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 do so so I am simply going to provide you with a link… Click here to read more…
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 a ball on trees that were previously dug bare root. Actually, putting the ball on them is the easy part. The hard part? Moving… Click here to read more…
21 Plants that are Easy to Grow and Sell Like Crazy!
21 Plants that are Easy to Grow and Sell Like Crazy The following 21 plants are really easy to grow and they sell like hot cakes. They always have been really good sellers and they always will be really good sellers. And this list is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to… Click here to read more…
Rooting Dappled Willow from Hardwood Cuttings and Starting a Fun Little Business with Nothing but a Handful of Sticks.
Dappled Willow, Hakuro Nishiki, is a great plant to grow and sell for a number of reasons. One, they are extremely colorful and eye catching in the early spring. They grow fast and make an excellent privacy screen. They also do well in wet areas. They do well in full sun or partial shade and… Click here to read more…
Tips and Tricks for Growing Plants from Seed.
This article was written by One of Our Members, Mike Dysinger to share with the rest of the members. I found it so valuable I asked if I could share it here. Learn more about Mike at the end of the article. Tips and Tricks for Growing Plants from Seed Growing plants from seed is… Click here to read more…
What is a Plant Patent and How Do they Work?
Are plant patents a good thing or a bad thing? Is this just “Big Brother” controlling what we do in our own garden? First, let me put this out there. I am not an attorney. I will explain this as I understand it but keep in mind, I am a “Dumb Ole Dirt Farmer”, don’t… Click here to read more…
Fall Plant Sale at Mike’s Plant Farm!
Right now is the ideal time to buy plants because they are beautiful and not picked over. We have an excellent selection of the items listed here. We have lots and lots of other things you can buy, all only $7.97 each but I’m not going to list them all here. These are the items… Click here to read more…
My Landscape Design Skills Suck!
That’s what he told me. He said my landscape design skills totally suck. Or something to that effect. Last summer when I did a post about landscape lighting some helpful visitor to my website suggested that I stick to growing plants because I was a terrible landscape designer. So yesterday as I was walking into… Click here to read more…
How to put a ball and burlap on a bare root tree that has been previously dug.
One of the most important things you need to learn as a gardener is that there is a digging or transplanting season that has a beginning and an end. Digging season starts in the fall, usually around Thanksgiving, after deciduous plants have lost their leaves. Digging season continues through early spring. Once plants start to… Click here to read more…
Mike Interviews a Very Successful Backyard Grower from Tennessee.
See more photos and learn more about Nathan and his nursery here. Questions, comments, mean things to say? Post them below and I will respond. Until then, by any and all means stay inspired! I often share this quote with Our Members . . . “Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to… Click here to read more…
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