In efforts to keep Door County’s soil and water as safe possible, we’ve chosen certain garden products that would do “less harm” to the environment than others. Please choose garden products available from the attached list. New gardening products come onto the market regularly, if you are interested in using a product not currently found on this list, our Operations Committee can review this product for use in the garden. Drop us a written message at PO Box 14, Sturgeon Bay or send an email to info@thecommunitysgarden.org
All products have recommendations and specific requirements for their use, please read and follow the label.
Many of these prodcuts can be found locally at garden stores. Those with an (*) can be found at: Bonnie Brooke Gardens at 337 N. 14th Ave, Sturgeon Bay, WI – (920) 743-9794 – http://bonniebrookegardens.com
For INSECT Control: For DISEASE Control:
*Insecticidal soaps Bordeaux mixture *Pyrethrins
*Neem (Azadriachtin) *Sulfur *Neem oil
*Horticultural oils *Lime sulfur (to reduce inhalation risks, liquid only)
*Pyrethrum Baking soda
*Spiniosad Baking powder
*Rotenone Citric Acid
Boric Acid Potassium Sorbate
*Citrus oil *Copper Octanoate
Garlic oil Dried Poultry waste
Diatomaceous earth *Melic Acid
Garlic-based pesticides Garlic oil
Kaolin Peppermint oil
*Capsasin *Potassium salts of fatty acids
Beneficial Bacterium (e.g. Streptomyces lydicus strain WYEX 108)
Weed Control:
Clove oil Household Vinegar (full strength)
*Corn gluten Horticultural Vinegar (can be diluted to 10%)
Citrus oil Citric Acid with garlic oil
Fertilizers:
*Blood meal Composted yard waste/Tea
*Bone meal *Water Soluble Kelp
Pelleted chicken manure (available at Fleet Farm) *Composted manure
Fish Meal (Dramm 920 684 0227) *Worm castings
*Fish Emulsion (Neptune’s Harvest) Alfalfa meal
Feather meal Kelp meal
Fish bone meal Humates
Soybean meal Biosolids (Milorganite)
Corn gluten
Mulching or Path Options – degradable products such as:
Marsh Hay or Straw that is weed free
Newspaper that contains soy based ink (Peninsula Pulse – past issues are available in garden shed)
Brown paper (grocery bags)
Burlap sacks such as coffee bags (available in garden shed)
*Landscape fabric
Untreated lumber/boards
Leaf mulch
Bark mulch (available onsite – SW corner of the garden)
Grass clippings (from a non treated lawn)
**Some organic products list the following as ingredients – these ingredients are not recommended:
Piperonyl Butoxide
Technical (potential water contaminate – highly toxic)
Other Organic Product Resources:
Safer (offers some organic products, available at most major garden or home centers)