A Better Garden Fertilizer

By Steve Solomon
Published on June 1, 2006
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Steve Solomon, founder of Territorial Seed Co., has gardened extensively in California, Oregon, Canada and Australia, where he now lives. His book, Gardening When it Counts, is available at Mother Earth Shopping. 
Steve Solomon, founder of Territorial Seed Co., has gardened extensively in California, Oregon, Canada and Australia, where he now lives. His book, Gardening When it Counts, is available at Mother Earth Shopping. 
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Your crops will thrive and you’ll save money with this organic garden fertilizer.
Your crops will thrive and you’ll save money with this organic garden fertilizer.

<p>Because my garden supplies about half of my family’s yearly food intake, I do all I can to maximize my vegetables’ nutritional quality. Based on considerable research and more than 30 years of vegetable growing, I have formulated a homemade garden fertilizer mix that works great in most food gardens. I call it Complete Organic Fertilizer, or COF. It is a potent, correctly balanced mixture composed entirely of natural substances. It’s less expensive than similar commercially compounded organic fertilizers, and it’s much better for your soil life than harsh synthetic chemical mixes. </p>
<p>The use of COF plus regular, minimal additions of compost has a long track record of producing incredible results. I’ve recommended this system in all the gardening books I’ve written over the past 20 years. Many of my readers have written back, saying things like, “My garden has never grown so well; the plants have never been so large and healthy; the food never tasted so good.” </p>
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<strong>Complete Organic Fertilizer </strong>
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<p>To concoct COF measure out all materials by volume: that is, by the scoop, bucketful, jarful, etc. Proportions that vary by 10 percent either way will be close enough to produce the desired results. Making this formula by weight is more difficult and I suggest you do not try to. I blend my COF in a 20-quart plastic bucket, using an old one quart saucepan as a measuring scoop. I make 7 to 14 quarts of COF at a time. </p>

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