In the spring and early summer we travel downstate and hand-pick plants from several wholesale nurseries to attain the highest quality. In April our bare root stock come in. We are glad to give instructions on planting bare root and fresh potted plants.
Our main services are landscaping and irrigation installations. It is important to us that when we work for you that you are a satisfied customer. We guarantee our workmanship and our plant materials are guaranteed for one year from the time of installation. We are proud to say that we have had a good relationship with our customers and will continue to build new relationships in the future with quality work.
Around mid-April we receive hundreds of shrubs, trees and perennials that we purchase bare root for potting. We use a specially prepared organic potting soil to pot these plants. After potting the plants, we fertilize the potted plants with a well-balanced slow release fertilizer. We then store these plants in our polyhouses, where they get good top growth as well as good root growth. Most of these plants are container grown for autumn sales or for sales the following spring. After establishing a good root system, some of the potter trees are planted in our field to grow for 2-3 years. These trees replace the larger sized ball and burlap trees that have been dug for our field.
Garden Center magazine said that in 2011 the veggie garden craze will continue (it’s not about the garden at all, but in many cases, it’s about the food). They say that over half the people who have a garden or lawn grow vegetables; 90% of those eat fresh, 66% share with family and friends, and 36% preserve for later. With rising food and other costs, this will probably be the trend for the future.
We at Dobias Landscaping & Garden Center are beginning to sell more food grown plants.
We are growing more small fruit and some garden vegetables in larger pots. These pots can be placed on a patio or an area where they can be easily watered. We are growing some strawberry plants, as well as we have added a few herb varieties.
Blackberry
Northland Blue berry
Raspberry
Grapes – Concord-Himrod-Kay Gray- Worden
Kiwi
Strawberry –Wendy –Honeoye-Ozark Beauty (everbearing)
Herb- Oregano-Rosemary-Thymus-Chives
Spring brings the need of many people to spread new shredded bark over existing bark to “spruce up” landscape bed areas. We suggest using at least two inches of new shredded bark every year. This will help give you continued assurance to help keep new weeds from sprouting up. Bark is one of the most “plant friendly” mulches because it helps hold moisture in the soil around your plants. The contrasting color of new bark gives your beds a new personality. Shredded bark will help your plants stand out in your beds.
Bark that has decomposed by the weather and micro-organisms will help change the texture of the soil, especially if it is mixed in the soil before new bark is spread. Decomposed bark helps the availability of nutrients for the plants; although nitrogen fertilizer can be quickly used up in the decomposition process; therefore adding nitrogen fertilizer may be needed for those plants in areas that are mulched with wood or shredded bark.
Before shredded bark is spread, we suggest pulling or spraying existing weeds; then by spread Preen or like pre-emergence herbicide on the area to help kill the weed seed in the soil. Some roots, rhizomes and seeds may not be killed (or removed) by spraying, pulling and applying weed seed killers. Always follow directions when using any kind of chemical.
According Garden Center Magazine December 2010, “Gardening With a Purpose” will really take root in 2011. One of the purposes will be to grow your own food and to create urban “green sanctuaries”. It is harder for us to help save the rain forests, but we can save our own back yards. Digging and planting gardens brings awareness to us that we are earth’s caretakers. The new trend of back yard conservationists is to transform yards, gardens, rooftops and alleys into productive space which is part of the “green movement”. We have seen this already with rooftop plantings and community garden’s created for public use.
Because people realize the importance of being stewards over their environment, using water conservation becomes an important factor. Using rain barrels and trickle irrigation in their gardens and landscaped areas become important. Recycling water with self contained waterfalls and ponds are more frequently being considered as part of the landscape, and may be used as are the use of natural fertilizers and plant foods.
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