Posts from Mike's Backyard Nursery

Wheelbarrow Review, Which Wheelbarrow Should You or I Buy?

How to Sell the Plants that You Grow.

Growing, Propagating and Caring for Exbury Deciduous Azaleas.

Backyard Landscaping Ideas, what plants to use where.

Landscaping Ideas. What Plant Goes Where in the Landscape?

Colorful and Flowering Plants to Brighten Up Your Yard in the Early Spring

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

How to Make Your Own Sprinklers on Stand Pipes.

Snow Damaged, Hoop House, Greenhouse, High Tunnel.

How to Propagate Fragrant Viburnum.

How can I use free wood chips in my garden?

Mike McGroarty’s Backyard Cash Machine Report for only Seven Dollars.

Easy Composting Ideas and Receipes.

Harry Lauder’s Walking Stick

How to Ruin a Japanese Maple Tree.

Should I Remove the Burlap Before Planting My Tree?

Spring Pruning Tips. Should I Prune Now?

Preventing a Back Injury While Gardening.

Are Hybrid Plants Better?

Heirloom Seeds, are they Really Better?

Using Predator Pee (Urine) to Keep Unwanted Animals Out of Your Gardens.

Protecting Plants from Frost

Fruit Trees that Fail to Make Fruit.

How to Trim Fruit Trees

Saving Snow Damaged Japanese maples and other trees and shrubs.

Grafting Japanese Maple Trees Made Easy!

Top 10 Gardening Tools

10 Reasons Not To Be Afraid Of Garden Spiders

Plant Tying Techniques.

The Easy Digger

Plant Propagation via Tissue Culture

Japanese Maples and Sex

How to Graft Japanese Maple Trees.

A Nifty Tool: The Gama Hoe

Mike McGroarty’s Savings Account

Amending Garden Soil

The Pre-Spring Gardening Check List.

Pink Dogwood Trees $3.50 each.

Small Business Training.

Grow Your Own Fruit Trees and other Fruit Bearing Plants.

Mike McGroarty’s Dirt Farmer Fudge

How To Get Paid For Selling Sticks

How To Plant a Live Christmas Tree

Selecting and Caring for a Live Christmas Tree.

How To Dig and Plant a Live Christmas Tree

How To Build a Plant Propagation Box

Pruning Purple Sandcherry

How To Tie a Slipknot

Successful Backyard Nursery in Florida

How to Plant in Clay Soil

Butterfly Japanese Maple

Homemade Deer Repellent

Lion’s Head Japanese Maple

Teaching a Lavender Twist Redbud Tree how to be a Tree

How to Prune Roses for Winter

Loading up the Seats of the Ferris Wheel

My Harry Lauder’s Walking Stick is Dying

Training Lavender Twist Redbud

Giving Yourself Permission to Fail

Propagating Potentilla from Cuttings

Starting a Plant Business

Propagation From Cuttings

How to Get Rid of Poison Ivy

Where to Buy Plants Online

How to Start a Nursery

Why do plants have to be inspected?

Where to Recycle Plastic Nursery Containers and or Pots

‘Fireworks’ Fountain Grass

Free Backyard Growing System

Mike McGroarty on the Economy.

How to Repair a Drought Damaged Lawn

How to Plant Grass Seed

Techny Arborvitae

What is Mike McGroarty Reading?

What has Pam been up to?

Emerald Green Arborvitae

The Joy of Being a Gardener.

Canadian Hemlock, Tsuga canadensis

Black Mondo Grass

Variegated Liriope

Hydrangea Pruning Made Easy

Weed Control Facts

Weed Barrier Fabric or Weed Barrier Cloth? Does it work?

What are we doing to our trees?

Volcano Mulching Kills Trees

Three Generations of McGroarty Nurseryman

Weeping Nootka Cypress

Canadian Growers Needed.

Mulch Sets House on Fire

Aluminun Plant Tags that Don’t Fade

Clam Shell Air Propagator

The Best Topsoil for You

Re-Landscape Your House

Java Red Weigela

Heuchera-Coral Bells

A Tribute to Small Business Owners Across America and Beyond.

