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Hydrangea Pruning Made Easy

Updated : June 18, 2019

213 Comments

Hydrangea pruning!  When is the best time?  When is the correct time? I promise to make this easy once and for all. You can grow and sell plants just like this and people will go crazy over them.  Getting started is easy.  Start right now! Hydrangeas are confusing, to say the least, but in this article,… Click here to read more…

Weed Control Facts

Updated : June 11, 2019

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I wrote an article about Weed Barrier Fabric and lots and lots of people said;  “Hey Mike, if weed control fabric isn’t good, how do we control weeds?  So here’s the low down on weeds and how they think. Think about weeds and what they need.  They need water, nutrition, and sunlight to thrive. Since… Click here to read more…

Weed Barrier Fabric or Weed Barrier Cloth? Does it work?

Updated : June 5, 2019

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Old home make over.

In my opinion, and I have plenty of experience to back it up, weed barrier fabrics and weed barrier cloths do not work! How about black plastic?  Black plastic doesn’t work either. I’ve spent most of my life working in the landscaping industry.  I’ve landscaped well over 500 homes. Many of those were re-landscapes. In way too… Click here to read more…

What are we doing to our trees?

Updated : June 7, 2019

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Mike McGroarty

What are we doing to our trees?  They treat us well, provide us with shade, fruit, and beauty. Why are we so mean to them? I’d like to take a moment and call out Arborist Blair Glenn for the work that he has been doing to educate America about the proper care and pruning of trees. If you… Click here to read more…

Volcano Mulching Kills Trees

Updated : June 7, 2019

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This latest mulching technique that is detrimental to trees has been nicknamed “Volcano Mulching” for good reason. I’m not sure where or how this started but it is destroying trees in landscapes across America.  Probably beyond our borders as well, but I don’t know for sure about that. Take a look at these two photos. Wanted! … Click here to read more…

Three Generations of McGroarty Nurserymen

Updated : June 7, 2019

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Lunch Break at McGroarty's Nursery

My father would be so proud to see the three generations of McGroarty Nurserymen. I’d love to add at least one McGroarty girl to this crew but so far we have three little boys in the family.  We’re counting on Kevin and Grace to add the girl or girls to the mix.  Time will tell. EDIT… Click here to read more…

Weeping Nootka Cypress

Updated : November 21, 2014

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Weeping Nootka Cypress

Weeping Nootka Cypress, Chamaecyparis nootkatensis ‘Pendula’ I’m not sure I can explain why, but the Weeping Nootka Cypress is one of my favorite evergreens.  I guess because it can be considered a non compliant evergreen because it has it’s own style and it’s own personality.  Like Willie Nelson.  They need little pruning, however I do… Click here to read more…

Canadian Growers Needed.

Updated : May 19, 2015

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I get a lot of questions from gardeners in Canada who would like to get started Growing and Selling Small Plants from Home.  But the one thing that seems to hold them back is not being able to buy plants from my wholesale sources in the United States to start their Backyard Nurseries. It is… Click here to read more…

Mulch Sets House on Fire

Updated : May 29, 2019

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What?  How can mulch set a house on fire? When I first read this story in the newspaper, I thought to myself, no way. Mulch, spread out in a flower bed, is not deep enough for it to spontaneously ignite.  I realize that any organic material that is moist, piled high and compacted will heat up… Click here to read more…

Java Red Weigela

Updated : April 18, 2020

58 Comments

Friends, I’ve been growing and have had Java Red Weigela in my landscape for years and I promise you, this is a very, very nice plant. Like almost all flowering shrubs it should be pruned at least once a year to maintain a nice shape, but the nice thing about Java Red is that it… Click here to read more…

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Flower bulb care after they bloom.

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Me and the donkeys made a movie for you about caring for your flower bulbs after they bloom. It seems to be that the standard practice is to roll the tops into a ball, put a rubber band around them and wait for them to turn brown before you cut them … Read Full Article

Miniature donkey shenanigans.

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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 … Read Full Article

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A couple of years ago I posted a video and some photos of the landscaping around our house and one guy said something like, "It's a good thing you know how to grow plants because your landscape design skills are terrible. So when I did an update I titled the … Read Full Article

Busting Gardening Myths!

One of Our Members, http://backyardgrowers.com/join, shared this article with the other members. It's a great article about long held gardening beliefs that just flat out are not true. I'd love to display the article here but I just don't have permission to … Read Full Article

How to Move Heavy things the Easy Way.

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 … Read Full Article

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