Listen up, me and the donkeys, Finnegan and Fergus, made a video for you that just might save you a giant headache when it comes to your power equipment. I made this giant mistake and hopefully this will make sure that it does not happen to you. Not sure how it works in other states… Click here to read more…

This spring the retail store garden tractor that I bought in 2010 finally died to the point that I just didn’t want to spend any more money on it. I’m not going to bash the brand, but I will say that I disliked that tractor from the time I bought it. Back in 2010 I… Click here to read more…

No matter what kind of work you are doing in your yard or in your backyard nursery it’s always nice to have an easy way to move things around. Our biggest challenge at Mike’s Plant Farm is being about to safely move our freshly potted plants from the potting area to the area in the… Click here to read more…

So far we’ve given away three Mantis Tiller/Cultivators and we still have one more to give away this year, 2019! In August of every year we do a big get together for Our Members. People come from all over to attend this annual event. Last year, 2018 our great friends and long time members Mrinali… Click here to read more…

A Tiller/Cultivator this is cordless? Yep!  Mantis has done it again. I need to tell you this.  I own and have owned for many years a Mantis 2-cycle Tiller/Cultivator and I love it.  I use it for all kinds of things. But . . . it’s 2-cycle.  That’s fine by me because I keep 2-cycle… Click here to read more…

Many of you know that I have “A History with Mantis Tillers”.  First falling in love with the 2 cycle model which I’ve been using and bragging about for years. But recently Mantis has come out with two new models, an Electric Tiller/Cultivator and a Cordless Tiller/Cultivator. Let’s take a look at the electric model…. Click here to read more…

Here are the details . . . We are having A Wholesale Extravaganza Buying Event at Mike’s Plant Farm here in Perry, Ohio on Saturday June 30th, 2018.  Each adult that comes to the event can enter one ticket to win this machine.  We’ll draw the winner at 3:00 p.m.  You have to be present… Click here to read more…

Reviewing and Giving Away this Mantis Electric Tiller/Cultivator Crazy right?  Giving away a tiller/cultivator for free?  Actually we are going to give away three of them.  The first one that we are giving away is the Mantis 4-Cycle Tiller Cultivator.  See it here . . . Mantis has asked me to review three of their… Click here to read more…

Me and Mantis.  We have a history and I think you should know about it. I lost my father in 2003 and my mom 363 days later.  It’s life, something we all deal with eventually.  They were extremely independent people but in those last few years, they needed help with some things. Like yard work. … Click here to read more…

I really like this amazing Compost Tumbler by Mantis because it’s small enough for the back porch but large enough to make a nice size batch of compost at one time.  And because it can be placed to close to the back door it takes all most no effort at all to give it a… Click here to read more…

Tagging the plants that you grow and sell is a necessary evil.  You have to tag them for your own reference and you have to tag them for your customers whether you sell retail or wholesale.  Hand writing tags works just fine, but it can be really time consuming and finding a marker that really… Click here to read more…

The winners have been drawn. The winners are: Nancy L. from Louisiana Donna S. from Florida Kari B. from Minnesota Congratulations! We are giving away three pair of Corona pruning shears, Model #BP3180. The lady in the photo?  That’s my wife Pam and she knows pruning shears!  I’ll tell you that story below. These are… Click here to read more…

I purchased this NorthStar High Pressure Tree and Orchard Sprayer to use around the nursery for spraying and watering plants in remote areas where there is no easy way to get water to them.  I’ll pull it behind the ATV. There are a lot of other pull behind sprayers on the market, some sold locally… Click here to read more…

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…

Don’t get all worked up over the quality of this image, I clipped it from the video that is posted below.  In short, Roger Higgins from Roger’s Backyard Nursery in Cranesville, Pa makes these homemade plant tags out of used Pepsi cans. I often use Aluminum Plant Tags in my nursery because they are very… 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…

Before we dig into the nitty-gritty of this article, let’s have a chat about which pruning shears are best.  The answer to that is simple, it really depends on what you like.  I will give you my opinion and why, but others will argue telling that they like another brand for a lot of different… Click here to read more…

Enter below for a chance to win this Mantis Tiller. Follow the instructions using the box below to enter. ↓↓↓ a Rafflecopter giveaway The giveaway starts on January 10, 2016 at 8:00am. We’ll a draw a winner at random on April 11, 2016. The winner will be notified by email.

I, Mike McGroarty, am committed to turning you into a successful Backyard Grower.  This post is all about you and your success.  There truly are handful to things that you need to get started and be successful as soon as possible. One of those tools is education.  I work really hard to bring you as… Click here to read more…