Some gardeners have fertile malleable soil in their backyards, and many have clay in their backyards. Does having a clay based soil damper any future hopes of a garden. No! absolutely not. How to plant in clay soil; well, that takes patience and work. Planting in clay soil is great for the vegetation that have roots strong… Click here to read more…
Homemade Deer Repellent
Deer Repellent made from Baby Formula? In most of the northern states white tailed deer manage to cause headache to gardeners and their unprotected plants. The U.S. Department of Agriculture conducted a study to evaluate the effectiveness of Homemade Deer Repellents that contain Hydrolyzed Casein. Like most individuals, I was unaware of Hydrolyzed Casein, let… Click here to read more…
Teaching a Lavender Twist Redbud Tree how to be a Tree
I made a movie for you about how to create a beautiful tree like this. The video is below. The Lavender Twist Weeping Redbud tree was discovered and developed by my friend Tim Brotzman of Brotzman’s Nursery in Madison, Ohio. What a spectacular plant! Brotzman’s is wholesale only, please do not contact them trying to… Click here to read more…
Loading up the Seats of the Ferris Wheel
This might seem like a stretch on a gardening site, but I hope you make the connection with me. It might be hard to see a connection between growing and selling small plants and a Ferris Wheel so I will make that connection for you. Anytime I am doing anything in my nursery in the… Click here to read more…
My Harry Lauder’s Walking Stick is Dying
Some Harry Lauder’s Walking Stick plants (corylus avellana contorta) are being attacked and are dying slowly. This doesn’t seem to be a widespread problem, but it is happening. The disease that is attacking them is called Eastern Filbert Blight, which is a fungal type disease and not an insect problem. If you have a plant… Click here to read more…
Training Lavender Twist Redbud
Training Lavender Twist Redbud
Giving Yourself Permission to Fail
Giving Yourself Permission to Fail I know, this is a crazy topic for a gardening website, but this website is really about people and plants and their love of plants. And the one thing that I hear from people all of the time is; “Mike, I should have done this sooner!” This guy, he walks around the… Click here to read more…
Propagating Potentilla from Cuttings
Propagating potentilla from cuttings is really easy to do and when done as softwood cuttings during the late spring early summer they root quite quickly, usually in two to three weeks. What I am going to show you in this post is propagating potentilla late in the season when the wood is much… Click here to read more…
Starting a Plant Business
Starting a plant business is much easier than you think. It requires a lot less of a commitment than you think. Getting started growing and selling small plants from home is as simple as this; Start propagating some plants from cuttings, get some pots and potting soil, start selling some plants. Not a lot, but… Click here to read more…
How to Get Rid of Poison Ivy
I often get asked how to get rid of poison ivy. And because I’ve got a situation on my property that has a really good stand of poison ivy that I have to deal with, I made you a video. A while back I showed you How to Identify Poison Ivy. This video is all… Click here to read more…
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