Why I NEVER Buy Fertilizer (11 ways to fertilize for free!)

[@honestlee4532]

I don't buy fertilizer and my garden is doing great! Transformed my soil by putting wood chips everywhere and burying small weeds. Cut up plants that weren't edible. Had a dry hard clay before and now I have worms everywhere.

[@reibersue4845]

I'm about 5 inches of topsoil then either solid sandstone or clay. No use tilling so I opted no till. Last fall, I dumped a ton of leaves in one spot. Added a even better layer of soil on top loaded with worms. What I did, was dug deep holes and heavily amended with peat moss, manure, worm castings and lime. (We run on the acidic side). As I get cardboard or newspaper, I lay it down and put straw on top for this year's garden. Can't wait to see how this helps the soil after this season.

[@sarap1409]

That's cool. I've just covered my clay lawn with wood chips and was hoping all the work was worth it

[@jeffmosier3145]

@@sarap1409 I've been doing the wood chip thing for years. I hit the Lowes and Home Depot's and buying the torn open bags of wood chips , sometimes the organic garden soils if any for all for 50% or more. Takes a couple years to see a the breakdown happening , but boy good soil

[@sarap1409]

@@jeffmosier3145 yeah ok just have to have patience then. The key to successful gardening!

[@vansicklejerry]

How thick did you lay the woodchips?

[@patw7043]

It never ceases to amaze me how most people dispose of their grass clippings (valuable lawn fertilizer), then pay to have them removed, and then pay again and again to add lawn fertilizers, weed killers & pesticides! Please keep your grass clippings on the lawn. They break down quickly, and eliminate the 'need' for harmful, cancer causing chemicals!

[@rickytorres9089]

Just make sure you get a lawn mower, hand mower, etc that can do that well. Dispersing is key to prevent the problems he discussed and thereby keeping your neighbors happy.

[@louisewesson603]

Of the same mind--and I would add, pay people to run very heavy (soil compacting and pollution emitting) machinery to mow their lawns, then pay for a gym membership for exercise.

[@mikaellindqvist5599]

Growing a lawn all togerher is just a wasteful idea to begin with. So mach work and resources thats gets spent on it.

[@Bike_Lion]

I actually like to use them as mulch in the garden.

[@shirleyallen1418]

The first cutting w weeds i rake and throw away. Then the rest i leave

[@lifeinthemountains6995]

Finally someone who knows and understands how nature works. Congrats 👏👏

[@rbrack54]

If you take a 55 gallon barrel and fill it with weeds, sticks, leaves, ect and keep it some what most with pee in about 4 to 6 months you will have a little less than a half a barrel of some of the riches soil you have ever seen. Black as the ace of spades! 👍

[@mirozen_]

I love your last one - "It's pee! It's free!" I find it hilarious that many people are grossed out at the idea of using pee (which is almost sterile) as a fertilizer, yet have no problem using animal manure! 😊

[@wordswritteninred7171]

Lol ikr! People, generally speaking, simply don’t think.

[@rnupnorthbrrrsm6123]

My daughter in law will not eat anything from my garden because one time I talked about peeing in a bucket and putting it on my compost pile. 😏

[@josephobrien991]

It's not almost sterile.

[@mirozen_]

@@josephobrien991 If a person has a bladder infection or urinary tract infection then you could be right. Urine from the average person does contain some trace bacteria, but it contains less bacteria than that found in tap water. To put it in perspective, urine is about 1000 times cleaner than your saliva. I've heard of people who think that it's completely sterile (which is not true), but where did you hear that urine wasn't almost sterile?

[@tonystephengrayson]

@rnupnorthbrrr SM tell her that piss breaks down within days in a hot compost pile. It's all good as long as you're not spraying it on salad leaves

[@debaterforhim]

We use our aquarium water and it works great. Greenest plants in the dessert over here. 😊

[@mercedesbenzs600bash]

I figured it would work very well,how long you been using it???

[@debaterforhim]

@@mercedesbenzs600bash for over a year

[@krimmer66]

6 year veganic farmer here, great video. Pre-farming I was a landscaper and forester. Feeding the soil was the best lesson I learned.

[@galeharris6696]

Great video, Frenchie! I'm 73, and an old Vermont hippie, all your ideas including # 11 are right on. Because I do live in a rural area, my son and his buddies who grew up on this farm always went out and peed around the edges of the garden when they were little, to keep the deer out (I think the smell translates to a human smell to them). The plants at the garden edge, not surprisingly, did very well! Seriously, my little semi-commune has been composting and gardening organically for close to 40 years, and I love your thoughts on mimicking Mother Nature. Although the move back to homesteading and back to the earth is wonderful to see, too much bagged fertilizer is not natural either, and healing the soil involves time, and more of your very natural approach. Keep going!!

