresh.

    I do hope I win this, especially on October 5th for personal reasons, but even if
    I don’t thank you for giving me the chance. Maybe next time.

  519. Paul sober says

    Big fan of your work. Bokashi composting is awesome. Thank you for all the motivating pictures and articles.

  522. T.Taylor Alderman says

    When the world

    Has you feeling like

    A weed in a garden,

    Know that someone

    Out there sees you

    As a wish;

    And a beacon of hope.

  524. Dee says

    Hi Mike! I’ve been following you for a while now and have saved ALL of your postings to folders so I can read and reread them!! LOVE the whole concept of doing what I ENJOY and having it pay for itself! Come spring my husband is putting in two raised beds for me, and I can’t wait to make him a believer also!! Winning a free membership would be the icing on the cake!!! Thank you sooo much for the opportunity.

  527. Inez Mathis says

    Hi Mike,thanks for sharing all your wonderful knowledge with us that attempt to grow. It has been a great benefit to read your posts. Thank you again

  529. Ken Eckert says

    Have been reading your post for years, and purchased several videos.
    Your site is informative and entertaining. Just retired from my day job,this
    could be the start of second career. I would definitely come to Perry for the
    Backyard Growers get together. Lived in Madison for 3 years and loved it.
    Thanks for the opportunity Mike.

  530. Sammy Blalock says

    I bought your system a couple of years ago and follow you on-line . Thank you for all the great articles and tips ! !

  531. Roberta says

    I love your website and all your emails. I have learned a lot from you and really would love to be a part of the Backyard Growers! Love the donkeys!

  532. Jan Alba says

    I am looking for a retirement job and this would suit me just fine! Please wnter me in the drawing for the free membership! Thanks

  533. Marilynn Britton says

    I would love to win a membership. Trying to make a go on my little homestead I don’t have any money to spare to buy one. As it is I can barely make ends meet now and that is with scrounging, bartering and begging for the things I need.

  536. SJAMES RICHARDS says

    Hi Mike, hello everyone

    Please put my name in for memberships to The Backyard Grower’s Business Center.
    Am in central Florida.

    Thanks

  538. Harold says

    I am a mature back yard grower here in the Florida panhandle. Lightning struck or membership, I’ll take the membership.

  543. Cliff says

    First I would like to say Thank You for all the info. Have learned a lot from you. Biggest thing you did was keep me from freaking out about the 101 Leyland Cypress trees I planted last October. They looked BAD after the winter took your advice and everything was and is fine Thanks again that’s a lot of money in trees that I didnt want to lose . Always great advice and knowledge!!!!!!!!!!!

  544. Allison Warfel says

    I just got the email linking to this page. Thank you for the opportunity to win a membership.

  545. Jan Booth says

    I have enjoyed and looked forward to your information and pictures of what you have learned and shared with us novices. Thank you. I would love to get a membership.
    Jan

  546. Michael R. McAllister says

    Mike, Enjoy your words of advice about gardening etc. as I have my own landscaping business.
    Thanks again.
    Mike

  547. Brenda L Hill says

    I enjoy the Information that you post/share. I previously PURCHASED your Backyard Growing system BUT could NOT/can NOT afford the Membership (which I mistakenly thought was included)- so It would be AWESOME to win one… Thanks Again!

  548. Lori Burkhardt says

    I would LOVE to have a lifetime membership! I started paying for membership in June and then my husband got laid off. I’m on disability but with our income drastically reduced, I’m having to cut corners and this membership is on the “list” . So a free membership would REALLY help!

  553. Diane says

    When peace, like a river, attendeth my way,
    When sorrows like sea billows roll;
    Whatever my lot, Thou has taught me to say,
    It is well, it is well, with my soul.

  554. Richard Bistyga says

    Mike I have been receiving your news letter for a numder of years now and just retired now is the time. You have me hooked on the idea of making money doing what I love. Please enter count me in. Thank you Mike.

  555. Dale says

    “P.S. If you just can’t wait until October 10, 2016, when we open membership to The Backyard Grower’s Business Center… I’ll tell you a secret: there’s a free 30-day trial that’s included with the purchase of my Backyard Growing System. SHHHH… don’t tell anyone!”

    Huh? When did you start doing this? I’ve bought the Backyard Growing System twice over the years and never heard anything about this.

  559. Don says

    So happy to have to found you Mike! I found you researching a tree on youtube and I got hooked.
    I am using your program as a retirement plan for my wife and I . A lifetime membership would be so helpful.

    Thanks again,

    Don

  560. Sharon H. says

    Hello from Lorain, Ohio, Mike! My Mother was first a follower of yours (she’s been gone now for over five years), and she introduced me to you and your gardening/growing wisdom. I’ve learned so much and find it fascinating and have introduced others to you as well. I would LOVE to come to Perry to meet you and see your set up – and your shindig . A membership would be an amazing gift! Best of wishes to you.

  563. jeff williams says

    Would love a free lifetime membership
    WISE MAN SAY
    If you set around do nothing you will be wondering how to make money
    this will work on some level
    take a chance

  565. Kaye Butts says

    How generous to give a free membership. I love being in my gardens, which is my therapy and passion. I propagate plants from my yard and have sold them to my neighbors. I like the knowledge you share with us all..

  566. Daniel Wyles says

    Would love a free membership it would be a blessing and help further my dream of making income from my passion. Thanks for the opportunity to glean from your knowledge and hope to see you at the shindig soon

  569. Elizabeth Malchesky says

    Hi Mike, this is an awesome opportunity so please pop my name into the hat. You are always so generous & forthcoming with all facets of your gardening expertise and many time I have taken advantage of that information. I know you spend a great deal of time preparing this information, having it typed and sharing it with us. I (along with the majority) very much appreciate it. Without it I would know very little. I look forward to & save each and every edition you send out and will continue to do so. Thank you for all your research & expertise and the countless hours you put into this amazing effort. Hugs

  570. Mary B Henderson says

    Thank you Mike and Pam for all you do for FREE for us that love the dirt and what springs forth from it.
    Gardening is a wonderful stress relief and you make it a lot easier.
    Thanks for the info.

  572. Tom says

    Thanks Mike. I really appreciate the info you have for those of us who want to do what we enjoy and make money doing it. A free membership would be greatly appreciated and give me a leg up on getting started on a new venture in life. I really need to learn how to grow Junipers from my own plants as cuttings to help an elderly woman in my neighborhood cover a large bank on her corner yard so she want have to pay to get it cut.

