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How to Design Effective Landscape Lighting.

Updated : June 23, 2020

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Landscape lighting, properly designed and installed can really enhance the appearance of your home at night and provide a level of security. On this page you’ll find a couple of videos and some still photos of the landscape around my house and and the lighting that I plan to install as well as some night… Click here to read more…

Simple Landscape Design Ideas.

Updated : May 31, 2018

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Simple Landscape Design Ideas.

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…

Offering Landscape Design, Landscape Consultation to Your Nursery Customers.

Updated : April 1, 2017

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Recently this came up in Our Members Area so I thought I’d share the conversation here for a couple of reasons.  I want you to know the quality of information exchanged in our members area on a regular basis. This is really good information and a great way for a person with knowledge of plants… Click here to read more…

Gardening in January No Matter Where You Live!

Published : January 9, 2017

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Mike and the members.

Single digits here in Ohio this week!  Brrrrrr. Both the plants and the Donkeys are Doing Fine.  The donkeys stay in their little shelter house during the day, it’s pretty open but it keeps the wind off of them.  Then at nighttime they check into Their Little Semi Underground Bedroom. The plants?  The plants are… Click here to read more…

Which Boxwood Makes a Nice Low Growing Hedge?

Published : January 1, 2017

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Low growing boxwood used to make an entry way welcome sign.

To the best of my recollection, the Boxwood plants used to make this entry way sign at our local high school are Buxus ‘Wintergreen’ also known as Korean Boxwood.  ‘Wintergreen Boxwood is one of the best Boxwood’s to use as a low hedge like we did here to spell out the word Perry.  This planting… Click here to read more…

A Very Simple Landscape Design Idea.

Published : December 21, 2016

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Landscape design idea.

Over the years I’ve landscape somewhere between 500 and 1,000 homes.  I’ve done everything from simple, basic landscapes to extravagant landscapes for very expensive homes.  Over the years I adopted a basic landscape design that I could apply to just about any house and actually repeat that scheme on different sides of the same house… Click here to read more…

Re-Landscaping Older Homes, Gardening for Extra Money.

Updated : October 29, 2016

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This came up in A Discussion in Our Members Area and I thought I’d share it here because it’s valuable information. What most people don’t realize is that there are thousands of people that will happily pay you to do yard work for them.  Those customers come in all sizes and shapes and have different… Click here to read more…

This is Why I Do what I Do.

Updated : September 21, 2016

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Dancing Queen Hosta

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…

Achillea ‘Saucy Seduction’ common name ‘Saucy Seduction’ Yarrow. PP20782

Published : September 6, 2016

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Achillea 'Saucy Seduction', common name 'Saucy Seduction' Yarrow.

This deer resistant perennial is an excellent addition to any garden.  This perennial is extremely hardy in zones 4 to 8 and loves sun.  They start blooming in early summer and bloom right on into fall. They get 18″ to 24″ tall but what we do is let them flush out in the spring, then… Click here to read more…

Enchanted Eve Coreopsis, commonly known as Tickseed.

Published : September 6, 2016

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Enchanted Eve Coreopsis, common name Tickseed.

Here at Mike’s Plant Farm in Perry, Ohio we root tens of thousands of cuttings.  Mostly flowering shrubs but we also do some evergreens as well.  But in addition to that I buy plugs from wholesale suppliers that we can grow on and resell at a nice profit.  I share my wholesale sources with Our… Click here to read more…

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