[@frenchiepowell]

I love it! Keep doing good where y'all are! I also feel the same way when I see the skyrocketing use of landscaping fabric 🙁 Good idea with the deer too, we don't have them now that we're in Puerto Rico, but good info to know in general! Glad you enjoyed the content, thanks for the comment!

[@dankeener3307]

When branches fall from our oaks I simply break up the twigs and scatter them on the native plants beds along with the leaves; a big energy saver. Skip the bagging. I love the video and already do lots of this; will consider using rocks. That one was new. I pee into an attractive blue bucket with rainwater and then neighbors think I’m just watering the plants. What a great life working with God’s amazing nature.

[@frenchiepowell]

Clever with the blue bucket! It's special rain water 😆 Glad you enjoyed the video! God bless!

[@JennySimon206]

I'm super into Hugelkulture. I live on the coast so it's very sandy. The Hugel acts like a sponge holding water and also feeds the plants. I go to the beach and pick up giant bull kelp and bury it in the Hugel when I plant things. Plants love it.

[@frenchiepowell]

Such an amazing source of fertilizer! Digging a pit, burning the wood, then dousing it when the fire starts to die down will give you char. Soak this char in a bucket with some weeds for a few days and then it'll be an amazing fertilizer as well for various garden beds 👍🙂

[@JennySimon206]

@@frenchiepowell yep. I've made some biochar in a hole I dug in the sand at the beach next to a stream so I could dowse it. I have yet to inoculate it but I bought the bubbler and some stuff to inoculate it with that living Webb farms uses. I've made kelp compost tea before too. I just love Hugelkulture so much. It's also a great way to get rid of the extra material u cut down when ur building a garden. I'm extending a part of my garden beds at the edge of my yard on a slope. Gonna use the logs to create a base and fill it in with Hugel, cover it with compost and go!

[@angelinasollano3000]

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[@trumptv1527]

Urine s greatest u r right. When u use with food garden it s best to gather urine then add water that s used for washing grain then sit for 2 3 days for fermentation. It does miracles.

[@iahelcathartesaura3887]

Thank you!

[@donnacarter7781]

It's kind of something you need time to get used to.😁

[@xaviercruz4763]

Guys dont use urine on edibles , a combination of plants improve the soil vitality and turns it brown (watch how trees change the soil close to the roots that was lighter when further down the roots) also put meats and fats like avocado waste burried next to plants and vs none at all and youll see.

[@gomezaddams6470]

More details if hou could. Despite the name of a very famous show person from 1962 plus. My era of the Addams family.... I am an older woman living off grid. I want to understand what you're talking about because I raise most of my food without eating animals or using animal stuffs other than manure.

[@aqilayosufi5952]

Great ❤❤❤

[@khygamerzone2765]

This is the first video I have watched of yours, and I am so impressed! This was packed full of knowledge, just like you promised. You are very knowledgeable and have a great mannerism. I look forward to future videos!

[@bohorustica8545]

A wonderful video. A couple things I would add that I use regularly now is wood ash mixed with my spent coffee grounds which I put in the bottom of my planting holes. I now make a weedy compost tea using Comfrey and all my weeds. I cultivate my dandelions which I eat all summer in salads and dry them for winter use. I have an over abundance of them so when I pull them out they go into my water barrel, excess grass too. True story I had a 5 gallon bucket with weedy fertilizer that lost its lid this winter, this spring, March I think, I needed to move the bucket so dumped it into my Rhubarb bed which was right beside it, and spread the muddy dludge in it too. I have Rhubarb leaves the size of umbrellas, amazing. Like you I refuse to buy synthetic fertilizers, that's the problem why commercially grown veggies have no taste and decreased nutritional value than the same grown in the 50's and earlier. Thanks for sharing, have subbed and looking forward to browse your older videos. :))

[@JRNurse2013]

We bought an older home this year to rent out and the soil is amazing due to leaves falling there from big trees. I just brought a bag home and raked back the wood mulch and put a layer of leaves then raked the wood mulch on top. I’ve been trench composting with kitchen scraps over the past two years at our current home. It feels good to do what nature intended! Our soil is so depleted in our country!

[@cryptochat313]

I save my egg shells, banana peels, potato peels and green kitchen waste in a bucket under the sink. Every couple of days I put the scraps in a blender with water, Then transfer to a covered 5 gal bucket with a lid. After a few days of fermentation I feed the plants using a ladle. Then I water with the hose using my trowel to work it in.

[@martinsmith5216]

Brilliant stuff. Exactly what Ruth Stout did all those years ago. She proved fertiliser wasn’t necessary. But people kept on using it.

[@rickytorres9089]

Exactly fertilizing is still needed, just not the fertilizers themselves.

[@louisewesson603]

Yes--I read How to have a Green Thumb without an Aching Back when I was in my early 20's---50 years ago!

[@mercedesbenzs600bash]

​@@louisewesson603Is that the title of a book???