  574. Josie B. says

    Hi, folks.
    There is always something to learn from your email all these years I’ve been getting them and I’m very grateful. I have them handy in a folder in my emailbox; can’t part with them. Lol.
    Today I’m going to read, again, about hardwood? cuttings.
    Offering two free memberships to lucky subscribers is very generous of you and I hope I get picked to get one of them.
    Thanks to all for all you do.

  575. Tim Gearhart says

    I’ve tried some of your suggestions for rooting cuttings…and they worked! Will try more next season.
    Thanks!
    Tim in coastal CA

  576. Pat Heckaman says

    I enjoy reading your postings. I am not doing as much gardening as I used to but I still love to read about you and other’s projects. I have saved all of your email postings.

  577. Pam O'Neill says

    Hi Mike You are terrific and the information you share for free is awesome, so matter of fact and accessible. I can only partly imagine what the membership must be like.

    I was hoping to make some use of the cherry trees suckers which are popping up all over the place but none of the cuttings “took” so will have to try again next year. You make it look easy, so I must be missing something.

    I am also trying to root Meyer lemon cuttings in the house, our winters are far too cold for them to be outside. I am probably a couple of zones at least further north of you in the Canadian Prairies, so not sure how much of what you do would handle this climate..(.although in another dozen years we may have your climate, or so they say).

    Thank you so much for all you share, it is really appreciated. And Finnigan and Fergus are fabulous, what a joy they must be for you. Too bad neither will become President!

  580. Sylvia says

    I enjoy all of the news I get from your blog… Would love to win a membership.. You already seem like family…

  582. Jane Sims says

    Mike,

    I’ve been on your email list for years. Thank you for all the information (emails, youtube, etc.) that you freely give – it has been very informative (and accurate!).
    It would be a tremendous blessing to win a free membership so I can actually take my hobby to the next level and make money!
    Thanks again for all you do for all of us.

  583. Pat says

    MIKE ! I really need this membership, I owe it to my plants to quit fumbling around and learn how to stop killing them!

  584. Celena says

    Mike and family,
    Thank you for your knowledge and for sharing it with those of us still learning. My garden, flowerbeds and house plants teaches me something new everyday, weather or not it was a lesson I wanted to learn!!!!!

  585. Janet says

    When I was growing up I had an aunt called Sis by everyone that knew her. She came from the “old country” just chocked full of diy ideas for gardening. Recycling wasn’t a yuppie word but a way of life. Her nieces and nephews used to watch her throw all the kitchen debris right into the garden which was just off her back porch. We were watching a true master at her art and just idled it away on long summer days…not really appreciating what we were fortunate enough to have access to and that’s where you come in, just at the right time of life and like my dear aunt, ready, willing and able to share your knowledge. I am a very fortunate person indeed to have a second chance to learn at the hand of a ‘master’. I will not squander you. Thank. you.

  586. Arlene Taylor says

    love reading all the great tips you have for us newbee gardeners Helps make my efforts more successful

  587. Shoshanna Rene says

    As a Master Gardener practicing, (even though partially disabled), I would so love a membership gift.

    Actually building a Garden Sanctuary in my local community gardens, about 3 years ago, changed my life in so many ways, and it is ALL I want to do!!

    Gardening is cheaper than Therapy and One receives soon much more than just Tomatoes!!!

    I will be gardening and learning and talking about, sharing and teaching about gardening till the day I plant my last seed or take my last breath, whichever comes first.

    Cheers and Happy Gardening Everyone!!!

  590. Jeff Wikel says

    I have been struggling to start my own garden and stumbled on your site a while back and have educated myself with your emails, thank you

  591. Dani Davis says

    would love a chance to win and love all the advice i have learned so much i am disabled and this is something i can do
    thank you so much

  592. Gail says

    Over the years, I have learned so much from you, your emails, web pages, videos – all top notch. You give so much of yourself, Mike. As a reseller (and after you stopped the program) I brought in quite a few new members, but I still don’t have my own!! Would love to tho’! Would love to turn our little ‘tree’ business into a real nursery with your guided expertise (and get Canada moving)! Thanks to you (and Dustin!)

  593. Carrie Ellingworth says

    I read with great delight many of your articles. I hope to someday make a little money selling and replanting. I would really like to order some of the plants you talk about in the back yard growers center. I very much enjoy planting, learning, and experimenting with new idea’s. Please enter me in the contest

  596. Louise Shaw says

    Hi Mike: Thanks for this opportunity! By the way – My Husband likes your “Bibs”….

    We enjoy your videos….

  597. Virginia Faye says

    I always enjoy the letters I get from you. You give some great information and let us know about good sales.

  598. JENNIFER WILSON says

    HELP! my father has passed away and this Aussie girl needs a new family and job. Share the love!

  602. floyd says

    Hey Mike, I have enjoyed reading your articles for the past couple of years. It would be a real blessing to win a membership so I could learn to earn and get a plant business started. I have plenty of time on my hands since being layed off eight years ago. I need to help my wife out with the bills so please send out one of those memberships to north carolina. Thanks

  603. June G. Thompson says

    Mike, I enjoy reading your helpful and encouraging gardening posts! Thank you! I think I might like to give a backyard gardening business a try!

  604. Joe says

    Mike,
    Pick me !!!!!! I would love a membership. I ordered my first book from you last winter and have many little rooted shrubs now WOOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO it sure feels good. I would love to win this membership. To have the knowledge to make this a success would be wonderful. I read all of your emails, watch your videos over and over.. Shindigs are a lot of fun and I want to come lol. As I said PICK ME.
    Thank you,
    Joe

  605. Elnora Rose Charaba says

    Hi Mr. Mike. Love youe articles and you have inspired me to learn more abour gardening . I successfuly started two roses from cuttings. I probably am too old for the memorship, even though it would be nice I am stll going to enjoy all of your articles. I think one of my favorires besides plants were anout the donkys. Keep it up this old lady loves your site.

  606. Donna Roberts says

    Enter me please! Winning a permanent membership would really help me startup my backyard nursery in the right direction. I’d like to one day get my own Finnegan and Fergus too!

  607. Craig says

    Hi Mike,
    What a great offer! My wife & I have started a backyard growing business and always look forward to your emails.
    Craig & Ann

  608. Joan in Baja Arizona says

    A big Arizona hello to Mike, Pam, and donkeys!

    I have about 45 Moringa Oleifera trees in various stages of growth, ranging from 3 inches to 5 feet in height, and at least one Moringa Stenopetala. Growing these trees from seed has been a fantastic learning experience.

    Many of these trees should produce their first flowers and seed pods next year, I plan to take my first shot at air layering a few of these trees in the Spring, mostly for the experience. I have no doubt that the trees will continue to teach me.

