A few weeks ago, we were talking about using a compost tea for planting your plants. But, you can actually use compost tea to fertilize your plants all summer long. Compost has many benefits for ...

Four thousand years ago the Egyptians were making compost tea which simply extracts nutrients from compost and puts it in a liquid form. This method is easier to apply to the soil and the plants. A ...

Why spend way too much money on fertilizer? You can brew your own cheap and potent liquid fertilizer right at home with some compost and a bucket. Photo by Randy Son of Robert. Many gardeners tend to ...

On my weekly visit to The Greenhouse Project, Cory, the greenhouse manager, and I discussed the compost tea he makes and uses on the plants. Compost tea is a mild natural fertilizer that feeds plants ...

Q: I’m adding compost to some areas in my yard for fall planting. I have compacted clay soil that I’m attempting to rehabilitate. Before adding the compost, should I spray actively aerated compost tea ...

Compost works well as a soil amendment, but you can also use compost as a liquid fertilizer. When compost and water are steeped together, the resulting liquid is known as compost tea, an easy to apply ...

It’s no secret that the key to healthy plants is healthy soil, and the best way to improve soil is by incorporating compost, which can take up to a year to make. Bokashi is a composting method that ...

Compost tea, some say, keeps plants healthy and disease-free, but is it really any better than simply adding fertiliser to the soil? Distilled wisdom: compost tea has its followers but to date is not ...

Compost tea is a concentrated blast of nutrients for plants and soil. You can make it at home for free. Pat, a retired science teacher and experienced gardener, showed me how it’s done at her Mukilteo ...