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Ornamental grasses can be really challenging to over winter in pots. If you cover the pots with white plastic like I show here that helps a great deal because it keeps them dry so they don’t rot. But uncovered, they don’t do well in pots over the winter here in the north. So this year… Click here to read more…
Recently I purchased the Field Tuff ATV Cultivator to keep a small field as weed free as possible. In this brief review of this product I will tell you exactly what I like and dislike about this piece of equipment. When I unpacked the parts of this cultivator I found that many of the components… Click here to read more…
Single digits here in Ohio this week! Brrrrrr. Both the plants and the Donkeys are Doing Fine. The donkeys stay in their little shelter house during the day, it’s pretty open but it keeps the wind off of them. Then at nighttime they check into Their Little Semi Underground Bedroom. The plants? The plants are… Click here to read more…
Every year, for many, many years now, we hold an annual event at our nursery here in Perry, Ohio for our Backyard Grower Members. It’s a big deal for all of us because we spend all year communicating online, buying and selling plants to and from one another, helping each other growing problems, but seldom… Click here to read more…
It was early Sunday morning, the third day of our fall plant sale and I was walking through the nursery. It was a beautiful September morning, very quiet except for the birds chirping, even the Donkeys were Quiet, just watching me stroll through the nursery when suddenly it hit me; What an amazing thing it… Click here to read more…
Botanically known as Potentilla fruiticosa ‘Pink Whisper’ this is an excellent plant to put in your yard. It’s easy to grow, easy to care for, flowers all summer into the fall and it’s really easy to propagate. Pink Whisper Potentilla loves full sun and maybe a little bit ofvshade. But it’s not a good selection… Click here to read more…
Crazy right? Gardening in the dead of winter, even if you live in a cold, northern state? It’s not crazy and there are actually things work better now than they do during the growing season. What if I told you that you could make hundreds of “Free Plants”, right now, in January? Trust me, if… Click here to read more…
Even Fergus knows how important proper plant tagging is. Lately we’ve been sticking thousands of hardwood cuttings right along the Donkey Fence and let’s face it, right now they all look like sticks so making sure they are properly tagged is extremely important. There are a couple of things you need to know about tagging… Click here to read more…
Not only am I going to review this book, but I’m going to give it away! Read on for details. First a bit about the authors. I don’t know Pamela Bennett but I love her career path. While in college studying to become a teacher she landed a summer job in a garden center in… Click here to read more…
Gold Flame Spirea, Spiraea x bumalda ‘Goldflame’ is extremely colorful and eye catching. It’s easy to grow, easy to propagate and sells like wild fire! I’ve got a few of them planted around the nursery and as soon as people see them they ask about them. This is a plant that we can’t seem to… Click here to read more…
