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Dwarf Alberta Spruce is a hot seller! Doesn’t look like much sitting on that tree stump does it? Believe it or not, small Dwarf Alberta Spruce that size are in high demand on the wholesale market! Growers all over are constantly looking for them from 2″ to 4′. One of the first plants that I… Click here to read more…
Crazy right? Hula-Hoops? This video is informative, it’s creative, it’s useful and it is funnier than all get out. And it’s short! Take a peek. So there you have it, the Hula-Hoop Greenhouse and this thing can be used for veggies or For Rooting Cuttings in the Summer.
Start your own garden club at work! It’s easy. Just find other people that share your interest in gardening and invite them into your club. Create a group on Facebook where you can share your interests and ideas. Trade plants, trade seeds, share landscaping ideas, seed growing tips, cutting growing tips. Bring your group to… Click here to read more…
Growing Perennials from Seed is Easy. Rule number one. Only grow perennials that are hardy in your zone. You can buy perennial seeds online, just make sure that you know what plant hardiness zone you are in and buy only seeds rated for your zone. Zone map for the United States: https://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/ Zone map for… Click here to read more…
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…
We are having two Drawings. Details on how to enter the contest are at the bottom of the page. On January 3rd, 2017 we’ll draw two names for the pruning shears. We are giving away two pair of these Corona Pruning Shears. These are the exact shears that we use a Mike’s Plant Farm to… Click here to read more…
It’s really cold and snowy here in northern Ohio in December so that means no gardening right? Wrong! Here’s at Mike’s Plant Farm we have been crazy busy making and sticking cuttings. Indoors right? Nope! Outside. The bed on left are cuttings Hardwood Cuttings that we’ve stuck between November 15th and December 10th. These are… Click here to read more…
My life of potting benches truly has involved. For years and years I used a “Legless Potting Bench” and I pretty much made that bench famous when I shared it online so many years ago. That started with me resting one end of the bench on my potting soil pile and supporting the other end… Click here to read more…
I am writing this article on election day, November 8th, 2016. Don’t forget to vote for the Donkeys, they are Running for President! The plants right in front of Cathy are Annabelle Hydrangea. We stuck those cuttings last November, potted them up in late June and I took this photo in October. They bloomed like… Click here to read more…
Basically there are two ways, two different times of the year to grow roses from cuttings. Softwood Cutting Season begins in June and continues through the summer. By fall the wood hardens off and you have to do things a bit differently, You have to Apply Hardwood Cutting Strategies. Let’s keep things simple and put… Click here to read more…
