Our Story
Greetings Gardeners, Black Lake Organic (B.L.O.) has been in operation for over thirty years, ever since Gary Kline, owner and manager, started selling organic fertilizers out of his garage in 1980. Soon after came the early version of our now famous B.L.O. Optimum Mix (B.L.O.O.M.) fertilizers. Over the years, B.L.O. branched out to become a full line Garden Store having all the products for your organic growing needs and an Organic Nursery specializing in organically grown vegetable starts. Simply put, B.L.O. has been growing organically since long before the word "organic" came into vogue.
B.L.O., however, does not stop there. We go beyond mere organics by employing a Mineral Augmented Organic (M.A.O.) method in all the plants we sell, including the vegetable starts we offer and in our nursery production. We advocate and teach about using the M.A.O. method in your gardening for nutritionally superior plants and a healthier you. In a word, B.L.O. is about health.
Using M.A.O. results in a superior plant when compared to those grown by ordinary organic methods (and, of course, unbalanced chemically-grown plants). The M.A.O. method results in garden produce that actually has all the vitamins, minerals, and great taste that is lacking in store-bought produce. As a bonus M.A.O. treatment increases internal resistance to pests and diseases in plants and those eating the plants.This has been demonstrated over and over.
SPECIAL NOTICE
Beginning in January 2011, Black Lake Organic modified its operation to reduce store hours to Fridays and Saturdays only from 9AM to 5PM and we have suspended sale of many retail gardening supplies including plants (vegetable starts, berry plants, ...etc.). We are continuing to provide our organic fertilizers, growing media and our own potting mixes at retail and wholesale. In addition, we plan to expand with mail order and internet sales and to offer a "Will Call" service (we will call you when your order is ready to be picked up).
Join Our Community
Fast Forwarding- Black Lake Organic Community is new wine from an old cask. It is a Membership Community designed to meld our many longstanding, loyal customers and friends with our steadily growing internet clientele and bring this brew bubbling to new heights and to far greater availability worldwide.
Our quaint little business, headquartered in the rustic garden store you see pictured above, is far more than it appears to be. It brings a truly unique combination of wisdom, a long missing dimension of organic plant growing, and practical, environmentally compatible product offerings to share with people everywhere who are in search of the healthy, life-sustaining posture we put forth. Such living modes are emerging as the most sensible path for appreciative individuals, close-knit neighborhoods, and for safeguarding our planet home.
Becoming a Black Lake Organic Community Member integrates all of us into a rapidly growing, inter-acting community of heightened awareness and purpose. In addition, we offer a coupled action plan with the instructions, directional guidance and tools to get us all to a high level of greater food self sufficiency, security and satisfaction. As Member participants we also are bonded to an ever-strengthening and stabilizing force for the truly good life on into the distant future.
Initially, Community Membership entailed monthly newsletters, "bundles" with product discounts and access to a library of articles, garden leaflets, garden calendar, ...etc. The bundles turned out to be unworkable. Owning to the changed mode of BLO operation mentioned previously, monthly newsletters were ended. However, gardening articles and speeches by Gary Kline continue to be posted and articles and newsletters written in years previous are being updated and added to the information library for access to Community Members. In addition, BLO is entering into community outreach and educational activities in the South Sound area which membership fees help to enable.
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