You know I love you organic people. Up here in GA I get 2.50 per dozen for (yard eggs) drive to Jacksonville 1 hr away I get $8.00 per - both same thing free range organic? No chemicals commercial feeds or any feed what so ever? They find their own food mostly I do feed them organic scraps all of wich coo off the farm again no chemicals or commercial ferrlizer? My beef cows same thing sell one here might get $750.00 per thousand in jax I sell 1/2 a cow non butchered for $1500 love it and eat it every day. what most of you don't understand is if you are buying it at any supermarket there is no such thing as organic? My beef cows get shipped to Kansas to a read lot? Certified gras finished organic which I paid dearly for? What did I have to do? Pay some jerk thousands to certify what I'm doing? While I know my cows are going to Kansas for butchering who certifies the transport rail accommodations? Well I will tell you this a hungry crud of cows will bust through anything including a rail car? Solution a high sugary food which is corn. Organic or not they are now not grass finished then at the FREED lot more corn, I have seen it. Frankly posses me off because it's a scam. My neighbors all raise no hormone or antibiotic chickens. They are all inoculated at the hatchery and fed hormone food first 3 to 4 weeks. Last 4 to 5 weeks no hormones and out of there system. I have raised the same broilers it take me 10 to 12 weeks to butcher. They are at 6 weeks to the day. Best advice for you guys is organic is a price booster any one growing organic on a commercial scale has afforded loop holes. My farm is a hobby I loose money every year and can't come close to production rates doin it organic which is fine not here to make money, just my outlet. But more importantly is the farmer boosting the soil? Being sustainable? Ecologically friendly? While most are the largest farmers doing 10s of thousands of acres are in profit mode alone. And sadly 90% of your organic farmers fall in that category. Sorry for bing long winded .

All I use on all my vegetables, shrubs, flowers, oranamentals, and herbs is plenty of homemade mature compost and a cheap homemade grain protein fertilizer/soil amendment. I think fancy high priced, certified organic fertilizing products are a waste of money for mid-size to large size sustainable farms! All grains contain proteins which supplies insoluble amounts of nitrogen and phosphorus, and sometimes potassium based on the grain. They all also contain micronutrients and are great optional bacterial/fungal foods in all composting, or as an extra ingredient in all compost tea brewing methods. My favorites are plain corn meals, or any pelletized no-salt cattle/horse feed products. They are all either corn, soybean, oats, alfalfa, or even wheat based. I can get 50 lb bags in my area from $4-10 each.

No offense taken. Many of my gardening friends and I swap and share orders sometimes. My offer was in case you were having second thoughts about the quantity that is coming and where you are going to put them. I understand about the remodeling. We are on the 5 year landscape plan because we had to put about $50K into the interior. I inherited about 300 feet of garden beds that had been neglected for over 5 years as our home sat empty before we purchased it and remodeled. What a bitter sweet situation to discover all of the many prized and unique things that are there - some of which have died because of neglect during that time. The late owner of the home was the garden club president for over 15 years. The first year here - I touched absolutely nothing and took pictures of different sections about every 5 days. I kept a journal to help me remember because there was so much "stuff" in the beds. The second year, I cleaned out and watched and may have added a few things. This year - I'm making it my own. I know though, that I am on the 5 year plan due to limited funds as well as limited time. I am not in a hurry because I would rather do with out than have it done wrong or half way or something that I regret. When I know the plant I want there - I'll get it. For me, it's all about the journey - because there never is a final garden destination except when we die. Dora

I wouldn't. In fact, our Extension only promotes fertilizing lawns in fall, late fall...and possibly a light feeding in the spring. If you are having hot temps, your lawn is stressed. Never fertilize a stressed lawn. Wait until Labor Day and then give the lawn a good shot of nitrogen, and again in mid to late November. Don't use a slow release at that time. The plants need to take up as much N as they can and as quickly as possible to store in their roots over winter. That will ensure a really nice show come springtime. Also, your fescue creates new blades from little nubs, called tillers, at the crown of the plant. If there is ample nitrogen in the roots over winter, those tillers will keep multiplying as long as the ground isn't frozen, giving you a much thicker lawn in spring.