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Is A Virtual Nursery Really Possible?

Updated : January 27, 2015

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Landscape Design Ideas

Updated : November 25, 2014

34 Comments

Forsythia Propagation

Updated : November 25, 2014

18 Comments

Pruning Japanese Maple Trees

Updated : November 25, 2014

38 Comments

Find out when to prune Japanese maples here.

How To Plant A Ball and Burlap Tree

Updated : April 17, 2018

190 Comments

Growing and Selling Small Plants at Home is Fun! It’s Also Lucrative! Read more »

How To Ball and Burlap Dig A Tree

Updated : November 25, 2014

30 Comments

Grower’s Board

Updated : June 22, 2011

57 Comments

A Successful 20 Year Old

Updated : May 29, 2019

14 Comments

How many 20-year-olds that you know can make a claim like this: A note from one of my customers.  She posted this for all of the new members of The Backyard Grower’s Business Center to see… “Mike you met Rachel, year before last, she is getting it, at least on a small scale, thinking bigger,… Click here to read more…

Awesome!

Updated : June 8, 2011

50 Comments

This is how you enter the contest. You have to mail me a postcard, a letter, or like I said before, the flap from the top of the Cherrios box.  Some people want me to register them via Email, but that’s not going to happen.  I am not going to sit at my computer and… Click here to read more…

Potting Shed Disguised As An Outhouse

Updated : November 25, 2014

21 Comments

This is going to sound really crazy, but a few years back I was actually suffering from outhouse envy!  Never heard of it?  Probably not, but I declare it to be a real affliction.  Perry, Ohio is a fairly rural community.  Two traffic lights and not a single fast food restaurant.  That rural enough for… Click here to read more…

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Busting Gardening Myths!

Posted On May 1, 2022 By Mike

How to Move Heavy things the Easy Way.

Posted On April 13, 2022 By Mike

21 Plants that are Easy to Grow and Sell Like Crazy!

Posted On March 25, 2022 By Mike

Hardwood cuttings of Dappled Willow.

Rooting Dappled Willow from Hardwood Cuttings and Starting a Fun Little Business with Nothing but a Handful of Sticks.

Posted On March 21, 2022 By Mike

Tips and Tricks for Growing Plants from Seed.

Posted On February 2, 2022 By Mike

What is a Plant Patent and How Do they Work?

Posted On November 12, 2021 By Mike

Dianthus, Appleblossom Burst

Fall Plant Sale at Mike’s Plant Farm!

Posted On August 8, 2021 By Mike

Mike McGroarty sucks at landscape design.

My Landscape Design Skills Suck!

Posted On May 8, 2021 By Mike

Japanese maples balled in burlap.

How to put a ball and burlap on a bare root tree that has been previously dug.

Posted On April 15, 2021 By Mike

Mike McGroarty interviews a successful backyard grower from Tennessee.

Mike Interviews a Very Successful Backyard Grower from Tennessee.

Posted On February 23, 2021 By Mike

Complete Guides

Growing, Rooting and Propagating Dappled Willow in Tree Form from Cuttings.

Growing Seeds, Winter Sowing, in Milk Jugs and Kitty Litter Jugs.

The Correct Way to Pot Rooted Cuttings, Nursery Stock Liners and other Plants.

Training Arborvitae and other Conical Evergreens to Grow with a Single Leader.

How to Propagate, Root Cuttings, of Dwarf Alberta Spruce.

Recent Posts

Mike McGroarty sucks at landscape design.

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 … Read Full Article

Japanese maples balled in burlap.

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. … Read Full Article

Mike McGroarty interviews a successful backyard grower from Tennessee.

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 … Read Full Article

Red Prince Weigela

Red Prince Weigela

Red Prince Weigela is one of the best selling plants that I grow. I guess it's the striking red flowers that attract attention that make it such a great seller. Red Prince grows well in zones 4 through 8. Red Prince loves full sun but it will also … Read Full Article

Bare Root Japanese Maple Trees about to be Heeled in.

Digging and storing bare root trees for later potting.

These are rules for digging trees and other plants. Only dig trees or plants when they are dormant. Here in Ohio dormancy occurs usually right before Thanksgiving, after we've had at least on night with temps down around 28 degrees F. or lower.That's when … Read Full Article

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