I am just a regular old fruit and vegetable gardener, and I was looking for some coco peat. Lucky…read morefor me, Google led me here. The store seemed fairly new. Coco peat is quite difficult to source around here, and some places have crappy quality, so that further complicates matters. Well, while this is not geared towards us veggie gardeners, certainly all are welcome, and there are some really great products. I not only found my coco peat that was great quality at a great price, but the service was absolutely excellent too. There are some really nice fertilizer options. Everything here is organic and top quality.
Surprisingly, you won't find things like FoxFarm brand. The main product line that they carry is Build-a-Soil, a brand out of Colorado. It may have it's target plant, but a plant is a plant is a plant. They all have some shared basic needs, and good (well, the appropriate type) soil is one of them. My 5 kilo brick of coco peat was quality and just $10. I was grateful and impressed. It was right by the register too, which made for a quick trip. If you have the budget to splurge, the owner told. me about a really cool fertilizer product that is super concentrated and needs only one drop all season. It was super tiny, and he says it lasts for ever. It runs about $40. The nice thing is that the own (Matt?) said to let him know if I needed something in particular because they're open to ordering. He seemed very knowledgeable.
I can't remember the name, but I was assisted by one of the owners, and he was so kind, patient, and helpful. I had recently injured my back and had some pretty significant impact to my ability to lift or bend, and I happened to mention it in passing that I had messed my back up foolishly lifting a heavy plant alone. Do you know that this guy remembered at checkout and offered to lift my brick of coco peat and take it out to the car for me. I was SO grateful because I really hate asking for special treatment, but I would have had major issues carrying that thing myself. I was in a lot of pain.
I can say, without hesitation, that I know where my coco peat will come from from now on. I am more than happy to support a business owned by such kind, patient, and helpful people. He didn't try to sell me more than I needed, yet he was still very enthusiastic about his products and the quality on offer.
I will say this--leave your kid at home. I wouldn't say it is kid friendly. They partake in their extra curriculars in the back behind the curtain. However, it's nice to have a local business to support for at least part of my gardening needs.
Also, for those who need to know, they carry the plant tents, advertise that they can provide guidance with respect to current laws and what your rights are, fabric planting containers of various sizes, and I believe they carry grow lights too. Their business model is to literally provide whatever you need from start to harvest. Whatever you need for growing indoors, I know they advertise that they have that. Veggie gardeners, please don't sleep on this place, we can ditch Amazon and support them for a lot of our needs, such as fabric planters, grow lights, fertilizers, soils, etc.
UPDATE:
The fabric pots are Grass Roots brand, and I got a 30 gallon that's perfect height for potatoes, sweet potatoes, and berry plants. They didn't have black, unfortunately, but It's machine washable (air dry). It's not as sturdy as my $20 ones (They're only 20 gallon and they don't have a 30 gallon tall one) and doesn't have handles, so I wouldn't really consider it portable when filled at all, but it will certainly do the trick for me this time around. I sure liked the cost savings. This was my second trip. Still excellent service.
