Gardening & Landscaping with Organics | Beaver Lakes Nursery

Read more about our tips for organic gardening & organic landscaping. We also cover many of our organic fertilizers & organic pest control products.

Commonly Asked Questions About Worm Castings

Ready to have your questions answered about worm castings? Read [...]

By Carly - BPetersonDesign|2022-08-22T08:19:51-06:00August 22nd, 2022|Categories: Organics|

Soil Amendments: What You Need to Know

Soil amendments are great for helping improve soil structure, provide [...]

By Carly - BPetersonDesign|2022-07-25T11:00:44-06:00July 22nd, 2022|Categories: Organics|Tags: clay soil amendments, Colorado gardening, garden soil, gardening soil, organic soil amendments, soil amendments, soil testing, types of soil amendments|

5 Reasons You Should be Testing Your Garden Soil

Want to help your garden out this year? Perform a [...]

By Carly - BPetersonDesign|2022-04-25T08:59:54-06:00April 21st, 2022|Categories: Organics|Tags: garden soil, gardening soil, organic fertilizers, soil amendments, soil testing, spring gardening in Colorado, tips for gardening|

Benefits of Organic Fertilizers

At Beaver Lakes Nursery & Landscape Supply, we’re all about [...]

By Carly - BPetersonDesign|2021-08-26T07:54:17-06:00August 24th, 2021|Categories: Organics|Tags: bone meal, bone meal for plants, Colorado gardening, organic fertilizers, organic gardening, western Colorado landscaping, worm castings|

How to Build a Fabulous Fall Garden

Psst...we are going to let you in on a secret: [...]

By BPetersonDesign|2020-08-16T12:31:13-06:00August 16th, 2020|Categories: Gardening, Organics|Tags: beaver lakes nursery, cold-weather crops, Colorado, compost, compost as mulch, custom soil, fall garden, fall garden Colorado, fall gardening in Colorado, Montrose, Western Slope gardening|

Compost as Mulch: The Best of Both Worlds

Nurturing your soil is a bit like mixing together the [...]

By BPetersonDesign|2020-07-22T10:58:35-06:00July 12th, 2020|Categories: Gardening, Organics|Tags: beaver lakes nursery, compost, hot compost, mulch, mulch as compost|

Building a Blissful Backyard

Have you ever been pea-green with envy of your neighbor's [...]

By BPetersonDesign|2020-05-18T15:22:29-06:00May 17th, 2020|Categories: Gardening, Organics|Tags: beaver lakes nursery, custom soil, fish bone meal, neem oil, organic gardening, perlite, rice hulls, soil amendments, vinegar, worm castings|

Neem Oil: A Natural Bug Repellent

Neem oil is extracted by the intense squeezing of the [...]

By BPetersonDesign|2023-03-04T05:46:23-07:00May 20th, 2019|Categories: Organics|Tags: azadirachtin, India, natural, neem, neem oil, organic, organic gardening, organic landscaping, pest control, pest repellent, pesticide, pests|

Using Neem Cake as an Organic Slow Release Fertilizer

Neem is a tree native to India and is known [...]

By BPetersonDesign|2023-03-04T05:44:36-07:00May 3rd, 2019|Categories: Organics|Tags: bugs, gardening, gardening soil, growing vegetables, insects, neem, neem cake, organic, organic fertilizer, organic gardening, organic landscaping, organic pest control, soil, tips for gardening|