(Natural News) Commercial fertilizers are not necessary to grow food. You can always use everyday items to fertilize your home garden naturally. Below are six common things that you can turn into an organic fertilizer. An organic fertilizer is a fertilizer derived from organic sources, including organic compost, cattle manures, poultry droppings and domestic sewage. Banana peel […]

(Natural News) Potatoes are often grown using chemical fertilizers, which not only increase the cost of production but also contaminate the soil and groundwater. With this in mind, Slovenian researchers looked at whether plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria can be used to increase potato yield in place of commercial fertilizers. Researchers from the University of Ljubljana in Slovenia specifically looked at […]

(Natural News) Many factors work together to ensure that your home garden produces healthy crops, but the three that are most limited in the natural environment are nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium. These three nutrients are collectively known as NPK. Some gardeners are fine with using fertilizer from big box stores that contain at least 10 percent of each of […]

(Natural News) Fertilizers help the crops in your home garden get additional nutrients they need to grow healthy and strong. If you’re looking for natural fertilizers, try using banana peels or eggshells in your home garden. Doing this ensures that your plants grow well and aren’t exposed to harmful chemicals in store-bought fertilizers. (h/t to OffTheGridNews.com) […]

(Natural News) Once you are done with your cup of brewed coffee, what do you do with the used grounds? Do you throw them away as garbage or consign them to the compost heap? Spanish researchers believe that using spent coffee grounds as a means of organic soil amendment will offer many benefits in agriculture […]

(Natural News) Commercial fertilizers can cost a pretty penny. So why don’t you do it yourself? According to an article on Modern Survival Online, making your own DIY fertilizer is pretty easy and much cheaper. Fertilizers are to soil what health supplements are to humans. They make up for missing or low levels of nutrients. […]

(Natural News) Some credit nitrogen fertilizers with creating what is known as the “green revolution,” a name which seems to be something of a misnomer. In today’s society, we often associate the term “green” with meaning good for the environment, and as we all know — chemical fertilizers and pesticides are anything but. The first […]