Plants desire soil that contains organic matter and holds appropriate amounts of nutrient and water while still having air space. Compost assists with all of these needs by adding organic matter and nutrients back into the soil that benefit living soil organisms and roots, provides water holding capabilities and loosens up the soil for transplants and seeds to set root into and thrive. While incorporating in compost, add fertilizer to replace lacking nutrients that were used last season. Adding compost and fertilizer to your soil will produce greater yields and stronger and more vibrant plants. When growing in raised beds or containers, replace or add new soil and compost with raised bed mix or a high-quality potting soil. 

To plant something today is to believe in tomorrow! Stay fit and get exercise while you plant healthy, nutrient and antioxidant rich foods for tomorrow and plants that will provide food and shelter for birds, bees, butterflies and wildlife for all seasons of the year. April is the perfect time to plant cold season vegetables, flowering spring bulbs, edible bare roots, fruiting trees and shrubs and early flowering annuals and perennials. Get a head start on your summer garden by starting warm season vegetable seeds indoors to be ready to plant outside in May. We have a diverse variety and supply of wonderful flowering and edible plants and all the seeds and seed start supplies you’ll need to bring your landscape and garden to life.

Your lawn is awakening and now is the time to aerate, apply Humic and topdress with compost, over seed and to apply grub, mite, fugus and weed controls. Temperatures are still cool and April moisture is sure to provide great seed germination and low seedling stress. Give your lawn the fertilizer boost it needs to get a head start greening up and growing strong. Don't miss this opportunity to prevent crabgrass and other annual weeds from germinating by applying pre-emergent now and throughout the growing season. Pre-emergent stops all seed from germinating so be careful not to apply pre-emergent if you are over-seeding your lawn. Grubs are beginning to rise in the soil and feed and fugus is aggressive to attack tender new grass blades as they emerge, so now is a perfect time to put down grub controls and get the advantage on fugus prevention.