[@primitivadizor51]

Thank you, watching from Naragusan Davao de Oro Philippines.

[@juneevans4394]

I loved this! My husband and I are retired and trying to be thrifty while trying to amend very poor clay soil. I used the fallen leaves for mulch and compost (my neighbors thought I was a nutty old hippie), planted fruit trees to aerate the soil and prevent further topsoil erosion and trench composted table scraps. Within a year it began changing the landscaping. Now I can add urine to mix -fabulous! TY so much, I really enjoyed this video and have subscribed

[@frenchiepowell]

Amazing to hear June! Glad to have you guys as part of our community and I wish you both the best with the food trees and your efforts! Keep me posted in future videos of how things are going! ❤️🙌🌳

[@gussampson5029]

My dog would go outside and urinate in the same area every day. He did it for over a year. No plants would grow there despite being surrounded by green. But he finally picked a new place to start going a few months ago and the bare patch that he used to urinate on is growing in thick and lush even though it was bare patch just a month or two ago. Definitely don't overdo it but it definitely helps the soil fertility.

[@Godbepraise]

Just begin watching this right now, within the first five seconds, you said what many people miss due to greed to produce and showcase what they learn from wrong people and is all over you tube. God bless you for the information, The same thing Paul Gautschi being saying.

[@Doris-y5v]

I had a plant that it did not grow and looked leaves poor colour until I put grass that was 3 weeks old on top as mulch but it turned out fertilized the plant overnight the colour improved and leaves got bigger, and longer and it finally grew it is beautiful.

[@mercedesbenzs600bash]

I just asked him if I can use grass clippings to top off my containers,so it really helps huh???

[@carolschedler3832]

Did not know about the stones and rock. Thank you! BTW: we have zero problems with leaves blowing away. Hubby mulches them with the lawn mower and we apply them to the garden generously to cover everything in the Fall. Come Spring, I need to pull back that layer to plant. It is now August and it is getting super thin just now.

[@Sumpfina]

Great video! You can even make your own liquid fertilizer by blending up some weeds with water and then feeding it to the plants. It's great especially for indoor plants because it doesn't smell bad (like urine). Here in Germany organic gardeners also produce a lot of liquid nettle manure, or however that is called :D

[@iahelcathartesaura3887]

Thanks! Yes nettles & also comfrey (which does stink if you tear it & blend it with water, let it sit a day or two) make good weed water fertilizer. It's worth growing some comfrey & nettles just for this purpose.

[@mandandi]

@@illsellthat8445 Wow! Thanks for sharing this. I bought alfalfa seeds and have not put them into the soil yet. I need to get going.

[@savinggift158]

Liquid nettles liquid smells like shite and attract bluebottle flies

[@capnvibut9831]

Bro you are so right on everything I am absolutely grateful for this video I wish everyone in the world could see this THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU

[@frenchiepowell]

Glad you enjoyed! Sharing and commenting on our content helps get it out there, have a great day!

[@jacquethomson4998]

Great I have subscribed

[@terrykellyphotography6171]

I just started shredding brown cardboard for mulch. First remove all tape, glue, labels, and don’t use any colored cardboard. I use a 18 page shredder bought it at Sam’s club. So far the shredded cardboard is working very good, and attracting worms. I used to use pine straw for my strawberries but due to hurricane Michael I have no more pine trees/free pine straw :(.

[@khaitrilachong7619]

Great tips. What you are sharing in here should be required class in schools for all levels. If more people put some of these tips in practice, we will have much better quality of foods and cleaner environment.

[@lizxxx631]

The fertilizer industry would be up in arms if it was a required lesson in school . When previous generations left the farms for city jobs we made more money but we left behind a lot of knowledge. Now too many people don't know how to do anything without money. We need to find a way to merge both worlds.

[@judyofthewoods]

Great list. Here's one more - bones. Put them on the fire or char them in a mini retort in the fire for bio available phosphorus and calcium.

[@iahelcathartesaura3887]

And make sure pets & other animals can't get to them to try to eat them - they cause serious injury to pets. I'm going to do this! I'll have to block the neighbors sweet dog out of my garden first though.

[@skinnyWHITEgoyim]

Boil the bones in a big pot on a campfire for several hours and let them cool. Then they will crumble into powder very easily.

[@Wakwaw796]

if u burn it. it'll form calcine and really caustic (can burn your hand like cement). check the Primitive Technology channel how they make cement from calcium carbonate material like wood ash or snail shell. but it's ok i you put them in the garden(?)

[@louisewesson603]

I have been collecting all our bones in bag in freezer, then when I have enought simmering them for a few days until so soft that I can pulverize between my fingers. Then into the compost heap.

