Memorial Day hours

Our hours for the Memorial Day weekend... aren't that much different from usual. We'll be open Saturday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., closed Sunday, and open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday.

Have a happy and safe long weekend, everyone!

Be Green Deal of the Week: Magnum XXXL reflectors

We're dropping the price on Magnum XXXL reflectors for one week!

Get either the 8-inch or 6-inch for $199.95.

These air-cooled reflectors are made in the USA and include tempered glass, a removable frame, built-in socket, and 15-foot lamp cord. The interior is made from 95% reflective European aluminum.

The 6-inch reflector is 36.2 inches long x 28 inches wide x 13.3 inches tall

The 8-inch reflector is 38.5 inches long x 29.5 inches wide x 9.5 inches tall

While supplies last. The manufacturer is releasing a new design for this model, so when these are gone, they're gone. In-store only. Through May 30.

Be Green Deal of the Week: $60 light meter

We have a great deal this week, but there's only one left! Get a Sun System Light Meter for $60. This meter is regularly $83 in the store.

The Sun System Light Meter measures in foot candles and lux, up to 4,000 footcandles or 40,000 lux. 

Quantities are limited. Buy in store or online!

Offer good through May 23, 2013.

Black locust raised beds

Black locust makes the best raised beds. The wood is incredibly durable and resistant to decay and insects. Not only will you not have to replace these beds every few years, locust trees grow quickly, making the harvest of this wood more sustainable. 

You can now find black locust raised beds, milled and pre-cut in Newfield, here at GreenTree! 

The raised bed walls come in 1-, 2-, 4-, and 6-foot sections. Mix and match to make square or rectangular beds. The sections just slide together. No tools required. Each section is 6 inches high.

Price per section:

1 foot: $3.50

2 feet: $7.00

4 feet: $14.00

6 feet: $21.00

Upcycled Pallet Garden Workshop

(image credit: The Local Spoon)

Whenever we need to build something around here, our first thought is usually "recycled pallets!" (For ref: see some of our store shelves)
And we're not the first to think "pallets!" when it comes to gardening. Pallet gardens are really trendy and useful. They're rustic, compact, hangable, leanable, and moveable. You can use them for herbs, flowers, leafy greens, succulents.... anything that'll fit.

From 6:30-7:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 5 at GreenTree Garden Supply you can find out how pallet gardening works and leave with the materials you’ll need to make your own at home. We'll show you how, with just a few supplies, you can create an attractive garden that requires very little space and maintenance. With the right soil and irrigation your pallet garden can provide you with fresh greens, herbs or flowers for the entire growing season. You'll leave with the know-how, supplies and inspiration to add a little more green to your life.

Take home the pallet garden kit for $10, which includes the pallet and covering. Soil may be purchased separately. Pallets are approximately 4'x3'. Make sure you can transport your supplies home! If you'd like to make something smaller, get in touch. We can cut them down to smaller sizes. Let us know you’re coming so we have enough supplies. Please e-mail info@greentreegardensupply.com to register for this workshop.

Hops + GreenTree soils = beer?

When we started selling our own soil soils this spring, we had no idea hops would be such a hot area! But with the Farm Brewery law passing in New York state to encourage New York breweries to use hops grown in New York, more and more small farmers are getting into hops growing. 

In the late 1800s hops were a huge industry in New York, but a changing production process for beer making and plant disease all but wiped out hop farming in the state until recently.

When growers started coming to us for advice on how to grow their hops, we got to researching. We've developed recommendations for hops farmers to prepare their fields and a great soil to start hops rhizomes in containers. 

One of our customers brought this beauty in to show us how well it's doing this week. He's reviving a hops farm out near Cooperstown, complete with its own 1882 hops house for drying.

Our hops soil is tailored for hops, with a pH in the 6.5-7.0 range, plus a blend of ingredients for the right balance of nutrients, waterholding, and drainage. And GreenTree Coco. Hops love Coco, too.

We've been making this soil to order, so please let us know if you want some. We can do any size batch -- from a few cubic feet to multiple cubic yards. 

We arrived at this hops soil because someone asked us for a custom blend. Have a different type of plant you want to plant in specially tailored soil? Just ask. We'd love to whip some up.

Be Green Deal of the Week: Fabric pots

 Get an extra 10% off our collection of fabric grow pots!

We expanded our fabric pot offerings recently with Gro Pro pots! 

These pots come in camo, tan, and black. The stitching is high quality, including a sewn binding along the top. These pots will last. 

Here's what we have in the Gro Pro grow bags:

5-, 10-, 15-, and 20-gallon pots in camo

1-, 2-, 3-, and 30-gallon pots in tan

3- and 5-gallon pots in black

Plus, we still have some 1-, 2-, 3-, and 5-gallon root pots. Get 10% off those, too!

Offer lasts through May 16. Only while supplies last. (We'll do our best to reorder these, but they were in short supply when we got these!)

Be Green Deal of the Week: Advanced Nutrients

Get an extra 10% off (that's 20% below MSRP) our whole line of Advanced Nutrients products through May 2.

Advanced recently introduced a new pH Perfect Technology, making it easier to balance the pH in your hydroponics reservoir. Might be a good time to try it out!

Be Green Deal of the Week: CAP controllers

This week's deal:

Get an extra 10% off CAP 1, 2, 3, or 4 environmental controllers!

Through April 25. In-store only while supplies last.

Fodder and aquaponics system

We just love our interesting customers' interesting projects. 

Here's a fodder and aquaponics system that one customer was kind enough to share with us:

He's growing fodder for his chickens in a hydroponic system. When the plants get to this point, the roots mat together and he can throw the whole thing to his chickens, who dig right in. He said that eating this made his chicken's egg yolks a beautiful color all winter long.

A 200-gallon fish tank (long tank on left) drains to a 44-gallon bio filter (barrel lower left corner), which is pumped onto the growbed under lights. Gravity takes the water back to the fish tank. There's cucumbers, basil, and lettuce in there. (Next time he's here, we'll sell him GreenTree Coco, not Botanicare!)