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Article - Making your own garden fertilzier
« on: June 14, 2017, 11:51:53 AM »
No, not including "humanure".  But you should consider it anyway.

http://urbansurvivalsite.com/everyday-items-fertilize-garden/

This fertilizer is short on Phosphorus which should be made up from other sources (read the first sentence...).

If you collect animal manure, it can be added to your compost pile (avoid dog manure, there are medical complications with mans best friend).   Cow, horse and goat manure is better.  Never pass up a cow patty left on the road, it is a gift to you.

Using coffee grounds will work until your coffee beans are gone and you probably can't grown your own beans...  So there are other sources for Nitrogen.  Compost is far better for this.

Using bananas for the potassium is ok, now, but I doubt you will be able to grown many bananas where you live now...

Eggs might be easiest item to find in a PAW, if you have chickens, geese or other birds.  However there are other sources for Calcium.
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Re: Article - Making your own garden fertilzier
« Reply #1 on: June 15, 2017, 04:59:56 PM »
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animal manure, it can be added to your compost pile (avoid dog manure, there are medical complications with man's best friend).

cat litter and dog manure do have a parasite consideration and should be pit composted like humanure with no root crops planted over it for at least 1 or 2 years.
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Re: Article - Making your own garden fertilzier
« Reply #2 on: June 17, 2017, 04:04:06 PM »
if you are saving food scraps for composting, it is recommended that the be saved, dried and mixed when you get enough saved up to make a sustainable pile. 
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