Posts categorized as Garden Mats

Take Advantage of Ground Advantage

FINALLY!!   Garden Mats has a new shipping option:  USPS  GROUND ADVANTAGE You still have the option to ship USPS Priority Mail.  But honestly, we recommend you take advantage of GROUND ADVANTAGE. Orders usually ship…

Happy Holidays!

  Happy Holidays from all of us at Garden Mats! Reminding everyone that Garden Mats make a great holiday gift. Wishing you all a healthy and prosperous New Year.  And another weed-free garden 2025….

Time to Plant Garlic

Now is the perfect time of year in the North to plant garlic; any time between September and when the ground is frozen.  But, the sooner the better.  If you wait until next spring,…

Tell Your Family, Friends and Neighbors! Order Early!

“Give them a quality product.  That’s the best kind of advertising,”  said Milton Hershey. Ever since Garden Mats began in 2002, we made a commitment to exceed customer expectations for quality.   And I would…

Holiday Cheer, We’re Open, With Gratitude!!!

Inside, production for 2024 is totally underway.  The website will open for orders tomorrow, Monday, 12/4/23!!! Place your holiday orders NOW. NOTE:  We are taking a Holiday Break from 12/15/23 to 12/25/23.  Orders placed…

Fire Destroys Garden Mats Business

Very few of our customers know our history.  Garden Mats actually started as a result of a house fire on our wedding day, on August 4, 2001.   I spent the fall and winter rebuilding. …

Time is Precious

As we approach the holidays, I am reminded that one of the most precious things we can give others, especially this time of year, is our time.  Once all the presents are opened and…

Time to Plant Garlic

Now is the perfect time of year in the North to plant garlic; any time between September and when the ground is frozen.  But, the sooner the better.  If you wait until next spring,…

Calling for Testimonials

We love it when customers tell it like it is. Send us your testimonial. Review our product. Give us the dirt. Tell us your Garden Mats story. Tell us what you tell others when…

Season’s Greeting

  We know the holidays this year will be different.  Many, if not most of us, will not gather with family and friends as we have in the past.  Some may even spend it…

Victory for our time… the garden!

Guest Post by Phil Grime When many people now are idle or self-isolating at home due to the pandemic, I have a positive idea to consider! Peter Comart, the founder of Garden Mats, mentioned…

A Gift of Time

One of the most precious gifts we can give others during the holidays is our time.  After all the presents are opened and all the food is gone, we hope what remains valued and…

Garlic Growers Get Ready

Garlic Growers Get Ready. Growing garlic has never been easier.  When we introduced Garden Mat #9 last year, little did we know how popular it would be.  We found out fast.  There are some serious garlic…

A Gift of Time

One of the most precious gifts we can give others during the holidays is our time.  After all the presents are opened and all the food is gone, we hope what remains valued and…

Garlic Growers Rejoice! Introducing Garden Mat #9

Growing garlic is something a lot of our customers take very seriously.  So much so, our customers finally convinced us to add a new mat pattern specifically for garlic.  So here it is.  Introducing…

A Product Worth Advertising

“Goods not worth advertising are not worth selling.” Calvin Coolidge Says December 6, 1930   After seventeen years of being in business, we know Garden Mats are worth telling others about.  Hopefully, Silent Cal would be…

A Great Holiday Gift!

When you give Garden Mats, you are giving the gift of time.   We want our customers to spend more time with the people they love and doing the things they love to do. Happy Holidays…

A Great Holiday Gift!

When you give Garden Mats, you are giving the gift of time.   We want our customers to spend more time with the people they love and doing the things they love to do. Happy Holidays…

Want To Give A Great Holiday Gift?

Fresh organic vegetables – weed free – for years and years to come with Garden Mats. Artichokes with Northern White Pines in the background.  Yup, artichokes in Vermont! Happy Holidays! May 2017 bring more great gardens…

Garlic Time!

Fall is the perfect time of year in the North to plant garlic.  You can plant any time from now until the ground freezes.  But, the sooner the better.  If you live in a warmer climate,…

Fingers In The Dirt

It is all about the dirt. A prospective customer and longtime gardener saw our gardens completely covered last summer and wondered if shifting to Garden Mats for weed prevention would stop her from getting…

Start Your Seedlings From Scratch

    There are a host of reasons to grow your own seedlings from scratch.  And it is not too late.  It is satisfying, saves money, and allows you to control the quality, quantity,…

Potting and Planning for 2016

Are you potting and planning yet?   We are.  The 2016 growing season is just around the corner.  And for some it has already begun. A lot of people are busy starting seeds indoors and…

Finally, a weed barrier that works!

We researched material all over the planet for a weed barrier that would work. We started with what was available. And frankly, that was not much and not that good. We looked at every…

Got Mulch? The Garden Mats Guide to Mulch and Mulch More

My dog-eared, thirty-five year-old Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary defines “mulch” as “a protective covering (as of sawdust, compost, or paper) spread or left on the ground to reduce evaporation, maintain even soil temperature, prevent erosion,…

Dreaming of Next Year’s Garden

This time of year, when I drop off a shipment of Garden Mats at the local post office, I often return with a couple of seed catalogs. They’re perfect fuel for a cold evening’s…

Garden Mats – A Product Being Born

I’ll never forget the garden of 2002.  Teri and I had gotten married the previous August.  This was our first garden together since the wedding—and the wedding day fire.  Yes, our house burned down…

Meeow

There is one other home-gardening issue for which Garden Mats will provide a great advantage over composts, barks, straw, sawdust and easily torn felt fabric. Here, I am speaking not of the Garden Mat,…