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Compost & Soil Health

Do you want to create your own compost for your garden or homestead, then make sure to follow all our composting tips at Homestead and Chill. Learn how to make…
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Your garden's soil is the key to its success - but what happens when your soil is lacking in certain nutrients? Today, you and I will look at 10 common soil deficiencies that could be holding your garden back. From iron to potassium, I will explain what each deficiency looks like, its impact on your plants, and how to solve the problem. By the end of this episode, you'll know how to give your garden the boost it needs. Let’s get growing! Raising Goats, Raising Chickens, Grow Your Own Food, Garden Soil, What Happens When You, Free Resources, Life Purpose, Homesteading, Saving Money
An Incredible Guide to Uncovering Soil Deficiencies in Your Garden
Your garden's soil is the key to its success - but what happens when your soil is lacking in certain nutrients? Today, you and I will look at 10 common soil deficiencies that could be holding your garden back. From iron to potassium, I will explain what each deficiency looks like, its impact on your plants, and how to solve the problem. By the end of this episode, you'll know how to give your garden the boost it needs. Let’s get growing!
Red Ridge Farm | Garden | Homestead | Healthy Family | Our Lord
Red Ridge Farm | Garden | Homestead | Healthy Family | Our Lord
Let’s set the record straight: “Dirt” is not soil! Soil is rich, full of nutrients, and is biologically active! Read along to learn how we craft an ideal organic living soil that our plants love, including tips on soil types, ratios, compost, natural amendments, and plant-based fertilizers. Adding foraged natural materials to the bottom can also help save money! #gardentips #gardeningtips #garden #organicgardening Raised Garden Beds, Raised Beds, Backyard Garden, Veggie Garden, Balcony Garden, Gardening Advice, Gardening For Beginners, Frugal Gardening, Urban Gardening
How to Fill a Raised Garden Bed: Create the Perfect Organic Soil
Let’s set the record straight: “Dirt” is not soil! Soil is rich, full of nutrients, and is biologically active! Read along to learn how we craft an ideal organic living soil that our plants love, including tips on soil types, ratios, compost, natural amendments, and plant-based fertilizers. Adding foraged natural materials to the bottom can also help save money! #gardentips #gardeningtips #garden #organicgardening
Deanna | Homestead and Chill
Deanna | Homestead and Chill
The Easy Guide to making your own Leaf Mould Compost
Making Leaf Mould compost is a three step process:- 1) collect fallen leaves 2) Put them into a Composting Sack 3) Wait! But while you wait you can store the bags at the base of trees to surpress weeds or on your vegetable garden to enrich the soil by encouraging earth worms and soil microbes. | Lawn and Garden | How to make leaf mould | how ot make compost | Leaf compost | how to get rid of fallen leaves | what to do with fallen leaves | vegetable garden | Flower borders | Growing trees |
Haxnicks | Gardening Tips | Vegetable Garden | Container Garden |
Haxnicks | Gardening Tips | Vegetable Garden | Container Garden |
If your baby seedlings are a few weeks old now, it may be about time to feed them for the first time! Come learn how to feed seedlings with seaweed fertilizer to quickly grow healthy and strong. It is easy, gentle, effective, and sustainable! #seedlings #seedstarting #gardening #gardentips #garden #kelp #seaweed Garden Help, Diy Garden, Garden Tips, Organic Gardening Tips, Sustainable Gardening, Starting A Garden, Seed Starting
How & Why to Feed Seedlings Seaweed Extract
If your baby seedlings are a few weeks old now, it may be about time to feed them for the first time! Come learn how to feed seedlings with seaweed fertilizer to quickly grow healthy and strong. It is easy, gentle, effective, and sustainable! #seedlings #seedstarting #gardening #gardentips #garden #kelp #seaweed
Deanna | Homestead and Chill
Deanna | Homestead and Chill
What do plants need to grow? Most people would answer water and sunshine, but the most important factor for a healthy garden is the quality of the soil. Healthy soil is the foundation for growing vibrant, nutritious plants and vegetables. In this blog post, we will take a look at the importance of soil in a garden and how you need to take proper care of it in order to support your plants. Let’s get growing! Composting 101, Healthy Fruits And Vegetables, Different Vegetables, How To Make Compost, Healthy Garden
The Importance of Soil in your Garden
What do plants need to grow? Most people would answer water and sunshine, but the most important factor for a healthy garden is the quality of the soil. Healthy soil is the foundation for growing vibrant, nutritious plants and vegetables. In this blog post, we will take a look at the importance of soil in a garden and how you need to take proper care of it in order to support your plants. Let’s get growing!