    I also have some 3 gallon edible opuntia cactus that have more than doubled in size July and recently have planted 10 more young pads. I plan to sell some of these as established young plants, Unless I eat them first.

    As soon as I am more comfortable with the growth cycle of Moringas, I to take the show on the road and encourage local grammar school kids to grow Moringas. The presentations will include a little Moringa tree for each young mind. We’re growing more than trees, folks. If even one kid develops a long-term interest in raising plants and trees, maybe that’s one kid who won’t get involved in less optimal pursuits.

    I also have dozens of Mesquite tree seedlings that are developing into small plants. I’ve heard that Mesquite are difficult to germinate. I don’t know about that. I’ve had great success germinating Mesquite which, BTW, grows edible pods and seeds.

    I’m hoping I get lucky and win one of your slots. I would especially love to connect with other growers in zone 9a. And everyone else, as well. You never know who will spark inspiration or share the solution you need for a specific growing-related issue.

    Well, that’s my story. And I’m sticking to it.

    Keep up the good work, and keep on growing!

    Joan

  610. Marla says

    I Love You Mike! Yours is the only site I even have! Is Duston Married? Thanks for this Chance of a Lifetime?

  612. Virginia Bohannon says

    I love propagating plants. My favorites are hydrangeas. I have about fifty or more in my yard. Thanks for your help.

  613. Arthur Leslie says

    Truth is, I’ve been following Mike for many years. When the time was right, I purchased the Backyard Growing System. If you’re on the fence about spending money … remember this … KNOWLEDGE is the key to many things and can’t be taken away from you.

    Either “wish” or “do” .. it’s up to you.

    Mike, thanks for all the good info.

  614. Linda Neely says

    You have been extremely helpful in gardening ideas. Although we are limited on space now in a trailer park , I have always enjoyed gardening. I was raised on 60 acres in Ohio. It was the best years of my life. Hopefully my 2 sons and 3 gr. kids will pick up some of your gardening tips. Keep up the good work.

  615. Christy Gerhardt says

    sure do appreciate your booklets, i’m old school and prefer an actual physical booklet to read through rather than an e-book. love taking prunings of plants and turning into new plants.

  616. Dave Tolman says

    Mike, I really appreciate the frequent and informative information you give through emails. The information is very helpful. Would enjoy receiving a free membership-thank you for the opportunity. Keep the great information coming.
    Thanks, Dave

  617. Bob says

    I enjoy the info I get from your blog posts. I bought your system and have sod a few pants, hoping to expand on it this year.

  618. mary says

    would like to be a ‘member’ of your backyard gardener group. Tried to sell some plants once but got cold feet and quit. Have learned a lot over the years thru your emails

  621. Frankie Holt says

    Thank you for the help you are giving to everyone.

    . I have not sold any plants yet but I have been successful in rooting a few. We give them away each year at a dinner we have the first week in June.

    . I would love to have a life time membership to get more involved. Each article has helped so much. Thanks to Duston for the videos.

  622. Janet says

    A backyard garden shindig with Mike, friends, and two donkeys sounds like an event that should not be missed!

  623. Miko says

    I’m in sunny SoCal, on 23,000 square feet of land, and I really want to make or grow something out of it. I’ve been listening to your ideas of a nursery and I’m inspired, although I sure need a heap more motivation on top of inspiration to get this started.
    Please keep up the good work Mr. Grow Arty!

  624. Tessy Barnett says

    MIKE YOU ARE SOO GENEROUS! I AM FROM LIBERAL, KS. WE GET OUR NAME FROM THE FOUNDER OF LIBERAL., A WAGON PIONEER. THE WAGON TRAINS SOLD WATER, BUT THIS MAN GAVE WATER TO OTHER WAGON TRAINS. THAT MAN WAS NICKNAMED LIBERAL.
    JUST AS YOU ARE MR. MIKE, ARE VERY LIBERAL WITH YOUR PASSION FOR PLANTS. I have been following you for 10 years. Now I have a 20 foot veggie garden and a 5 foot flower garden, I watch Monarch butterflies grow their. All this was inspired by you. Before I started watching you, I had no desire for plants. This is my 2nd year propagating mulberry trees, though not with great success. I haven’t sold anything. I’m not that confident, yet.
    Mr. Mike, thank you soo much for giving this offer away!

  626. Joyce Murphey says

    I would love to win like everyone else, but I do want to thank you for all you do for us dirt lovers Mike and Dustin. I really do look forward to all your posts.

  627. Pierre Hamelin says

    Mike,
    Living in Montreal, Canada I may not qualify for a lifetime membership, but I wish to express my appreciation for all your posts. They are most informative and helpful. Bravo!

  628. Elizabeth MacKenzie says

    Hi Mike,
    Although I was raised in my grandfather’s commercial greenhouses in Dayton during the 1950s, I’m constantly learning new ideas through your great newsletters & videos.

    I am hopeful that you will consider me for your generous offer.

    Thanks bunches, Mike.
    Happy trails,
    Elizabeth

  629. Tanya Murillo says

    What a thrilling gift this would be fo ich I would like to talk to you about in person
    Thank you I am keeping my fingers crossed

  630. Heidi Bubolz says

    Mike we recently bought a new home with more property…..bought your books before we moved and a free 30 day membership, unfortunately I was not able to use the membership because of the move……looking forward to implementing it soon. Have shared you with many of my friends
    Thanks to you and your family…..you are a wealth of wonderful knowledge.

  631. Cary says

    Hey Mike,

    Thanks alot for a chance to have full membership. I have learned so much from your postings and now have a great garden almost year around..I live here in southeast Texas and it really gets hot here but with your advice my garden still grows. Keep up the good work

  632. Gail Isom says

    Mike, I just had Brain surgery waiting to see if disability will help me.but in the mean time I love to garden and have started using your technical knowledge. This would be ideal for me to make some income and enjoy the outdoors, meet people and fill alive as I see my plants go with me. Would love a free membership to start sharing my plants and buying others. God is good.

  633. Ann Bailey says

    I’d love a free membership, Mike. I love your emails and all the down to earth tips you share with us!

    Pick me! Pick me! Pick me! LOL!

    Ann

  634. Randy says

    Mike, I really appreciate all the information you have posted over the year. Thank you for putting this “membership lottery” out there.

  637. Cathy Colony Bunnell says

    Thanks, Mike. I got your starter kit many years ago. Right now, my hands are full. Hopefully, I will be able to retire in a year or two and be able to start growing cuttings. I have received your email messages for many years and really appreciate them.

