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July's Hot Topic:
The Ethics Of Fertilizing
Do Plants Really Need Our Help?

Andy says: "The reality of the situation is that plants grow by extracting nourishment from the soil, primarily nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium, creating the foods that we eat..."

Jon says: "To me, the use of mass produced fertilizer is not right. I'd like to know that my hard work paid off by seeing what I can grow when I really put my mind and spade to it..."

JOIN THE DEBATE!

Let me tell you a little about the Northscaping world at this pivotal point in time.

Our NetPS Internet Plant Search tool is taking off with garden centers across North America. This shouldn't be a surprise; Northscaping's Landscape Plant Search has been an Internet standard for gardeners across North America for nearly a decade. What we've done is migrate it to the garden centers in your local area, so that you as gardeners will know where to buy these plants. I'll be honest with you, our #1 request on Northscaping is "How much for 5 of these (insert plant here)?" Sorry folks - we don't sell plants at Northscaping! It's your local garden centers that sell plants, not Northscaping. So that's why if you're looking for plant ideas, look to our garden center clients first - check out their plant search tools on our website.

I'd also like to welcome a new face to the Northscaping family. Jon Parker is coming on board to help us manage the Northscaping.com website while we maintain our focus on getting NetPS into every single independent garden center on this continent. You'll be seeing more and more of him in the Northscaping world - he's a great guy and he will help us maintain our commitment to this free resource website used by so many gardeners across the North. Don't worry, I'll still be here too - I'm not going anywhere!

Finally a note to the garden center world - we'll be exhibiting at the upcoming Independent Garden Center (IGC) show in Chicago this August. Be sure to stop by our booth (216) and say hello, maybe see if this is the right time to get a NetPS Internet Plant Search tool going on your website. Let's face it, you're the ones who need the kind of rapport we have with the gardening community, and there isn't the slightest doubt that a plant search tool will be the most popular feature on your website. Plus we barely charge anything for it... so be sure to stop by and see us at IGC!

- James