Old Mill Feed & Garden

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Home of the Lazy Gardener.

Spotted Wing Drosophilia Information for backyard gardeners.

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Mulch.  A simple word.
It's one of those words that means diffferent things to different people.  Basically, mulch is material applied on top of your soil.  In summer, it retains moisture below and keeps the sun from baking the life right out of the soil.  In winter, it reduces ground compaction from all of those raindrops pounding incessantly from above and can significantly reduce erosion.  Year-round, fresh mulch will reduce the number of weeds that sprout.  Our three mulches include:
Red Fir Bark:  Bright orange/red color.  Our most popular choice.
Hemlock Bark:  Brown color with fewer tiny stickers than Red Fir makes this a good choice for areas that are frequented by children or pets.
Garden Compost:  Dark brown color.  Serves as a mulch and a soil amendment.  The Lazy Gardener's choice for feeding soil, and earthworms love it.  This is a true compost with neutral pH.
U-Haul or Delivery in local area available.  

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Our expanded Garden Room opened in March 2008.
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Grown in Andy's backyard with compost from you-know-where.

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The Lazy Gardener's backyard in July.

What's the fun of gardening if it requires too much work or the use of potentially harmful chemicals?  At Old Mill Feed & Garden, we follow the lead of our own Lazy Gardener, 
"Feed your soil and your plants will take care of themselves."   
It sounds simple, but that's the point. Since we adopted this approach at our own home, we've seen a steady improvement in the vigor of our landscape along with a corresponding decrease in the amount of pest and disease problems. You can't change the world, but you can change your yard.

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Seed Potatoes and Onion Sets are coming the end of February. 
Here's a list of the varieties we'll have available:

Conventional Potato Varieties
Russet Norkotah
Red Pontiac
Yukon Gold

Organic Potato Varieties
All Blue
All Red
Bintje
Reddale
Russet Burbank
Cal White
Yellow Finn
Austrian Crescent Fingerlings
Russian Banana Fingerlings

Conventional Onion Sets
Red Wethersfield
Yellow Rock

Organic Onion Sets
Red Wethersfield
Yellow Rock
White Ebenezer

Walla Walla Onion and Lancelot Leek bunches will be available as weather permits.
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Tomato Plants
Growing delicious tomatoes in your garden is easier than you think.  Let us provide you with a hardy plant, a few soil amendments, and a support cage.  Then plant it in a sunny location and water it whenever the leaves droop.  Timing is critical, which is why we won't sell you a plant too early.  Check back this spring for a list of our short-season, long-season, and heirloom varieties.
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The Lazy Gardener's Favorite Links:
 

Espoma Organic Fertilizers

Pasture Place

Polk County Master Gardeners Website

Weeks Roses

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