The Most Fun You Can Have With Your Bibs On!
The art of hand digging trees and balling them in burlap really is an art. Some are good at it, others not so much. Me? I’d rate myself as an okay tree digger. At least with relatively small trees and shrubs. Recently I put up a post about Canadian Hemlocks trees and I have some… Click here to read more…
Is it possible that a plant could change your life forever? Yes it is possible that one plant could change your life forever and it could be just about any plant. I really do mean that. We had a very successful plant sale slash St. Patrick’s Day party this weekend at Mike’s Plant Farm here… Click here to read more…
The donkeys are all excited! This Saturday, September 14th, 2013 we are having a big plant sale and a St. Patrick’s Day party here at Mike’s Plant Farm in Perry, Ohio. A St. Patrick’s Day party in September? Yeah, that was the donkeys idea. Since they are Irish (because we gave them Irish names) and… Click here to read more…
We’ve been pushing hard to try and get all the cuttings stuck that we can before it gets too late in the season. In this week’s episode of “Mondays With Mike” I’ll show you how we plan to overwinter our cuttings. By adjusting the layout of my mist beds, I’m now confident the cuttings will… Click here to read more…
. . . and guess who the crazy person is? Me. Mike McGroarty. This is what I did that appears to be so crazy, but this is a great lesson in pruning as well as a lesson in Plant Propagation. I bought this one plant last summer and planted it in the yard. My only… Click here to read more…
Sometime last fall or winter I did a post about doing hardwood cuttings and I remember having a flat packed full of little tiny hardwood cuttings. I just looked for that post and I can’t find it. And to be perfectly honest, I don’t have time to keep looking. So the first person that finds… Click here to read more…
I have been doing these summer get togethers for customers for so long I don’t even remember when we first started them. Years ago I know that. The first few were at my house on Middle Ridge, then we had a few at the house we live in now and for the past three years… Click here to read more…
In this video: Pam McGroarty is painting signs for the donkey shed. Check them out. How to use a Mantis Rototiller to level and move soil in a landscaping bed. Some new plants that you’d probably like to meet. Most people think of a rototiller as a device used for loosing and digging up soil… Click here to read more…
Growing, caring for and propagating Hibiscus moscheutos also known as “Dinner Plate” Hibiscus. When I say this plant could change your life forever, this is what I mean. If you were to start out growing and selling only this one plant from your backyard you could quickly establish yourself as the go to person for… Click here to read more…
This is a tutorial about the correct way to ship plants to friends or customers. First, watch this video I made about shipping plants. It shows how to properly package plants for shipment. There are few things to take notice of in the above photo. The shipper recycled an old fan box to ship these… Click here to read more…
