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Crimson Queen is by far one of the most beautiful of the Laceleaf Weeping Japanese maples on the market. However, I see so many of them that are improperly pruned and cared for. It’s not so much that they are improperly pruned, they are not pruned at all. Which is really about the worst kind… Click here to read more…
It is easier than you think to propagate and grow roses from cuttings. As with all plant propagation it’s all about timing and technique and timing is usually more important than technique. (Note: Did you notice that there are two different kinds of bees in that rose bloom? Just thought I’d point that out.)… Click here to read more…
Recently, here on the blog, we had a discussion about lots of interesting and creative ways to build raised beds. Thank you all for sharing your great ideas, lots of really cool ideas. You can see that post and add any additional ideas here. But . . . do you really need raised… Click here to read more…
Is it possible that a plant could change your life forever? Yes it is possible that one plant could change your life forever and it could be just about any plant. I really do mean that. We had a very successful plant sale slash St. Patrick’s Day party this weekend at Mike’s Plant Farm here… Click here to read more…
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…
Gardening is a popular pastime for many people. Raising your own fresh produce saves money and is a fun hobby. Each year, there are new products and ideas when it comes to planting a garden. One of the latest trends in gardening is to build raised garden beds. There are many reasons a raised bed… Click here to read more…
In most scenarios, we would do all we could to steer bees in the opposite direction. However if your goal is to grow a beautiful and productive vegetable garden, you’ll want to bring on the bees. Knowing how to attract bees is essential to the growth of a healthy and productive vegetable garden. Bees play… Click here to read more…
If you take a good look at your yard, you will find many different edible weeds that can be eaten in salads, made into tea or used for health purposes. Amaranth Found on most continents, Amaranth is an edible weed and Native to the Americas. The whole Amaranth plant can be eaten but if the… Click here to read more…
Weeds are by far one of the biggest challenges that gardeners face. But it doesn’t have to be that way and I promise to show you how to get a handle on weeds and keep them under control forever with a few simple steps. What it takes to make a weed happy. Mike! Are you… Click here to read more…
Nowadays, there is an app for everything; from games and quirky gizmos to useful tools like dictionaries and study tools. When is comes to gardening, you got it, there’s an app for that too. In fact, there are a whole host of interesting and useful gardening apps to have on your phone. Organic Gardening Planting… Click here to read more…
Beds verses pots? Good question. If you have really nice soil plants in the ground will out grow plants in pots most of the time, unless of course your potting soil is perfect. If the potting soil is less than perfect, the plants in pots will be slower growing. For years it has been my… Click here to read more…
For those who love the beauty and fragrance of roses but lack a green thumb, fear not! Armed with a few tools and a little knowledge, you learn how to plant roses like a pro. To plant your roses you will need… rose plants, a pair of gloves, compost or peat moss, bone meal, shovel, small… Click here to read more…
Clean, potable drinking water is vital to the survival of virtually all living species. However, sometimes disaster strikes, contaminating major water sources. It is extremely important to be educated on how to treat contaminated water prior to drinking it. The methods below include just eight of the many ways to purify water at home, be… Click here to read more…
I always had a passion for growing plants from seeds, and before you knew it my Hobby Greenhouse was filled with a beautiful assortment of flowers, vegetable plants, and trees. I just loved being in there looking at the flowers in bloom till fall. One day I was browsing the internet and came accross a… Click here to read more…
This is the part that people don’t understand about growing and selling small plants from home. If a stay-at-home mom who homeschools her children can do this successfully then just about anybody can do it. Nurseries buy more small plants than anybody. They have to, they can’t possibly “make” all of the plants that they… Click here to read more…
A Chinese Dogwood tree, botanical name Cornus kousa, that fails to bloom or make flowers of any kind is a very common problem. People ask me all the time; “Why doesn’t it bloom, and what can I do to make it bloom?” By the way, I’m Looking for a Few People that would Like to… Click here to read more…
This is Part 1 of a 3-part series on buying plants online and also selling the plants you grow online: Here’s the thing… Selling plants online is easy. Anyone can throw an ad up on Craigslist, or post them for sale inside a local Facebook Group, right? Pretty easy stuff… But the hard part is… Click here to read more…
Dianthus is an amazing plant that will really wake up any landscape. They bloom heavily in the spring, on into the summer and if you deadhead them (remove the spent flowers after blooming) they are likely to bloom again even into the fall. They love full sun and do well in zones 4 through 9. … Click here to read more…
(Watch the video at the bottom of this post. This might just be the fastest wheelbarrow in the world!) Wheelbarrows! Why so many options? Why can’t it be simple? One wheel? Two wheels? Plastic tub? Metal tub? Is a two wheeled garden cart better? What about an electric wheelbarrow? (Read my review before going… Click here to read more…
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…
