Iron serves as an ignition for photosynthesis while also providing crucial nutrients like nitrates which help your plant’s roots stay healthy throughout its life cycle – even if you neglect them after planting!
Soil, on the other hand is a living entity. The soil contains microorganisms and organic materials that are essential for sustaining life as we know it today. Without this treasure trove in our backyard (or wherever you live) humans wouldn’t exist either!
In order to have a successful garden we should nurture our soil! Healthy soil is the foundation of a healthy garden.
There are a number of things you can do to make your soil healthy and nutrient-rich.
The most important is ensuring that it gets enough air, water, and organic matter for the plant life in order to flourish; don’t pull plants at their end season if left on site–instead remove them so new ones may grow back next year!
Remember not all compost materials will work well with every type or variety, either so know what’s best suited before using any brand name products like “Organic Matter.”
Now it’s time to consider what you can feed your soil in order make sure that it will stay healthy. Read on to find out!
11 Strange Things That Will Improve Your Soil:
Coffee grounds
Coffee grounds are a great way to add nutrients and organic matter into your garden. They offer all three of the essential ingredients for fertilizer: nitrogen, potassium or phosphorus which is why so many people use them!
Not only that but coffee grounds will also improve drainage in heavy clay soil by adding calcium leach quartz sand to help loosen up clumps, thus providing more even distribution as well.
If you’re not a coffee drinker, or simply cannot get enough grounds for your garden then consider getting large buckets from the local restaurant.
This is an option that works better than just using ordinary potting soil because it contains more nutrients to feed plants and encourages beneficial microorganisms, in addition earthworms will be attracted by these rich soils!
Tea
Aerated compost tea is a “natural remedy that contains large populations of beneficial aerobic bacteria, nematodes, fungi and protozoa. These microscopic organisms can be used to bioremediate toxins from the soil.
The fullness will provide you with fertile ground for plants while improving its structure as well!
The best way to make your own compost is with used tea bags. Save those that come from paper, silk or muslin fabric and not polypropylene because they won’t break down in a landfill quickly enough!
Not only can you put them on the ground around plants but dig up any loose leaf teas as well – this will add some nitrogen rich material which helps nourish them while balancing out carbon-rich materials like leaves too. It’ll also help keep weeds at bay while nourishing your plants.
Banana skins
Banana peels make a great fertilizer, especially for the soil. They’re high in calcium and phosphorus as well as all other minerals necessary to grow healthy plants!
There are many ways you can use these banana peel pieces however; if adding them straight into your garden then just bury up to four inches below surface level or grind dried-out banana skins with some dry fertilizers before planting seeds around their roots so they may absorb it better than ever before.
Urine
One of the most overlooked ways to get your garden greener is with urine. Urine may not be as popular or glamorous a fertilizer option, but it can provide plants with nutrients that they need in order grow lushly and abundantly!
Don’t waste any part of nature’s bounty – use this on grass-type plants like corn and greens; dilute 1:10 before applying around roots zone only (tender young seedlings).
Humanure
Human waste is a complicated subject. It’s gross, but many organic gardeners are using it for the valuable soil nutrients that can be found within human feces and other types of poop!
The process isn’t easy–you’ll need plenty research before diving in headfirst though because there are risks involved with this method (not to mention how un-attractive most people find “human toilets”).
Water from boiling eggs
You may not think that boiling eggs can make your plants grow better, but it actually does! The calcium in their shell will leach into the water and become a fantastic fertilizer.
Make sure you let them cool completely before using so as to avoid any possible injuries from scalding yourself or pets (most people don’t want this).
Eggshells
Crushed eggshells are an excellent calcium source for your plants and can prevent blossom-end rot.
Add them to soil around the base of tomato plants, or sprinkle on top as a protective layer against pesky snails & slugs!
Oyster shells
The color and texture of oyster shells is a beautiful reminder that nature can be so elegant. The calcium carbonate in them make your soil more alkaline, which will help grow plants with acidic tendencies if you’re planting an area where there are lots o’shells around!
Crush ’em up with some rolling pin—the smaller the pieces better (you don’t want any sharp edges) to create slow release fertilizer for greeneries everywhere.
Aspirin
This is a great way to provide your plants with the good stuff. Just add one and one-half aspirins into two gallons of water, then put it in spray bottle for easy application!
You can also give this natural remedy as an all purpose insect repellant by spraying around outside areas where mosquitoes breed.
It will keep them away so you don’t get bit too often when enjoying those warm summer days at home or out on vacation without fear that pesky bugs are going ruin everything.
Fish heads and other fish parts
Fish are a nutrient-rich snack for plants that will grow in any soil. Just grind up their parts and mix them into your fertilizer, which you can make easily with either an electric stick blender or hand grinder so as not to damage delicate appliances, like your blender.
Ashes
If you live in a rural area and have an old pile of branches, storm debris or any other type of organic material to dispose then don’t put it near your compost.
However these materials can be used as ingredients for garden soil if they are mixed with alkaline-rich dirt like that from lilac trees which will help promote flowers – even though some plants prefer acidic conditions!