Solutions & Supplies

Our Gardening Supply Department has all of the products and tools that you need to succeed at any gardening task. Everything your garden or landscape needs can be found here…fertilizers, sprays, gardening and watering tools, seeds, and much more. At our Diagnostics Counter, our experts can identify mystery plants, solve insect and disease dilemmas, and answer your turf and seeding questions. We also provide extensive soil testing as well as informational brochures and handouts.

Our selection includes:

Bird supplies including houses, feeders and seed • Fertilizers for both lawn and garden with a large selection of organic products  • Large selection of high quality grass seed  • The finest selection of cutting, hand and long handled gardening tools • Gardening books • Watering supplies including sprinklers, nozzles and drip irrigation

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PROBIOTIC® Dr. Earth Organic Fertilizer Tea

For a rich tea made from Dr. Earth's Organic Rose and Flower Fertilizer #3, mix 2 pounds, or 5 cups of fertilizer for every 5 gallons of water.

Let the mixture set for 24 hours. Strain well and mulch all the solids around the root zone.

To use:
The liquid portion (tea) can be applied @ 1 to 2 cups for roses, or 2 to 4 cups for larger shrubs.

Use the tea full strength as a foliar feed and as a soil drench for deep root feeding of all plants.

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GreenView GreenSmart 4-Step Lawn Program with Zero Phosphates

25% OFF

(available at Davidsonville and Severna Park locations)

• Broadleaf Weed Control Plus Lawn Food
Feeds your lawn & controls over 250 broadleaf weeds

• Crabgrass Control Plus Lawn Food
Feeds your lawn & prevents crabgrass all season

• Lawn Food
Restores soil nutrients & feeds your lawn up to 12 weeks

• Fall Lawn Food
Promotes quick spring green-up

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Naturally Organic Plant Maintenance

Lady Bugs

A favorite "good bug," ladybugs have been a popular part of the line of beneficial insects for the past 20 years. When released at sundown (because they don't fly at night), ladybugs eat aphids, mealy bugs, scale, leaf hoppers, various plant eating worms and other destructive soft bodied pests. And they keep on eating until the bad guys are gone, laying their own eggs in the process. When new pests arrive, fresh ladybugs will be waiting, and, as an alternative to chemicals, these lady bugs will be doing something favorable.

Beneficial Nematodes

These microscopic organisms destroy pests that live underground. They will seek out and destroy over 230 different kinds of soil dwelling and wood boring insects, which includes japanese beetles, cut worms, wire worms, weevils, white grubs, fungus gnat larvae, flea larvae, subterranean termites, and many more. They are so small that several thousand would fit on the head of a pin! But they do a big job! Moving through the ground, they enter the body cavities of their target pests and release a bacteria that kills that pest. They are completely safe for people, pets, and the environment, and are compatible with other beneficial insects.

Praying Mantis

Praying mantises are predators of many pests including caterpillars and beetles. Adult and half-grown mantises especially like to eat Japanese beetle adults. However, beetles are too large for newly hatched mantises. Mantis egg cases should be placed by the end of March and hatching should begin in April. Each package of 2 egg cases will treat up to a 3,000 square foot garden and hatch about 200 immature praying mantises. When hatched the baby mantises are small and well camouflaged. For release open the bag, hang the perforated, clear shipping bag in your garden or you can hang individual egg cases where desired.

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Milky Spore

Developed by the USDA, Milky Spore Milky Spore bacteria controls the grub of the Japanese Beetle when applied to lawns, flowers, mulch beds, and gardens. Milky Spore will not harm beneficial insects, people or animals. Once applied, Milky Spore can last for many years.

→ Apply anytime the ground is not frozen.
→ Ten year performance quarantee on Japanese Beetle Grubs (Can last up to twenty years).
→ Not harmful to man, animals or the environment, safe to use around water ways.
→ Kills the grub stage of the Japanese Beetle.
→ Natural bacteria eats the grub from the inside.
→ Does not harm beneficial insects.


Application Information:

Milky Spore is applied every four feet using one teaspoon or the Lawn and Garden Dispenser.
Your lawn will look like a grid pattern or checker board. Apply just before it rains or water in gently for about fifteen minutes.
One teaspoonful every 4 feet in a checker board pattern on your lawn, or use a lawn and garden dispenser.

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Sweet Peet®

Sweet Peet® is the premium mulch for flower and vegetable gardens. Sweet Peet® buffers both acid and alkaline (low and High pH) soils by helping to maintain the desired gardening Sweet Spot. During its formulation, Sweet Peet® goes through a thermal stage where weeds and weed seeds are destroyed, preventing contamination in your garden.

When tilled in at the end of each season, Sweet Peet® enriches the soil, improves tilth, encourages beneficial earthworms and replenishes microbes that are often destroyed by harsh chemicals and acid rain.

Like most mulches, Sweet Peet® suppresses weeds by smothering the soil. But Sweet Peet does more it is produced to optimize the naturally occurring cat-ion exchange which creates an undesirable growing medium for weeds.

Enriches the Soil
The all natural, organic ingredients of Sweet Peet® allows air and water movement through the soil. It increases soil fertility through the slow, natural breakdown of organic matter into essential plant nutrients.

Improves Tilth
Applying Sweet Peet® adds moisture retentative properties to the root zone and gives structural support for plants, while providing a medium for root growth and soil organisms.

Encourages Natural Growth
Sweet Peet® buffers both acid and alkaline (low and High pH) soils by helping to maintain the desired gardening Sweet Spot. It helps neutralize both acidity and alkalinity in the soil, nurturing the feeder roots of garden plants and encouraging natural growth.

Protects Against Chemicals
Sweet Peet® buffers the effects of acid rain. Sweet Peet® encourages beneficial earthworms and replenishes microbes that are often destroyed by harsh chemicals and acid rain.

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The Future of Gardening is as Easy as 1,2,3

Homestead Gardens is proud to be an exclusive dealer for the revolutionary EarthBox ™ Container Garden - the easiest gardening system ever  developed. It automatically grows bumper crops of vegetables, flowers and herbs on your deck, patio, porch or anywhere there is sunlight.

Why use the EarthBox?

→ No gardening experience required
→ As easy as "just adding water"
→ Guaranteed higher yields
→ Self watering, self feeding
→ Grows anywhere there is sunlight
→ Bay-friendly - no runoff of nutrients
→ Water wise - perfect for dry summers

Developed by Blake Whisenant with the help of the University of Florida, Penn State University, and Rutgers University, the EarthBox growing system is unique from any other growing method. It took more than a decade of dedicated scientific work to develop it. The fertilizer remains on top of the soil and the water comes from the bottom. While this may seem unusual, scientific research has proven that the EarthBox system provides the best possible growing environment for plants, and yet it's simple to use. The EarthBox is an easy way for people of all ages and experience levels to truly enjoy gardening. For apartment and townhouse dwellers, it eliminates the need for space. It's also perfect for many seniors who no longer are able to move about easily in the garden.

Why do plants grow better in the EarthBox?

→ Patented Mulch Cover - Stops weeds and conserves water. There is no need for herbicides and you never have to weed.
→ Potting Mix - Eliminates rocky or poor soil conditions. Transfers the ideal moisture to your plants from the bottom up. You never have to dig.
→ Fertilizer Band - provides your plants exactly what they need, when they need it. Add fertilizer just one time, there's no schedules and no guessing.
→ Aeration Screen - Provides proper oxygen to the roots. Prevents root rot and mold found in other containers.
→Water Reservoir - It's self-watering. The EarthBox automatically waters your plants for you. It's impossible to over water.

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