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Home » Mondays with Mike

Removing a Dead Animal from a Well.

Updated : May 11, 2018

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Mondays with Mike?  Yeah, this is what I was doing last Monday! Okay, this is not a very pleasant subject but it’s happened to us multiple times so it must be happening to others.  At first we really didn’t expect it.  We put cross bars in the well casing to make sure a small child… Click here to read more…

2017 Spring Plant Sale at Mike’s Plant Farm in Perry, Ohio 44081

Updated : April 28, 2017

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Mike's Plant Farm, the first days.

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…

How To Prune Shrubs and Other Landscape Plants

Updated : September 3, 2019

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When is the best time to prune shrubs in your landscape? The answer is:  When it needs it. Some experts might tell you that you need to wait until winter or early spring to cut back your shrubs or trees.  Here at Mike’s Plant Farm, we ignore the calendar and prune as needed. We prune… Click here to read more…

An Important Lesson for All Plant Propagators

Updated : December 1, 2014

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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…

Potting or Planting Rooted Cuttings

Updated : September 10, 2019

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Potting or planting rooted cuttings. What to do with cuttings after they are rooted. I get this question a lot; “Mike, once my cuttings are rooted, what do I do with them?” You have two options. 1.  You can plant them in a bed and grow them from there. 2.  You can put them in… Click here to read more…

Rooting Cuttings Successfully in Sand.

Updated : September 6, 2019

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Rooting Cuttings Successfully in Sand. In this post I want to show you how easy it is to root cuttings in sand, using the techniques that I recommend. For a while there, during the growing season, we were shooting a “Mondays with Mike” video for our members.  The videos that we shot in this 30-day… Click here to read more…

Making Cuttings with the Grandkids.

Updated : September 25, 2014

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Mondays with Mike.  This week . . . Donkeys.  Since  we shot this videos the Donkeys have a greatly expanded pen and lots of new grass to eat.  They’re happy.  I no longer have to tie them out so they can eat a little grass. Just getting ready to stick cuttings.  Trying out the grand… Click here to read more…

How to water small pots and other plants in the yard, garden or nursery.

Updated : September 25, 2014

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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…

Growing Plants in Containers (Pots), Controlling Weeds.

Updated : August 13, 2015

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Growing plants in containers is a fairly easy as long as you have a Really Good Potting Mix and you have a means of controlling weeds in your nursery containers.  In this version of “Mondays with Mike” I am going to show you what to put under your containers to keep the weeds down and… Click here to read more…

Hardwood Cuttings, Softwood Cuttings, Plant Selling Success.

Updated : September 25, 2014

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This is from our “Mondays with Mike” Series. Of February 2nd of 2014 I posted This about Doing Hardwood Cuttings in the Dead of Winter.  Beautiful winter photos, bitter cold!  It got down to -15 degrees F. here in Ohio and we had many other days well below zero.  How in the world can you… Click here to read more…

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Complete Guides

Growing, Rooting and Propagating Dappled Willow in Tree Form from Cuttings.

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

The Correct Way to Pot Rooted Cuttings, Nursery Stock Liners and other Plants.

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

How to Propagate, Root Cuttings, of Dwarf Alberta Spruce.

Recent Posts

Blue Angel Hosta.

‘Blue Angel’ Hosta.

'Blue Angel'hosta is by far one of my favorite blue hostas. A big hosta like this in a perennial bed covers a lot of area and that keeps a ton of weeds at bay! These giant heart shaped leaves are very slug resistant. We have this plant in full sun. With … Read Full Article

Big Daddy Hosta.

‘Big Daddy’ Hosta

'Big Daddy' hosta is one of my favorite big hostas, mostly because it's big, it's blue and it has very interested leaves that are a bit dimpled. Big Daddy hosta gets about 24" tall and 36" wide. It's hardy in zones 3 through 9, the flowers are blends of … Read Full Article

'Humpback Whale' hosta.

‘Humpback Whale’ Hosta.

We sold out of 'Humpback Whale' hosta pretty early this year. Humpback Whale is pretty impressive hosta and this one really hasn't matured yet because they can get three feet high and 7 feet wide. I've also seen photos of them that show them to be a lot … Read Full Article

Ice Plant, delosperma

Ice Plant, delosperma

How pretty is that? And it's a ground hugging perennial that comes back year and year. These plants were new to our nursery last year so Pam and I planted three of them in our landscape at home. Not only did they do really well last year but they wintered … Read Full Article

Electric Red Dianthus

‘Electric Red’ Dianthus

I've been working on my perennial bed at the nursery and this Electric Red Dianthus caught my eye and was screaming "make my picture". So I did! Dianthus in general are great perennials for your garden. They are super winter hardy even here in cold … Read Full Article

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