Many of our subscribers love the donkeys, some I’m sure think it’s dumb and waste of time. But for those of you who love them, this page is for you. Mike McGroarty and Finnegan Swapping Spit? View the page here. The donkeys running for president? View that page here.
Growing Seeds, Winter Sowing, in Milk Jugs and Kitty Litter Jugs.
Meet Roger Higgins from Roger’s Backyard Nursery in Cranesville, Pa. Every one of those plastic jugs next to Roger contains seeds. Some are perennial seeds, some might be Dogwood Seeds, maybe some Japanese maple seeds. Some of the jugs are milk jugs, the bigger jugs are kitty litter jugs. If you look closely Roger has… Click here to read more…
Mike McGroarty Swapping Spit with a Donkey.
See the video below. I know that we have people who really, really love Finnegan and Fergus so we try and include them in our shenanigans as often as possible. Once a day I grab a five gallon bucket to sit on and and I take a few moments to feed them crackers. Fergus is… Click here to read more…
Putting up a Building in Five Hours!
We were running out of room at the nursery and decided to add an extra storage building that we intend to Use to Pack and Ship Small Plants, Liners and Rooted Cuttings. We have a local company run by an Amish Family that builds all kinds of outdoor storage buildings and this is the second… Click here to read more…
Thank you Tim and Patty!
Tim and Patty (“Cookie”), thank you so much for thinking of us at this time of the year. But mostly, thanks for being part of our Backyard Growers Family! Folks, I’m sharing this for a couple of reasons. All of Our Members are like family to me. Words cannot even begin to explain why. Timothy… Click here to read more…
The Little Yellow Dog.
In October we lost our little yellow dog. She was 14 years old. We loved her to death and I wanted her to be buried at the nursery, Near the Donkeys. We bought her a grave marker and I had a sign made that hangs on the fence by her grave. I’ll post a photo… Click here to read more…
This is Why I Do what I Do.
It was early Sunday morning, the third day of our fall plant sale and I was walking through the nursery. It was a beautiful September morning, very quiet except for the birds chirping, even the Donkeys were Quiet, just watching me stroll through the nursery when suddenly it hit me; What an amazing thing it… Click here to read more…
An Open Letter to Mike McGroarty and the other Members.
I joined The Backyard Growers Business Center in September of 2013. I had been researching how to propagate Crape myrtles, found Mike’s site, and it seemed like an interesting place to learn something new. I don’t know if I meant to start growing for profit, but that’s what happened, and here we are three years later…. Click here to read more…
Dwarf Alberta Spruce, growing them from cuttings and caring for them.
Dwarf Alberta Spruce is an awesome little evergreen that stays small and only grows a few inches per year. Yes, they can get five or six feet tall, but it takes a long time and with one annual pruning you can keep them to the size you want. This is plant that I have been… Click here to read more…
Heeling in Japanese Maple Trees, Rooted Cuttings and other Plants.
Heeling in? What do you mean by that? I’m telling people that they can temporarily “heel in” plants until they are ready to deal with them and this often confuses people. Why do I need to do that? There are a lot of reasons for heeling plants in, but the reason that we do it… Click here to read more…