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The New Bay Organics

Bay Organics has successfully completed its clean-up contract with Dorchester County Maryland. Working with the Dorchester County Department of Public Works, Bay Organics operation saved the citizens of Dorchester County millions of dollars compared to the original site remediation cost estimates. Bay Organics has enjoyed its opportunity to be of service to the Dorchester County Council and Department of Public Works.

In order to continue to serve our valued customers, Bay Organics has teamed up with several premier composting facilities to market their products throughout the Mid-Atlantic region. These facilities will also be producing the family of Bay Organics products you have come to rely on. This cooperative effort will allow Bay Organics to provide a variety of premium quality soil improvement products, delivered regionally to reduce freight costs.

Our contract composting facilities are fully permitted and operate in accordance with all Federal, State and local guidelines and regulations. Our facilities employ state of the art aerobic composting processes and our products undergo a rigorous quality control program to provide you with the consistently high quality products you have come to expect from Bay Organics.

Our regional expansion requires Bay Organics to modify the names of our products so they can be properly registered in the States where Bay Organics products are sold. Only the names have changed.
INTRODUCING:

BAY ORGANICS BLUE – made from crab chum. Quite simply, BAY ORGANICS BLUE is the most amazing soil improver on the market!

BAY ORGANICS GREEN – made from poultry by-products, seafood processing by-products, food service residuals, and lawn and landscape residuals, BAY ORGANICS GREEN is an all-purpose soil amendment that improves soil texture and fertility.

BAY ORGANICS DE-HY – made from poultry litter and other animal manures, BAY ORGANICS DE-HY provides a higher level of macro-nutrient availability in a low moisture content material. Ideal for preparing vegetable, flower and rose gardens.

BAY ORGANICS PREMIUM TOP SOIL – is a blend of natural sandy loam soil and BAY ORGANICS GREEN. It has the density and mass so it can be used for filling low spots. Screened to 3/8”, and always tarped to protect the product from precipitation, BAY ORGANICS PREMIUM TOP SOIL’s high sand content combined with BAY ORGANICS GREEN makes BAY ORGANICS PREMIUM TOP SOIL the quality choice.

BAY ORGANICS HI-CAL – made from poultry hatchery residuals, its high calcium content grows strong, healthy turf.
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Protecting the Chesapeake Bay on Both Sides of the Bay Bridge.

The Delmarva Peninsula is an agricultural powerhouse. The waters of the Chesapeake Bay yield over 500 million pounds of seafood annually. The area is the 5th largest poultry producing region in the United States and thousands of acres are in vegetable production.
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Healthy Soil Grows Healthy Plants and a Healthy Way of LIfe

At Bay Organics, we realize that you have many soil amendments to choose from when you visit your local garden center. We are proud of the quality of our products and know that you will see the difference in the way your plants respond when you build healthy soil with Bay Organics products.

Bay Organics products help improve the soil so you can enjoy the results of successful gardening. We believe that by helping you to be a successful, Bay Friendly gardener, we are allowing you more enjoyment of your gardening efforts; in short, we are helping you improve the quality of your life.

1. Cut your lawn at 3 inches or higher.

Research at the University of Maryland has shown that maintaining a cutting height of 3 inches or higher on a thick, healthy lawn is as effective as pre-emergent chemical treatments for the control of crab grass. Just imagine how many tons of crabgrass control is applied to the lawns of the Chesapeake Bay water shed each year. We could eliminate the need for that chemical treatment just by building healthy soil and allowing our lawns to grow to 3 inches or higher.

2. Keep your lawn mower blade razor sharp.

Remember, you are cutting your grass, not beating it to death. Get an extra blade for your lawn mower and keep it sharp. Switch the blades as the become dull. Your lawn will look better and your lawnmower will operate more efficiently. This is especially important if you are using a mulching mower.

3. Give your lawn frequent trims.

It would be ideal to never take off more than 1/2 inch at a time. This keeps your grass at the ideal height for shading out weeds and stimulates your grass plants to send out new shoots that grow from ground level. By cutting your grass frequently and taking off no more than a ½ inch of grass at a time, you are keeping your lawn well trimmed as you decapitate any weeds in your lawn. Most weeds grow from their tips and frequent decapitation tends to slow them down.

Cutting your grass frequently lets your lawnmower operate more efficiently, reducing emissions if you use a gasoline powered unit. If you use an electric, battery or human powered lawn mower, your unit will give you a much better cut if it is only taking off a small amount of grass each time. This is critical for users of mulching mowers. In order for mulching mowers to be effective, your soil has to have a viable microbial population to break down the grass clippings. You can make sure your soil is biologically alive by core aerating and top dressing with Chesapeake Green. When you cut your lawn frequently with a razor sharp blade, your mulching mower will reduce the particle size of the grass clippings so more surface area is exposed. This allows the microbes to digest the grass clippings and actually help feed your lawn. Your mulching mower cannot do its job if you lopping off several inches of grass at a time.

4. Vary your cutting pattern.

his is really important if you use a mulching mower. If you cut in the same pattern every time, your mulching mower is depositing clippings in the same location. Your soil can only consume so many clippings. By alternating your cutting pattern, you are making sure that clippings are distributed equally throughout your lawn.