The Most Fun You Can Have With Your Bibs On!
An important message from Duston McGroarty (Mike’s son): I can’t believe it’s been 15 years (I guess time flies, right?). 15 years ago, this January, my Dad started FreePlants.com. He didn’t know it then but his life would never be the same. Over the course of the next 15 years he went on to change… Click here to read more…
Mike’s Plant Farm4850 North Ridge RoadPerry, Ohio 44081 I have to thank my daughter-in-law Lorelei for taking these photos for us. The rest is pretty self-explanatory. The solid dark brown donkey is Fergus, the white and light brown one is Finnegan. My subscribers helped us pick the Irish names in honor of my Irish father…. Click here to read more…
. . . 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…
Recently one of my long time subscribers unsubscribed from my FREE gardening newsletter because he said I’ve lost focus on plants. He’s not interested in Donkeys, or Goats. So for those of you who are wondering why we are posting about Donkeys and Goats or Bee Keeping and other things that interest people who live,… Click here to read more…
Another busy week! We finished the installation of our water line and frost-free spigot, fixed up our sales area and I went crazy buying 1,300 more plants! Take a look at the video…
This is the Order Button, click here now! You should spend the rest of your life doing what I do. I grow small plants that make other people happy. Do you know why I’m typing this in purple? Because I can’t figure out how to get rid of the stupid purple! I need to… Click here to read more…
Keeping the Dirt Farmer Fudge Tradition Alive. Making fudge with the grand-kids. List of ingredients. 6 cups of sugar 1 and 1/3 cups of Hershey’s Cocoa 1/4 teaspoon of salt 3 cups of milk (I use 2%. I like to eat healthy!) 1 stick of butter 2 teaspoons of vanilla Optional (which means you don’t… Click here to read more…
This page contains affiliate links from Amazon.com I know some people will be curious about what I’m reading so here we go. Let’s see, what have I read lately . . . I’m just finishing up this book by Tina Fay. I saw it on a book stand at the airport and it looked fun… Click here to read more…
My father would be so proud to see the three generations of McGroarty Nurserymen. I’d love to add at least one McGroarty girl to this crew but so far we have three little boys in the family. We’re counting on Kevin and Grace to add the girl or girls to the mix. Time will tell. EDIT… Click here to read more…
Ingredients: Two Large Cans of Campbells Baked Beans (53-1/4 ounce cans) One Large white onion chopped up in small pieces One pound of Dark brown sugar 1/4 cup of Ketchup Mix all the ingredients together in a baking dish. Mix them together as best you can, but the brown sugar will be lumpy until it’s been… Click here to read more…
