If you like to keep things as organic as possible in the garden, making your own fertilizer is an excellent ecological choice, and you’ll save yourself a few dollars in the process.
Gardening experts are increasingly suggesting that plants in the borders don’t require much chemical fertilizing – if at all – and that it’s more important to feed the soil with organic matter like compost or manure. 'Many gardeners add [chemical] fertilizer out of habit,' says John Porter, Extension Educator at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Containerized plants do need regular feeding as they only have what you give them, but for plants growing in the ground, looking after the soil is often more important than feeding plants.
