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The Commercial Appeal wrote an article on our recent Art in the Garden event to benefit Page Robbins Adult Day Care Center. 

Read the full article here, and thank you again to all who attended and made the event a success.

Dear Good Folks at Mor Green Landscapes,

I'm writing in regard to your page: http://www.morgreenlandscape.com/organicgardeninginformation.htm. I wanted to let you know I appreciate all the effort you must have put into creating this page; I'm a 7th grade teacher and I've been including a small 'Going Green' Unit in my classroom for six years now and have never come across such a useful tool to assist me in my lessons. Thank you!

This year I decided to do something different and I've been planning something special for my students. We are doing a play, that the kids will be performing in, (which I love!) and I am also in the process of working out a field trip as well, and they are getting excited! Let me tell you!

While we were looking for "Green" ideas, I found this really interesting article that turned out to be quite the resource tool, it talks all about Gardening, covering everything from tips and supplies to Horticulture Therapy and layering bulbs... There's even articles for kids... really, just too many things to list here :)  Anyone can use it, I've already saved it to my favourites and reference it often!

Here's a link: 'Gardening Forever' - http://www.gardenforever.com/

I'm sharing this with you not only as a way of saying thank you, in hopes that you like it and find it as useful as I have, but also in hopes that you will consider adding it to your page.

If you do decide to add it, please let me know! I have an adorable group of little ones here and I'm trying to get creative and compile as much as I can for this class event. The 'idea' if you folks are interested, was to maybe add a little something along the lines of "from Ms. Henderson's Class" or "for Ms. Henderson's students" or anything like that!

Truth is, it would not only provide your viewers with yet another amazing resource... it would also bring a sense of authenticity and realism to mine, (which the kids need).

Please let me know what you think! They will all be very excited to actually see something like that incorporated on your page, if you so chose of course, and I promise I won't take up any more of your time.

One behalf of my entire class, thank you!

Cheers,

Alicia Henderson
Montgomery Charter School
7th Grade Teacher

Watering Guide:

• It is better to water deeper to thoroughly soak the entire root ball than to water shallow every day. Thorough watering, two to three times per week, promotes root development and cuts down on over watering of plants.
  Overwatering can cause plants to die from lack of oxygen in the soil and promotes root diseases. The plant’s root system needs to dry out in between waterings.
• Water enough to where you think the entire root ball is wet from the top to the bottom. This is best done by hand watering or using a soaker hose. Do this two to three times a week during the growing season depending upon our rainfall, drying winds and the temperature.
• Shallow watering is usually done with a sprinkler and only wets the top portion of the root system, leaving the crucial bottom portion of the roots dry. If you have a sprinkler system you may need to supplement with hand watering for newly planted plants or during periods of draught and high temperatures.
• Irrigation systems running times need to be tweaked in-between the spring and summer seasons. You may need more watering time per zone as well as to increase the amount of days each zone will run during the dog days of summer. Also you may need to reduce the times on the system as we get into September when the days get shorter and cooler, prior to your system being shut down in November. We can do all of the above.

Fertilization:

• Feed you plant at least twice a year, early spring and mid to late summer with an organic fertilizer that we recommend for specific plants, or at the very least a new top dressing of Cotton Burr Compost or Natures Blend twice a year

Insect and Disease Control:

• A big part of plant health is keeping them free of insects and disease. Early applications are the most effective in preventing a problem from arising.
• We recommend a dormant spray in February as a broad spectrum preventative spray on most everything for a head start on insects and disease.
• Early applications of Neem for example, twice a month in March and April, go a long way in keeping the problem pests away.
• We can help you with other problems that may arise during the growing season. Bring us a sample and we will be glad to help you, or check out our self help videos on our website.