  640. Beverly Mathis says

    Love it, love it, love it. Who would guess it was so easy. Retiring so hope to do more and the membership would be grand.

  641. Patricia says

    Like the others I too enjoy your emails and have an avid interes in gardening. I have been on your list for years now but have been too scared to join. Not sure I have the means to sell the plants if I make them. But would sure love to try. Would be very blessed if I were chosen for your lifetime membership. Thank you for the videos, and for sharing your hard earned knowledge. So appreciated

  642. Stephen says

    I have watched a lot of your videos and have a couple of small greenhouses. I would love to be a part of you( tea pot) community.

  644. Stephen says

    I have watched a lot of your videos and have a couple of small greenhouses. I would love to be a part of you( tea pot) community.

  649. mike hicks says

    I WOULD LOVE TO WIN THE MEMBERSHIP. I HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING YOU FOR SEVERAL YEARS, KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK AND I WILL KEEP ON FOLLOWING.. THANKS

  650. Wayne says

    Hi Mike. I would love to win a membership. I discovered your website a short time ago. I live in Newfoundland, Canada The kind of information you are sharing is hard to get here.I am enjoying your vidio’s very much

  652. Avelino says

    I am helping a friend replant his farm (70 Hectars) with trees, shrubs, etc.,90% of it, was burned, do to a wild fire, here in Portugal! So we are in a process of preparing to get seeds, cuttings, of local species, it would be great to learn from who has the knoledge on subjetc.
    Wish you all the best. life can give you and your family!

    Regards.

  653. William Stanley says

    Mike;
    I love all of your post and videos. I would love to be a member of your community. I would be proud to also. Thanks even if I don’t win because God will look over us and provide. Love to you and your family. William Stanley

  654. Lori Lute says

    I love Mike! I get the emails, watch the vids on youtube and would love a membership. Here’s to hoping.

  656. Mark Sluss says

    Mike, thanks for all your tips and knowledge. Just getting started this summer with weigela and viburnum cuttings. Looking great after 8 weeks! Having a ball!

  657. K. Wells says

    Thank you for this chance. I love gardening and getting dirt under my nails and maybe this will lead to something BIG!!

  658. Thomas E Hornig says

    Mike
    I read everyone of your emails you have sent me, they are so full of information on growing flowers and selling them. It would be awesome to win a membership.

  659. Lisa says

    I thank you for all the excellent information that you give. My gardening endeavors have been greatly improved because of you. Thank you!

  661. lynn says

    i would love a membership. I use your tips to help make the best garden for my daughter. thanks to your tips we have had the most come out of our garden ever. my 4 year old loves it.

  662. Carlton Roy says

    Would love to have the opportunity to retire my wife to home and then join her. Thanks for the free membership chance. And thanks for all the time you spend teaching.

    Carl

  663. Bruce Music says

    I have been a subscriber for a long time and have learned soooo much. This year I am finally getting serious. And currently have a raised bed under construction for cuttings. I experimented with hardwood last winter but they got lost in the weeds. Thank you so much Mike for your constant pool of information. I have learned a lot. P. S. Donkeys are cute too

  664. Jim Briggs says

    I’m still scared to get started but after listening to you and reading what you have written I’m taking the plunge — thank you so much

  668. Sandra Baillargeon says

    Hi Mike … I follow and save all your automatic e-mails. I rely on these each time I want to add something to my yard. We moved to a smaller place in May and now I have to start all over with a blank yard…it will be exciting. I hope I am chosen for the free membership…

  670. Brian W. says

    What a helpful website! The videos are informative. I could be ready for the next step and a membership would be a great boost for me. Please include my name for consideration. Thank you.

  671. Ben says

    Hey Mike, Thank you for all the great help and advice you share with all of us! I have followed you for years and if nothing else, you taught me old dogs can learn new tricks! Your sight is really addictive as once I start reading about one article, there is always another article to select from at the bottom of the page that arouse my interest and curiosity { Don’t worry, it won’t kill any cats, LOL }. Thanks again from all of us, Take care!

  672. Nina Bearden says

    Hi Mike and every one that helps you with this
    Will I am trying to get a nursery going and I am finding there is a lot of money going to go out on this I have a lot of plants going right now. I just hope I can get this going by spring.

    And thanks for all the info you send out it has been very helpful and you are the one that help me to go ahead and do this. see my other half drivers A big truck you know the ones with 18 weel’s that big truck lol sorry just trying to be funny. but this is way I am trying to get a nursery going I can not work I have a bad heart and I want to help my other half out so he dose not have to work so hard. so all I ask for is your prays that I can get this working. Thank you

  673. Letitia says

    Mike:
    I have watched almost all of your videos, Some twice. I have shared your website with several of my gardening buddies. I am more knowledgeable then ever. And I thought I knew a good bit after all of these years. I love reading all of the tips and tricks. The idea of making money from my love of dirt is indeed tempting. Thank you!!!

  674. Vicki says

    We are a non-profit monkey rescue center in Costa Rica that would love to use your membership to give us the knowledge needed to raise money by selling plants started from cuttings to help save the monkeys.

  675. Valerie says

    A free membership would be such a welcome. With my husband battling a brain tumor and not working, and with my background in landscape architecture I know I can make this work.
    I’m crossing my shovels!!

  676. Lyle Hillier says

    I use Mike’s recommendations all the time in my “Suburban” farm. Thanks for the great knowledge you share.

  677. Sheila Cook says

    I love reading your posts. Have learned a lot of new things. Please enter me into your drawing. Thank you.

  678. Cindy Green says

    Love, love, love all your information! I started following your guidelines and this summer i sold over $600 selling plants and have fun while doing it!!

  680. Diane Buchanan says

    Just downsized to smaller home on 11 acres…would love the opportunity…thank you for all you do!

  682. Renee Jackson says

    I really enjoy your videos! I have used your methods with success and I made your fudge one year and it was awesome.! As always thank you for your time.

  683. Miriam Vazquez says

    Thank you for all the years you’ve been posting for us, I’ve been a loyal follower. Love this post also!

  686. Thomas Milner says

    Who can’t use information and help for our gardens, I live in Southern Utah and getting anything to grow is a challenge, we receive very little water.

  688. Nancy J says

    It would be a dream come true and a prayer answered to win this! Thank you Mike, I have learned so much from you over the years. As my Grandkids would say, Pick me! Pick me!!!

  691. Aubree Harris says

    I have appreciated all of your gardening tips, especially since I have stepkiddos and baby twins & don’t have time now to research everything about how to create a better yard and garden each year. I am grateful for the beauties around us and for the knowledge you share and for your talent of a green thumb!

