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It’s that time of year when I have to put balls on the Japanese maples that we dug earlier this spring. On this page, https://mikesbackyardnursery.com/2021/04/how-to-put-a-ball-and-burlap-on-a-bare-root-tree-that-has-been-previously-dug/, I show you how I put a ball on trees that were previously dug bare root. Actually, putting the ball on them is the easy part. The hard part? Moving… Click here to read more…

This below video is just a silly video. When I first built The Underground Donkey House with the really small doorway with the rope door someone said; “I’d love to see them go through that door.” Well . . . better late than ever, here’s Fergus putting himself to bed.

When I first got my Kubota Tractor one of the first things that I discovered was that pouring diesel fuel out of a five gallon can into funnel while standing on the running board of the tractor was not that easy. And usually it ended up with diesel fuel everywhere. I started searching for a… Click here to read more…

Who cares that Mike had a birthday? That’s a good question. But people have no been following me online now since 1999, that’s 21 years, and I know some like to know what’s going on with me. So I am going to ask you. Do you care? Do you like posts like this or are… Click here to read more…

The ultimate example of re-use, recycle, re-purpose! In the fall as soon as the temps start to drop the donkeys start to grow a lot of extra hair for winter protection. They get these crazy big eye brows, a thick mane and extra hair all over their bodies. Come spring it all starts to fall… Click here to read more…