The Most Fun You Can Have With Your Bibs On!
Keeping the Dirt Farmer Fudge Tradition Alive. Making fudge with the grand-kids. List of ingredients. 6 cups of sugar 1 and 1/3 cups of Hershey’s Cocoa 1/4 teaspoon of salt 3 cups of milk (I use 2%. I like to eat healthy!) 1 stick of butter 2 teaspoons of vanilla Optional (which means you don’t… Click here to read more…
Digging and Planting a Live Christmas Tree. There’s nothing quite like a live Christmas tree, but do you really want to sacrifice a beautiful tree that has been growing for years just so you can have a live Christmas tree? Or would you be interested in a live Christmas tree that has been dug and… Click here to read more…
Pruning or Trimming Purple Sand Cherry and growing Sand Cherry from Cuttings. In this video you will see how I cut Purple Sand Cherry in the fall to make sure they grow nice and tight and don’t get thin and spindly. You will also learn how to take all of those clippings and use them to make hardwood… Click here to read more…
Why would I teach you how to tie a slip knot? Because, slip knots are cool! And once you learn how to tie this knot you might yourself using it a lot more than you think. It’s great for tying up small piles or branches or brush, it’s good for putting a string around a tarp, a bundle of anything. I… Click here to read more…
Some gardeners have fertile malleable soil in their backyards, and many have clay in their backyards. Does having a clay based soil damper any future hopes of a garden. No! absolutely not. How to plant in clay soil; well, that takes patience and work. Planting in clay soil is great for the vegetation that have roots strong… Click here to read more…
This is why I do what I do! I love getting messages like this from my Backyard Nursery member/owners. This is from Phyllis who lives in Florida. People always ask me; “Mike, you live in Ohio, will a Backyard Nursery work in Florida?” And of course I always tell them that it will because… Click here to read more…
This video is of the Butterfly Japanese Maple in our landscape. More spectacular fall colors! I’ll share more much more information on the Butterfly Japanese Maple as soon as I can. But in the mean time you can see more of my Japanese Maple collection here. You Really Should be the Person that is Supplying… Click here to read more…
Deer Repellent made from Baby Formula? In most of the northern states white tailed deer manage to cause headache to gardeners and their unprotected plants. The U.S. Department of Agriculture conducted a study to evaluate the effectiveness of Homemade Deer Repellents that contain Hydrolyzed Casein. Like most individuals, I was unaware of Hydrolyzed Casein, let… Click here to read more…
Hey! Ya know what? I love what I do! Yeah, I know, I’m a plant geek, but how can you not appreciate a plant this beautiful and this unique. I’ve had this Lion’s Head Japanese Maple in my landscape for about 7 years now and I really, really like it. I sit on the porch and just… Click here to read more…
I made a movie for you about how to create a beautiful tree like this. The video is below. The Lavender Twist Weeping Redbud tree was discovered and developed by my friend Tim Brotzman of Brotzman’s Nursery in Madison, Ohio. What a spectacular plant! Brotzman’s is wholesale only, please do not contact them trying to… Click here to read more…
