Category Archives for Soil, Composting & Fertilizing

Have you ever heard of someone putting something crazy in their garden soil because they think it makes the soil richer or more fertile?

Adding weird odds and ends into your garden soil is a practice that used to be more common before everyone had access to modern fertilizers – and it’s still going strong in some organic gardening communities.

Here’s a list of 9 things I found that people actually add to their garden soil to make their plants grow better. What do you think… fertilizer or fake?