[@goddessmother]

I make very rich compost using soiled straw from my poultry cages. It only takes a few months to break down straw into compost. I also use the soiled straw as mulch. I have an ongoing pile of chips left over from when I get my trees trimmed. There is no end of used for chips from mulch, to paths, to amending the soil, to covering cardboard to kill weeds, to filling pots and raised beds with a 2" base before adding soil, to filling ditches to create a biosurface dentrifying bioreactor for cropland water conservation. I have a leaf digester made of a cylinder of 1" poultry wire and a sprinkler on top that sprays when my drip irrigation goes on. I put all the dry leaves, wacked weeds, and other garden debris to decompose. I have another composer where I put my kitchen scraps covered with soiled straw or dried leaves. I also add ashes from my BBQ, and sort through the ashes for charcoal, which I crush up and add to the composters. One year I also did a hugelkultur with rotting wood, pruned branches and brush. I eventually surrounded the hugelkultur with a stone wall and now it acts like a raised bed. I feed the weeds to the poultry who transform weeds and bugs into golden eggs and manure. I eat the eggs and compost the manure.

[@BaughbeSauce]

Sheep and rabbit can also be used as a cold fertilizer (they can be used immediately and don't need to be composted). Sheep is the highest in potassium out of any manure.

[@mrjon75]

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[@FknNefFy]

Have a ton of seashells just from collecting them over the years and I decided to put them around my garden thinking maybe some of the calcium from them will get into the soil and I’m not sure how it’s working but it’s just an idea and maybe some thing for you to think about too

[@robbiebanks9182]

Grind those oyster shells into powder for calcium

[@gardenerpete5232]

Excellent video, nicely done. I'm a big fan of leaves! And The circle of life: We feed the soil so the soil can feed the plant, and the plants feed us. every fall I collect 20-30 bags of leaves from around the neighborhood. I store them in a big pile next to my leaf shredder. When all the leaves have fallen, I start shredding them and store them in 30 gal plastic bags. I don't use leaves that have grass clippings in them. I don't know what herbicides they may have used. All the bags I collected and shredded fill about ten bags. I store them for the winter under a tarp, and use them the next year, or compost them. In the fall/winter, I remove most of the leaves (leave the well broken down layer there), and add a compost mix (compost, peat moss, vermiculite) to bring the soil level bacl up to 1 1/2 inches from the top of the raised bed frames. Then I put ~ 1/2 inch of the mulch back and cover with weed block for the winter. During the growing season I put 4 inches of leaves for mulch, and it gets eaten so fast I have to replenish it 3-4 times a year. Since the leaves are relatively fine grind, once I wet them the wind can't blow them away. They bind to each other. I'm zone 7A, lower Westchester Co., Ny My last frost date (from my experience, not Farmers A. or garden charts is May 10. A week after that I transplant the tomatoes and melons, on 9' trellises. You may find this weird, but my first planting date is February 1. The temps haven't gone below 29 degrees. In 4 x 10 ft. beds, I plant 4 rows (4' direction) lettuce in one bed per week, and 2-3 rows of Radishes in another bed (the tomato plot) per week. When I filled the first 2 beds, I plant onions in the bed that will be the second tomatoes, melons, and herbs. Root vegetables are in the bed adjacent to the lettuce bed. Its 3/4 planted now, and their up. We've been eating lettuce and radishes for about 5-6 weeks, every other day. Two days ago, I replanted all the lettuce that wasn't 'cut and come again'. Each row Lettuce & radish are a different variety. Oh, so delicious and FUN!

[@frenchiepowell]

Wow this sounds like an amazing setup! So glad both for your wisdom in saving the leaves from the waste stream and in growing a plethora of food! What sort of perennials do you guys grow? Any figs, grapes, food shrubs, or otherwise?

[@venpeddapalli7189]

Wow what a great advise. Very simple and effective, eco-friendly and practically free. if I could add something - the plants/trees in the wild don't get all 12 sources of nutrients that you mentioned, may be 3 or 4 at best, yet they thrive and stay healthy.

[@simeonabbottmusic]

Great video Frenchie! If people are sketched about applying urine to plants they can always add it to their compost. I’ve used it to accelerate a slow compost pile that had too much carbon.

[@rickytorres9089]

They are not wrong though, he clearly mentioned in VERY metered doses. It's not something you should have that "apple juice" container of in your bedroom over. But if you noticed plants that need a "booster", well you know what to do hehe.

[@mercedesbenzs600bash]

​​​@@rickytorres908950-50 solution of urine and water,im wondering how well it would fertilize🤔🤔🤔

[@sallyferguson8669]

Love your videos!!! I started mulching with hay after struggling with weeds for the first 7 weeks. It's been mulched about 3 weeks now. I didnt even remove the weeds in some areas before I mulched. I'm sold already.

[@barbarasimmons4158]

#12 - All the earthworms that are attracted to all the other 11 soil coverings - they produce fertilizer themselves!

[@invaderzim1265]

Does it matter which worms goes into garden? I have lots of worms in my garden right now. If yes, which kind of worms is best?

