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The Power of Manure & Tree Farming Whenever any of our friends have excess manure available, we take it all. If you are a gardener or interested in plants, we...

Weeping Willow and Dappled Willow Growth Update We are covering a big order for Spring 2025 for several thousand Weeping Willow and Dappled Willows for a flood zoned land mitigation...

White Pine and Scots Pine Growth Update  We keep a watchful eye on our Pine trees to observe how much new growth they are showing this time of the year....

  Scots Pine  for Privacy and Property Boundary Marker   Like most gardeners and nursery folks, we do enjoy growing new plants. One such plant a couple of years ago...

  Growth Rate Comparison: Murray v Leyland Cypress v Green Giant Arborvitae  All the most popular privacy trees grow with a very similar speed of around 3-4’ a year under...

Growth Rate Comparison: Weeping Willow Tree v Dappled Willow Bush After writing about Flood Zoned Land Mitigation Strategy with Trees and Shrubs I decided to take some pictures to verify...

Flood Zoned Land Mitigation Strategy with Trees and Plants Flood Zoned Land in general is worth about 1/10th of the equivalent land not zoned as flood land or at least...

  Do Not Cross Message with Shrubs & Trees Often a boundary marker is desirable to mark the property line and also to send a do not cross message to...

Green Giant Arborvitae in a Staggered Row for Privacy Green Giant Arborvitae is by far the most popular choice for privacy seeking property owners in the Midwest. Particularly popular because...

Eastern Red Cedar for Privacy: the Native Choice Eastern Red Cedar is Native to the US Eastern half of the continent with arguably most common in Kentucky. It is not...

Fastest Privacy Shrub: Dappled Willow Dappled Willow (Hakuro Nishiki) is a deciduous shrub, the fastest growing shrub we know of. If plenty of water is available, it will grow from...

A Beautiful Example of Semi Sheared White Pines for Privacy White Pines are often used for privacy, security and wind break. They can grow about 24” a year. The semi...