Next Generation Organics

Last year, 2009 there was a severe outbreak of late blight in the eastern states and even into the midwest.  Many university researchers and county extension agents attributed this to infected plants bought in large retail stores such as Walmart, Home Depot and Lowes. These stores are supplied nearly exclusively by Bonnies Plants.  While these stores have great deals on plants they are not worth a thing if they shrivel up and die a month after you plant them. Buying from a local organic greenhouse is a good way to prevent this from happening here in the west. Smaller greenhouses are better able to monitor their stock than a greenhouse with millions of plants that are shipped hundreds of miles away.  It just makes sense to buy local.