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This is the Way that Crazy People Prune Plants.

Updated : September 8, 2020

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What happens when crazy people prune plants.

. . . and guess who the crazy person is? Me.  Mike McGroarty. This is what I did that appears to be so crazy, but this is a great lesson in pruning as well as a lesson in Plant Propagation. I bought this one plant last summer and planted it in the yard.  My only… Click here to read more…

Turning Sticks into Money.

Updated : October 23, 2014

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Small plants grown from hardwood cuttings.

Sometime last fall or winter I did a post about doing hardwood cuttings and I remember having a flat packed full of little tiny hardwood cuttings.  I just looked for that post and I can’t find it.  And to be perfectly honest, I don’t have time to keep looking.  So the first person that finds… Click here to read more…

How to Sell the Plants that You Grow.

Updated : November 5, 2014

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Selling the plants that you grow is actually quite easy because people love plants.  They love to buy them, they love to plant them and they love looking at them. This is How You Make Up to $93.60 per Square Foot Right in Your Own Backyard. How do I know this? 1.  I am one… Click here to read more…

Mondays with Mike McGroarty at Mike’s Plant Farm, 4850 North Ridge Road, Perry, Ohio 44081

Updated : November 5, 2014

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Welcome to Mondays with Mike McGroarty. I started doing these videos for my Backyard Growers, but realized that a lot of other people will like them as well.  This is a bit of a documentary of what we we have going on at Mike’s Plant Farm here in wonderful Perry, Ohio. May 27th, 2013. Mulching… Click here to read more…

How To Get Paid For Selling Sticks

Updated : November 1, 2022

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This is Part 3 of a 3-part series on buying plants online and also selling the plants you grow online: Part 1  – How to Sell Plants Online Part 2 – Where to Buy Plants (at Rock-Bottom Prices) Online Part 3 – [You Are Here] – How to Get Paid to Sell Sticks (Yes… STICKS!!)… Click here to read more…

How To Build a Plant Propagation Box

Updated : May 20, 2015

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How to Build a Plant Propagation Box for Rooting Cuttings. The plant propagation box that I am going to show you how to build in this video is really, really easy to build.  You can make it any size you want from a little tiny one and as large as you want.  You can use this box… Click here to read more…

Pruning Purple Sand Cherry

Updated : November 24, 2014

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 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…

Loading up the Seats of the Ferris Wheel

Updated : March 30, 2019

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Rooting Cuttings

This might seem like a stretch on a gardening site, but I hope you make the connection with me. It might be hard to see a connection between growing and selling small plants and a Ferris Wheel so I will make that connection for you. Anytime I am doing anything in my nursery in the… Click here to read more…

Java Red Weigela

Updated : April 18, 2020

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Friends, I’ve been growing and have had Java Red Weigela in my landscape for years and I promise you, this is a very, very nice plant. Like almost all flowering shrubs it should be pruned at least once a year to maintain a nice shape, but the nice thing about Java Red is that it… Click here to read more…

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Updated : August 27, 2013

Raspberry Plants Homemade Plant Propagation System Growing Japanese Red Maple Seedlings Free Potting Bench Plans How to Ball and Burlap Dig a Plant Pictures of Landscape Designs  Layering Division Growing Plants from Seed Softwood Cuttings of Deciduous Plants Hardwood Cuttings of Deciduous Plants Softwood Cuttings of Evergreens Hardwood Cuttings of Evergreens Using Bottom Heat to… Click here to read more…

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Mike's Big Perennial Bed.

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A Profound Thank You from Mike.

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'Bubblegum Blast' Bee Balm.

‘Bubblegum Blast’ Bee Balm

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Blue Angel Hosta.

‘Blue Angel’ Hosta.

Posted On June 25, 2022 By Mike

Big Daddy Hosta.

‘Big Daddy’ Hosta

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'Humpback Whale' hosta.

‘Humpback Whale’ Hosta.

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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

Blue Angel Hosta.

‘Blue Angel’ Hosta.

'Blue Angel'hosta is by far one of my favorite blue hostas. A big hosta like this in a perennial bed covers a lot of area and that keeps a ton of weeds at bay! These giant heart shaped leaves are very slug resistant. We have this plant in full sun. With … Read Full Article

Big Daddy Hosta.

‘Big Daddy’ Hosta

'Big Daddy' hosta is one of my favorite big hostas, mostly because it's big, it's blue and it has very interested leaves that are a bit dimpled. Big Daddy hosta gets about 24" tall and 36" wide. It's hardy in zones 3 through 9, the flowers are blends of … Read Full Article

'Humpback Whale' hosta.

‘Humpback Whale’ Hosta.

We sold out of 'Humpback Whale' hosta pretty early this year. Humpback Whale is pretty impressive hosta and this one really hasn't matured yet because they can get three feet high and 7 feet wide. I've also seen photos of them that show them to be a lot … Read Full Article

Ice Plant, delosperma

Ice Plant, delosperma

How pretty is that? And it's a ground hugging perennial that comes back year and year. These plants were new to our nursery last year so Pam and I planted three of them in our landscape at home. Not only did they do really well last year but they wintered … Read Full Article

Electric Red Dianthus

‘Electric Red’ Dianthus

I've been working on my perennial bed at the nursery and this Electric Red Dianthus caught my eye and was screaming "make my picture". So I did! Dianthus in general are great perennials for your garden. They are super winter hardy even here in cold … Read Full Article

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