7 Things You Can Bury in the Garden to Add FREE Nutrients

I use toilet paper rolls for seeds. Once the plant is ready for the garden I put it right in with the tp roll. Helps sustain the height of the plant until it grows stronger.

I compost all that stuff! I pulverise egg shells in a mortar/pestal, and pulverise dried bones with a 2 lb hand sledge, and chop everything else up very fine. I didn't know about the bread....learn something new every day! I can't wait to get back out into my garden! Started my sweet potatoes (for slips) and getting ready for starting the seeds! Garden: A place to lose yourself when you need to find yourself!

I put avocado peels, onion and garlic scraps into my raised beds, never has any issues at all except onions and garlic’s regrowing the next year! Free harvest with no work! I have also had an avocado seed sprout, dug it up and brought it inside, it’s about a foot and a half now.

Who loves to watch Lily in the background? Couple of things: Do not use citrus peels excessively either because they are acidic and will repel earthworms and mess up the pH of the soil. Make sure the cardboard does not have ink or print material on it.

As soon as I bought my house we started burying compost, coffee/tea, leaf mold, eggshells ( we use 6 eggs/day x 20 years) in the hard pan soil. 20 years later we have tons of deep rich humis soil with results of GIANT plants and tons of earthworms and mycorrhiza throughout the soil itself. Now if I dig I see worms and soil fungus.

Soil health and its future is such an important topic; that should not be skipped. Excellent content!

What a lovely smile on this chap. Thank you so much. From the UK.

In the Columbus Georgia area people have been composting peanut shells forever!...well I moved to the area in 1981, the old timers told me they had been doing it ever since the Tom's Peanut factory opened. We would go to the factory and get them back the truck loads for free. Those mixed with our red Georgia clay and a bit of sand made some really good gardens.

I grew up on an organic farm back in nj when my parents bought the 7 acre city farm that was grandfathered in . That was in the 60's and still do orrganic garden but Virhginia soil is not as good as NJ garden state soil . I don't can as much but still do some since it is still hubby and I . i still have my mothers canner that was my grandmothers canner . I am soon married 50 years and raised 2 amazing sons that own their own business and survived the pandemic with their businesses intact I can remember neighbors coming for fresh veggies and even nearby restaruants great memories for my sons also . My older son cans and he has a small veggie garden in NJ

Great ideas. 👍🏼 I save my eggshells as well and to make them break down faster, I use an extra spice grinder that I found at a second hand shop for $2 and I only use it for grinding eggshells into powder and other garden or household related jobs. Works great.

You do an amazing job of explaining why and how to make soil healthful for plants as opposed to just adding fertilizer - a totally different mindset. Thank you for all you do!

To keep critters away from buried food fertilizer , dig a deep enough hole, place food fertilizer, then top with a handful of lime before covering with compost. The lime with add calcium and eliminate odors that bring in the digging critters. Just don't use too much lime or you have to check your PH levels. Cheers!

Great video! When I was in OH I used to put grass clippings and leaves in the garden in the fall. I would till them in, let them sit all winter and then till again in the spring.. in a couple years the soil in the garden was so rich and perfect for growing.

Also be sure to turn your dead plants (including houseplants) into the garden during the fall so that their nutrients can return to the soil. Lately every time I pull up a dead plant I throw it in a pile to be dug under when the season is complete.

I grew up in the city with a mom who had an amazing little garden at our rowhouse. With no space for composting, she did exactly this . Thanks for sharing.

Let the egg shells toast in the sun before crushing them and adding into soil and around the topsoil of the plant will help keep slugs away from plants. They don't like crawling on the abrasive jagged pieces. Toasted shells decompose a lot faster. The slug deterrent works best if You grind the toasted shells into a powder with a coffee grinder or mortar and pestle.

of ll the gardening channels i have watched yours is by far the most informational and to the point. most others want to flap their lips and give very little good information. i subscribed and keep up the great work.

Thank you, Jag. Great advice. I've been doing this since following your similar advice in an earlier video. The garden at my new house had awful soil with no worms or structure. It was like fine, dry powder, but burying these household scraps (I also tear up used tea bags) and cardboard plus working in compost has really worked. It's now full of worms and looks so healthy. My new plants are flourishing. Thanks again 🌷🦋🌷

This was the easiest explanation that I have found about what to do in the garden beds. Thank you so much I really appreciate it.

These are all things I put into my compost bins. I didn't realise onion/garlic repelled insects. Thanks for that info.