Archive for Our blog: The comPOST
Looking for “Natural Fertilizer”? Organic Compost is A Great Answer!
Adding organic compost now will replenish the “natural fertilizers” your perennials need to give you a good showing this season. It will also form a perfect base to support that organic vegetable garden we all want in our yards these days!
Finding Local Food through Community Supported Agriculture
We often have bulk deliveries of organic compost, topsoil, and mulch to local farms offering Community Supported Agriculture programs, or “CSAs”. Here’s how to find more local produce near you.
Home Deliveries of Bulk Mulch Start Here
Here’s where your organic compost, mulch, and topsoil home delivery starts out!
More Productive Gardening with Organic Compost and Topsoil
You can get great results from your flower and vegetable gardens by starting with a rich organic base of topsoil and organic compost. Invest in preparing the right ground for your plantings now, spend less time adding fertilizers over the course of the summer.
Rake or Mulch? Study Says Mulch Your Fall Leaves
Mulch your fallen leaves with your mower- a greener lawncare practice that even cuts down on weeds.
Putting the Garden to Bed for the Winter
Preparing Plants for Winter Conditions With annuals petering out for the season and perennials past their peaks, it may seem like not much is going on in the garden these days. But until your soil truly freezes, there is plenty going on underground you might not realize. All those new trees and shrubs on sale [...]
Six Fall Lawn Care Steps for a Better Lawn Next Spring
The hot and dry Summer of 2010 has left most lawns in distress. Many varieties of grass go dormant from the heat, and though they look terrible now, they will mostly renew themselves in the spring. For obvious dead spots, now is the time for repair and reseeding. You want to do any reseeding now, [...]
Help Your Plants Beat the Heat: Tips on Planting, Watering, and Rescuing When Needed
Keeping Container Gardens from Wilting This past week has brought record-breaking temperatures to the Northeast. How do you keep your container gardens from wilting away? Soil in containers dries out faster than in the garden bed. If you plant in clay or unglazed terracotta pots, those retain heat and dry out very fast. Topdressing your pots [...]
Organic Topsoil: When and Where to Use It
When should you consider adding organic topsoil to your home landscape or garden? GreenCycle’s top-quality organic topsoil can help solve some of the landscaping issues typically occurring. For instance, if you’ve just done some construction on your property (like put up an addition or created a patio) and now you’ve got bare patches in the lawn, [...]
Tips for Bulk Delivery of Mulch, Organic Compost, and Topsoil
You’ve got a huge to-do list every spring: planting, pruning, mowing, gardening…. spare yourself from adding “Vacuuming Out the Car” to the list! Let GreenCycle handle your bulk delivery of mulch to spiff up your beds, larger quanities of organic compost to get your vegetables in top production mode, or bulk topsoil delivery for those [...]