Looking for a quick, natural, and effective way to give your garden a nutrient boost? Come learn how to make alfalfa meal tea and all the benefits it provides! It's easy to make, and more gentle than most fertilizers. #alfalfatea #homemadefertilizer #organicgardening #garden Home Made Fertilizer, Garden Fertilizer, Organic Fertilizer, Worm Composting, Weed Plants, Medicinal Plants
How to Make Alfalfa Tea Fertilizer for Garden Plants
Looking for a quick, natural, and effective way to give your garden a nutrient boost? Come learn how to make alfalfa meal tea and all the benefits it provides! It's easy to make, and more gentle than most fertilizers. #alfalfatea #homemadefertilizer #organicgardening #garden
Deanna | Homestead and Chill
Deanna | Homestead and Chill
Wanting to build a better composting system on a budget? The good news is a 3-bay pallet compost system is easy to build on a shoestring even with minimal building experience. This simple pallet project will level up your composting game without spending money on an expensive tumbler. Plus it has the bonus advantage of upcycling materials that otherwise would have gone to waste! Fresh Vegetables, Growing Vegetables, Cheap Cottages, Spring Vegetable Garden, Homestead Gardens
Pallet Composting Setup
Wanting to build a better composting system on a budget? The good news is a 3-bay pallet compost system is easy to build on a shoestring even with minimal building experience. This simple pallet project will level up your composting game without spending money on an expensive tumbler. Plus it has the bonus advantage of upcycling materials that otherwise would have gone to waste!
Cottage Farmstead
Cottage Farmstead
Come learn how to prepare your garden soil for planting, and grow the healthiest plants possible! We'll talk about no-till gardening, when and how to amend soil, organic fertilizer options, compost, mulch and more. #organicgardening #garden #gardentips #compost Organic Soil, Gardening Hacks, Vegetable Garden For Beginners, Vegetable Garden Soil, Natural Plant Fertilizer
How to Feed Your Garden and Soil Organically
Come learn how to prepare your garden soil for planting, and grow the healthiest plants possible! We'll talk about no-till gardening, when and how to amend soil, organic fertilizer options, compost, mulch and more. #organicgardening #garden #gardentips #compost
Deanna | Homestead and Chill
Deanna | Homestead and Chill
Did you know that aloe vera can be just as useful for plants as it is for human health? Come learn how to make natural, homemade fertilizer using aloe vera (fresh or powder) to increase plant growth and disease resistance, reduce transplant shock, and more! #organicgardening #gardentips #gardening #aloevera #organicfertilizer Homemade Plant Fertilizer, Homemade Plant Food, Organic Liquid Fertilizer, Flower Fertilizer, Foliar Spray, Plant Nutrients, Organic Nutrients
Homemade Fertilizer with Aloe Vera: Soil Drench or Foliar Spray
Did you know that aloe vera can be just as useful for plants as it is for human health? Come learn how to make natural, homemade fertilizer using aloe vera (fresh or powder) to increase plant growth and disease resistance, reduce transplant shock, and more! #organicgardening #gardentips #gardening #aloevera #organicfertilizer
Deanna | Homestead and Chill
Deanna | Homestead and Chill
Come learn everything you need to know about worm castings (aka worm poop) including the stellar benefits they offer plants and soil, where to get them, and exactly when and how to use worm castings in the garden - or for houseplants! #garden #wormcastings #compost #gardentips #wormcompost #worms Organic Gardening Pest Control, Garden Pest Control, Vegetable Garden, Food Garden
Worm Castings 101: Benefits to Plants and Soil
Come learn everything you need to know about worm castings (aka worm poop) including the stellar benefits they offer plants and soil, where to get them, and exactly when and how to use worm castings in the garden - or for houseplants! #garden #wormcastings #compost #gardentips #wormcompost #worms
