Good Sweet Earth

  • About us
    • About us/ FAQ
    • blog
    • See the results
    • Associations & certifications
    • Giving Back
    • Friends of Good Sweet Earth
  • Shop
  • Lawn Fertilization
  • Food scrap service
  • Contact us: 616-594-0693
  • About us
    • About us/ FAQ
    • blog
    • See the results
    • Associations & certifications
    • Giving Back
    • Friends of Good Sweet Earth
  • Shop
  • Lawn Fertilization
  • Food scrap service
  • Contact us: 616-594-0693

Yard & Garden Blog

Feeding your roses, simply & completely

12/20/2017

0 Comments

 
Picture
Full disclosure up front: We’re not rose people. We’ve never particularly been fond of them, never liked getting stuck by the thorns when you dare get near, yet the last two houses we’ve purchased have included a snarling tangled rose bush for us to…enjoy? Deal with?

So, we're not rose people by nature-- but we've become rose people by nurture. 

Well, the fact that we had no real background in raising roses—not to mention, actually removing this widow-maker from our yard seemed more trouble than it was worth— we figured we had to learn a bit about how to successfully cultivate roses. And that led us to three years of research (LOTS of reading up on what makes roses tick), experimentation (trial and error here, with the three big rose bushes we have in your yard) and talking with flower gardeners to come up with a soil amendment and fertilizer combo that would actually make roses thrive with as little extra work from us as possible.

And from that we developed Dulce Rosa (Latin for “sweet rose”)— the ideal blend of our Worm Compost and natural ingredients like kelp, alfalfa meal, sulfur and biochar.

We top dress our rose bushes twice a season with a couple pounds of Dulce Rosa to give them the boost they need to keep them blooming and growing strong. And, while they may not have been our first choice of perennial, we have to admit the lush green foliage peppered with bright red blooms does create an amazing focal point to the front of our house.

And when planting a rose bush, you can add 3-5 pounds of Dulce Rosa to the bottom of the hole to give the flowers a welcoming environment.

We’ve got Dulce Rosa available year-round in five pound bags ($17) or 15 pound bags ($45). 

0 Comments

Your comment will be posted after it is approved.


Leave a Reply.

    Author

    Steve & Corey Veldheer are organic yard & garden specialists in west Michigan.

    Archives

    September 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    March 2020
    January 2020
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    January 2019
    November 2018
    July 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    October 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    August 2014
    July 2014
    March 2014
    November 2013
    September 2013
    August 2013

    Categories

    All
    Animals
    AskTheLawnGuy
    Climate Change
    Current Events
    Farmer's Almanac
    Farming
    Flowers
    Food
    Garden
    History
    Lawn
    Master Gardener
    Michigan
    Microbes
    Off Season
    Pests
    Recipe
    Science
    Soil
    Water
    Weeds
    Worms

    RSS Feed

What we offer

Lawn Fertilization
Soil amendments
Yard & garden blog

Who we are

About us/FAQ
Associations & certifications

How you can reach us

Contact
Phone: 616-594-0693
Email: office@GoodSweetEarth.com​
​


© COPYRIGHT 2018. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.