[@frenchiepowell]

Any worms work. No need to buy worms or add any, ever local ecosystem has existing local and immigrant species of worms that break things down well. Redworms like surface composting matter, earthworms like deep soil levels. Variety succeeds in filling niches.

[@rickytorres9089]

@@frenchiepowell Exactly, varieties is key.

[@Victoria-mb1pr]

I've always just thrown my scraps in the garden. Amazing how great my soil is from doing it.

[@hopeking3588]

I grew wild flowers which some think are weeds! But they have very pretty growers! And sometimes medicine too!

[@alinewright1093]

When we went fishing any carp we caught we kept. We were cleaning our fish, scraps and cut up the carp were used for the garden. Dug holes by the plants dropped a fish head or guts, piece of carp fill hole with soil cover well. Put a rock on top. Free fish fertilizer, you will be surprised.

[@VIDSTORAGE]

Old warm beer left over night and non chlorinated water diluted is a great fertilizer

[@jerryanderson7343]

I'm always hated long videos but your video was the best thing I've seen in a long time

[@craigwood3020]

I have one addition to your list. Hair is a great source of nitrogen. We use what we get from brushing our long- haired cat. Fantastic!

[@Bike_Lion]

True, but it's fairly slow release.....One can use it as mulch, but it'll often wanna blow away...

[@Steve197201]

From what I've read, used fish tank water is also a great fertilizer. I don't know if I'd feel comfortable putting it on my vegetables, but from what I undersrand, it's quite nutritious.

[@mercedesbenzs600bash]

Put it in the soil,not on the plants...

[@johnwyman6126]

Aquaponics anyone?

[@kuamir573]

One of the most informative video on how to fertilize your garden naturally, thanks for this!

[@lisaharrison2197]

Fabulous video, love the common sense approach! Natural and honest. Thank you.

[@frenchiepowell]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for commenting

[@shereebarends1997]

I fully support your ideas. My neighbors always thought I was strange doing exactly this. I also collect seawater and seashells eg those mussel shells collecting in some places. I. Be tried to collect the placentas from the midwives doing homebirths which I difficult to get but it definitely works. I have done recycling of almost anything that breaks down in the soil.I think that some people might consider me to be a strange old lady but my garden is lush and has produced a lot of vegetables and other plants eg celery growing wild around the house.

[@hmbogi]

😊 thank you. I'm a new gardener and I had no idea what value there was in weeds and leaves. I used to remove all the weeds and leaves for a clean look but my soil suffered. Great information for us newer gardeners .

[@frenchiepowell]

Welcome to gardening! Glad you found the video helpful and best of luck to you in your gardens as you continue to learn!

[@donnacarter7781]

My garden never had a leaf or a weed and it was beautiful but needs the nutrients from them. I am going to change this season (IF I CAN CONVINCE MY HUSBAND TO LET ME).

[@rickytorres9089]

@@donnacarter7781 Do it in metered amounts, let the weeds get to very small sizes, pull those up and spread then gently let them get larger. Before you know it he will be impressed how much a LITTLE weeds does that he'll want you to encourage it over and over again!

[@miriamrobarts]

You can get the same benefits by composting the weeds & leaves (and other organic materials) in a compost pile, then adding the compost to your soil & covering with mulch. There's usually more than one good way to do things.

[@Mista-FOODMAN]

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[@faith6978]

Love your channel. I do some of this already, but learned some great stuff to incorporate into my gardening. Thanks

[@promansplainor5245]

Vermicompost "tea" and urine can be added to homemade hardwood biochar for long term release as the plants take up what they need and the rest of the nutrients stay "locked up" in the charcoal matrix. Good enough for the Mayans and Aztecs, good enough for me. Also Heugelculture.

[@rickytorres9089]

So basically a "fertilizer battery" for plants very interesting!

[@promansplainor5245]

@@rickytorres9089 Great analogy ! Check out nonprofit Living Web Farms and their biochar production and other topics.

[@louisewesson603]

Love your name. I would be completely lost without my personal mansplainer--keeping me educated for 51 years.

[@kiiryadelba3229]

Very practical solutions for the small holder farmers in Africa.Thank you very much

[@frenchiepowell]

You are welcome

[@iahelcathartesaura3887]

FANTASTIC!! Common sense, reality, direct logic, minimalistic abundance, and all the info & kinds of thinking I love & depend on. Thank you! Subscribed

[@carlcadogan4510]

This makes so much sense. Nature!

[@terrykellyphotography6171]

Nailed it! Thank you for all the great natural fertilizer methods.

[@pino7701]

The most inteligent aprouch to a simple problem that I have ever heard. Man you are one of a kind. Frenchie keep up the good work and one day all those million U tube experts lasting for money , will run in shame.

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[@mubizz80]

Thank you for the information. The major problem facing this world is greed for wealth acquisition. So, everything has been tagged to a price whereas free information like this is technically avoided by the same. It's high time we visited mother nature and see how our natural ecosystems do it without human intervention.