Tree Stump Removal Tools

Golden Curls Willow

Lavender Twist Weeping Redbud Tree

Are your plants safe? Is it too warm too soon.

Zoysia Grass. Is it a good thing or not?

How to Grow Roses from Cuttings

What mulch is best?

Transplanting Tips

Pruning Rose of Sharon

How To Trim Forsythia

Pruning Rhododendrons

Transplanting Tips

Louie Schwartzberg: The hidden beauty of pollination

How To Divide Ornamental Grass

How To Divide Hosta

How To Divide Daylilies

I Love My Mantis Tiller!

Training Harry Lauder’s Walking Stick To Grow Properly

Training Japanese Maples To Grow Properly

Plans For A Potting Bench

Air Propagating

How To Edge A Bed

“Grammaw’s” Baked Bean Recipe

The Golden Curls Weeping Willow

How To Control Slugs

How To Get Rid of Japanese Beetles

Mike’s New Nursery… From The Beginning!

Digging My Well… My Plants Need Water!

Suckers On Grafted Plants!

A Simple Way To Root Plants From Cuttings

Trim Your Bushes WAY Back… Part 2

Meet A Few Backyard Growers!

Is A Virtual Nursery Really Possible?

Landscape Design Ideas

Forsythia Propagation

Pruning Japanese Maples

How To Plant A Ball and Burlap Dug Tree

How To Ball and Burlap Dig A Tree

Grower’s Board

A Successful 20 Year Old

Awesome!

Potting Shed Disguised As An Outhouse

How To Prune An Ornamental Tree

Me, the Grandkids, and the Train!

Messages like this Bring Tears to My Eyes.

Purple Sandcherry-Pruning and Propagating

What Does Healing In Your Plants Mean?

Really Nice Japanese Maples – Crash Course On Grafting and Budding

Tips On Planting Bulbs

Have You Ever Seen An Action Hoe?

Grow Your Own Grape Plants

Do Your Plants Have Spider Mites?

Enhance Your Landscape With Roses

Notes from our Branson Vacation

Quick Easy Technique To Fix Areas In Your Grass

Wedding Photos

Trim Your Burning Bush WAY BACK!!

Steeler Fans

Hydrangeas: When do I prune them? Why didn’t they flower?

How to Get Rid of Japanese Beetles and Grubs in Your Lawn

Pruning Rose Bushes

The Amazing Multiplication Effect & How To Heal In Your Plants

Tree Pruning Tips

How To Identify Poison Ivy

Mantis Tiller Review

You Know you are Addicted to Gardening when . . .

Check Out My Billy Goat Outback Brush Cutter!

Tree Stump Removal Instructions

Do You Have Shotgun Fungus?

It’s time to Make Baby Plants! Make Baby Plants! Make Baby Plants!

Growing Japanese Maples

Landscape Design Tips

Wheelbarrow Tips & Tricks

Pruning Azalea Bushes


Posts from Japanese Maple Lovers

How to Graft Japanese Maple Trees

Growing Japanese Maples in Zone 4 or Lower

Growing Japanese Maples In Hot Climates

Braiding Japanese Maple Trees

Orange Japanese Maple

Japanese Maple Leaf

Japanese Maple ‘Waterfall’

Japanese Maples: Learn The Varieties

Weeping Japanese Maple

Acer Palmatum Osakazuki

One Finger Pruning

Wanted! People who would like to Grow Japanese Maples at Home.

Ryusen Japanese Maple

Japanese Maple Birthday Cake

Red Dragon Japanese Maple

Peaches and Cream Japanese Maple

Oshio Beni Japanese Maple

Orido Nishiki Japanese Maple

Japanese Maple ‘Orangeola’

Japanese Maple Orange Dream

Japanese Maple Moon Fire

A Small Japanese Maple Garden

Japanese Maple Lion’s Head

Japanese Maple Lion Heart

Japanese Maple Lemon Lime Lace

Japanese Maple Kotohime

Acer palmatum dissectum ‘Inaba Shidare’

Higasayama Japanese Maple

Hefner’s Red Japanese Maple

Green Cascade Japanese Maple

How to Graft Japanese Maples

What is a Japanese Maple Scion or Scions?

