Onions
It’s time for planting onions! Fresh onion bunches are being restocked in our nursery greenhouse next week, and we’ll have some delicious varieties for early planting including Candy, Redwing, Patterson, and Walla Walla! Get them soon, while supplies last! And, check out our information on planting and Growing Onions.
Potatoes
Organic Seed Potatoes are arriving early March, with plenty of delicious variety to choose from! Growing potatoes is easy and rewarding. We have everything you need to get started- grab seed potatoes early for the best selection. We also have natural compost and fertilizer to help feed the garden. New to growing seed potatoes? Check out our handy information on Planting and Growing Potatoes.
Maintenance:
When garlic growth begins in early spring, it’s a great time to apply a high nitrogen fertilizer to your garlic, such as Down To Earth’s Blood Meal 12-0-0, Fish Meal 8-6-0 or high nitrogen Bat Guano 7-3-1. Then, repeat an application in late March. Check out more information about Growing Garlic.
Fertilize:
Early spring is an excellent time to apply fertilizer on your established berry plants as they begin their early spring growth, including blueberries, raspberries, and loganberries. We recommend our tried and true Acid Mix 4-3-6 Fertilizer to encourage lush flowers and fruit. Apply Acid Mix in early spring for vegetative growth, and then again when blooms appear. It’s blended specially for acid soil loving plants like rhododendrons, azaleas, hydrangeas, evergreen trees and shrubs, blueberries, raspberries, and other plants that thrive in a low pH soil.
Another one of our best sellers, Bio-Live 5-4-2 is an excellent fertilizer to get your transplants established. It is a rich, organic fertilizer mix infused with a generous amount of beneficial bacteria and mycorrhizal fungi to stimulate rooting, vigor, and encourage optimum plant development.
Beneficial Garden Helpers:
Mason bees have arrived! We have cocoons available in our garden department while supplies last- sold in a set of 25, as well as shelters, replacement tubes, and more! The name “Mason Bee” comes from the female’s mortar-like application of mud to seal off her egg chambers. Mason Bees are gentle, solitary, and non-aggressive bees, making them an excellent garden companion. They are tremendous early-season pollinators during the fruit tree bloom time. They can improve fruit set of nearly every plant within 100 yards of their home! Learn more about how to care for mason bees here.
Prevention & Maintenance
The coming of spring also brings unwanted visitors to the garden like slugs and snails that will more than happily munch on tender new plants. They can be hard to control, as they hide very effectively under garden debris and anything lying around the yard that provides dark, moist, and cool conditions: debris, boards, plastic containers, etc. Setting up traps, using copper barriers, or using Sluggo can help ward off these hungry pests. If you have fruit trees, you may need an application to help prevent brown rot, or pests like aphid, scale, leafroller, and spider mites. Check out our Fruit Tree Spray Schedule for options on dormant sprays and prevention.
March can still bring chilly nights that can harm young starts, so plan ahead and have frost cloth ready just in case temperatures dip down low at night.
