March 2010

Attention Organic Gardeners!

Posted on March 12, 2010 at 8:24 am in

David and James are mere days away from officially unveiling our very own brand of organic, soil-less, nutrient-enriched potting mix…”ROWDY ROOTS!” Rowdy Roots was developed by David and James out of the need for an all-organic, soil-less substrate for commercial “Solarganic” and spring production. After two years of trials with various materials, hoards of experiments, the addition and removal of certain ingredients, and a final refining of our mix- ROWDY ROOTS is the result. A versatile, nutrient-rich, sifted peat-based potting soil which we use for growing EVERY container plant we produce! All ingredients, including the wetting agents, are 100% organic.

As was the case with our Dr. Tomato’s Organic Fertilizer, once people began to see the results we were having they wanted to know…”How can I get some, too?” This has been the question for over a year now concerning our Rowdy Roots Organic Potting Mix. It has been a daunting multi-year process developing our perfect mix, trials and experiments, getting things lab tested, making sure we had taken all the necessary steps and talked to the right people and agencies…all the fun things involved with designing your own brand of organic potting soil! In short order (mere days!) ROWDY ROOTS will be available at the Blue Seal store in Rochester NH. Several other locations, such as the Blue Seal in Windham ME, Farmfield Greenhouses in Lebanon ME, Mountain Grainery in Ossipee NH, Stuarts Greenhouses in Rochester NH, Agway in Dover NH, Blue Seal in Bow NH – to name a few – will also be carrying Rowdy Roots and a variety of our plants and products this spring season as well. As always, you can find us personally at the farmers’ markets in Newmarket too.

If you like our Dr. Tomato’s Organic Fertilizer, you’re going to love the way things grow with ROWDY ROOTS!

Dr Tomato’s Science Corner

Posted on March 8, 2010 at 9:58 am in

There finally seems to be a glimmer of hope in the air that Spring might actually be around the proverbial corner. I don’t know about you but I’m ready! We have looked at a number of interesting topics in the past several newsletters. Hopefully, they have been of some interest and help to you. With Spring beginning to tease us with thoughts of flowers blooming and vegetables to harvest, I thought that I would spend a little bit of time in the next several newsletters looking at soil. OK, I suppose you could say that I will attempt to give you the “dirt” on soil. Continue reading Dr Tomato’s Science Corner…

The Mothership, Powerless…?

Posted on March 5, 2010 at 11:07 pm in

While most commercial growers in the region were scrambling to hook up generators and get their heating systems fired up on that windy Thursday night, we were pan frying Shiitakes on the woodstove in the Mother Ship for dinner.  We have an emergency generator for our home, however we had no need to hook it up to our greenhouses.  Continue reading The Mothership, Powerless…?…

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