Organic Fertilizer Recipe, How to Make Compost, Compost Materials

How to make organic fertilizer in your own backyard. How to compost kitchen scraps and yard debris to create your own organic garden fertilizer.

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It is easy to create your own organic fertilizer by making wonderful, rich compost for your garden. By adding the right ingredients, you'll soon have a treasure trove of nutrient-rich soil that will make your plants happy… and you won't need to add a single chemical.

Choosing a Compost Location

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Make yourself a bin out of wire or wood if you wish. Alternatively, you may want to buy one. There are many on the market that are attractive, and will work very well for a small compost pile.

How to Make Compost

Compost Materials

You are now ready to begin your compost recipe.

Next, add "green" materials like lawn clippings, manure, weeds or table scraps (do not include any kind of meat or fish scraps!).

If you are purchasing a "ready made" compost bin, follow the instructions that come with your bin.

How to Start the Compost Process

Once the pile has reached the right size, mix the layers together well. Two days later, do it again. If you want to jump-start your organic fertilizer recipe, you can buy microbes at the garden nursery that will get things going a little faster.

Cover the pile during weather extremes. This will prevent the compost from getting waterlogged or dried out completely. Remember to water it occasionally. Keep turning the pile every few weeks.

When you add new layers, remember that the smaller the pieces, the easier it will be for them to decompose.

Dairy products are also not a good addition. These ingredients will attract flies and animals among other problems.

Quick Organic Fertilizer Recipes to Try

If you want to get a head start on your composting, try one of these easy organic fertilizer recipes. You'll see for yourself how quickly they begin working. Use materials you have on hand.

One recipe to try uses four parts of fruit and vegetable scraps (peelings, leftovers and overripe specimens). To this, add two parts of steer or chicken manure. Finally, add one part of shredded newspaper (no color ink) and one part of dry leaves that have been shredded.

Alternatively, you can mix two parts of scraps from your kitchen, one part shredded leaves and one part chicken manure. Yet another recipe calls for two parts lawn clippings added to the leaves and manure from the previous recipe.

Follow one of these organic fertilizer recipes and see for yourself what happens. Be sure and sign up for our newsletter for more tips on getting the most from your garden!

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