Welcome to the Garden Center’s first message of the 2012 growing season!
Our department is bursting at the seams with locally grown organic veggie starts,annual color and a great selection of perennials in gallons and 4 inch pot size.
Please note that warm weather starts from Sunseed Farm should be here May 1.
This includes beans,cukes,tomatoes,peppers and if it’s warm enough by then,basil. We are still offering the 4” onion starts at the sale price of $1.29 each,now is the time to get them in the ground.
New to the Co-op Garden Center – Special purchase of own root roses from High Country Roses in Colorado. There are many varieties to choose from –Rugosas,old Garden varieties,Hybrid Musks,climbers and more.
Many are old favorites in Garden Nancy’s garden;others are ones she has wanted for a long time.
Most of them rate high in the fragrance department. These are top quality plants that will last a lifetime or more. $16.99 each.
Great Mother’s Day gift!
Come with your empty containers and join us over the next two weekends;
we will be offering a container planting service for customers
from 11am to 3pm SAT- SUN APRIL 28 –29 AND MAY 5- 6.
We provide the space,the dirt and the fertilizer – AND many great plants to choose from. Fun for groups!
Alfalfa Tea Recipe for Roses/Ornamentals
Alfalfa is excellent as a soil builder. In a tea,it can be available to your plants even earlier. Alfalfa’s carbon/nitrogen ratio is one of the lowest of any plants (12 to 1),meaning it decomposes rapidly. Alfalfa also contains a remarkable root growth stimulant known as triacontinol.
1 cup of alfalfa meal to 4 gallons of water in a metal container (like a trash can)
1/4 cup Epsom salts (adds magnesium)
Stir together and cover with a lid. Stir once each day for four days. Mixture will foam and smell bad. Apply to base of plants. All ornamentals can benefit from application of this tea,but it is particularly useful for Roses.
Through the end of April – Great selection of container plants on sale $2.49 reg $2.79. All the most popular ‘basket stuffers’ go fast,so shop now for best variety. Growers:Windy Meadows,Thompson’s Greenhouse,Joe’s Garden and Cascade Cuts.
Also through the end of the month,save $2 off each size of Sluggo product we carry,including the Sluggo Plus,which also controls earwigs and pill bugs. Sluggo is safe for edible plants,dogs,kids and wildlife. Just not slugs or snails.
