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GARDENER'S
READING ROOM
Organic Gardening
Bio-degradable Containers Have Arrived At Sky!
Sky Nursery has been in the forefront of providing our customers with natural and organic choices in fertilizers, disease and insect control, seeds and live goods for years. Read more.
Preparing Your Vegetable Patch for Next Year’s Bounty
As you harvest the last of summer’s bounty, it’s time to think about preparing for next year. Read more.
New Products for 2008
The bane of the home orchard is hard-to-control apple maggot. Pheromone and sticky traps can be partially effective, but for serious growers the Seattle Tree Fruit Society recommends little nylon “footies” called Maggot Barriers. Read more.
The Solution for Clay Soils: Gardner & Bloome Soil Building Compost™
If you are looking for a long-term cure for hard clay soils with poor drainage, look no further. Read more.
Disease Control... the Organic Way
The Pacific Northwest is a great place to live and garden. The ocean and mountains give rise to a variety of microclimates that allow us an unmatched breadth of plant material. This same wet, mild climate makes our area a great incubator for plant diseases. Read more.
All Worms Are Not Created Equal
Did you know that: earthworms act as miniature plows and fertilizer spreaders, aerating the soil, turning dead organic matter into fertilizer, and placing that fertilizer near your plants’ roots? Read more.
The Veggie Gardener’s Best Friend
This time of year, the days are short enough to give you an excuse to head - or stay - indoors. Put up those worn out feet for some much deserved rest and think about gardening...Read more.
Feeding
Mulches, Weeding Mulches
Used
properly, mulch can suppress weeds, enrich your soil, hold
moisture, improve your soil texture, protect plant roots from
erosion and temperature extremes, and immediately neaten your
garden beds.
Read
more.
LifeLink:
Add Life to your Soil, Health to your Plants
Scientists have found that the right balance of soil life increases plant vigor
and disease resistance, while decreasing plants’ needs for fertilizer and
water—naturally! Read
more.
Late
Winter Garden Shed Staples
Garden
Shed Stables - Check your shelves now! Read
more.
Weed
and Feed—or Else?
You want a lush, beautiful lawn. You want to be a responsible,
low-chemical gardener. You know you can’t have it all….
Read
more.
LifeLink:
Add Life to your Soil, Health to your Plants
Scientists have found that the right balance of soil life
increases plant vigor and disease resistance, while decreasing
plants’ needs for fertilizer and water—naturally!
Read
more.
Beneficial
Organisms in Your Garden
Spring is almost upon us: the time of annual renewal. Perhaps
it is also the time to re-think how we garden, how we deal
with pest problems and other dastardly garden situations.
Read
more.
Cover
Crops
Planting cover crops in unused beds is a cheap and effective
way to improve your soil during the winter season. Read
more.
Right
Life: Get Down & Dirty with Soil Microbes
The right soil microorganisms made the difference between
an 80% failure rate and an 80% success rate in transplanting
. . . Read
more.
Cranefly
Control
Don’t panic! Controlling cranefly is not as difficult
as you think! Read
more.
Worm
Bins
Worm bins are an easy way to create a nutritious treat for
your plants and cut down on kitchen waste. Read
more.
Good
Bugs Bad Bugs
It’s spring, and as the weather warms and the daylight
increases with each passing day, so does the insect populations
in our gardens. Read
more.
Organic
Gardening. Part 1: Soil Management & Fertility
Modern organic gardening combines the best of time-tested
techniques and new advances in knowledge. Read
more.
The
Battle between Good and Evil . . . Insects
As the days start lengthening, you might find yourself venturing
outside checking on your roses looking for the early signs
of spring. Read
more.
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