At the end of January, 2018 Pam and I traveled to the Atlanta, Georgia area to visit with our Backyard Growing Members from the south. I’m not sure how many people actually attended this get together but I think it was around 50, maybe a few more. Because this visit took place just a few… Click here to read more…
Our Family of Backyard Growers.
Ask any Member, without a doubt, Our Backyard Growers Group are like family and to many, closer and more important than family. Our Backyard Growers Group is a group of like minded people who are dedicated to helping one another. For years and years I’ve been holding a Backyard Growers Shindig at my nursery here… Click here to read more…
The Nursery, Plant Tag Printer that We Use.
Tagging the plants that you grow and sell is a necessary evil. You have to tag them for your own reference and you have to tag them for your customers whether you sell retail or wholesale. Hand writing tags works just fine, but it can be really time consuming and finding a marker that really… Click here to read more…
Over Wintering Ornamental Grasses.
Ornamental grasses can be really challenging to over winter in pots. If you cover the pots with white plastic like I show here that helps a great deal because it keeps them dry so they don’t rot. But uncovered, they don’t do well in pots over the winter here in the north. So this year… Click here to read more…
Backyard Growers Tour Brotzman’s Nursery
We have to say a huge “Thank You!” to Tim Broztman of Brotzman’s Nursery in Madison, Ohio for taking time out of his extremely busy and demanding life to take a “wagon load” of our members on a tour of their most interesting and impressive nursery. Before I tell you a bit about Brotzman’s, I… Click here to read more…
Rooted Cuttings. Heeling them in, storing them until you can get them potted. When to fertilize them.
Human beings love to take simple things and make them as complicated as possible! My job as your gardening/growing mentor is to get you back to the basics so you can focus on what works and get more done. There are a lot of different ideas about how to go about any given task, but… Click here to read more…
Growing, Selling and Propagating Patented Coral Bells also called Heuchera.
There are all kinds of truly awesome Huechera on the market, but many of the most Desired Ones are Patented, which makes it illegal to propagate them without entering into a legal agreement with the patent holder. That involves a license fee and guarantee that you will produce a certain amount every year. Licenses usually… Click here to read more…
2017 Spring Plant Sale at Mike’s Plant Farm in Perry, Ohio 44081
This is a walking tour of our spring plant sale. Sorry about the wind blowing across the camera. We don’t have the luxury of picking the perfect day to shoot video so sometimes the wind is an issue. Questions, comments, mean things to say? Post them below and I will respond. A little history of… Click here to read more…
Review of the NorthStar High-Pressure Tow Behind Tree/Orchard Sprayer — 21-Gallon Capacity, 2 GPM, 12 Volt
I purchased this NorthStar High Pressure Tree and Orchard Sprayer to use around the nursery for spraying and watering plants in remote areas where there is no easy way to get water to them. I’ll pull it behind the ATV. There are a lot of other pull behind sprayers on the market, some sold locally… Click here to read more…
How to Separate Used Nursery Containers (pots) Easily.
This question comes up a lot in Our Members Area because a lot of members, including myself, recycle used nursery pots. Why? Because it’s crazy not to! These plastic nursery containers have no business in our landfills if small backyard growers like us can recycle them, make good use of them, and keep them out… Click here to read more…
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