by Stephanie Suesan Smith | Feb 21, 2011 | Farm safety
Fertilizer is safe when used properly. If used improperly, however, it can have serious negative effects upon you, your plants, and the environment. Some of these effects are quite unintentional. I remember when they banned phosphorus in detergents because of algae...
by Stephanie Suesan Smith | Feb 19, 2011 | gardening101
It is time to fertilize lawns and gardens in North East Texas. Hopefully, you had a soil test done in December or January. These results will contain detailed recommendations for what fertilizer to use and how to apply it. If you don’t have a recent soil...
by Stephanie Suesan Smith | Jun 27, 2010 | gardening101
Buying Fertilizer When you buy a bag of fertilizer, it has three numbers on the front of it. Do you know what those numbers really mean? By law they are listed in this order: Nitrogen-Phosphorus-Potassium. The numbers are the percent of the product inside that is...