Acer palmatum dissectum ‘Goshiki Shidare’

Golden Full Moon Japanese Maple

Acer palmatum dissectum ‘Garnet’ Japanese Maple

Acer palmatum dissectum ‘Filigree Lace’

Acer palmatum dissectum ‘Ever Red’

Acer palmatum ‘Corallinum’

Acer palmatum Butterfly

Acer palmatum Bloodgood

Acer palmatum Asahi Zuru

Japanese Maple Planting Tips

Transplanting a Japanese Maple

Fertilizing Japanese Maples

Testing Japanese Maple Seeds for Viability

Japanese Maple Diseases

Providing Winter Protection for Japanese Maples

Japanese Maple Winter Damage

Is My Japanese Maple Dying?

Pruning or Trimming Japanese Maples

Growing Japanese Maples from Seed.

Crimson Queen Japanese Maple

Japanese Red Maple Tree

Japanese Maple Seedlings-Acer palmatum or Acer palmatum atropurpureum

Mike’s Japanese Maple Collection


Articles from Freeplants

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 Enhance Your Plant Propagation Efforts

The Magic of Intermittent Mist

Grafting Fruit Trees and Ornamental Plants

Budding Fruit Trees and Ornamental Plants

How to Build a Mini Hoop House for Winter Protection

Tree Stump Removal Instructions

Preparing Raised Planting Beds

Discount Nursery Plants

Free Gardening Articles You Can Use

Composting the Easy Way

$1,148. in One Day Working With Plants?  You Bet!

How to Get Rid of Standing Water in Your Yard

Planting and Caring for Flower Bulbs

Tree Pruning Tips

Starting a Plant Nursery

Caring for and Planting a Balled in Burlap Christmas Tree

Transplanting Tips

Weed Control Facts, Winning the Battle of the Weeds

Growing and Caring for Rhododendrons and Azaleas

Pruning Weeping Cherry Trees and other Grafted and Budded Plants

How to Train Beautiful Flowering Shrubs into Unique Ornamental Trees

How to Create More Blooms on Your Flowering Trees and Shrubs

How to Grow Beautiful Ornamental, and Fruit Trees Using the Propagation Technique Known as Budding.

How to Grow Flowering Dogwoods from Seed

How to Grow Ornamental Grasses

How to Grow Japanese Red Maples from Seed

Easy Fall Propagation Techniques

How to Make Money Growing Rooted Cuttings

How to Make Money at Home Growing Small Plants

The Secret of Rooting Cuttings

Lawn Care Tips

Tips for Preparing a Planting Bed

Spring Planting Tips

Summer Gardening Tips

Beware of Toxic Mulch

Mulch Your Spring Flower Bulbs in the Fall for a Beautiful Spring Display

How to Make a Weed Dabber

How to Build a Simple Potting Bench

How to Grow Wildflowers

Arborvitae

Azalea

Barberry

Boxwood

Burning Bush

Japanese Red Maple Trees

Weeping Pussy Willow Trees

Make Money at Home Growing Small Landscape Plants on 1/20 Acre or Less.

Who is Mike McGroarty

Back to the Home Page

Landscaping Tips and Design Ideas

How to Find the Propagation Technique that is Right for Your Plant

Mike’s Favorite Plants

Caring for Your Plants Once You have them Rooted

Plant Propagation by Division

Plant Propagation by Layering

Propagating Softwood Cuttings of Deciduous Plants

Plant Propagation of Softwood Cuttings of Evergreens

Plant Propagation of Hardwood Cuttings of Deciduous Plants

Plant Propagation of Hardwood Cuttings of Evergreens

Using Bottom Heat to Propagate Your Favorite Plants

Plant Propagation from Seed

Rose Plant Propagation

Propagation Using Intermittent Mist to Root Your Cuttings Quickly

Propagating Techniques for Every Month of the Year

Propagation of Japanese Maples and Flowering Dogwoods from Seed

Using the Heat Generated by Your Septic Tank to Enhance Your Propagating

How to Identify and Control Insects and Disease pests on Your Plants

How to Build a Backyard Greenhouse from Scratch

How to Keep Moles, Skunks, and Other Critters from Digging up Your Lawn

How to Renovate Your Lawn without Digging it up.

