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Home » Gardening » Page 28

The Pre-Spring Gardening Checklist.

Updated : January 18, 2019

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Let’s see, what should we put on our pre-spring gardening checklist? I need your help with this, comment below and let me know what I missed. 1.  Get all of the remaining leaves out of my beds. 2.  Remove the tops from the perennials, Hosta, Daylily etc. 3.  Trim any trees that need trimming while… Click here to read more…

Grow Your Own Fruit Trees and other Fruit Bearing Plants.

Updated : January 25, 2019

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How would you like to walk out into your backyard and pick your own, homegrown, apples, pears, peaches, cherries, grapes, raspberries or strawberries?  Looking for a place to buy starter plants? I’ve got a source for you. Schlabach’s Nursery in Medina, New York But first I am going to tell you straight out that I… Click here to read more…

How To Dig and Plant a Live Christmas Tree

Updated : May 20, 2015

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 Digging and Planting a Live Christmas Tree. There’s nothing quite like a live Christmas tree, but do you really want to sacrifice a beautiful tree that has been growing for years just so you can have a live Christmas tree?  Or would you be interested in a live Christmas tree that has been dug and… Click here to read more…

How To Tie a Slipknot

Updated : May 20, 2015

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   Why would I teach you how to tie a slip knot? Because, slip knots are cool! And once you learn how to tie this knot you might yourself using it a lot more than you think.  It’s great for tying up small piles or branches or brush, it’s good for putting a string around a tarp, a bundle of anything.  I… Click here to read more…

Butterfly Japanese Maple

Updated : November 24, 2014

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This video is of the Butterfly Japanese Maple in our landscape.  More spectacular fall colors! I’ll share more much more information on the Butterfly Japanese Maple as soon as I can.  But in the mean time you can see more of my Japanese Maple collection here. You Really Should be the Person that is Supplying… Click here to read more…

Homemade Deer Repellent

Updated : August 3, 2015

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Deer Repellent made from Baby Formula? In most of the northern states white tailed deer manage to cause headache to gardeners and their unprotected plants. The U.S. Department of Agriculture conducted  a study to evaluate the effectiveness of Homemade Deer Repellents that contain Hydrolyzed Casein.  Like most individuals, I was unaware of Hydrolyzed Casein, let… Click here to read more…

How to Prune Roses for Winter

Updated : November 24, 2014

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Pruning roses for the winter season is important.  Roses have long been a favorite of many gardeners, but the frigid months of north can be detrimental to any plant and roses are no different. As the weather begins to change, so do the needs of the roses we enjoyed over the growing season. Having a strong… Click here to read more…

How to Get Rid of Poison Ivy

Updated : July 2, 2019

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Huge Poison Ivy Vine!

I often get asked how to get rid of poison ivy. And because I’ve got a situation on my property that has a really good stand of poison ivy that I have to deal with, I made you a video. A while back I showed you How to Identify Poison Ivy.  This video is all… Click here to read more…

Where to Buy Plants Online (…at Rock-Bottom Prices!)

Updated : May 27, 2015

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Our youngest, third generation nurseryman

This is Part 2 of a 3-part series on buying plants online and also selling the plants you grow online: Part 1  – How to Sell Plants Online Part 2 – [You Are Here] – Where to Buy Plants (at Rock-Bottom Prices) Online Part 3 – How to Get Paid to Sell Sticks (Yes… STICKS!!)… Click here to read more…

Where to Recycle Plastic Nursery Containers and or Pots

Updated : November 21, 2014

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Where to Recycle Plastic Nursery Containers and or Pots. This article is really about, why are plants so dag blamed expensive? Wanted!  People to Grow and Sell Small Plants from Home. Do you have a big pile of nursery containers behind your shed that you’d like to get rid of, but you don’t want to… Click here to read more…

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Complete Guides

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Growing Seeds, Winter Sowing, in Milk Jugs and Kitty Litter Jugs.

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Training Arborvitae and other Conical Evergreens to Grow with a Single Leader.

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Recent Posts

Mike McGroarty sucks at landscape design.

My Landscape Design Skills Suck!

That's what he told me. He said my landscape design skills totally suck. Or something to that effect. Last summer when I did a post about landscape lighting some helpful visitor to my website suggested that I stick to growing plants because I was a … Read Full Article

Japanese maples balled in burlap.

How to put a ball and burlap on a bare root tree that has been previously dug.

One of the most important things you need to learn as a gardener is that there is a digging or transplanting season that has a beginning and an end. Digging season starts in the fall, usually around Thanksgiving, after deciduous plants have lost their leaves. … Read Full Article

Mike McGroarty interviews a successful backyard grower from Tennessee.

Mike Interviews a Very Successful Backyard Grower from Tennessee.

See more photos and learn more about Nathan and his nursery here. Questions, comments, mean things to say? Post them below and I will respond. Until then, by any and all means stay inspired! I often share this quote with Our Members . . . “Until one … Read Full Article

Red Prince Weigela

Red Prince Weigela

Red Prince Weigela is one of the best selling plants that I grow. I guess it's the striking red flowers that attract attention that make it such a great seller. Red Prince grows well in zones 4 through 8. Red Prince loves full sun but it will also … Read Full Article

Bare Root Japanese Maple Trees about to be Heeled in.

Digging and storing bare root trees for later potting.

These are rules for digging trees and other plants. Only dig trees or plants when they are dormant. Here in Ohio dormancy occurs usually right before Thanksgiving, after we've had at least on night with temps down around 28 degrees F. or lower.That's when … Read Full Article

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