Deanna | Homestead and Chill
Deanna | Homestead and Chill
Looking for a quick, natural, and effective way to give your garden a nutrient boost? Come learn how to make alfalfa meal tea and all the benefits it provides! It's easy to make, and more gentle than most fertilizers. #alfalfatea #homemadefertilizer #organicgardening #garden
How to Make Alfalfa Tea Fertilizer for Garden Plants
Looking for a quick, natural, and effective way to give your garden a nutrient boost? Come learn how to make alfalfa meal tea and all the benefits it provides! It's easy to make, and more gentle than most fertilizers. #alfalfatea #homemadefertilizer #organicgardening #garden
Deanna | Homestead and Chill
Deanna | Homestead and Chill
Turn your kitchen scraps and garden waste into the best soil amendment...compost! In this guide I teach you the hot composting process which will give you homemade compost faster. This method of composting is great for eliminating weed seeds and pathogens, and your garden will love it! Compost Bin Pallet, Diy Compost, Fruit Garden, Backyard Farming
Hot Composting: A Step by Step Guide ~ Composting and Urban Homestead
Turn your kitchen scraps and garden waste into the best soil amendment...compost! In this guide I teach you the hot composting process which will give you homemade compost faster. This method of composting is great for eliminating weed seeds and pathogens, and your garden will love it!
Freckled Californian
Freckled Californian
Not sure what to do with pumpkins after Halloween? Learn 9 sustainable ways to use pumpkins, reduce waste, and keep them out of landfills. This post includes ideas to use carved pumpkins or whole pumpkins for a zero waste Halloween - including ways to preserve or eat pumpkins with pumpkin recipe ideas, homemade pumpkin dog treats, pumpkin face masks, roasted pumpkin seeds, where to donate pumpkins for farm animal feed, food banks, local pumpkin disposal programs, compost tips and more. Homemade Pumpkin, Pumpkin Recipes, Pumpkin Face Mask, Wild Food Foraging, Pumpkin Dog Treats
Ideas For Pumpkins After Halloween | 9 Eco-Friendly Ways to Use Pumpkins
Not sure what to do with pumpkins after Halloween? Learn 9 sustainable ways to use pumpkins, reduce waste, and keep them out of landfills. This post includes ideas to use carved pumpkins or whole pumpkins for a zero waste Halloween - including ways to preserve or eat pumpkins with pumpkin recipe ideas, homemade pumpkin dog treats, pumpkin face masks, roasted pumpkin seeds, where to donate pumpkins for farm animal feed, food banks, local pumpkin disposal programs, compost tips and more.
Deanna | Homestead and Chill
Deanna | Homestead and Chill
Come learn everything you need to know about worm castings (aka worm poop) including the stellar benefits they offer plants and soil, where to get them, and exactly when and how to use worm castings in the garden - or for houseplants! #garden #wormcastings #compost #gardentips #wormcompost #worms
Worm Castings 101: Benefits to Plants and Soil
Come learn everything you need to know about worm castings (aka worm poop) including the stellar benefits they offer plants and soil, where to get them, and exactly when and how to use worm castings in the garden - or for houseplants! #garden #wormcastings #compost #gardentips #wormcompost #worms
Deanna | Homestead and Chill
Deanna | Homestead and Chill
Let’s set the record straight: “Dirt” is not soil! Soil is rich, full of nutrients, and is biologically active! Read along to learn how we craft an ideal organic living soil that our plants love, including tips on soil types, ratios, compost, natural amendments, and plant-based fertilizers. Garden Types, Garden Care, Smart Garden, Modern Garden, Herb Gardening, Container Gardening
How to Fill Raised Garden Beds with Organic Soil
Let’s set the record straight: “Dirt” is not soil! Soil is rich, full of nutrients, and is biologically active! Read along to learn how we craft an ideal organic living soil that our plants love, including tips on soil types, ratios, compost, natural amendments, and plant-based fertilizers.