How to Attract Humming Birds to Your Yard

How to Keep Weeds out of Your Gardens

Using Ground Covers for Weed Control

How to Keep Deer and Rabbits from Ruining Your Trees and Shrubs

Pruning Tips

Growing and Caring for Apple Trees

Composting Your Way to Beautiful Gardens

Attracting Bats to Your Garden for Insect Control

Tips on Transplanting Trees and Shrubs

How to Build a Backyard Waterfall, Pond, and Brick Patio

Dealing with Poison Ivy in Your Gardens

How to do Landscape Lighting the Right Way

How to Build a Simple Hoop House

How to Dig a Plant Balled in Burlap

Plant Propagation the Basics

Ingredients for potting soil

Personal stuff about Mike

Free Content for Your Website or Newsletter

My Battle with Obesity

This is Why I Love Niagara Falls

Testimonials

Heuchera

Pruning Deciduous Plants

Mike McGroarty’s Japanese Maple Collection

When to Prune Trees and Shrubs

Pest Control for Apple Trees and other Apple Tree Facts

Grape Vine Pruning

Growing Great Garlic

How to Grow Asparagus

A Unique Vegetable Garden Idea

Planting and Growing Peonies

Ideas for a Theme Garden

Changing Hydrangea Flower Color and Hydrangea Care

Growing and Drying Ornamental Gourds

Propagating and Caring for Harry Lauder’s Walking Stick

Organic Grasshopper Control

Beneficial Garden Insects

How Black Walnut Trees Can Affect Your Plants

Dividing Irises to Promote more Blooms

How to Control Earwigs in Your Yard and Garden

How to Repel Cats from Your Garden

Tips for Handicapped and Elderly-Accessible Gardening

A Common Problem when Growing Squash

How to Grow Blueberries

Natural Homemade Insecticides for the Garden

Blossom End Rot and other Tomato Problems

Preventing Damage from Garden Slugs

Dividing Daylilies

Cover Crops

Neem Oil

How to Grow Blackberries

Tips for Planting Spring Bulbs

Seed Saving Tips

BT an Organic Insecticide

Attracting Beneficial Insects to Your Garden

Controlling Weeds in the Vegetable Garden

How to Deal with Annoying Fungus Gnats

Planting Potatoes in the Garden

Making Compost

Lavender Twist Weeping Redbud Tree

How to Get Rid of Pesky Armadillos

Growing Onions in the Garden

Dividing and Transplanting Perennials

Improve Your Garden Soil with Greensand

Vermicomposting, You Can Be a Worm Farmer

Protecting Plants with Floating Row Covers

Landscaping to Create a Bird Habitat

Pre Winter Lawn Repair Tips

How to Make a Poinsettia Flower Again

Rose Propagation from Seeds

Planning a Vegetable Garden

Gardening in a Jar, How to Grow Sprouts

How to Grow Strawberries

Deer Resistant Plants

Dirt Farmer Fudge

Tips for Growing Sweet Corn

Rose Growing Tips

Growing Redbud Trees from Seed

Tips for Moving a Heavy Rock

Winterberry Holly

Growing Hops in the Backyard

What is a Backyard Grower?

What is a Gardening Shindig?

How to Care for a Potted Amaryllis

Kudzu, the Vine That Ate the South

How to Grow Horseradish and Make Your Own Spicy Condiment

When to Plant Garden Seeds

An Easy Method of Sowing Seeds

Growing Sweet Potatoes at Home

Seedlings Die from Damping Off Disease

Tips for Growing Lilacs

Tips for Creating a Butterfly Garden

Moon Gardening-Fact or Fiction?

