Gardening Tea

I was visiting with Dad today and mentioned that the Community Garden requires only organic fertilizers be used.   He suggested I make up some "tea".   No, not "iced tea" from tea leaves, but "manure tea".   He has never used it, but said Mom and wanted him to try it over the years.   As you can tell from the blog entries, he is a big Miracle Grow user.

Here is a recipe I found:

3-4 gallons of composted manure

Soak in a garbage pail of water for one day

Remove the bag of composted manure

(In some recipes) Add to the solution 1/2 cup of ivory dish soap and 4 cups of Epson salt.

Apply 1 pt to small plants or 2pt. to medium plants.   Dip new plant roots in solution before planting.