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Garden & Greenhouse FEATURESTORY by Eric Hopper Volume 16, Issue 3 ■ April 2019 T able 6 of C ontents G&G Cover Story Organocide® by Organic Laboratories, Inc. 11 33 Organic Prepackaged Soils 6 Essential Tools for Garden Maintenance 18 DIY Tray Drains for Orchids and Houseplants 34 Harvest Spinach Year Round 20 36 Herbal Products Information for Farmers and Growers Tools & Rules for Safe DIY Projects 22 How to Know if Your Soil is Healthy or Sick 26 Brassaia actinophylla or Umbrella Tree is a Great Greenhouse Plant page 11 38 What Soil Organisms Actually Do page 26 40 Essential Heavy Equipment for the Yard & Garden 41 Plants, Products & More 28 Protecting Plants from Frost 44 30 Garden & Greenhouse Business Cards Organic Pest Control Solutions for the Lawn & Garden 32 5 Factors in Choosing Garden Furniture page 44 Garden & Greenhouse For Small Greenhouse Growers & Retailers, Hobby Greenhouse Owners and Indoor & Outdoor Gardeners NUGL Media Group 6170 Forest Hills Drive Dubuque, IA 52002 PHONE: [phone] FAX: [phone] [email protected] www.GardenAndGreenhouse.net Offi ce Manager Terri Nichols Publisher & President NUGL Media Group Robin Nichols [email protected] PHONE: [phone] FAX: [phone] [email protected] Contributing Editors Bill Baugh John Berends Marion Catubig Eric Hopper Mike James Dr. J Benton Jones, Jr. 4 4 Mike McGroarty Jeff Sanders Clair Schwan Andrew Taylor Caron Wenzel countries, $150 per year, payable in U.S. funds. Subscription requests must include name, job title, business type, address infor- mation, a signature and date. Graphic Designer Char Thumser Advertising & Editorial Inquiries Garden & Greenhouse is published 12 times per year by Nichols Publishing Company, a division of NUGL Media Group, and is distributed without charge to qualifi ed sub- scribers in the United States. Non-qualifi ed subscription rates in the U.S., $19 per year; Canada and Mexico $75 per year; all other The publisher makes no representation concerning any product or service advertised in this publication. Garden & Greenhouse Magazine serves only as a medium for sell- ers to reach potential buyers and does not warrant the accuracy of any advertisement. Garden & Greenhouse Magazine makes every effort to eliminate any typographical errors and assumes no responsibility for misspelling names of people from handwrit- ten copy. All editorial items submitted are subject to editing and alteration at the dis- cretion of the publisher. Publisher reserves the right to refuse any item for publication at www.GardenandGreenhouse.net www.GardenandGreenhouse.net the sole discretion of the publisher. Design and format of this magazine is protected by the copyright laws of the U.S.A. Reproduc- tion of this publication in whole or in part is prohibited. POSTMASTER: Please send address changes to Garden & Greenhouse, 6170 Forest Hills Drive, Dubuque, IA 52002. April April 2019 2019