Easy. Cheap. This DIY fertilizer renews itself not just year after year but four times throughout the year. The perfect ratio of N, P, K. And you’ll have more of it than you know what to do with so its perfect for sharing.
I am talking about comfrey tea.
Ever heard of it?
Comfrey is a prolific grower! It is a powerful, medicinal plant, but it is also a huge staple in gardens, permaculture systems, food forests, and planting fruit tree guilds.
It has a deep taproot, and grows in the harshest conditions, you can completely neglect it and it will still grow huge and create more plants for you! You can cut it down to the bare ground four times a year and harvest more than your arms can carry on each plant.
Why is this important?
That deep taproot and the incredible gift of nature has provided a plant that pulls up the perfect ratio of Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Potassium, and all you have to do is cut the leaves and lay them on top of your soil, your garden plants, the base of your trees etc. Use this plant as a mulch and it will provide free fertilizer for your gardens for the rest of your life.
Want to take it a step further?
Make comfrey tea!
All you have to do is get a large trash can with a lid, place all those comfrey leaves in the trash can, stuff it full, and then fill it to the brim with water, cover with a lid, and let it sit for a few months.
That is it. That is all you have to do.
When your plants need a boost simply dip your watering can into the trash can full of fertilizer you made and water them. This is great for house plants too.
I prefer to do this with the last harvest of comfrey I do during the fall. Comfrey dies back during the winter. I will make my tea sometime around October and it is ready for spring planting come April. I can use it all summer long and then replenish it again next fall.
I love things that are easy and cheap. And I love plants I can neglect and they thrive.
Happy fertilizing!
Lauren
2 Responses
SORRY FOR ALL CAPS, I’M BLIND IN ONE EYE AND POSSIBLY LOSING IN THE OTHER.
I READ EVERYTHING ON YOUR SITE AND STAND IN AWE. BLESS YOU, DREW AND YOUR FARM.
I’M AN OLD LADY LIVING ALONE WITH MY SERVICE DOG IN THE CITY OF OWENSBORO KENTUCKY.
RAISED MY CHILDREN IN THIS OLE HOUSE, HAVING LIVED HERE FOR 46 YEARS. I SO WISH I’D DONE WHAT YOU’VE DONE WHEN I WAS YOUNG, I TO LOVE THE COUNTRY, BUT HIND SIGHT IS ALWAYS 20/20.
I ABSOLUTELY LOVED YOUR STORY TELLING. YOU SHOULD ADD TO YOUR ACCOLADES, WRITER. LOL
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TOO. MY FAMILY HAS SERVED SINCE WWII, THAT I’M AWARE OF, MAYBE LONGER AGO. TRAVELED OVER SEAS WITH DAD, GERMANY, VISITED ITALY, BACK STATE SIDE, THEN BACK TO GERMANY. HE SERVED 20 YEARS AND ALSO FOUGHT IN THE KOREAN WAR.
I PRESENTLY HAVE A SON IN LAW IN THE ARMY, AND A GRANDSON IN THE NAVY. LOST ONE MEMBER AN UNCLE IN WWII, A COUSIN IN VIETNAM ONLY THERE TWO WEEKS. ANOTHER SON IN LAW IN DESERT STORM, TWO NEPHEWS, AND ONE BROTHER.
I JUST THOUGHT I’D CHECK YOUR FARM/HOMESTEAD OUT. COPIED THE EGG PRESERVATION. I TRIED THAT YEARS AGO, BOTCHED IT, DID HAVE THE CORRECT LIME. LOL OH DID THEY STINK. WHEW. HA HA, HAVEN’T BEEN BRAVE ENOUGH TO ATTEMPT IT AGAIN, TIL I SEEN YOUR INFORMATION. THANK YOU BTW.
I WANT SO MUCH TO DRINK RAW MILK, AND BUY ORGANIC ITEMS, AS WELL AS BEEF. ONLY THING IS, I DON’T KNOW WHERE YOU ARE LOCATED YET, BUT I’M IN OWENSBORO, KENTUCKY. I CAN NO LONGER TRAVEL DUE TO MY SIGHT, AND WILL BE SELLING MY TRUCK, AS FOR TRAVELING HOWEVER, THAT IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS FOR ME, AS I HAVE SERIOUS CERVICAL INSTABILITY. LIKELY I WOULDN’T SURVIVE THE SURGERY, SO I’VE ELECTED NOT TO HAVE ANY OF THE NUMEROUS ONES THEY WANTED TO DO. I WAS TOLD I COULD EXPIRE AT ANY TIME LOL, WELL THAT WAS IN 2006. I’M STILL HERE, BUT SERIOUSLY, THE SYMPTOMS HAVE LONG SINCE APPEARED. I JUST PRAY THAT FATHER WILL BRING MY DOG WITH ME. HE’S BEEN TRAUMATIZED BY OTHERS, SAME AS ME. WE EXIST, BREATHING IN, BREATHING OUT, PRISONERS IN MY HOME. WE RARELY SEE ANYONE, BUT I DO TALK WITH SOME FOLKS OVER THE PHONE OCCASIONALLY. I KEEP BUSY ON THE INTERNET, MOSTLY WATCHING VIDEOS ON YOUTUBE, AND READ BUT NOT OFTEN DUE TO MY HAVING T LEAN FORWARD TO EVEN SEE THE COMPUTER SCREEN LOL, WHICH HURTS MY NECK AND MY SPINE.
