We carry a wide selection of Beauty Beyond Relief seeds and we are offering at a reduced price to Four Mile Canyon Wild residents a 50 pound bag of re-vegetation Grass and Wildflower Mix at about $10.00 a pound. This is about half the normal price. The mix is designed to re-vegetate disturbed sites with quick germination for erosion control and spring color. Plant seed this fall for new spring growth. 5% wildflowers mixed with hardy grasses. Seeding rate: 1-2 lbs. per 100 sq. ft. or about 50 lbs. per acre. The mixtures contains the following grasses: Sheep Fescue, Hard Fescue, Chewings Fescue and Perennial Ryegrass. It also contains the following wildflowers in the mix as well: Bachelor Button, Black-eyed Susan, Coreopsis, Blue Flax, Firewheel, Rocky Mountain Penstemon, Orange California Poppy, Mixed Shirley Poppy, Red Shirley Poppy, Wallflower. We can order any quantity for you.
Re-Vegetaton Grass and Wildflower Mix for 4 Mile Canyon Fire Area
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Is it Rose Bush Pruning Time?
November 6th, 2010 .
Now that your rose bushes are finally loosing their leaves you may be tempted to cut back the canes, but in Colorado we do that in the Spring. The reason is because we may get a warm spell, either now or too early in the spring that will cause them to want to grow at the wrong time. Canes that have been cut back are more likely to sprout new growth, only to be injured by freeze.
Check with us in the late April to find out how to cut back roses - Connie
Cover Crop Planting in the Fall
October 20th, 2010 .
What’s the single best thing you can do to improve your soil? Plant a cover crop in the fall and till it in in the spring. Winter Rye is my favorite. Several things are accomplished this way.
- You have a green garden instead of a dirt garden for the winter (less erosion)
- Less room for used seed to land and take hold
- Roots reach down, breaking up soil and bring deep laying nutrients to the surface
- When tilled in, it adds organic material to the soil
Garlic Planting Time
September 24th, 2010 .
Did you know you should plant garlic now to harvest next summer? Buy good solid bulbs (which we have at Sturtz and Copeland), break off the cloves and plant them point up 3″ from one another.
Dogs are Welcome
September 11th, 2010 .
Have you ever wondered if you could bring Ishaka the service dog or Benji the wonder dog into Sturtz and Copeland? The answer is yes! Your dog doesn’t even need to be a super hero to be welcome at Sturtz and Copeland. He or she just needs to be on a leash. We’ll even give him a biscuit if he’d like.
Harvesting Winter Squash
September 8th, 2010 .
You know it is time to harvest your winter squash when they have brown stems, a bit of a dull appearance and you can not easily pierce them with your thumbnail. Some people harvest squash after the first mild frost and before the first hard frost as it can be damaging. Be sure to leave a 2 inch stem on as well.
Squash should be cured at 70-85 degrees for one to two weeks before storing long term at about 45 to 50 degrees. Buttercup squash is the exception to this and should go into cool storage right away.
While we are on the topic of harvesting squash, it would also be worth mentioning that one of the most effective ways to keep the squirrels away is with garlic spray. Cook several cloves of garlic in a pan of water for several minutes to allow the garlic to infuse into the water. Once cool, add to a spray bottle and spray a small amount on to your plants.
Treating Powdery Mildew the Organic Way
August 21st, 2010 .
The bad news is its Powdery Mildew Season, the good news is there is a good organic treatment for it called Safer Garden Fungicide.. Safer helps to prevent it from spreading. Powdery Mildew is a fungus that is spread by wind, water and by us working amongst the plants. It is mostly on the tops of the leaves and is white and powdery. You will find it most years on squash, cucumbers, lilacs, roses and more.
The best thing you can do in future years is to anticipate mildew season early and start spring Safer ahead of time. The sulfur in the product changes the ph of the leaf and prevents mildew from growing.
Treating Beetles in the Garden
August 4th, 2010 .
We’re seeing lots of bugs this year and especially over populations of earwigs on everything, blister beetles (gray elongated body) on clematis especially and spotted cucumber beetle on squash blooms.To treat Earwigs and Blister Beetles we have a selection of products to choose from containing spinosad (organic) in it. Rotenone Dust (organic) also works well on Blister Beetle, but it is hard to find and should be used with caution and a mask should be worn when applying it.
Spotted Cucumber Beetle likes to gather in and feed on blossoms of squash and cucumber, so you can use the blossoms as a trap and collect them or use a spray with pyrethrin in it.
Twisted Cabbage
July 29th, 2010 .
Heavy late summer rains often cause cabbage heads to split. One way to prevent splitting is to give the cabbage a little horizontal twist to crack the stem a little. This will limit the uptake of water and prevent splitting.
