Hosta often get sold short because people think they’ve seen all the hostas that they want to see and often tell me; “I’ve got hosta, I don’t need anymore hosta!” When in fact they simply are not familiar with all of the really interesting varieties of hosta that are out there and not usually available… Click here to read more…
Robin’s Backyard Nursery, Forest Ontario, Canada
Robin’s Backyard Nursery 15 Arthur St. Forest Ontario Canada Robin is a Member of Our Backyard Growers Business Center which is why her nursery is featured here. Visit Robin’s Backyard Nursery for a real treat. We are only a short 30 minute drive from Sarnia, Strathroy or Grand Bend just off highway 21 in Forest…. Click here to read more…
A Simple Way to Build an Underground Root Cellar.
Why would you need an underground root cellar? An underground root cellar can provide you a place to store plants, or plant bulbs, anything that you want to protect from freezing. I build mine to store rare Japanese maples that I’d get shipped in during the winter months but couldn’t plant out until spring. One… Click here to read more…
Organic Weed Control, an Alternative to Chemical Herbicides.
This is a confusing topic and a great deal of mis-information is out there about organic weed control. So let’s start with the basics. Weeds typically show up in your yard because by any number of means weed seed ended up in your yard. Maybe birds, mostly the wind. Weed seeds need just a few… Click here to read more…
Rare Japanese Maple Varieties $15 and $20 each!
This is an actual ad from the Buy/Sell Area of Our Members Area. I am posting it here just to give you an idea what what the ads in Our Buy/Sell Area actually look like and what kind of deals you can find there. I am posting it here just to give you an idea… Click here to read more…
Mini Skirt Hosta PP26743
See the PP26743 after the name of this neat little hosta? That means that this plant is patented and you can I are not allowed to propagate this hosta, even if for our own yard. But don’t let the plant patent scare you off. Just because we can’t propagate plants like this we can still… Click here to read more…
Sunsation Magnolia
My neighbor Richard gave me several Magolias this spring. They were all young plants but this ‘Sunsation’ bloomed like crazy despite it’s small size. Things you should know about ‘Sunsation’ Magnolia . . . The blooms are a striking, beautiful yellow color. This ornamental tree is hardy in zones 5 thru 9. It blooms in… Click here to read more…
Sadie’s Delight Japanese Maple.
This wonderful little tree was given to me by one of our long time members Janice Meyers. Janice grew hundreds of Japanese maples from seed and this one just stood out as very unique. So she named it after her mother Sadie. Janice hung on to it for some time but then she was getting… Click here to read more…
Trimming Liners Before you Pot them.
If there’s one thing that human beings really, really are afraid to do, it’s trimming plants. I hear this all the time; “I was afraid to trim them, I was afraid I’d kill them.” First of all, you are not going to kill things simply by trimming them. Of course cutting things to much during… Click here to read more…
Plant Growers Workshop and Wholesale Buying Opportunity
This is big deal! The dates . . .October, 10, 2019 10:00 am til 4:00 pmOctober 11, 2019 10:00 am til 4:00 pmOctober 12, 2019 10:00 am til 2:00 pm Where? Mike’s Plant Farm, 4850 North Ridge Road, Perry, Ohio 44081 If you can not make this event, don’t worry, on Saturday October 12th we… Click here to read more…
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