  693. Rhonda LaBorde says

    Hey Mike, I feel like we know each other well because I read your emails every time you contact me. I have two goats and love reading about your donkeys and other animals. I am a para in a elementary school and a couple of times each year I bring plants to school that I grow to sale to my teacher friends. I would love to join your program some day to make my little sale at school be even better. I will keep my fingers cross hoping to win a membership! If not I will continue to read and learn from emails I get from you. I learned how to pick japanese red maple tree seeds and grow from seeds. I love maple trees and have several kinds in my yard so thanks for all the info I get from you! Hope to here from you soon, Rhonda

  694. Vaughn Ditto says

    I have enjoyed gardening for many years,but I know very little about selling plants. I would enjoy doing this as a business, but I have much to learn.

  696. Richard Breiitenbach says

    I enjoy reading all the gardening tips on Mike’s website. A membership would be great.

  697. Paul says

    HI Mike I discovered your great site early last year and have started small with a few cuttings and selling potted plants from the garden. I now have a whole bunch of plants and regular sales throughout the year. It works for me and can work for anybody else. I would love a free memebership to your backyard growers good luck and good health

  698. Thomas Gentner says

    I like most others would love a free membership. I’m just looking to improve my gardening skills and get to creating a host of small plants that could generate extra income for the household.
    Regards
    Tom G.

  699. Doris James says

    My birthday is October 5. What a wonderful gift this would be!! I love gardening and have sold a few plants this year. I would like to sell more. I have learned so much from your posts. Thank you for all you do for us fellow gardeners.

  703. Pam Olson says

    Would love to win this membership it would be a real positive step in a direction I have been wanting to go for a very long time. thanks bunches for this chance. Pam Olson

  704. dennis wigge says

    I have always enjoyed reading your material. I would love a membership. Thanks and keep up the great work.

  705. Diane Malcolmson says

    Thanks Mike for all you do for us novice gardeners! Look forward to hearing from you with more tips and tricks.

  706. joan Melatti says

    Mike, thank you so much for this chance. I love plants and my husband and I are on fixed incomes.
    This would help so much as I am costantly propogating plants and than I don’t really know what to
    do with them. I just keep growing as its just in my blood.. My Mom had a nursery and I learned a lot
    from helping her. I’ve learned something new everytime I read one of your articles. Bless you Mike
    and your cute little donkeys too.

    Thank you so much,
    joanie

  707. ann lemieux says

    Multiplication (now that it involves plants) is a good thing! You’re a great resource and inspiration. Keep it up!

  708. Thomas says

    Yes! Count me in, too! Mike’s emails are always informative – and believe it or not – I have a Bachelor’s Degree in Horticulture.

  709. Ben Dowell says

    Hopefully I’ll get my backyard nursery up and running in the spring.. planning to build beds this month. A membership would come in handy.

  711. ozzie hoyt says

    Have huge folder of gardening tips…there are so many and it provides so much enjoyable reading….keep ’em coming….and many thanks…

  712. Terry Clark says

    a free membeership would be awesome! I’ve been telling people about you sence I found your site and have tryed sending them your way. Your way seems so easy! It just makes cents! pun intended.

  714. Garry Craig says

    Hi this could really make a difference for us. Something we can’t afford but would really love to do. If we are unsuccessful, I do wish the winner congratulations all the same.

  716. John Z. says

    Really enjoy your gardening expertise. Thanks for your guidance and info. A membership would be a blessing and helpful in my retirement .

  718. Janet Phelan says

    Mike,
    Please enter me in your giveaway. I have learned so much from your emails, and videos, I have been trying to get some rootings going and have had some good and some bad luck. I have MS and would love to get a business started with my husband helping me since we are both retired. I have always loved being outside working with plants and have learned so much from you and would love to learn more from you.

  719. CHARLENE NORMAN says

    Would love membership, I have laughed at a comment, I was being careful, yelling at my hubby, your going to kill it, He was to close to a tree removing it. Well after watching some of your videos ive learned alot. We live N. Arizona CLAY. Mike thank you for taking some of the fear away. I love my trees, plants. It becomes personal, well hope we r 1 of the winners.

  723. MARYDITH A. HARRIS says

    Your tips are always so simple and straight-forward. At 70, I need all the assistance I can get and would greatly appreciate the membership you are giving away. I’ve survived 3 separate cancers in my lifetime and never stopped working through any of it and I don’t intend to start now. Going to go as long as I can move.

  724. Nancy Bumpus says

    Love reading your great emails, full of tips, suggestions and ideas. I haven’t really started yet, except that I have been growing a few cutting for years, just not on they scale you describe, or with as much success. Since fall is coming and I’ll be able to get outside in the yard more, I’ll be stepping up my efforts using your system this time. I would certainly love a free membership!

  725. Melanie gorman says

    Your system would be totally awesome if……….I hadn’t procrastinated for the past 5 years I’ve been READING about it! I allowed life to get in the way of movi g forward….my bad! There may be hope for me yet….I AM only 72!!!

  727. Arlette McNamara says

    Mike,
    I know nothing about gardening or starting a business….this is all new to me. Ever since I found your blog I look forward to your updates and believe you have actually inspired me to start growing plants on my own for into my retirement. Ive become a wanna-be. =D Who knew? For that I am truly grateful!
    Pick me – pick me!!!
    Arlette

  728. Dave Sharrow says

    I’m getting closer to starting my growing and your advice and encouragement are always appreciated Mike.

  729. Christine Forepaugh says

    I would LOVE to come to this SHINDIG you have…
    My husband says we need a trip away, just the 2 of us…
    He just purchased me a small greenhouse!!!
    Little does he know what I have in store for him!
    Thanks for the possibility to come meet you all.

  730. Jeff says

    My mother has a great passion for plants and flowers and while growing up as a young boy all the work of digging and planting always seemed like such a chore. Now as an adult I find myself inspired and passionate just like her. I would certainly enjoy a lifetime menbership with you.

  731. Mary Lou says

    I am physically limited, so I don’t know if I would be a good candidate for the drawing, but I wanted to let you know that I have tried some of the processes in the garden. This year was rather depressing when the hail came. Not much survived, We watched as our ole’ Sumac had it leaves and bark shredded by the hail as well as my newly set out plants of all sorts. (We are still working on the house repairs, roof and windows) I am slowly getting the garden prepared for the coming year! A gardener never gives up! Thank you for the help and inspiration!

