Comments on: Simple homemade natural fertiliser https://ourpermaculturelife.com/simple-homemade-natural-fertiliser/ Dive into a vast collection of free permaculture resources to help you get your permaculture life and edible gardens thriving with global permaculture educator & ambassador, Morag Gamble. Tue, 30 Jun 2020 03:12:06 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Sondra Henley https://ourpermaculturelife.com/simple-homemade-natural-fertiliser/#comment-201 Mon, 05 Jun 2017 16:43:42 +0000 https://ourpermaculturelife.com/index.php/2015/12/30/simple-homemade-natural-fertiliser/#comment-201 I cannot begin to express my gratitude for your YouTube, Newsletter and Blog. I live in Alabama, USA and have learned more about permaculture from you than I have from others here. I have comfrey growing and had just heard about "knitbone" characteristics and then you have given me more information.
Although I am in Planting Zone 8 I can still use many of your recommended plants and shrubs.
Qst: I have read about the edible parts of the pumpkin. Does this info include yellow crookneck and zucchini squash? Is there a site to check this kind of information?
Do you deal with fire ants in your location?

]]> By: brookbuckler https://ourpermaculturelife.com/simple-homemade-natural-fertiliser/#comment-707 Sun, 09 Oct 2016 07:29:19 +0000 https://ourpermaculturelife.com/index.php/2015/12/30/simple-homemade-natural-fertiliser/#comment-707 This is a fantastic website and I cannot recommend you guys enough Full of useful resource and great layout very easy on the eyes. Please do keep up this great work.

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]]> By: Wendy Manson https://ourpermaculturelife.com/simple-homemade-natural-fertiliser/#comment-1390 Wed, 27 Jan 2016 13:48:50 +0000 https://ourpermaculturelife.com/index.php/2015/12/30/simple-homemade-natural-fertiliser/#comment-1390 Thanks for this Morag. We have comfrey growing and I will be making this. Our other concoction centres around horse manure and kelp.

]]> By: Morag Gamble https://ourpermaculturelife.com/simple-homemade-natural-fertiliser/#comment-1426 Thu, 07 Jan 2016 04:19:02 +0000 https://ourpermaculturelife.com/index.php/2015/12/30/simple-homemade-natural-fertiliser/#comment-1426 Hi Katy – that's great!
I am not sure about this. I know that watering plants with comfrey tea helps to prevent powdery mildew, but I am not sure if putting the leaves in the mix would be OK. I think it could be, but let me delve further. I'll come back with a definitive answer I hope. In the meantime, if anyone else reading this has some information about this, please post a comment here. We'd love to hear.

]]> By: Katy White https://ourpermaculturelife.com/simple-homemade-natural-fertiliser/#comment-1446 Thu, 07 Jan 2016 04:14:45 +0000 https://ourpermaculturelife.com/index.php/2015/12/30/simple-homemade-natural-fertiliser/#comment-1446 Hi Morag,
I've been meaning to make comfrey tea for a while, so your post has inspired me to get moving 🙂
I was wondering, would it be suitable to add leaves which I have nipped off because they have powdery mildew? Or would that spread the problem?
Thank you
Katy

]]> By: Morag Gamble https://ourpermaculturelife.com/simple-homemade-natural-fertiliser/#comment-1448 Sat, 02 Jan 2016 05:25:18 +0000 https://ourpermaculturelife.com/index.php/2015/12/30/simple-homemade-natural-fertiliser/#comment-1448 That's great Jean. A traditional name was knit bone – used to help heal broken bones. I also love to make a salve from it to help with bruising and wounds – I'll write a post about this soon too. An earlier post explains how I made the comfrey oil – the base for the salve.

]]> By: Morag Gamble https://ourpermaculturelife.com/simple-homemade-natural-fertiliser/#comment-1449 Sat, 02 Jan 2016 05:22:55 +0000 https://ourpermaculturelife.com/index.php/2015/12/30/simple-homemade-natural-fertiliser/#comment-1449 Hi Antionette, Take a look at my latest post about how to create a no-dig garden. This methods has served me extremely well in turning around some disastrous soils, as well as improving OK ones. It's simple and quick, cheap and super-effective. I'm hoping to make a little video clip soon to make the method even clearer. Perhaps you might like to give it a go. Happy Gardening!

]]> By: Antoinette Santoro https://ourpermaculturelife.com/simple-homemade-natural-fertiliser/#comment-1452 Fri, 01 Jan 2016 19:59:55 +0000 https://ourpermaculturelife.com/index.php/2015/12/30/simple-homemade-natural-fertiliser/#comment-1452 Hi Morag, thanks so much. I will try this tea. It will be great for my fruit trees as well. I have a large garden but the soil in my vegie garden is not good, I can't get anything to grow, my tomatoes and capsicum did not grow at all. I have dug in cow and horse manure at the beginning of the season. I have put straw mulch on the top to stop the weeds and will not plant anything until I get the soil right. Any suggestions?

]]> By: Australian Gardening Granny https://ourpermaculturelife.com/simple-homemade-natural-fertiliser/#comment-1454 Thu, 31 Dec 2015 21:45:49 +0000 https://ourpermaculturelife.com/index.php/2015/12/30/simple-homemade-natural-fertiliser/#comment-1454 We use comfrey tea at Beelarong Community Farm as a fertiliser, it's magic stuff once you get over the pong. One of the ladies at the farm told me 'in the old days' comfrey was used, in the form of a poultice, to relieve bruising in the skin.

]]> By: Fiona Chain https://ourpermaculturelife.com/simple-homemade-natural-fertiliser/#comment-1460 Thu, 31 Dec 2015 13:19:42 +0000 https://ourpermaculturelife.com/index.php/2015/12/30/simple-homemade-natural-fertiliser/#comment-1460 Thanks Morag for the info, i think I will try and find a spot in the limited garden for the comfrey. Happy new year to you and yours!

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