[@Leo1903able]

We would have a very different world if, every industry was subjected to the scrutiny by analysis of what is being up sold and cross sold, when lesser cost alternatives are downplayed and sometimes even downright outlawed.

[@justanotherday17]

FYI...if there is walnut in your Chios it MUST sit 6 months before you put it in a garden or flower bed area. It contains Jugalone which kills most everything. Using hay or straw if not guaranteed organic can also be poison due to Round Up in the straw and Grazon in the hay. You people doing video's need to know ALL of this prior to telling people what to use. Several top channels have had near total losses in their gardens recently due to Grazon in the fill dirt and/or hay. Grazon sits for 6 years before it breaks down.

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[@evosbudi6934]

Any great KZbin channels or videos on youtube about this topic? Wanna learn more

[@ritaholcombe9905]

Grayson also ends up in the animal poop. Can't use that either. Its almost impossible to find hay that wasn't treated with grayzon.

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[@inharmonywithearth9982]

You are sure right about those herbicide toxins being Non biodegradable. Even after passing through all those cattle stomachs as manure it still comes out a killer. There is a Dead Zone in the Gulf of Mexico at the mouth of the Mississippi River 350 miles of dead phytoplankton plants! No oxygen there, just carbon dioxide and dead things. Herbicide doesn't break down it just washes into ocean like plastics.

[@adammason4036]

Love the options proposed in this video! Going to be adding a bunch of them to my garden!

[@debbiehenri345]

And there's the occasional speciality mulch, like pine needles - acidic and good for mulching blueberries. I also tuck kitchen scraps under the mulch I place around my fruit trees and shrubs. Never had a problem other than the occasional unwashed eggshell being pulled out. Another thing I do is grow lots of ferns (which in themselves are a good living mulch around trees for the summer. There's not many weeds that will compete well with a healthy fern). I cut the dead leaves in Autumn, fold them into loose 'wads' and use these to weigh down leafy mulches to stop them blowing away. Fern leaves take about a year for the fine leaflets to break down into this beautiful, friable, deep brown crumble that makes a simply lovely soil conditioner, while the midrib of the fern leaf persists for 2 years and acts like straw.

[@louisewesson603]

I have a compost pile (a log crib) in the woods, and crows/ravens attack it. Love to scatter the lobster shells (you can guess where these woods are?). Last summer I stapled hardware cloth to two stakes, as a lid, and this worked well to keep out the birds. Staples weren't strong enough however--will have to use electrical staples (but am going up there day after tomorrow so will try the new ideas)

[@huckleberryfinney4393]

You are brilliant! I am going through a process of synching in with nature and learning from it - in the garden, in diet, in self-care, in animal care and in every possible aspect. Synchronicity has led me to your channel. Gratitude!

[@harryverner6218]

The trees provide the fertilizer. They drop they seeds & leaves at different times providing food for worms & other insects to eat & crap out the fertilizer. Fungi do this as well. Those leaves ur neighbors drag to the curb to get rid of our perfect mulch & food for ur garden. Jus pull to the side to plant then push the leaves bk. At the end of the season most if not all will hav turned into beautiful topsoil. They called leaves because u supposed to leave them

[@eldersamuel340]

Dude !You are one cool dude.Thanks alot I dig your videos and your style of growing your garden. Thanks for the videos

[@robinbiddlecombe9202]

Nice to hear a gardener talking sense for a change :)

[@BHarry-mx9py]

Comfrey is also a natural fertilizer. Roots mine from deep in the soil. And a great weed barrier.

[@Thought_Criminal_13]

I completely agree with this. Although I wonder if this applies to growing cannabis as well. Connoissuers are trying to make their girls that little bit more tastes and stronger. Learning to feed the soil and not the plant was the most important thing I have ever learned. Growing plants has changed the way I look at the world.

[@craiglozzi5391]

Great video! Makes perfect sense to quick sense to mimic nature and conserve resources! Thanks so much, take good care!

[@johnnydoe7988]

With urine, my parents had the best garden in the neighborhood. Everything was growing. The key with urine is to collect it and let it sit for several days. Once the smell is gone, you can use it straight up. You can also dilute it with water.

[@2bbossfree]

My grandparents- farmers/ used cow and horse manure but also secret ingredient- urine mixed one to ten. Grandma liked to use kids urine because they didn’t have any medicines. Also banana peels egg shells ground up and coffee grounds. At the end of the season she left all the dead branches and covered with a layer of sticks, dry grass and leaves. By spring the ground was refreshed.

[@SproutingFam]

Never realized this about rocks. Now I'm happier about my rock garden beds! Great video, just subscribed.

