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.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; } Thank you to Glenridge Gardens for creating this educational video. Watch the video above to learn about some of Grange Co-op’s most recommended organic fertilizers. Learn the valu… Read more

Cover crop will provide many benefits to prepare soils for the next marketable crop. Some benefits include reducing water runoff, improving soil diversity and adding organic matter – ultimately creating a healthier soil biosphere. Increase the success of your crops with the simple addition of Rogue Cover Crop varieties mid-February through March and again in mid-September through October. Cover crops reduces water runoff from fields, in… Read more

Wildflowers in the Winter?Yes! Here’s why: Most of the hardy wildflowers used in mixes intended for ‘naturalizing’ (becoming established in the landscape as though it were a natural, native species) require winter chilling, and even freezing, to prepare them to germinate naturally in the late-winter to very early spring. By sowing wildflower seeds in the fall and winter, they are prepared by nature to germinate at the right time for your area.5… Read more

Everyone knows it’s important to keep thirsty garden plants sufficiently watered, especially during the hottest summer months. But how do you know when you’ve watered too much, or too often? If plants are wilting, does that mean more water is needed? Why is overwatering bad, and what damage can happen when plants receive too much water? Rest assured: in this GrangeKnows article, we’ve provided answers to these and many more overwateri… Read more