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Wholesale Plant/Nursery Stock Sale Event! 3 Days!

Updated : June 17, 2024

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We are hosting this wholesale buying event for 3 days only. June 9, 2019, 9:00 am til 4:00 pm June 15th, 2019, 9:00 am til 4:00 pm June 22nd, 2019, 9:00 am til 4:00 pm We are offering . . . Rooted Cuttings, 95 cents each. Quart Containers, $2.25 each. One Gallon Size Plants, $3.35… Click here to read more…

City Girl Rakes in $4,500 in two Short Days Selling Small Plants from Her Tiny City Lot.

Updated : June 17, 2024

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Lyn lives in California and I was fortunate enough to meet her at one of Our Shindigs here in Perry, Ohio. Yes, she traveled from California to Ohio just to meet other Backyard Growers. We have backyard growers all over the U.S. and Canada and beyond successfully selling plants from home and reporting amazing results…. Click here to read more…

A Really Easy Way to Make Lots and Lots of New Plants.

Updated : June 17, 2024

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Our members often refer to this as “Stick Farming” because that’s pretty much what it is. We turn what appear to be worthless sticks in to beautiful, viable plants. Follow along. Basically what we are talking about are hardwood cuttings. We do hardwood cuttings during the winter. Never earlier than Thanksgiving and as late as… Click here to read more…

Non Patented, Public Domain Plants that You Should Be Free to Propagate.

Updated : June 17, 2024

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Disclaimer: You must do your due diligence! With the help of many of Our Members we have compiled a list of plants that are not patented and appear to be in the public domain. However, we here at McGroarty Enterprises Inc. have not verified every plant on this list. It is your responsibility as a… Click here to read more…

Preparing a Lawn for the Planting of Grass Seed.

Updated : April 9, 2025

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Preparing a new lawn for grass seed is a bit of work, but it’s not that difficult to do successfully if you are armed with just a bit of basic information. A few basics that you must get right… Pam and I recently built a new house, you know, all one floor, no steps. I… Click here to read more…

How to Get Rid of Yucca.

Updated : March 3, 2019

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I get this question a lot . . . “Mike, how in the world do you get rid of Yucca?” Yucca have roots that go really deep into the ground so when you dig them out it’s unlikely that you are going to get all of the roots and new plants will sprout up from… Click here to read more…

Reviewing Garden Wagons and Garden Carts.

Updated : June 17, 2024

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Here at Mike’s Plant Farm in Perry, Ohio our plants are scattered over a pretty big area. Far too big to carry plants by hand to our check out area. Therefore, we provide our customers with wagons that they can load up and pull up to the check out area. Typically I end up buying… Click here to read more…

Free Mantis Tiller!

Updated : June 17, 2024

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So far we’ve given away three Mantis Tiller/Cultivators and we still have one more to give away this year, 2019! In August of every year we do a big get together for Our Members. People come from all over to attend this annual event. Last year, 2018 our great friends and long time members Mrinali… Click here to read more…

Mike McGroarty Speaking at a Gardening Expo Sponsored by the Michiana Master Gardening Association and You are Invited!

Updated : June 17, 2024

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February 23rd, doors open at 8:00 a.m. and runs until 4:30 p.m. Tickets are $10.00 per person at the door. This takes place at the Elkhart County Fairgrounds, 17746 County Road 34 in Goshen, Indiana I am just one of four speakers that day so this is going to be an awesome event for gardeners… Click here to read more…

22 Edible Plants You Can Grow and Sell From Home

Updated : June 17, 2024

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This information was shared in our Members Area by one of our members in Shelton, Washington, Andrea Bichsel of Hammersley Inlet Farm & Nursery. Andrea put this list together for our members. She’s in zone 8, so you might have to find varieties that are more suited if you are in a colder zone like… Click here to read more…

The Shoppes or Shops of North Perry.

Updated : June 17, 2024

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Your Business Here! Perfect for a Small Family Owned Garden Center, Quick facts; The house is approximate 2,000 square feet, see the photos below. The house is located on 2.5 acres of land. The house is located on a very busy four lane road. The property is zoned commercial, so a business or home based… Click here to read more…

Creating Winter Storage for Canna Lilly’s or other roots, bulbs or seeds.

Updated : October 20, 2018

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Some growers stratify seeds like dogwoods or Japanese maple seeds in a cold, but not freezing space.  Some actually put them in a cloth bag and hang them in the well, far above the water level but at least a few feet down because the air in the well is never cold enough to freeze…. Click here to read more…

Growing, Selling and Propagating non Patented Heuchera, also known as Coral Bells.

Updated : June 17, 2024

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Snow Angel Coral Bells just before being sacrificed for propagation.

Dollar for dollar Coral Bells, also known as Heuchera is by far one of the best plants you can put in your landscape because they are easy to care for and add year round color to the landscape.  And they can be pricey, I’ve seen one gallons priced as high as $14.00 in a big… Click here to read more…

Which Fertilizer Is Best?

Updated : October 3, 2018

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Which fertilizer is best?

I was sitting out on the front porch admiring the Impatiens that Pam and I planted. What a blast of color! Then I thought about what I feed them. Before I get into that, let’s do a fertilizer crash course. On a bag of fertilizer you will see three numbers like 12-12-12 or 18-6-4 or… Click here to read more…

Reviewing the Mantis 58 volt Tiller/Cultivator.

Updated : March 30, 2021

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Reviewing the Mantis 58 volt Tiller/Cultivator.

A Tiller/Cultivator this is cordless? Yep!  Mantis has done it again. I need to tell you this.  I own and have owned for many years a Mantis 2-cycle Tiller/Cultivator and I love it.  I use it for all kinds of things. But . . . it’s 2-cycle.  That’s fine by me because I keep 2-cycle… Click here to read more…

Reviewing the Mantis Electric Tiller/Cultivator.

Updated : July 19, 2019

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The Mantis Electric Tiller/Cultivator.

Many of you know that I have “A History with Mantis Tillers”.  First falling in love with the 2 cycle model which I’ve been using and bragging about for years. But recently Mantis has come out with two new models, an Electric Tiller/Cultivator and a Cordless Tiller/Cultivator. Let’s take a look at the electric model…. Click here to read more…

A Weed Free Vegetable Garden!

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 . . .

Updated : July 17, 2022

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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 Area. … Click here to read more…

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

Updated : June 17, 2024

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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.

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…

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