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Here at Mike’s Plant Farm in Perry, Ohio our plants are scattered over a pretty big area. Far too big to carry plants by hand to our check out area. Therefore, we provide our customers with wagons that they can load up and pull up to the check out area. Typically I end up buying… Click here to read more…
So far we’ve given away three Mantis Tiller/Cultivators and we still have one more to give away this year, 2019! In August of every year we do a big get together for Our Members. People come from all over to attend this annual event. Last year, 2018 our great friends and long time members Mrinali… Click here to read more…
February 23rd, doors open at 8:00 a.m. and runs until 4:30 p.m. Tickets are $10.00 per person at the door. This takes place at the Elkhart County Fairgrounds, 17746 County Road 34 in Goshen, Indiana I am just one of four speakers that day so this is going to be an awesome event for gardeners… Click here to read more…
This information was shared in our Members Area by one of our members in Shelton, Washington, Andrea Bichsel of Hammersley Inlet Farm & Nursery. Andrea put this list together for our members. She’s in zone 8, so you might have to find varieties that are more suited if you are in a colder zone like… Click here to read more…
Your Business Here! Perfect for a Small Family Owned Garden Center, Quick facts; The house is approximate 2,000 square feet, see the photos below. The house is located on 2.5 acres of land. The house is located on a very busy four lane road. The property is zoned commercial, so a business or home based… Click here to read more…
Some growers stratify seeds like dogwoods or Japanese maple seeds in a cold, but not freezing space. Some actually put them in a cloth bag and hang them in the well, far above the water level but at least a few feet down because the air in the well is never cold enough to freeze…. Click here to read more…
Dollar for dollar Coral Bells, also known as Heuchera is by far one of the best plants you can put in your landscape because they are easy to care for and add year round color to the landscape. And they can be pricey, I’ve seen one gallons priced as high as $14.00 in a big… Click here to read more…
I was sitting out on the front porch admiring the Impatiens that Pam and I planted. What a blast of color! Then I thought about what I feed them. Before I get into that, let’s do a fertilizer crash course. On a bag of fertilizer you will see three numbers like 12-12-12 or 18-6-4 or… Click here to read more…
A Tiller/Cultivator this is cordless? Yep! Mantis has done it again. I need to tell you this. I own and have owned for many years a Mantis 2-cycle Tiller/Cultivator and I love it. I use it for all kinds of things. But . . . it’s 2-cycle. That’s fine by me because I keep 2-cycle… Click here to read more…
Many of you know that I have “A History with Mantis Tillers”. First falling in love with the 2 cycle model which I’ve been using and bragging about for years. But recently Mantis has come out with two new models, an Electric Tiller/Cultivator and a Cordless Tiller/Cultivator. Let’s take a look at the electric model…. Click here to read more…
My neighbor Richard is awesome and he let me use his garden for this presentation. Last fall I helped Richard pack his garden with donkey manure and other compost from my compost pile. We put at least two or three ton of manure and compost into his garden. Then I tilled it in with the… Click here to read more…
I guess I’ll use this page to share some of our silly videos and some of my random thoughts. Something to think about . . . I like to call this video; “Crazy Comes in all Sizes.” This silly video gives you an idea of what goes on behind the scenes In Our Members Area. … Click here to read more…
Here are the details . . . We are having A Wholesale Extravaganza Buying Event at Mike’s Plant Farm here in Perry, Ohio on Saturday June 30th, 2018. Each adult that comes to the event can enter one ticket to win this machine. We’ll draw the winner at 3:00 p.m. You have to be present… Click here to read more…
The Wholesale Nursery Stock Extravaganza Buying Event at Mike’s Plant Farm. The date of this event is; June 30th, 2018. We start at 9:00 a.m and would like to wrap it up by 4:00 p.m. Who is invited? You are! This event is for all of our loyal subscribers, member and customers! This event takes… Click here to read more…
Reviewing and Giving Away this Mantis Electric Tiller/Cultivator Crazy right? Giving away a tiller/cultivator for free? Actually we are going to give away three of them. The first one that we are giving away is the Mantis 4-Cycle Tiller Cultivator. See it here . . . Mantis has asked me to review three of their… Click here to read more…
People are always perplexed at what to put in their landscape. How many? How should I arrange them etc. Pam and I decided to dress up the front of this place, but we wanted to keep it really, really simple. This is what we did . . . The design on both sides of the… Click here to read more…
I’ve always had a difficult time over wintering ornamental grasses in containers so last fall I decided to try something different. We pulled the grasses out of the pots and heeled them in an above ground, but not really raised bed. Then we mulched around them with potting soil to make the roots were not… Click here to read more…
Here’s the thing about Rhododendrons. 1. I honestly believe they could make a motivated grower fairly wealthy. Nobody is growing them, especially in zone 4! 2. Rooting them is tricky and best done over bottom heat in the winter. Warm roots, cool tops, 45 degrees or lower. They hate wet feet, they hate heavy soil. … Click here to read more…
Mondays with Mike? Yeah, this is what I was doing last Monday! Okay, this is not a very pleasant subject but it’s happened to us multiple times so it must be happening to others. At first we really didn’t expect it. We put cross bars in the well casing to make sure a small child… Click here to read more…
This is a “Monday’s with Mike” segment. Our Members like to know what I am up to in my nursery at any given time so I try to keep them updated and at the same time, offer up information on plants, caring for them etc. In this segment it’s spring and we are digging Japanese… Click here to read more…
