Posts Tagged ‘fertilizer’
garden tea
All of this lovely mess will be used initially when we first plant the garden, but we will also keep compost piles going for later. You don’t usually want to put the compost directly on the plants until it is well aged but there is another way to use it that can even work [Read More]
turning compost and making tea
Your compost piles will cook faster if you turn then occasionally. The point being that fire needs oxygen. Now you don’t want a real flame but you do want it to generate heat. That is what turns it from manure to fertilizer. When it is cooked, it is nearly sterile. No [Read More]
manure
That is not really a subject most folks like to talk about but for gardens it is essential. Sorry to tell you city folks but it is where fertilizer comes from and part of God’s big plan in the eco-cycle of the grand ole food chain. To have good veggies you have to [Read More]
