I was sitting out on the front porch admiring the Impatiens that Pam and I planted. What a blast of color! Then I thought about what I feed them. Before I get into that, let’s do a fertilizer crash course. On a bag of fertilizer you will see three numbers like 12-12-12 or 18-6-4 or… Click here to read more…
Valve Trouble Shooting.
This post is really for those who have purchased this product, https://mikesbackyardnursery.com/mikes-plant-propagation-kit/ and need a little help getting it set up. The wiring is pretty simple. The two black wires coming from the power supply pack (see the video) connect to the two terminals on the left that are marked as “AC”. The low voltage… 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…
A Review of the Field Tuff ATV Cultivator.
Recently I purchased the Field Tuff ATV Cultivator to keep a small field as weed free as possible. In this brief review of this product I will tell you exactly what I like and dislike about this piece of equipment. When I unpacked the parts of this cultivator I found that many of the components… Click here to read more…
Braiding Golden Curls Weeping Willow Trees for Patio Planters.
Golden Curls Willow is a very attractive plant with branches that twist and turn like a pigs tail, but they can get big. One of Our Members, Roger Higgins from Roger’s Backyard Nursery in Cranesville, Pa has a very unusual approach to growing and selling this tree. A late friend of mine discovered and brought… Click here to read more…
The Simplicity of Rooting Thousands of Cuttings in Your Backyard.
Recently Duston and I took a trip to western Pennsylvania to visit One of Our Members, Roger Higgins in Cranesville, Pa. Roger has an amazing backyard nursery in a really small area and it is packed full of plants that he is growing. It was pouring rain that day and cold, 37 degrees! So we… Click here to read more…
Growing, Rooting and Propagating Dappled Willow in Tree Form from Cuttings.
The easiest and most predictable way to grow Dapple Willow, Salix integra ‘Hakuro Nishiki’, from cuttings is to do them as Hardwood Cuttings in the Winter. They can be done as Softwood Cuttings in the Summer, but that can be a bit tricky. But as hardwood cuttings they are very easy to root. Plants in… Click here to read more…
Growing, Propagating, Dividing and Selling Hostas for Profit.
In this article I want to talk about the simplicity of growing, propagating, dividing and selling Hosta varieties from home. There is an insane amount of different kinds of Hosta varieties and they are a great item to grow and sell because people love Hosta, they do well in shady situations and there are a… Click here to read more…
Growing Seeds, Winter Sowing, in Milk Jugs and Kitty Litter Jugs.
Meet Roger Higgins from Roger’s Backyard Nursery in Cranesville, Pa. Every one of those plastic jugs next to Roger contains seeds. Some are perennial seeds, some might be Dogwood Seeds, maybe some Japanese maple seeds. Some of the jugs are milk jugs, the bigger jugs are kitty litter jugs. If you look closely Roger has… Click here to read more…
Training Arborvitae and other Conical Evergreens to Grow with a Single Leader.
Trees and plants are no different than any other creature on the planet. If you want them to be nice, to act right, you have to train them when they are young. With conical evergreens like Spruce trees, pine tree and upright arborviate it’s important to train them when really young to produce only one… Click here to read more…
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