We offer our own compost created on the farm using the manure from our chickens and goats as well as the weeds and other refuse from our gardens.

This compost is only available at certain times, and so we also offer Coast of Maine composts and soil amendments. See below for sdescriptions of the three Coast of Maine products we carry....

We also offer Compost teas as well as herbal mixtures to be used as foliar sprays.

Chamomile Tea for Plants
-Lightly sprayed over seedlings, can prevent damping off
-Fungus-fighter
-Concentrated source of calcium, potash, and sulfur
-Also consider soaking seeds in the diluted tea for a day before planting

Directions
In a glass or stainless steel bowl or pot, pour 2 cups unchlorinated boiling water over _ cup of dried chamomile blossoms. Let steep until cool and strain into a spray bottle.
Keeps about 1 week.
Lightly spray over seed starting soil and seedlings as a preventative or whenever you see fungus or mold starting to grow.

Horsetail (Equisetum) Tea for Plants
-Lightly sprayed over seedlings, can also prevent damping off
-Fungus-fighter
-Concentrated source of silica
-Increases plants’ light absorbing abilities
-Also try using it to combat powdery mildew in late summer

Directions
In a glass or stainless steel bowl or pot, mix 1/8 cup of dried equisetum leaves and stems with 1 gallon unchlorinated water. Bring to a boil, then let simmer for 30 minutes. Cool and strain.
Store in glass container.
Will keep about 1 month.
This mixture should be diluted somewhat before using – dilute either 1 part tea with 5 parts water or 1:10.
Spray plants that show any symptoms of fungal type disease once every 4 days. Also try spraying on seed starting mixture to prevent damping off.

Coast of Maine Products we currently carry:

Cobscook Blend
Gardening Soil
Cobscook Blend is a richly textured all-purpose gardening soil designed for potting all larger, outdoor containers as well as planting beds and borders. It is a dark, old-fashioned, full-bodied soil with a pH of between 6.3 and 6.8. Because it is made with compost, it also requires less watering and feeding.

Cobscook Blend is made with a blend of fully matured and cured salmon, blueberry and cow manure composts, aged bark, long staple sphagnum peat moss and horticultural limestone.

Penobscot Blend
Compost & Peat
Penobscot Blend is our popular all-purpose planting mix. A blend of compost and peat, it is ideal for planting annuals, perennials, roses, shrubs and trees or conditioning gardens, beds and borders. It is rich in organic material, trace elements and nicely balances drainage and water retention.

Penobscot Blend is made with fully matured and cured salmon, blueberry and mussel composts (2/3) and sphagnum moss peat (1/3).

What makes Penobscot Blend unique are the mussels. The shells are crushed during composting and add enough calcium to naturally balance the blend's pH. Larger shell fragments help aerate and add texture to your soil. According to some of our customers it also helps control slugs.

Quoddy Blend
Lobster Compost
Quoddy Blend is a blend of fully cured, fully matured composts specifically designed for conditioning gardens, beds and borders, re-conditioning poor or maintaining healthy soils, and for planting trees, shrubs and roses. It is more coarsely textured than Penobscot Blend, to help break up dense or compacted soils.

Quoddy Blend is made entirely from composted crab, lobster, salmon and aspen bark with added composted cow manure for texture. The crab and lobster shells are a rich source of calcium and chitin, the aspen bark a source of tannins and lignins.

We have named this blend for Passamaquoddy Bay, or "Quoddy" for short. The bay marks Maine's easternmost border with Canada and its deep, nutrient_rich waters, protected inlets, strong tides and currents make it ideal for salmon farming.

Quoddy is now produced for us in New Brunswick, Canada by the same people with whom we partner in the production of Fermented Salmon. It is available in 40 lb. bags at selected retailers in the Northeast.

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