[@rickytorres9089]

Me either! Didn't realize just how valuable they truly are! :)

[@mplslawnguy3389]

He's not wrong, but may be exaggerating slightly. Rock takes a very, very, very , very long time to reach a form that plants can uptake the minerals. Rock is part of what makes up the soil itself, which has taken millions of years to form. Just piling rocks on your garden will not help it in your lifetime, and will provide next to zero benefit.

[@davidnadig9611]

All great ideas. I don’t take anything to the curb. I do all those. And I also pull weeds and place it into garbage cans of water. The resulting tea is helpful and free. Just keep adding water and more weeds to keep the can full.

[@pradhumansharma9770]

Thanks for opening my mind regarding rocks and stones. I just used to throw them away

[@dubrd5926]

Sure keep those stones for garden fertilizer it will only take a 100 years or so for them to break down enough for the plants to use. Ever been to Las Vegas? Their soil is nothing but gravel and rocks. Never seen anything growing in that stuff.

[@pradhumansharma9770]

@@dubrd5926 well sometimes you have to think the big picture. Maybe tr future generations can enjoy it. Imagine the fact of converting a desert into forest... Where your kids and grandsons can enjoy

[@rickytorres9089]

@@dubrd5926 It's the reason why nobody grows in rocks ALONE. It's like saving round ups from your purchases. Nickels and Dimes aren't valuable on their owns but together after months and years? It's adds up, just like biodiversity is in a way your "compound interests" on those rounding up saving accounts.

[@PalefaceVillager]

Excellent content here! I've been using all of these extensively for years and I'm shocked that most people treat their natural fertilizers like garbage while paying for synthetics. 🤪 Everybody needs to see this video and realize they are surrounded by useable fertilizers. 👍

[@jude2009]

I use honey one teaspoon a gallon on all plants what my plants say thank you and no burning of roots I use it when I water all my plants and they flourish all year around all plants It's amazing

[@jennifergriffith4526]

How often do you do this?

[@jude2009]

@@jennifergriffith4526 Every two weeks

[@lloydfreeman1203]

Two years later, still great stuff. I've been thinking about putting everything I gathered , put through a shredder or blender for quicker available nutrition for my plants. Thanks for the reminder, feed the microbes in the soil. So the microbes can feed the plants.

[@gummaray9126]

Ljepotica i zver. Vrlo zadovoljan i ushićen sa Račićevom novom ulogom i odgovornošću. Nema sad stajanja, sljedeća stanica je predsjednik SZO (WHO). POZDRAV I HVALA

[@ctgardener]

I am growing 9 varieties of tomatoes, 10 varieties of. peppers, 2 varieties of eggplants, herbs and a plethora of beautiful annuals to attract the pollinators. So looking forward to my 2024 garden! Thanks for all your great info.

[@frenchiepowell]

Thank you for watching! Best of luck on your garden this year! Would love to hear how things go and which varieties end up being your favorite!

[@judyingram-kh1vm]

Wow, great video, so the leaves i leave in my flower bed and just cover with mulch, well i pull them away from my my plants a little bit. Not raking my yard is good for my lawn, plus raking it in rows and drying it out is great to put in my veggie and flower garden. I pee around my veggie and flower beds to keep deers and other wild animals. Ill sure start using it in my gardens. Love all the information. Just dilute it and water.❤

[@ingridglerum8017]

Fertilizer- For house plants I soak egg shells in water and leave them until they get very smelly - about 8-10 days - then add about 5liters or more of water - this is the best and easiest way to keep geraniums, roses and any other plants in flower and looking lush and healthy - faszit - never throw away egg shells again - your plants will be grateful...thx for all your tips!

[@cristallaprade5487]

Suggestion: What comes out goes back in. In the fall bury the leaves and waiste fruit that grew in that spot. Exceptions include nightshades and parsnip greens. You can also use dead animals such as fish, birds, old chicken feed, and eggs. Cheers!

[@giorgiocalvi3703]

Complimenti, ottimo video e grandi idee per raggiungere una perfetta sostenibilità!😊 Grazie Ciao Giorgio

[@patti2969]

Great video! I stopped using hay as it caused some things to die that I had covered it with. Also, David The Good on KZbin is AWESOME!

[@waynegretzky8464]

Yes most hay has ben routinely sprayed with herbicides. Smart to avoid. Make my own "thatch" ripping up old dead grass blades as long as you don't use any chemical on your lawn.

[@justryan2070]

TLDR cliff notes: Rocks, logs, wood chips, sticks, spent hay, weeds, leaves, compost, grass, manure, urine

[@notbarbie582]

Thank you!

[@bondee5865]

.🙋🏼.. Also, the logs lining your pathways while slowly decomposing was something we're going to do. We have plenty of trees on our landscape jobs which continually need trimming, so we have plenty to work with on our own three acre house place

[@Abundantman777]

1000 TYs for sharing your knowledge! I am going to start out practicing this now!!

[@normajeanslagel4633]

I utilize most of what you recommend as i get it. My leaves dont really blow away much. A bit here or there, but they rest rather comfortably in their designated area unless a wind devil whips them up. My problem in the new forest area we've moved to is ticks and chiggers. Oh my gosh. Goind to wood ash the rows really well in hopes of deterring the nasty littles. Nice video.

