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Bare root trees are dug from the ground when they’re dormant, usually in fall, and their roots are shaken free of soil. They are stored in a cool place with their roots kept moist until they are ready to be shipped for you to plant. Supplies & Tools Needed: Bare Root Tree Bucket Shovel Scissors… Click here to read more…
Every day hundreds of wholesale plant sales and other transactions take place in our Backyard Growers Business Center. If you are new to the business, you can learn a lot from the experienced members of the group. Shipment of plants by mail requires detailed packaging and preparation of the plant, you want to ensure that… Click here to read more…
Raised Beds and Potting Soil. The Recipe is the Magic that makes for Beautiful Plants! A good potting soil recipe and a good bed building recipe are interchangeable. A good potting soil recipe is an absolute must. You can’t fool around and get a potting soil recipe wrong. I poor potting soil recipe will stall,… Click here to read more…
Nursery carts and wagons will help save time and your back!Easily move plants, pots and tools around your nursery, greenhouse or garden with this DIY plant cart! This DIY Stroller Plant Cart will hold 8-10 plant pots (the $4.97 size Mike sells) and maneuvers well over most surfaces. Give it a try, it only took… Click here to read more…
A hoop house or cloche is a tunnel made of plastic, usually semi-circular, square or elongated in shape. The interior heats up from the sun and warms the plants and soil inside, keeping your plants nice and cozy over the colder months. Instructions for your DIY hoop house for a wooden garden bed frame Materials… Click here to read more…
This is Mike and Pam’s little dog Ally. She loves the snacks and knows where I keep them!
Step 1: GATHER THE TOOLS, PALLET AND SPARE WOOD Here are some of the tools I used to build this potting bench. I also used wood glue, a building stapler and landscaping fabric. I used an 8x 4 pallet with a good half and a not quite as good half. I also needed spare wood… Click here to read more…
After a long season of watering your plants, garden and yard, it is time to take apart and winterize your irrigation system. Step 1: Supplies White vinegar, bucket, pliers,adjustable wrench Step 2: Disconnect and empty rain barrel (if you use one) Rain barrels are excellent for catching and holding rain water. They have to be… Click here to read more…
We’re giving away two full memberships to the Backyard Grower’s Business Center, a $610 value! To enter to win, all you have to do is leave a comment below. We will choose two numbers at random and match those numbers with the comment number below. (NOTE: only we can see the comment numbers, they’re not… Click here to read more…
Once or twice a year we invite our Backyard Growers to my place, Mike’s Plant Farm, here in Perry, Ohio. Each year we have a group of wonderful people. We enjoy the day talking plants, plant propagation, growing and selling plants and we eat. And of course the donkeys love the company. We also do … Click here to read more…
Mike and I were walking through the nursery yesterday discussing what we wanted to shoot our next “Mondays With Mike” video about. As we walked past a row of plants in the container area Mike said, “Hey Amber, check out the arborvitae”. As I walked closer to the grouping of evergreens tagged as Arborvitae ‘Emerald… Click here to read more…
What is commonly referred to as vinca, can be found as both an annual and perennial…but they are not the same plant. Let me explain: Perennial vinca (sometimes called periwinkle or creeping myrtle) can be found in two basic forms: Vinca minor and Vinca major. Vinca major is slightly bigger, slightly less cold hardy and… Click here to read more…
Welcome to this issue of “Mondays with Mike”. We do this series for our backyard growers but are happy to share them with anybody that has an interest. Lots and lots of things for you to pay attention to in this video. 1. Our New Potting Area I reconfigured our potting area to take advantage… Click here to read more…
All the time people say to me; “Rhododendrons don’t do well or grow for me.” Right here and now I’ll tell you why that is so and how to fix it. Why so many people have problems with Rhododendrons in their landscape. Believe it or not, Rhododendrons and Azaleas are quite easy to grow and… Click here to read more…
When it comes to getting the most bang for your buck, a zinnia plant cannot be beat. Adding a big splash of color to your landscape will only run you $1.00 for a pack of seeds. Zinnia plants (Zinnia elegans) are native to Central America, Mexico and the Southwestern United States, but they will… Click here to read more…
Patented plants, plants with registered trademarks. What does all of that mean? What is a person/backyard grower to do? Without a doubt this is an extremely confusing and an intimidating subject and as far as some are concerned the more intimidating the better. I need your help with this and I will explain. Lately, I… Click here to read more…
For people new to plant buying, making a purchase from an online retailer can feel like a gamble. Most sites show a beautiful picture of a mature plant and give a decent description of what conditions the plant will grow in, but most don’t do a very good job at telling you exactly what you… Click here to read more…
This is one of our Semi Famous “Mondays with Mike” Segments that I do for our Backyard Growers. Last week I went to a wholesale nursery stock auction and pick up about two truck loads of nursery stock. I’m going to do a post about growing flowering Hydrangea shrubs into trees so I grabbed a… Click here to read more…
Growing tiny seedlings into beautiful trees isn’t at all difficult if you know what to do. In this post I hope to clear up all the questions that people have. I know they they don’t look like much but these are Japanese maple tree seedlings. Our growers either grow these and sell them as is… Click here to read more…
Anybody Can Sell a lot of Plants, and I Do Mean Anybody! Tens of thousands of plants if that’s what your heart desires. But . . . in order for that to happen you have to get off of the couch, out into the backyard and make it happen. You have to quit talking yourself… Click here to read more…
