Make Your Own Natural Liquid Fertilizers: Comfrey, ‘Herby’, and Manure Recipes

Reader Contribution by Emma Raven and Misfit Gardening

Making natural plant feed isn’t difficult and can by made from many different sources like seaweed or even weeds. See part 1 to find out how.

Liquid fertilizers that can be made organically in the garden using herbs. It is a great way to tame those herbs which self seed and spread quickly like fennel or those which grow fast like lemon balm or mint.

Here are some herbs and flowers which can be used to make a natural plant feed in the garden:

1. Yarrow (Achillea millefolium), 2. Nasturtium, 3. Strawberry, 4. Borage (Borago officinalis)

You can even make liquid fertilizers using manure, soiled bedding from animals, worm castings and compost. There’s sure to be a recipe you can try in your garden.

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