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Proper Nursery Plant Tagging.

Updated : April 4, 2018

31 Comments

Hand written aluminum plant tags.

Even Fergus knows how important proper plant tagging is.  Lately we’ve been sticking thousands of hardwood cuttings right along the Donkey Fence and let’s face it, right now they all look like sticks so making sure they are properly tagged is extremely important. There are a couple of things you need to know about tagging… Click here to read more…

Rooting Cuttings in December and January.

Updated : December 4, 2020

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Golden Curls Willow hardwood cuttings.

It’s really cold and snowy here in northern Ohio in December so that means no gardening right? Wrong!  Here’s at Mike’s Plant Farm we have been crazy busy making and sticking cuttings. Indoors right?  Nope!  Outside. The bed on left are cuttings Hardwood Cuttings that we’ve stuck between November 15th and December 10th. These are… Click here to read more…

Why do plants have to be inspected?

Updated : November 21, 2014

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Emerald Green Arborvitae Rooted Cuttings 10 in a bundle.

I should have titled this how to grow and sell rooted cuttings instead of “why do plants have to be inspected?” This is really about plants that I bought from one of my customers. In another post, somebody asked me why plants have to be inspected and how can we make any money growing and… Click here to read more…

The Nursery, Plant Tag Printer that We Use.

Updated : February 2, 2018

7 Comments

Loading plant tags into the printer.

Tagging the plants that you grow and sell is a necessary evil.  You have to tag them for your own reference and you have to tag them for your customers whether you sell retail or wholesale.  Hand writing tags works just fine, but it can be really time consuming and finding a marker that really… Click here to read more…

Growing, Propagating, Dividing and Selling Hostas for Profit.

Updated : April 8, 2017

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Mini Skirt Hosta

In this article I want to talk about the simplicity of growing, propagating, dividing and selling Hosta varieties from home.  There is an insane amount of different kinds of Hosta varieties and they are a great item to grow and sell because people love Hosta, they do well in shady situations and there are a… Click here to read more…

Homemade, permanent plant tags.

Published : April 6, 2017

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Permanent plant tag made from a pop can.

Don’t get all worked up over the quality of this image, I clipped it from the video that is posted below.  In short, Roger Higgins from Roger’s Backyard Nursery in Cranesville, Pa makes these homemade plant tags out of used Pepsi cans. I often use Aluminum Plant Tags in my nursery because they are very… Click here to read more…

How to Grow Perennials from Seed.

Updated : March 2, 2017

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Fiesta Time Hollyhock

  Growing Perennials from Seed is Easy. Rule number one.  Only grow perennials that are hardy in your zone.  You can buy perennial seeds online, just make sure that you know what plant hardiness zone you are in and buy only seeds rated for your zone. Zone map for the United States: http://www.usna.usda.gov/Hardzone/ushzmap.html Zone map… Click here to read more…

Hardwood Cuttings, Winter of 2015/2016.

Updated : December 3, 2021

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Rose of Sharon and Purple Sand Cherry Propagation.

Hardwood cuttings are cuttings that are done during the winter months when the wood that you use to make the cuttings is hard and not pliable.  See this for a Detailed Explanation of How to Do Hardwood Cuttings. Couple of days ago I was looking at this post about Proper Nursery Plant Tagging and on… Click here to read more…

'Rockin Raspberry' Bee Balm.

‘Rockin Raspberry’ Bee Balm.

Posted On June 26, 2022 By Mike

'Bubblegum Blast' Bee Balm.

‘Bubblegum Blast’ Bee Balm

Posted On June 26, 2022 By Mike

Blue Angel Hosta.

‘Blue Angel’ Hosta.

Posted On June 25, 2022 By Mike

Big Daddy Hosta.

‘Big Daddy’ Hosta

Posted On June 25, 2022 By Mike

'Humpback Whale' hosta.

‘Humpback Whale’ Hosta.

Posted On June 25, 2022 By Mike

Ice Plant, delosperma

Ice Plant, delosperma

Posted On June 9, 2022 By Mike

Electric Red Dianthus

‘Electric Red’ Dianthus

Posted On June 9, 2022 By Mike

Flower bulb care after they bloom.

The Right Way to Treat Your Flower Bulbs after they Bloom.

Posted On June 9, 2022 By Mike

Miniature donkey shenanigans.

Power Equipment, Pain in the Backside!

Posted On June 9, 2022 By Mike

Ice Plant, Delosperma

Photos, Landscaping Ideas from My Butt Ugly Landscape. Worst Landscape Design Ever!

Posted On June 8, 2022 By Mike

Complete Guides

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Training Arborvitae and other Conical Evergreens to Grow with a Single Leader.

How to Propagate, Root Cuttings, of Dwarf Alberta Spruce.

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Flower bulb care after they bloom.

The Right Way to Treat Your Flower Bulbs after they Bloom.

Me and the donkeys made a movie for you about caring for your flower bulbs after they bloom. It seems to be that the standard practice is to roll the tops into a ball, put a rubber band around them and wait for them to turn brown before you cut them … Read Full Article

Miniature donkey shenanigans.

Power Equipment, Pain in the Backside!

Listen up, me and the donkeys, Finnegan and Fergus, made a video for you that just might save you a giant headache when it comes to your power equipment. I made this giant mistake and hopefully this will make sure that it does not happen to you. Not … Read Full Article

Ice Plant, Delosperma

Photos, Landscaping Ideas from My Butt Ugly Landscape. Worst Landscape Design Ever!

A couple of years ago I posted a video and some photos of the landscaping around our house and one guy said something like, "It's a good thing you know how to grow plants because your landscape design skills are terrible. So when I did an update I titled the … Read Full Article

Busting Gardening Myths!

One of Our Members, http://backyardgrowers.com/join, shared this article with the other members. It's a great article about long held gardening beliefs that just flat out are not true. I'd love to display the article here but I just don't have permission to … Read Full Article

How to Move Heavy things the Easy Way.

It's that time of year when I have to put balls on the Japanese maples that we dug earlier this spring. On this page, https://mikesbackyardnursery.com/2021/04/how-to-put-a-ball-and-burlap-on-a-bare-root-tree-that-has-been-previously-dug/, I show you how I put … Read Full Article

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