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A Weed Free Vegetable Garden!

Last updated : June 14, 2019

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My neighbor Richard is awesome and he let me use his garden for this presentation.  Last fall I helped Richard pack his garden with donkey manure and other compost from my compost pile. We put at least two or three ton of manure and compost into his garden.  Then I tilled it in with the… Click here to read more…

Silly Videos and Random Thoughts . . .

Published : July 4, 2018

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In your final days it is unlikely that you will regret the time you spent chillin in a hammock with friends.

I guess I’ll use this page to share some of our silly videos and some of my random thoughts. Something to think about . . .   I like to call this video; “Crazy Comes in all Sizes.” This silly video gives you an idea of what goes on behind the scenes In Our Members… Click here to read more…

We are Giving Away a Mantis 4-Cycle Tiller/Cultivator!

Last updated : June 25, 2018

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The Mantis 4-Cycle Plus Tiller/Cultivator

Here are the details . . . We are having A Wholesale Extravaganza Buying Event at Mike’s Plant Farm here in Perry, Ohio on Saturday June 30th, 2018.  Each adult that comes to the event can enter one ticket to win this machine.  We’ll draw the winner at 3:00 p.m.  You have to be present… Click here to read more…

Wholesale Nursery Stock in Perry, Ohio.

Last updated : June 25, 2018

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Shindig 2016 at Mike's Plant Farm.

The Wholesale Nursery Stock Extravaganza Buying Event at Mike’s Plant Farm. The date of this event is;  June 30th, 2018.  We start at 9:00 a.m and would like to wrap it up by 4:00 p.m. Who is invited?  You are! This event is for all of our loyal subscribers, member and customers! This event takes… Click here to read more…

Reviewing the Mantis Electric Tiller/Cultivator

Last updated : June 9, 2018

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The Mantis Electric Tiller/Cultivator.

Reviewing and Giving Away this Mantis Electric Tiller/Cultivator Crazy right?  Giving away a tiller/cultivator for free?  Actually we are going to give away three of them.  The first one that we are giving away is the Mantis 4-Cycle Tiller Cultivator.  See it here . . . Mantis has asked me to review three of their… Click here to read more…

Simple Landscape Design Ideas.

Last updated : May 31, 2018

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Simple Landscape Design Ideas.

People are always perplexed at what to put in their landscape.  How many?  How should I arrange them etc. Pam and I decided to dress up the front of this place, but we wanted to keep it really, really simple.  This is what we did . . .  The design on both sides of the… Click here to read more…

Tips on Over Wintering Ornamental Grasses.

Last updated : May 31, 2018

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I’ve always had a difficult time over wintering ornamental grasses in containers so last fall I decided to try something different.  We pulled the grasses out of the pots and heeled them in an above ground, but not really raised bed.  Then we mulched around them with potting soil to make the roots were not… Click here to read more…

Growing, Selling and Propagating Rhododendrons.

Published : May 16, 2018

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Here’s the thing about Rhododendrons. 1.  I honestly believe they could make a motivated grower fairly wealthy.  Nobody is growing them, especially in zone 4! 2.  Rooting them is tricky and best done over bottom heat in the winter.  Warm roots, cool tops, 45 degrees or lower. They hate wet feet, they hate heavy soil. … Click here to read more…

Removing a Dead Animal from a Well.

Last updated : May 11, 2018

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Mondays with Mike?  Yeah, this is what I was doing last Monday! Okay, this is not a very pleasant subject but it’s happened to us multiple times so it must be happening to others.  At first we really didn’t expect it.  We put cross bars in the well casing to make sure a small child… Click here to read more…

Digging Bare Root Japanese Maples to be Potted.

Last updated : April 19, 2018

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Recently dug Japanese maple trees.

This is a “Monday’s with Mike” segment.  Our Members like to know what I am up to in my nursery at any given time so I try to keep them updated and at the same time, offer up information on plants, caring for them etc. In this segment it’s spring and we are digging Japanese… Click here to read more…

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