If you are starting your backyard nursery in August, there are a number of things you should be concentrating on. In the next 8 to 12 weeks there will be some deals on rooted cuttings and liners on the Backyard Growers Business Center Buy/Sell board. If you buy them now and just plant them in… Click here to read more…
What is a Liner Plant?
Almost all people who want to start their own Backyard Nursery start out with liners they purchase from other growers. Every day in the Backyard Growers Business Center, folks are buying and selling all sizes of plants; unrooted cuttings, rooted cuttings, liners, stock plants and even seeds! Liners will typically range in size from a… Click here to read more…
Stock Plants and Growing in Containers
Stock plants, rooted cuttings, cuttings, that’s my business. Up against the donkey fence, I have planted several stock plants to take cuttings from. They are my gold mine. I have Anabelle Hydrangea and Gold Flame Spirea among many others. The Gold Flame Spirea is just a phenomenal plant. It is easy to propagate and it… Click here to read more…
My Nursery and Donkey Points
I’ve had some new business cards printed by Vista.com and I have to tell you that they make it very easy to design your own card. Plus they are reasonably priced and have quick service. I set my cards out on the table and people grab them up! My cards have a photo of Pam,… Click here to read more…
Plant Propagation Calendar – What You Should Be Doing Now
Do yourself a huge favor and print this off and keep it near your potting bench. Heck, print off a few copies and hang them where you can see them. January-Mid Winter You can do hardwood cuttings of deciduous plants. Just wait for a day when the ground is not frozen so you can either… Click here to read more…
How to Grow a Fruit Tree
People ask me all the time if they can grow a fruit tree from a seed. Yes the seed will produce a lovely tree, but chances are you are not going to get what you were expecting out of it. When you grow something by seed you are going to get the most generic version… Click here to read more…
DIY Irrigation System for Lawn, Garden or Greenhouse
People have been asking me how I water all of my plants. The best thing that I have found, and that all the nurseries around me use, is the Nelson Whiz Head sprinkler. (<– that’s an affiliate link) It’s fairly inexpensive and it fits right onto a ½ inch fitting on a ¾ standpipe. I… Click here to read more…
Growing, Buying and Selling Thousands of Plants
In my previous video I showed you my grow bed full of Japanese maples. I had to grow those for a couple of years for them to get to that size, then I had to dig, ball and burlap the tree. A lot of work for one tree.Now I’m going to show you my container… Click here to read more…
Growing Plants in Beds
Today I’m going to talk to you about growing plants in beds, and when it makes sense and when it doesn’t. Whether you are growing plants for yourself or to sell it doesn’t really make a difference. Gardeners are gardeners and we all love plants. I’ve been doing this my whole life and I really… Click here to read more…
How to Apply Preemergent Herbicide
Preemergent herbicides are designed for application before the targeted weed germinates, and are an effective preventative method for controlling weeds. People always ask me what type of preemergent herbicide I use and I tell then Snapshot DG. You’re only going to find this at a place that sells to nurseries. I would check AM Leonard… Click here to read more…
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