  734. Susan Frazier says

    Down in Houston and would LOVE to win a membership and start a business form my little subdivision yard!! Thanks for all your posts and videos and encouragement.

  737. Elayne Turner says

    I would love to get this membership. I am on a fixed income, am recovering from 2 small strokes (just can’t remember days of the week yet) and hope that is all the
    problems I end up with. Please consider me for your free membership. God Bless.

  741. dawne branum says

    i- would absolutely love to have a membership even if it was temporary! living on disabiltiy, there isnt much you can buy after the bills are paid and being a member of literally anything is not in the budget. i never was much on gardening. (ask my mother, i used to make up excuses to help her when i was a kid.) but now, it is too boring to just throw the ball for my dogs so i have to keep busy while they dont give me the ball back so, i started to pull weeds and that transformed into growing everything i can get my hands on! i am lousy at trying to start seeds, but i am not too too bad at rooting everything i prune off of live plants. (i hate to recycle live things except for weeds!!) i usually have branches or rootings in every pot i own and my flower boxes on the deck are called ‘the hospital’ ! i would be so appreciative if you picked me, but if not, it wasnt meant to be! thanx!

  742. Stephanie says

    Hi Mike! My husband and I have really enjoyed your youtube videos and both of your websites. We have found a passion that we didn’t really know we had! Not only have we pursued a mini nursery we have grown so much closer in doing it.
    Looking forward to more exciting things from you and your backyardnursery

    Thanks Mike!

    Stephanie

  743. Joyce Foley says

    Thank you Mike for all of your great information. I’m finally starting to plant things. I would love to be in on your Back Yard Growers Membership Drawing.

  747. Greg Endebrock says

    Hi Mike,
    I have always enjoyed your site – your willingness to share your knowledge so freely and enthusiastically, are invaluable . Your photos and videos are always helpful, along with the many featured articles you have about certain plants and how to purchase them for ourselves are great. Your “shindig” at your home would be a great opportunity to meet you and other like-minded gardeners who see the financial benefits they can begin to experience themselves by following your illustrated step by step method. I hope I can meet you in person soon to thank you for all the garden treasures you have freely given to so many.

  748. Daniel Romero says

    We love all your written advise you give, Thank you for sharing. Please enter my name for the drawing for the membership.

  749. Julia Kempf says

    Hi Mike. One thing I can say is that Mike is the real deal. I appreciate all the help you have so generously shared with so many people for so many years. If it is the Lord’s will to ‘win’ this membership then I will be able to enlarge the lives of others as you have through growing.

    Thank you for all you do Mike and for this wonderful opportunity to win a free membership!

    Julia Kempf

  750. Anonymous says

    Mike been getting your emails for several years now and you are an inspiration to many home gardeners including myself. Thank You

  753. Nancy IAK says

    Hi, Mike! I’ve enjoyed and learned from your newsletter and videos for many years and easily feel that I have a friend I can ask about anything that puzzles me about growing stuff. Thanks for all you do! (I’m so glad you are so successful!)

  755. Lars Muelle says

    Your extensive collection of videos have helped me immensely in turning my empty yard into a happy garden { with still endless work left to do, thankfully ; ) } and also helped foster a passion for propagation. Thanks for all you do!

  756. Marta Schulenburg says

    Would LOVE to win a permanent membership! I have been gardening for years but it seems like there’s ALWAYS something new to learn and grow. I’ve been watching you and bought some info, but have not utilized it yet. However, I got my first greenhouse this summer and just put in fall plants AND am trying my hand at rooting some cuttings. I work full time and garden in my free time (5,000 sq ft garden and the rest of the acre to maintain) but my husband will be retiring in a year or so and plans to get into gardening. I can see this being a great partnership, and if we do well I might be able to retire sooner than I think to spend more time with him.

  760. ken says

    I posted yesterday and thanked you for the opportunity but my post did not survive moderation. Another Ken posted at the same time with duplicate posts which are still there. was this a mistake or was I dumped for another reason? please advise.

  761. Michael Hylton says

    I’m pretty sure that I have a full membership already, but if this is another type, then I’d sure like to win it! My wife and I really appreciate all of the great info that you publish and I believe that we are going to be ‘ busting this thing wide open” starting this coming spring! Thank you so much for everything!

  763. MariePatrice Masse says

    I learn so much from Mike’s posts. So Much more to implement. Thanks, Mike, for being you and doing what you do!

  764. Robert noble says

    I have been a reading your blog for two years or so and love the tips I get it reminds me of Jin in the victory garden that was one of the first on PBS going back some years but would love a free membership
    Robert noble. Retired

  768. Rita says

    I thoroughly enjoy reading your tips and have learned so very much from you! I would LOVE to become a member!

  769. Henrietta Blair says

    I have had access to your emails for quite a few years. I have even learned to grow my own Japanese maple trees. I would love to win the membership! The possibilities would be endless! Thank you for the chance!

  770. Mindy Edwards says

    Hi Mike. Love your creativity and sense of humor! I hope to build a plant business in retirement. In a little over a year. Will need all the help I can get!

  771. Kathleen says

    I would be honored to be a member of your group. Your hard work and business acumen are to be commended.

  773. Cindy Waslewski says

    MIke, It has been great through the years getting free informative emails from you! Look forward to continue hearing about the innovative ways to improve gardening, We have a half acre in town, with a ditch and a forest behind our property and I have time now to really make something happen. I would thoroughly be blessed by this membership and see what I can do, with your help. here in Central Florida!! Thank you so much!! You have an amazing talent, Mike, I really want to learn more!

  774. Neil Clapp says

    Thanks for sharing so much wonderful information. You make a difference in peoples lives when you end your messages with, “stay inspired.” I’m trying.

  777. Otis Coldren says

    Been in Mike and Dustin’s back pocket a few years and haven’ t the money to join the board but would like a start.

  779. Angie says

    This would be a good way to kickstart my larger garden! I like reading your posts, and try to apply what I can to my own garden.

  780. Kermit Robertson says

    Saw lady leaving lots of potted flowers at a local garden center. The garden center then sells them for $5.00. They are filled out and beautiful. I wondered if they were part of this program.

  781. Jill Harrington says

    Mike, I’ve been a fan of yours for over 12 years. You motivated me to start growing! I am ready for that next step and would love to be an active member and come out and meet you and the team. Thanks so much!

  782. Arlene Sandoval says

    Thanks for keeping me in the loop Mike, so happy to see so many people doing this, I can’t wait to get started! Keeping my fingers crossed that I am 1 of 2 :).

