People often wonder, “What is this Backyard Growers Business Center?” Then they exclaim, “I’m just interested in growing plants, not selling them.” Well it’s not all that stuffy and formidable. The members of the Backyard Growers Business Center are growers who help each other out. The more experienced old-timers, (and young-timers) are eager to help… Click here to read more…
Shipping Plants
Every day hundreds of wholesale plant sales and other transactions take place in our Backyard Growers Business Center. If you are new to the business, you can learn a lot from the experienced members of the group. Shipment of plants by mail requires detailed packaging and preparation of the plant, you want to ensure that… Click here to read more…
2013 Shindig at Mike’s Plant Farm in Perry, Ohio
I have been doing these summer get togethers for customers for so long I don’t even remember when we first started them. Years ago I know that. The first few were at my house on Middle Ridge, then we had a few at the house we live in now and for the past three years… Click here to read more…
A Successful 20 Year Old
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…
Messages like this Bring Tears to My Eyes.
I logged onto the Backyard Growers Message Board last night and read this message. It brought tears to my eyes. We bought Mike’s Backyard Growing System in March 2008! Our restaurant had just closed down! We had lost everything we had worked for the last 12 years and my husband was planning to move to… Click here to read more…