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Mike’s New Nursery… From The Beginning!

Updated : June 17, 2024

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This is what we started with in 2010. This fun little video documents our progress through the spring of 2012. The front container growing area is just to the right off the donkeys.  This photo was pretty much taken from the same vantage point as the above photo where the ground is snow covered. September… Click here to read more…

Suckers On Grafted Plants!

Updated : March 29, 2019

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This is important and I hope to add more to this post in the future. Near the end of this first video you will see first hand how suckers can completely destroy beautiful plants. Sometimes this is difficult for people to understand because they don’t really understand the concept of grafting. I hope these two… Click here to read more…

Awesome!

Updated : June 17, 2024

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This is how you enter the contest. You have to mail me a postcard, a letter, or like I said before, the flap from the top of the Cherrios box.  Some people want me to register them via Email, but that’s not going to happen.  I am not going to sit at my computer and… Click here to read more…

Potting Barn Disguised As An Outhouse

Updated : October 29, 2023

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This is going to sound really crazy, but a few years back I was actually suffering from outhouse envy!  Never heard of it?  Probably not, but I declare it to be a real affliction. Perry, Ohio is a fairly rural community.  Two traffic lights and not a single fast-food restaurant.  That rural enough for you? … Click here to read more…

Purple Sandcherry-Pruning and Propagating

Updated : May 20, 2015

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Purple Flowering Sandcherry is an easy plant to grow, always a great seller because of its purple leaves and delicate pink flowers. Always in demand. How is this plant sold? Let me count the ways. Unrooted hardwood cuttings. An unrooted cutting is pretty much nothing but a stick.  But because of the popularity of Purple… Click here to read more…