  784. Perry Ruble says

    I love your E-Mails and would like a free membership so I could use much needed extra money. Also working in the yard is the best relaxation there is for me.

  788. Monica Bates says

    Hello, Thank you for the chance at a free membership. I have been in your 30 day free trial and have found it to be wonderful. It is educational and supportive. People are full of helpful advice and instruction. I have been trying to learn what I can from your videos, but would love to have the membership to ask experienced backyard gardeners some specific questions, so I can get my backyard garden off the ground. I’ve been stumbling around myself trying to get it right, but with someone more experienced to ask would be so helpful. I would be ever so grateful.

  789. Carrie L Mayfield says

    I have been following you for years. I’m on SS and can’t pay for membership. I would love to have a lifetime membership. Thanks for the opportunity to win one. 🙂

  791. Teresia Holzworth says

    Hi Mike, I want to thank you so much for all the info emails over the years.

    I grow mostly inside plants, and all the info that I’ve received from you, I have surely been blessed and have put them to use.

    I’m a country girl from Indiana living in the city now for over 12 yrs, and that has sure cramped my style from the country living lol

    I had 120 plants here inside my house some up to over 3 ft tall but had to combine a lot of them because of not enough space., I’m down to 2 windows instead of 3 but their growing like crazy from the help of you.

    I would really enjoy visiting Ohio and am looking forward to hear who the 2 lucky winners are,

    Take care my growing friend and enjoy your day… Teresia

  792. Suzette Rummell says

    I love getting your emails in my inbox. Your style is fun and straight to the point and you take the guesswork out of planning and maintaining a garden! I even designed my step-son’s garden this year with your tips! Thanks!

  794. Jerri McCombs says

    I am guessing that being a part of this community is the best thing ever, sounds like fun as well as a chance to profit and make forever friends. After following you for years I have learned so much and this opportunity will be a grand one for the lucky winner! Hint Hint :=)

    Thanks!
    Jerri

  795. Jeff says

    What a great chance at the club!
    I hope to eventually build a nursery to compliment my landscaping service. Access to the growers club would be a wonderful opportunity to share stock.
    Thank you for all of the information you have shared over the years!!!
    Pick me!
    Jeff

  796. Michael Wagoner says

    Mike, I’ve enjoyed your web blog and emails filled with very informative information on propagating such a variety of plants. Thanks!

  797. Yuleidy Lopez says

    Hi Mike. Its always an excitement to receive an emai from you. It make my day happy. I have learned so much from you and you are an inspiration for gardening every day. I would love to get a free membership to your gardening group. Thank you so much.

  800. Bob Jones says

    Always enjoyable reading and learning more about plants. Mike McGroarty is the man who knows. When you want to know something in specific, you go to the man who has experience…and he’s willing to share that. “Hats Off” to Mike!!!

  802. John Green says

    Thanks for all of the great information on your site. I would love to be a member of the backyard business center.

  803. Marie Darmanin says

    Hi Mike,

    Would love a chance to win a membership. Although I’ve always been involved with plants, would love learn how to incorporate this passion to educate our future generations, now that I’m retired.
    Please toss my name in the hat!

    Thank you for spreading the wisdom, you are doing mankind a great service!

    Cheers,
    Marie

  804. JIM says

    I have been an avid reader of all your posts. I have rooted plants and fruits and given them to friends and family. Now I am fully retired and want to start my home-based business. The knowledge I have already gained will put me ahead of the learning curve. I thank you very much for sharing your knowledge. Winning the membership will greatly help my marketing. Thank you for everything you have done to help all the people.

  806. Lana Claycamp says

    Oh boy! Lots of entries! Thank you for the chance but I’ve never won anything. I keep trying though! LOL
    LANA

  807. Kathy says

    Mike, you are a wealth of information and I would be so honored to see your operation in person and to hear some of the great ideas that you and others have for growing a better environment for our future.

  808. Aaron D. says

    Hi Mike.
    You are a true blessing to me and many others who have a passion for plants. I am always eager for your next email to see if there is something else I can learn, or look back at to assure myself that I’m doing something correctly. I often get teased about talking too much about plants….Lol…My wife is giving me the “eye rolling-yeah I know” right now as she reminds me how people stop in the middle of the road as I’m working in the front yard to complete my display of how plants could look like in the landscape as they mature and complement how good it looks and sometimes ask about a certain plant they like and I will talk to them and keep traffic slowed or blocked for the next 30 minutes conversating every detail about the plant or plants they asked about.
    That’s all thanks to you Mike. I mean, I have always enjoyed growing things from seed which most of the time I just gave away the plants later on, but finding one of your videos late one night flipped a switch in my head and reminded me of a time when I was very young and my great grandmother showed me how she saved a dying shrub by growing a new one from a twig she cut from the plant. That just amazed me. That memory you sparked got me to wanting to cut twigs off everything in sight just to see if I could get something new to grow.
    That video has made my passion for plants explode into action. So much so, it took up all my time outside of work. So, I made a decision to just turn my passionate hobby into a business that I can enjoy and be happy in. I thank God for you and your family Mike. You have inspired me and countless others I’m sure. I will have to send you before and after pictures of my front yard one day to show off pictures of why you are now the cause of the occasional traffic jam in our neighborhood down here in the south….Lol…
    Mike, I would love to have one of the valuable prize memberships you are giving away. To be able to enjoy an endless choice of plants and information from other wonderful plant enthusiasts and have the opportunity to be a great asset to the lifetime members only area as well.
    Thanks again Mike!!!
    Sincerely,
    Aaron D.

  809. Jeffrey Unangst says

    I love to start growing plants but I have no room , I started stratifiy Chestnut, White oak, Red oak and Sawtooth oak a few years ago and was very lucky in growing them., I gave many of them to my hunting buddies to plant on their property. must say you inspired me to try this
    Thanks Mike

  814. Elaine Christian says

    Gardening is my life love it all and really value your advice thank you, would love a free membership!!

  816. Meme Grant says

    We love your site but are just starting out on a permaculture adventure, so short of cash, Your way may be a way for us to do so. Thanks a ton for all the info.

  818. Larry Denning says

    Tips and tricks I’ve learned from Mike’s has given me the opportunity to grow vegetables that actually TASTE like vegetables should! Not to mention in such abundance that I now share them with all of my neighbors! Have also applied Mike’s guidance to flower propagation, now working with more Hydrangea varieties and Ixora Maui Red to expand my flower gardens!

