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  • Weather proofing windows

  • Install door sweep or door bottom

  • Weather Stripping Garage door

  • Caulks and Sealants

  • Insulate Freeze Prone Pipes

Fall Pond Maintenance

Microbe Lift Autumn/Winter Prep is a two-part system of LIQUID bacteria and DRY, water soluble packets containing a blend of cellulase enzymes, cellulase-producing bacteria and a cold weather bacteria. The cellulase enzymes, along with the cellulase-producing bacteria, are the key to accelerating the breakdown of leaves, organic sediment and sludge all winter long. The cold weather bacteria and liquid bacteria take care of the initial breakdown by-products.

• Continues to provide sustained biological activity even in water temperatures under 40°F. (4°C.)
• Contains psychrophilic strains (cold weather bacteria)
• If frozen, bacteria will remain effective after thawing out
• Effective in darker conditions (under ice and snow)
• Helps to maintain a healthy immune system for your fish during the winter months

Protecting Your Roses this winter.

Roses are tender in our climate. Below is a breakdown of how care for them.

In August stop fertilizing and pruning your roses. This will discourage new tender growth before winter.

Before winter, the least you should do is cover the crown of the rose with natures insulation. The crown is the bottom of the rose up to 6".

Natures insulation

• Leaves (disease free)

• Bark mulch

• Bark

• Compost

• Steer Manure

• Peat moss

• Anything that will help insulate it over winter.

Last winter was especially harsh, many roses didn't make it. To fully protect your roses you can cover them completely with some sort of insulation listed above. Take any type of fencing and make a circle around the bush. I would recommend chicken wire or something with small holes. Place post into the ground to hold the fencing up, and tie the fencing to the post. Now fill with any of the above insulation items.

Don't forget to remove the mulch in the spring.

Do you like Crocus Tulips & Daffodils?

Now is the time to plant them!! Here are some tips for planting fall bulbs...

• Check package for correct planting depth

• Sprinkle bone meal in hole before planting bulbs

• Why do you they get planted now? These bulbs have to be cold for several weeks before they start to grow. This process sets the flower.

Fall Lawn Fertilizer

Helps repair summer damage to lawns. Helps store nutrients over the winter to get your lawn green  fastest in the spring.

Gardening tip of the Week

Lawn Fertilizer with Insect Control

• Controls all major turfgrass insect problems and fertilizes your lawn
• Provides even greening without rapid, extreme growth
• Controls chinch bugs and other common insects
• Unlike ordinary insect control products, every All-in-One® particle delivers Scotts patented time release nitrogen, phosphorous & potassium formulated for summer use.
• Will not burn your lawn when used as directed

What It Controls
Controls ants, armyworms, bermudagrass mites, billbugs, chiggers, chinch bugs, clover mites, crickets, cutworms, earwigs, fleas, flea beetles (in dichondra), leafhoppers, mole crickets, sod webworms (lawn moth larvae), vegetable weevil (in dichondra)

Colorful Flowers & Fertilizer

Fertilizer is key to a colorful and long lasting garden.

Hand watering - If you hand water you can use a fertilizer canister that connects to your hose end. This will feed your plants every time they get watered, and keep them blooming all summer long.

If you use a sprinkler or a sprinkler system a granular slow release fertilizer would be best. Once a month sprinkle throughout your garden and the water does the rest. Every time the the plant get watered just the right amount of fertilizer is released.

Weeds in your Lawn???

Now is the time to use broadleaf weed killer on your lawn. There are three different ways -

Weed & Feed

 This treatment is applied with a spreader. The key to kill the weeds with Weed & Feed is to make sure your lawn is wet. The granular must stick to the weeds in order to kill them.

 Hose and Go

No accessories  needed just attach the hose and water.

Spray with Weed B Gon Max

 This treatment is made for a sprayer and should be done when the lawn is dry.

Spring / Summer Pond Cleaner

Microbe Lift Spring / Summer Cleaner

• Accelerates breakdown of leaves, twigs and other organic waste.
• Helps to jumpstart pond in the spring
• Reduces sediment due to the buildup of organic material
• Natural nontoxic and noncaustic
• Pre Measure easy to handle and cost effective.

Planting Tomatoes

When planting your tomatoes there are three important things to do.

• Add compost to your dirt and mix it in well. This helps add nutrients and drainage.

• Remove the leaves on the bottom 2/3 of the plant, and then plant the tomato 2/3 in the ground. This will lead to a big root system for a very healthy tomato plant.

• Last you will need a tomato cage or different kind of support. This year we have tomato cages in white, red, blue, yellow, orange, and green.

Now is the time to Prepare your Garden

You can use the following products to supply your garden with extra nutrients!! These all can be mixed in now.

• Peat Moss

• Steer Manure

• Bark Compost

• Compost

• Gypsum

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Early Tomato Planting

• Protect your tomato plants from cold weather with walls of water. This insulates the plant during cool spring nights.

What to start your own hanging basket???

• Come check out our selection of basket stuffers, great for starting your own. Just remember some plants are tender and need to be kept warm at night.

• We also have a great selection of decorative baskets.

• New Basket stuffers now in

  • Potato Vine (green and black)

  • Diascia

  • Nemesia

  • Dichondra

  • Trailing Snapdragon

• Just some of our new basket stuffers now in!!!!!

Weekly Gardening Tip

Winterize your HOME!!

When winterizing your home there are many different areas to address.

• Blow out Sprinkler System

• Check door thresholds for gaps, there are several different thresholds and door sweeps we carry to keep the cold air out!

• Check the tightness of exterior doors can you push on them easily and feel air flowing around the edges? Country Farm & Garden has several widths and thicknesses of foam tape so the door will seal tight.

• Don't forget to cover exterior facets!

• Do you have older windows? If the pains are loose or the calk is peeling off it may be time to replace the caulking.

Lawn Patching

At Country Farm & Garden we recommend X-Seed Complete Lawn fix sun and shade mix. This seed patch mixture contains seed, fertilizer, and it holds the moisture for less watering. X-Seed lawn fix comes in an easy to use shaker bag, just hold it upside down and shake over a bare spot, roadway, or large bare area. Just one bag of lawn fix covers up to 400 square feet.

Lawn Care

Now is the time to prevent unwanted crabgrass from your lawn. We have two products listed below that will prevent the crabgrass seeds from germinating. March through April is the best time to apply the crabgrass preventer with fertilizer to get your yard green fast!

• Scotts Turf Builder w/ Halts Crabgrass Preventer

• Lilly Miller Fertilizer w/Crabgrass Preventer