We will host a seed starting workshop, "Grow Your Own Organic Food," by master gardener volunteer Brett Thompson on Thursday, February 11, from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm here at our store, F.W. Horch Sustainable Goods and Supplies, 56 Maine St., Brunswick, Maine. The class is free and open to the public.
"We'll show you how to grow an indoor salad and at last have real baby greens!" says Brett, a leader in Maine's master gardener volunteer program.
Attendees will learn how to start garden seeds and build a light stand for under $11 in parts. Including shop lights, the total cost is under $40. With this stand one can start seedlings of organic vegetables, fruits and flowers. Class participants will also learn how to plant seeds directly in trays or in paper pots that home gardeners can make themselves.
Space for the class is limited, so those interested in attending are encouraged to call the store at 729-4050 to reserve a seat.
This class is part of the F.W. Horch series on sustainable living. Each monthly talk is held at the F.W. Horch Sustainable Goods & Supplies store, 56 Maine Street, Brunswick, Maine, on the second Thursday of the month.
For more information, please call 729-4050.
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Thursday, February 04, 2010
Seed Starting Workshop
Wednesday, March 04, 2009
Featured Products for March 2009
Organic Seeds from Fedco
Grow your own organic garden with MOFGA certified organic seeds from Fedco Seeds. We have 56 varieties of their most popular vegetables, herbs and flowers, all heirloom and certified organic. Seed-starting season is here!
Organic Seeds Packet $1.95
Ordering on your own from Fedco? Put your order in with ours and save on shipping and handling. We'll be placing our next order TOMORROW (Thursday, March 5) to beat their March 6 backorder deadline. After March 6, Fedco seed orders are filled from stock on hand.
Worm Castings
Have you tried adding worm castings to your seed starting mix? If you have, you know what an incredible head start these give your little plants! For ensuring plant health and vigor naturally, nothing beats worm castings.
One pound $1.29
Kitchen Compost Pail
Do you compost? Our stainless steel compost pail is a stylish way to collect your food scraps for the compost pile or bin. Beautiful enough to leave on the kitchen counter. Easy to carry and clean. Carbon filters in lid contain odors. Replacement filters available. Holds about a gallon.
Pail and filters $34.95
Home Composting Made Easy
Easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions for composting in your own backyard. Instead of overburdening your local landfill, learn how to turn kitchen scraps, yard trimmings and paper scraps into "black gold" for your lawn and garden.
Booklet $2.95
Can O Worms
Conveniently compost your kitchen scraps all year round with the help of hundreds of hungry red wigglers. Having trouble finding the compost pile under the snow drifts? Why not bring the action inside with your very own worm colony? Start now and by summer you'll have a nice supply of worm castings, the very best fertilizer you can make.
Can O Worms bin $125 (worms sold separately)
Composting Worms
Need to start a worm bin? Get a Chinese take out box of red wigglers (Eisenia foetida), including a healthy dose of food for the worms to work on while your worm bin is getting started plus the mini-ecosystem of creatures that help the worms break down food into castings. When you get your starter package, add the worms and the active compost they are living in to your worm bin. Feed them small amounts several times a week. Within a few weeks you'll have hundreds of worms!
Starter pack of worms $6
Wiggle Room Worm Bin
Let worms eat your garbage with the Wiggle Room worm bin. Stocked with Maine-grown red worms in leaves or shredded paper bedding, this is your basic vermiculture system. Push aside the bedding to feed your worms, and add more shredded paper when necessary. Pop the cork to collect worm tea, a great liquid fertilizer. Everything you need to get started right away (including worms).
NOTE: Available for pick up in store only.
NOTE: Available for pick up in store only.
Wiggle Room bin $39.95 (including worms)
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