Using the original Square Foot Gardening as a reference, I mixed a batch of organic fertilizer.
The ingredients were:
The ingredients were:
- Blood meal
- Bone meal
- Wood ash
Measure one part, by volume, each blood and bone meals with two parts wood ash.
Small quantities of blood and bone meals were purchased at a home improvement store. The wood ash was supplied by my neighbor who uses a wood stove to supplement the heating of his house.
I was given the wood ash in a plastic waste can liner a few weeks ago. It was placed under cover on my patio near the raised beds. It rained several days since. Needless to say, the ash was wet when I was ready to mix the fertilizer.
Using a kitchen strainer, I sifted large pieces out of the wet ashes. Then the wet ash was poured into the mug to measure. Since the ash was wet, I figured there was a significant amount of water in the mug along with the ash. Compensating for the water, I increased the amount of ash by 50% to three measures.
Once all the elements were blended, they were placed into a large kitchen pan which which was then placed in the sun. The fertilizer will be much easier to handle once the sun dries the mixture.
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