Seafood for your Garden

‘Tis the season for getting your garden ready. Whether you’re planting your seedlings or tilling your vegetable patch, you can add a touch of Maine to really make your garden grow. Coast of Maine Organic Products (145 Newbury St., Portland, 800-345-9315,www.coastofmaine.com)"> www.coastofmaine.com) makes a line of organic soils, composts, and mulches from Maine materials. The Quoddy Blend Lobster Compost, recommended for vegetable gardens, contains crab and lobster shells and aspen bark and is named after nutrient-rich Passamaquoddy Bay. The Fundy Blend Enriching Mulch with Seaweed is a great top layer for perennials and is made from old bark and seaweed. The bags range in size and price and can be found at many garden stores across the state and throughout the northeast.

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The key to growing flowers

Submitted by mikeharding on Thu, 03/14/2013 - 12:19pm.

The key to growing flowers successfully in the organic garden is to choose plants that suit your soil and environment. In other words, local plants. Plants that are well adapted to the local conditions will grow more readily, be healthier and therefore more disease resistant.
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I want to apply this in my

Submitted by Eva Feldt on Mon, 03/04/2013 - 12:57am.

I want to apply this in my garden room to add more colors and refreshing feeling. Kindly educate me how and the process of this. I will be calling the number and hoping for a response from you.

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