John’s Tip Of The Week
By John Ferguson
I was listening to Randy Lemon on Garden line radio show this past Saturday morning and a caller wanted to know, “When is the best time to apply compost?” Of course Randy gave him the correct answer which is ANYTIME!
Compost does not start working until one gets it in your grass, on your soil or in your flowerbed.
To illustrate this point, we received a testimonial this week courtesy of a homeowner in the Dallas area. The grass was looking pretty bad.
The homeowner obtained some of our leaf mold compost when visiting a friend in Houston and applied it. The next photo was taken 3 weeks after application. Based on the date of the e-mail the compost was applied during the drought and heat of August!
This is the reason a good compost is called “Black Gold” by experienced gardeners.
