Digging My Well… My Plants Need Water!
Updated : February 13, 2015
How To Ball and Burlap Dig A Tree
Updated : November 25, 2014
A Successful 20 Year Old
Updated : May 29, 2019
How many 20-year-olds that you know can make a claim like this: A note from one of my customers. She posted this for all of the new members of The Backyard Grower’s Business Center to see… “Mike you met Rachel, year before last, she is getting it, at least on a small scale, thinking bigger,… Click here to read more…
Awesome!
Updated : June 8, 2011
This is how you enter the contest. You have to mail me a postcard, a letter, or like I said before, the flap from the top of the Cherrios box. Some people want me to register them via Email, but that’s not going to happen. I am not going to sit at my computer and… Click here to read more…
Potting Shed Disguised As An Outhouse
Updated : November 25, 2014
This is going to sound really crazy, but a few years back I was actually suffering from outhouse envy! Never heard of it? Probably not, but I declare it to be a real affliction. Perry, Ohio is a fairly rural community. Two traffic lights and not a single fast food restaurant. That rural enough for… Click here to read more…
How To Prune An Ornamental Tree
Updated : January 14, 2020
Wanted: People Who Would Like to Get Paid to Grow Small Plants from Home
Me, the Grandkids, and the Train!
Updated : November 25, 2014
I thought it would be really cool to buy a train for our house. I know the boys love trains, and I saw those really big G scale trains when we were on vacation. So I ordered the train, ordered extra track and set it all up. The boys, 6, 4 and 8 months love… Click here to read more…
Messages like this Bring Tears to My Eyes.
Updated : November 25, 2014
I logged onto the Backyard Growers Message Board last night and read this message. It brought tears to my eyes. We bought Mike’s Backyard Growing System in March 2008! Our restaurant had just closed down! We had lost everything we had worked for the last 12 years and my husband was planning to move to… Click here to read more…
Notes from our Branson Vacation
Updated : November 20, 2014
Hello from Branson, Missouri! Pam and I are currently vacationing here in Branson. Branson is an amazing place to visit. We first discovered Branson back in 1996. I surprised Pam with a trip for our 20th wedding anniversary and we’ve been coming here ever since. Branson is America! Nestled in the heart of the Ozark… Click here to read more…
Wedding Photos
Updated : November 20, 2014
This is our youngest son Kevin (the groom) helping his mom to her seat. We were both a lot happier than we look in the photo but it was a very emotional moment for us. The night before the wedding they held rehearsal in our front yard, then instead of a formal dinner we had a… Click here to read more…