How to Start a Vegetable Garden

Many Uses for Bamboo Poles in Your Garden

Backyard Nursery Owners Speak Out about
Mike McGroarty’s Backyard Growing System!

My Lifetime Love Affair with Plants

Squirrel Problems

How to Grow Herbs

Caring for Container Plants

Gardening Affiliate Program

Growing Hostas

Dealing With Late Blight In The Garden

How To Control and Kill Creeping Charlie In Your Lawn

Your Burning Bush Won’t Turn Red?

Choosing The Best Garden Hose

Choosing A Garden Hoe

Tips For Creating A New Garden Bed

Extend Your Harvest With A Fall Vegetable Garden

Tips For Growing Tomatoes In Your Garden

How To Get Rid of Wild Garlic or Wild Onions

Tips For Growing Japanese Maples

Seed Saving

Ornamental Grass Tips

Organic Pest Control For The Garden

Caring For And Planting Live Christmas Trees

Tips For Growing Rhubarb

Forcing Bulbs

Caring For Indoor Plants While You’re On Vacation

Moon Gardening

Homemade Gifts From Your Garden

Organic Fertilizer Options

Mike’s Nursery

Free Plants

How To Get Rid of a Skunk

How To Build A Bat House

When and How to Prune Hydrangeas

Composting the Easy Way

Tree Pruning TipsPruning Weeping Cherry Trees and other Grafted and Budded Plants
Growing and Caring for Rhododendrons and Azaleas

How to Train Beautiful Flowering Shrubs into Unique Ornamental Trees

Growing and Caring For Hydrangeas

Controlling the Color of Hydrangea Blooms

How to Grow Ornamental Grasses

Lawn Care Tips

How to Create More Blooms on Your Flowering Trees and Shrubs

Transplanting Tips

How to Get Rid of Standing
Water in Your Yard

Beware of Toxic MuchSpring Planting Tips

Summer Gardening Tips

Caring for and Planting
a Balled in Burlap Christmas Tree

Tips For Preparing a Planting Bed

Getting the Best Price for Your Home Includes Landscaping for Curb Appeal

Black Walnut Tree Toxicity

How to Read a Seed Catalog

How to Make $1,148. in
One Day Working with Plants

How to Make Money at Home Growing Small Plants

How to Make Money Growing Rooted Cuttings, and Selling Them

Controlling Insects Organically

Planting and Caring for
Flower Bulbs

Mulch Your Spring Flower Bulbs in the Fall For A Beautiful Spring DisplayHow to Grow Wild Flowers

How to Create a Butterfly Garden

How to Grow Beautiful Ornamental, and Fruit Trees Using the Propagation Technique Known as Budding

How to Grow Japanese Red Maples

How to Build a Simple Potting Bench

How to Grow Flowering Dogwoods from Seed

Easy Fall Propagation Techniques

The Secret of Rooting Cuttings

Saving Seeds From Your Garden

Weed Control Facts, Winning the Battle of the Weeds

How to Make a Weed Dabber

Organic Weed Control Using Corn

Planting Tomatoes in Your Garden

Which of the Hundreds of Tomato Varieties Should I Plant

Let’s Plant Potatoes in the Garden

Garden Housekeeping

Prune and Trellis Your Tomato Plants To Achieve Higher Yields

How to Build A Trellis For Your Grape Vines

How Should I Prune My Crepe Myrtle?

Seeds: 101

Hybrid: The Bad Seed

How To Dry Herbs

How To Make A Topiary

Planting A Vertical Garden

What To Plant To Attract Deer

What In the World Is Lasagna Gardening?

Random, Useful Gardening Tips

 How To Grow Blueberry Plants From Cuttings

Designing A Kid Friendly Garden

How To Care For Your Holiday Plants

Purple Leaf Sand Cherry

Vegetables For Kids

Planting Nasturtium For Organic Pest Control

Cedar Apple Rust

Powdery Mildew On Roses

Peach Tree Borer and Other Peach Pests