  820. capt kim says

    OHH pick me pick me!! Enjoy your e-mails and web hints! I have many hydrangeas and other variety plants that I would love to share !
    kim

  823. George says

    I have used the many of the propagation techniques you have here. The one plant I just can’t get to clone is my favorite bush fruit, Elaeagnus multiflora, I wish there were a surefire method of getting this great tasting lowest maintenance fruiting bush to grow from cuttings. I wouldn’t mind 1,000’s of these bushes [if they were free] on my acreage. Thanks

  824. Matt Hensel says

    Love this site!

    Great information on everything you want to know and yhings you didn’t realize you needed to know about plant propagation and the opportunities available as a side or primary business!

    Might be getting close to time to take things to the next level. Mikes knowledge has helped me in my own garden but maybe its time to step up and let it start to help pay the bills as well.

  827. RONDA V says

    I LOVE ALL THE INFORMATION THAT YOU PROVIDE. IT IS AWESOME. I WOULD LOVE TO BECOME A LIFETIME MEMBER, THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPOTUNITY.

  829. Robin Matthews says

    Mike,

    I have been on your e-mail list for several years and actually paid the $7.00 twice, couldn’t find the items I had downloaded the first time. I always enjoy everything that you have in your articles and I too live in Ohio in the southwestern region. I would absolutely love to win the membership as I am on a limited income and I am very interested in getting some advanced advice on making what I do a profitable investment.

    I started square foot gardening sort of last year, I made it much more difficult than it had to be, but I guess that’s the nature of logical people. This year I did better. My next venture is to do it in raised beds rather than on the ground and to also build some beds for the cuttings.

    I would love some advice on that subject and to relate what I have already learned with everyone else.

    Robin Matthews

  831. Cameron Draney says

    Hello Mike

    You’re system is exactly what I’ve been looking for. I don’t know if you have many members in northern Utah but I’d love to join the backyard family. Thank you for this chance at the membership.

  833. Ever martinez says

    I would greatly appreciate the lifetime membership as I am disabled and have not been successful at plant propagation and can’t afford the membership

  834. Eleanor says

    Every bit of advice that I have received from this site has been helpful to me. PLEASE enter me in this drawing!!

  835. Karen Walker says

    Hi Mike,
    Pick me! Pick me!
    Seriously, I would love to get a free membership. I’ve received your emails for many years, but now we are thinking about getting serious with this. Thanks for the info.
    Wife of the Barefoot Sodbuster

  836. Robert P. Zangrillo says

    I would love to win a membership to the Backyard Growers Business Center! I love propagating plants & have learned a lot from the kits I have bought from you. The Backyard Growers Center membership was something that was always a little out of my reach financially. I would be thrilled & honored to win such a great prize & with it great opportunities! Got my fingers crossed!

  837. Susan Coleman says

    HI Mike, I really appreciate your emails and all the trouble you go to making the videos to help everyone learn the details of growing beautiful plants. I especially love the video with the donkeys. I would really love a lifetime membership. I am looking at retiring next year, I’ll have 30 years in with the same agency. Things are not the same, folks don’t care like they use to, work used to be more like family now it is a very negative atmosphere. I am only 57 so I will need to start something new and I have always hoped I could do something similar to what you have done and follow your guidance. I appreciate your consideration for a membership. I would feel extremely blessed to have it but if not I hope who ever does get it is blessed by it. Thank you! Susan

  839. Benjamin M. says

    WOW! Looking at the number of comments on this page alone shows the massive interest you have generated Mike! This is amazing. Love your videos. Count me in for the drawing for the membership!

  840. Kitty says

    Dear Mike,
    I have been reading your e-mails for many years and look forward to hearing from you. I have always grown all my flowers from seed and a few bushes from cuttings but I grow them in doors under lights in the winter. Our zone 5 is so cold in the winter. Would love more advice on how to keep them alive outside so I can take cuttings. Hope I win.

  841. Dale Onisk says

    Mike,
    I love all your post. It has been a great learning adventure for me. Keep up the great work!

    Dale

  843. Kris says

    Fingers crossed and jumping up and down “Pick me, pick me!” Thank you for sharing your knowledge with all of us!!

  846. Gregg Mensch says

    Sounds good to me, I like gardening and making some extra,,being a veteran I have free time for this kind of thing ,

  848. Roye Nell Love says

    I am thankful for all the information you share about gardening. You have saved my husband and I a lot of extra work because of the tips, advice, and instruction you have freely shared. I appreciate your emails and the time you put into making gardening a success for so many! Blessings to you!

  849. Karen dahlin says

    Hi Mike,

    You always inspire me when reading your posts, and any time I had a question you responded quickly. I would love to have a membership and thank you so much for doing this.

  850. Jo says

    Although I can’t afford the lifetime membership, I love reading your tips and articles you put out. I’ve learned a lot through them.

    Please put my name in your drawing and thank you for sharing.

  853. Jan S says

    I have only been gardening for a couple of years, I still consider myself a total beginner! I have learned so much from you and your newsletter! THANK YOU!

  854. Bill Donaldson says

    I find your emails weekly very informative. My wife and I attempt to have nearly one acre of garden, some of which we have difficulty with, however, your emails have helped immensely in many aspects. Thank you.

    P.S. it would be great to win your membership contest!.

  859. John Stanczak says

    Thank you for your contest, I have a question, I have been attempting to root cuttings from my blueberry bushes, I stripped about a quarter of an inch off of the bottom of the cutting dipped it into a rooting solution and planted it into a sand bucket where it stayed green for over a month then they all just died. I kept them damp so that they wouldn’t dry out but it didn’t seem to matter.
    Thank you

  860. Glen Rietman says

    Hey, have been grow plants for sometime now and with full time employment looking dismal I need to step up the plant growing.

  862. Joscelyn E Pierce of Big Bear Lake, CA says

    Hi Mike: i would love to win one of your lifetime memberships. I live in Big Bear Lake, CA 92315, at an altitude of 7,000 feet. I belong to “A” GARDEN CLUB, here in Big Bear and I could pass along any hints on how and when to grow flowers, vegetables, trees, etc. at our altitude and growing zone. We also have several community gardens which feed the homeless and poor. Soooooo, please put my name in the hat.

    Thank you!

  863. Lauren says

    I would love this membership. Propagated a few cuttings this year but would love to take it to a business level.

  864. Bill Brougham says

    Thank you for this opportunity Mike. I would love a gift membership, I know whoever does receive this will be most grateful to and your organization. The knowledge you share with all of us is more appreciated than you realize. Happy trails and happy growing!

  868. Allen Trexler says

    I appreciate the great advice and information, especially experiences over the years as you explain what will work and what will not……….. Great videos, newsletters and books!

  869. Landa says</