[@janetjacobsen5850]

Your content is great- thank you! I had to close my eyes because I got dizzy with the camera moving around so much but I learned a lot and I'm grateful for this video.

[@frenchiepowell]

Yeah my earliest videos were definitely jumpy, glad you were still able to learn something though 🙂

[@BigDocOSW]

Great gardening video! Thank you.

[@ljacree5764]

Good solid info. Will be implementing this info next Spring. Thanks!

[@frenchiepowell]

Happy growing!

[@svetlanapil8089]

I started from ground zero,we only had rocks for soil. I built mounds with everything that you listed except I didn't use pee. It doesn't gross me out, for some reason I just didn't think about it. I brought in a bucket today and announced to the family that we are going to use this to collect it. Of course I got ew out of it, but at minimum I'll start with myself. In the summer I want to build sort of an outhouse just for this purpose. This way I also don't need to run inside all the time dragging dirt. By the way you forgot wood ash, great source of potassium.

[@frenchiepowell]

Wonderful! Wishing you the best with the upcoming growing season! And you're right, ash can make a great fertilizer and many plants love it. There are many honorable mentions that are out there just waiting to be used. Keep up the good work!

[@chantaltulliez8066]

Fantastic video...greetings from subtropical Australia where I use loads of mulch...thank you for sharing...and yes I use urea as well (urine) my grandfather who was an amazing gardener used "humanure" all his life...

[@dinosaur0073]

Thank you. Very organised from long to fast compost

[@boukie5267]

Bulls eye,! you hit that topic on point, nature does take care of itself. Keep Up the good work!

[@jambohoofgood3417]

Great ideas. Just be cautious that your rotting logs not become habitat to termites. Seems to be a problem in the South. Maybe bury them?

[@IHealLiving]

Sand = mini rocks and seashells and coral and other great fertilizer. Sprinkle evenly over garden beds each year for slow release.

[@riarereitimon4410]

Thank you for sharing precious advice or guidance

[@natashak8281]

oOoO! I just found you! Super excited to watch other videos as well, great video!!!

[@eswaribalan164]

Super duper, great video, and very down to earth. All true gardeners do all you have said. Thank you.❤

[@frenchiepowell]

Thanks for the comment! Glad you enjoyed the video!

[@idalinavieira8697]

Yessss, this sounds like a holistic approach. I love it thank you for Sharing /reminding ❤

[@Tippler0611]

My husband wont save urine for me, so a she-wee device has been essential. I've used a milk jug, but it wigs out the kids and I feel the need to hide it from guests. A watering can is a genius idea

[@EmpressG]

Urine is best used both fresh (within 24 hrs) and diluted anyways. 10 parts water to 1 part urine is the general guideline although some plants like corn need a higher dosage of 4:1. Seedlings and baby plants are a 20:1 ratio. Not recommended for anybody who is taking medications or has any kind of urinary or bacterial infection. Remembering that urine is a waste byproduct of the body...

[@rickytorres9089]

You can try discussing with them about the use of everything else. Chicken manure for example is urea rich which the main component of urine aside from obviously water. The only reason why you can't drink it straight is because of the "salts" of the urea.

[@ronachadwick7908]

Same. Have bought a camping compost bin and keep it in a discrete spot. Every day i put it on my garden

[@ronachadwick7908]

Whoops compost loo i meant. :)

[@TechnologistLive]

Lots of people do indeed drink it straight, and fresh or aged. Water of Life as it's called is not known in USA, but all over the remaining world is used as a way to cure from any illness. Once someone has used it to cure self, that person will give it to you straight. The info that is, and more.

[@wingsandbeaksbirder2312]

New watcher here. So impressed with the information! Thanks for sharing.😊

[@VijaySuryaAditya]

We must all follow your example!

[@bobwesley4634]

so happy that i started doing pretty much all of this after seeing la ferme de cagnolle talking about it. Now so much people are getting into it and talking about it, I'm confident that after all I put into my garden last year, this summer will be an awesome harvest and all of it for free, wood chips, debris from the wood im axing for firewoods, I also put the ashes from my firepit, weed from my lawn and leaves from the fall, also will add some sticks during spring and will start urinating in a bottle more often 😂

[@schefiban]

First time watching a video of yours and I really like your ideas. I do many similar, although I really am careful sourcing manure and hay because I don’t want to introduce any herbicides into my garden. Have to mention another free fertilizer…snow! Us old time Northerners refer to it as poor man’s fertilizer. Unlike with rain, the trace minerals in snow remain at the surface and slowly release to get absorbed in the soil.