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Garden Variety Pack
An excellent way to become familiar with using beneficial insects. The Garden Variety Pack contains a nice mixture of popular predators and parasites, specifically:

• 1/2 pint of Ladybugs
• 1,000 Lacewing Eggs
• 1 square of Trichogramma
• 2,000 Fly Parasites
• 3 Praying Mantis Egg Cases

Beneficial Insect Packages
Common garden pests can be managed with beneficial insects and a little bit of knowledge on how to use them effectively. We are happy to work with the experts at Rincon-Vitova to offer these packages tailored to attack specific pests. In addition to offering an environmentally safe option for pest management, these packages offer gardeners of all ages the opportunity to see biological control in action.
Web Price From $45.60

The Organic Gardeners Handbook of Natural Insect and Disease Control
Editors: Barbara Ellis and Fern Marshal Bradley.
Paperback: 534 Pages
Covering two hundred vegetables, fruits, herbs, flowers, trees, and shrubs, along with their associated pests, as well as a host of beneficial insects, this book is your first step toward building a balanced garden ecosystem. The extensive section on organic controls, will give you access to a vast encyclopedia of cultural, biological, and physical controls, as well as organic sprays and dusts. But while this guide teaches you to deal with an extensive array of pest and disease problems, the emphasis is always on the least invasive methods, and striving toward balanced systems.
Web Price $17.10

Great Garden Companions
Author: Sally Jean Cunningham
Paperback: 288 pages
Through keen observation and extensive research, Ms. Cunningham has not only discovered companion planting strategies that work, but gives good reasons why. She bases her philosophy on respect for all living things, and creating gardens that emulate natural systems. With sections on soil building and garden planning, as well as seasonal "to-do" lists, and dozens of gardening tips, this book is loaded with practical and inspiring information for everyone interested in growing gardens that are ecologically sound, biologically diverse, and a pleasure to the senses.
Web Price $16.10

Carrots Love Tomatoes
Author: Louise Riotte
Softcover: 220 pages
Learn the secrets of companion planting for a more productive garden. This classic, in print for over 20 years, offers sage gardening advice that is both entertaining and educational. Includes information on vegetables, herbs, grasses, grains, field crops, fruit and nut trees, ornamental trees and shrubs, soil improvement, pest control, poisonous plants, and garden plants.
Web Price $14.20

Breed Your Own Vegetable Varieties
Author: Carol Deppe
Paperback: 384 pages
The Gardener's and Farmer's Guide to Plant Breeding and Seed Saving. . . Includes: why every gardener should be a plant breeder, stories of three amateurs and what they've done, how much space and time you need, selection basics, genetics and plant parenthood, modern genes, fun with wild crosses, happy accidents, domesticating wild plants, breeding specific vegetables, and seed saving.
Web Price $27.95

Deer Fence
7 ft. x 100 ft. Deer Fence effectively deters deer while remaining unobtrusive. 3/4 in. polypropylene mesh with UV inhibitors for extended life. Needs one post every 15 ft.
Web Price $18.05

Hand Lens
Take a closer look. Keen observation is essential to sustainable gardening. Sharpen your vision with this 10x-pocket loupe. See insects, flowers, and even your soil like you never have before.
Web Price $9.50

Macroscope
A revolution in optical instruments. Its innovative and unique side focus wheel permits an extraordinary viewing range: all the way from infinity to an unbelievably close 18 inches and everything in between. Reveals the beauty of flowers, insects, and even soil. Great for wildlife watching. Only 11.3 ounces, it is tripod mountable, 7 x 40, nitrogen filled and incredibly eye friendly! You have never looked through anything like this before! The Emerald Fire full multi-coating lenses have 15mm long eye relief with 5.7mm exit pupil. Includes padded pouch with belt loop. A great gift for the curious eye. Made in China.
Web Price $137.75

Row Cover
Protects your plants from garden pests and light frosts. Great for young seedlings and fall gardening.
Web Price $8.55

Semaspore Bait
Grasshoppers can be devastating to crops, especially summer plants for fall harvest. Semaspore Bait contains Nosema locustae, a naturally occurring disease that attacks more than 100 grasshopper species, but is entirely safe to people, pets, and livestock. Apply 1-3 lbs. per acre, preferably when grasshoppers are young (1/4-1/2 inch long) and during dry weather. OMRI approved.
Web Price From $15.20

Hot Pepper Wax Spray
Capsaicin provides the heat in hot peppers. Hot Pepper Wax is a powerful feeding deterrent and even kills many insect pests upon application. Sprayed regularly on plants to cover new growth, it helps prevent damage from aphids, whiteflies, spider mites, thrips, leafhoppers, scales, and many other soft-bodied insects. Try Hot Pepper Wax Animal Repellent as a feeding deterrent for squirrels, rabbits, and deer. Easily washes off vegetables.
Web Price $9.50 each

Earth Juice
Bloom helps promote flowering and fruiting and is best used prior to budding to help increase yields. Use alone or combined with Earth Juice Grow. Grow is formulated for vigorous vegetative growth. It is a superb all purpose fertilizer that can be used through all stages of plant development, from seedlings though maturity. Click to read more as Earth Juice also comes in Microburst, Escential Spray and Catalyst.
Web Price From $12.35

Maxi Crop
Maxicrop kelp extract is extracted from fresh Norwegian ascophyllum kelp which has been shown to be a growth stimulant and provide increased resistance to frost and drought. Maxi is a great source of trace element sand enzymes and is along time favorite on the Seeds of Change Research Farms.
Web Price $17.10

One Gallon Sprayer Sprayer
Great for applying Hot Pepper Wax or for foliar feeding with Earth Juice or Maxicrop. 22 in. spray wand comes with simple-to-clean nozzle. Handy shut-off valve and a large easy-to-fill opening.
Web Price $36.10

Backpack Sprayer
Our backpack sprayer makes it even easier to apply Hot Pepper wax or foliar feed with Organic Gem, Earth Juice or Maxi Crop. 22-inch spray wand comes with simple-to-clean, adjustable nozzle. Easy pumping, with an automatic relief valve to vent excess pressure. Handy shut-off valve and large easy-to-fill opening.
Web Price $122.55