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Correct Fertilizer Ratio?

I received this question to my personal email today from Barbara Card of Amesbury, Mass., and I think it’s a good one to answer so everyone can see: “I know organic fertilizers are the way to go, and I’m hearing that a lot of landscape companies are using organic fertilizers because they cost less, but I’m [...]

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Natural Fertilizer: Part II

As promised, here is another excerpt from my book, the Organic Lawn Care Manual (Storey Publishing, 2007). This relates to natural products that can be used as fertilizers: Animal By-Products Call me old-fashioned, but I still take all the manure I can get from the local farmers in my town. I grew up on a dairy farm [...]

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Natural Fertilizers: Part I

Wouldn’t it be great if you could feed your lawn and landscape without ever going to the garden center? Nothing against garden centers, mind you. If I have to shop, that’s where I like to go. My point for this post, though, is that you don’t necessarily HAVE to buy bagged products to apply to [...]

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