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Macomb County

My name is Marty “Giant Jack” Nagle (Given to me as in Jack and the Bean Stalk)
I live in Eastpointe, Michigan
My biggest is an 827lb (estimated)
I’ve been growing for 14 years, that includes this season. I’ve never had an unsuccessful or unproductive season beginning my 3rd year. After a successful commercial grower taught me the trick is to learn to be consistent year in and year out and build from there. Because his income depended on it, of course. Over the years, I’ve grown everything from tomatos, peppers, eggplant, melons, shade gardens, butterfly and hummingbird gardens that included 16ft. butterfly bushes. By doing nothing more than sticking to the basic approach and method the commercial grower taught me years ago. I only modified it based on recent dicoveries and breakthroughs.
Other people began calling me for help and advice. The next thing I knew, people were asking me to take over from their service and began hiring me to manage their summer landscapes instead. Which came right on time because I’d resigned my chair in the Detroit Symphony Civic Orchestra in 1987 for greater creative control in a local band. We made it out to A and M records and quickly discovered we were up against a 1000 other bands and success seemed to be based more on buying executives ounces of coke and a total suck their asses and party approach. None of which any of us had the money or the stomach for, so we returned brokened and disillusioned and none of us got out of bed for a month afterward.
I have a beautiful wife and daughter, who just graduated and is college bound.
My hobbies are growing, socializing and getting beat up on the Bp website.

7/14/2005 12:02:44 AM

Macomb County

Sorry, I see where the information is suppose to go now. Sure I'll start a diary and try to have some pic's soon.

7/14/2005 2:50:04 AM

Www.extremepumpkinstore.com

Marty,
Good to meet you.
Tom

7/14/2005 5:36:54 AM

Owensboro, Ky.

Welcome, Marty...grow em big and congrats to your daughter. Peace Wayne

7/14/2005 6:33:35 AM

Appalachian Mtns.

Nice to know you Marty, welcome aboard!
Now THAT's the way to do it brother :0)

7/14/2005 7:06:20 AM

Follansbee, Wv

Nothing like starting out on the right foot :)
Nice to meet you Marty.

7/14/2005 7:31:06 AM

Framingham, MA

Hi Marty, nice to meet you. Best of luck with your patch. Your landscaping job sounds like a lot more fun than my office job in downtown Boston.

Steve

7/14/2005 8:21:53 AM

Dillsburg, PA

Glad to see you made it Marty. Also, look forward to reading your diary.

7/14/2005 9:10:34 AM

Berlin,mi.(zuhlke2@hotmail.com)

welcome marty: maybe you won't get beat up so much now that you have introduced yourself. lol. i have been using the products from life circle and things are doing real well. i look forward to geting more information from you. i work just around the corner from you so if you ever have the urge to have a fellow mich grower check out your progress i would be glad to meet you. you have an open invitation to my patch as well.grow em big!!! and orange. steve

7/14/2005 10:19:16 AM

Montoursville, PA

Nice to see a turn-a-round. Hope you get a nice one this summer.

7/14/2005 10:38:15 AM

Hilpoltstein, Bavaria, Germany

Marty, welcome to the insanity! Keep sharing knowledge and grow' em BIG and ORANGE!

7/14/2005 11:29:47 AM

Mill Bay, British Columbia

Hey Marty, welcome and hope you have another great season.

Glenn

7/14/2005 11:51:28 AM

Rapid City, SD

Hi Marty..........love them posts.....keep it up and nice to meet ya........Grow em Phat!

7/14/2005 3:42:25 PM

Benton Ky

nice to meet you marty
Randy

7/14/2005 5:43:35 PM

San Jose garysand@pacbell.net

Hello Marty

I for one am happy that you have "come out" lol, now we can get onto growing some biggies

Gary

7/14/2005 7:46:08 PM

Butler, Ohio

YO Marty!! Welcome aboard man!! Let's get a biggun this year!

7/14/2005 8:25:44 PM

Sort of Sunny Sometimes, WA

Nice to finally meet you Marty!
Erin

7/14/2005 10:05:00 PM

Streator ,Illinois

Hi Giant Jack
I think there should be some apologies be made to you by some of the forum police,since you were bashed so badly and I see no else ever had to go into such great detailed just to talk on this forum, I know I never have.
I read your posts and I took what I wanted from them and they never bothered me and no one forced me to read them.
I have doubts that anyone will apologize thou, for their rude mouths. You were welcomed before this thread in my book
Good Luck
Gene McMullen
Streator, Illinois

7/15/2005 2:22:23 AM

Macomb County

Thanks for the warm welcome and I apologize to everyone for entering this site asp backwards. A lot of the credit goes to Jeff and Southern. If Jeff hadn't explained what's gone on, you had a guy with 5 screen names wrecking havoc? And Southern explaining how I should first be setting myself up on the site, well, I'd still be throwing my hands up, "Snake oil salesman! Just for that, I'm going to cram my knowledge down their throats with a long handled spoon!" Snake oil salesman, I'll give 'em Dick Vitale alright, was my mood. But what a relief to have gotten beyond Don needing to include a pair of boxing gloves with every book order, just to go on this site!

7/15/2005 3:49:24 AM