APRIL 10, 2014
Fallbrook/Bonsall Village News TheVillageNews.com
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Mission Resource Conversation District and the County of San Diego present...
Gardening Green A Free Residential Workshop on Making Your Home Garden Work for You!
May 10, 2014 • 9:30am - 11:00am Location: S.D. County Fallbrook Library 124 S. Mission Road, Fallbrook CA 92028
Learn how to save time, money and resources when managing your home garden! Diane Kennedy will discuss: – Rainwater Harvesting – Companion Planting – Creating Plant Guilds – In-ground Composting
RSVP Today!
Call Bethany Principe at 760-728-1332 or email beth@missionrcd.org to RSVP PLUS an optional tour of a working garden and habitat, limited to 15 people, will be held after the workshop for a $10 per person fee. Rosebuds are now appearing on bushes that were pruned back in mid-February. Chemical fertilizers negatively impact the soil food web by killing off entire portions of it. The fact is, chemical fertilizers are salts! What gardener hasn’t seen what table salt does to a slug or snail? Salts absorb water and dehydrate the soil microbes which are the foundation of the soil nutrient system. Once chemical fertilizers have been used regularly, one must keep adding more because the soil microbiology is weakened and unable to do its job of releasing naturally available nutrients to the plants. Chemical fertilizers are artificial growth stimulants and, in the long run, harm the soil and pollute local waterways. This is because, as dissolved salts, they quickly leach through the soil (becoming unavailable to your plants) and enter the ground water. On the other hand, organic amendments (such as manure, compost, or mulch) stay where they are put, break down slowly, and don’t contribute to ground water pollution, as long as runoff to drains is prevented. In addition, they improve the soil food web, so in the long run, less product is needed. H o w a b o u t s w e a r i n g o ff chemical fertilizers for the rest of the year and start using organics? Give it a year. See if those roses don’t provide a reward! To comment on this story online, visit www.thevillagenews.com.
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