NOT KNOWING WHERE YOU’RE AT. DO YOU EVER MAKE TRIPS TO OWENSBORO? I’VE LOOKED AT A FEW FARMS AND WHAT THEY HAVE TO OFFER, NOT REMEMERING CORRECTLY AND IF I GO OFF THIS PAGE, I’D BE AFRAID IT’D ERASE WHAT I’VE WRITTEN. SO….POSSIBLY YOU RAISE YOUR CHICKENS, BEEF, ORGANICALLY, MILK, I WANT TO PLANT SOME COMFREY IN MY PORCH TOTES IF THAT’S POSSIBLE TO MAKE MYSELF SOME TEA WITH IT, OR USE IT FOR HEALING. SO, DO YOU SELL THE PLANTS TOO?
BEING A WHEELCHAIR/WALKER USER AND UNABLE TO BEND WITHOUT GREAT RISK THAT IS, IF IT WON’T GROW IN A TOTE, I CAN’T PLANT IT IN THE GROUND PER REASONS EXPLAINED.
DO YOU MAKE CHEESES? DO YOU GROW VEGGIES?
SO SORRY THIS IS LIKELY LONG, I NEVER KNOW WHEN TO STOP. I’LL END IT HERE. 🙂
SORRY FOR ALL CAPS, I’M BLIND IN ONE EYE AND POSSIBLY LOSING IN THE OTHER.
I READ EVERYTHING ON YOUR SITE AND STAND IN AWE. BLESS YOU, DREW AND YOUR FARM.
I’M AN OLD LADY LIVING ALONE WITH MY SERVICE DOG IN THE CITY OF OWENSBORO KENTUCKY.
RAISED MY CHILDREN IN THIS OLE HOUSE, HAVING LIVED HERE FOR 46 YEARS. I SO WISH I’D DONE WHAT YOU’VE DONE WHEN I WAS YOUNG, I TO LOVE THE COUNTRY, BUT HIND SIGHT IS ALWAYS 20/20.
I ABSOLUTELY LOVED YOUR STORY TELLING. YOU SHOULD ADD TO YOUR ACCOLADES, WRITER. LOL
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TOO. MY FAMILY HAS SERVED SINCE WWII, THAT I’M AWARE OF, MAYBE LONGER AGO. TRAVELED OVER SEAS WITH DAD, GERMANY, VISITED ITALY, BACK STATE SIDE, THEN BACK TO GERMANY. HE SERVED 20 YEARS AND ALSO FOUGHT IN THE KOREAN WAR.
I PRESENTLY HAVE A SON IN LAW IN THE ARMY, AND A GRANDSON IN THE NAVY. LOST ONE MEMBER AN UNCLE IN WWII, A COUSIN IN VIETNAM ONLY THERE TWO WEEKS. ANOTHER SON IN LAW IN DESERT STORM, TWO NEPHEWS, AND ONE BROTHER.
I JUST THOUGHT I’D CHECK YOUR FARM/HOMESTEAD OUT. COPIED THE EGG PRESERVATION. I TRIED THAT YEARS AGO, BOTCHED IT, DID HAVE THE CORRECT LIME. LOL OH DID THEY STINK. WHEW. HA HA, HAVEN’T BEEN BRAVE ENOUGH TO ATTEMPT IT AGAIN, TIL I SEEN YOUR INFORMATION. THANK YOU BTW.
I WANT SO MUCH TO DRINK RAW MILK, AND BUY ORGANIC ITEMS, AS WELL AS BEEF. ONLY THING IS, I DON’T KNOW WHERE YOU ARE LOCATED YET, BUT I’M IN OWENSBORO, KENTUCKY. I CAN NO LONGER TRAVEL DUE TO MY SIGHT, AND WILL BE SELLING MY TRUCK, AS FOR TRAVELING HOWEVER, THAT IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS FOR ME, AS I HAVE SERIOUS CERVICAL INSTABILITY. LIKELY I WOULDN’T SURVIVE THE SURGERY, SO I’VE ELECTED NOT TO HAVE ANY OF THE NUMEROUS ONES THEY WANTED TO DO. I WAS TOLD I COULD EXPIRE AT ANY TIME LOL, WELL THAT WAS IN 2006. I’M STILL HERE, BUT SERIOUSLY, THE SYMPTOMS HAVE LONG SINCE APPEARED. I JUST PRAY THAT FATHER WILL BRING MY DOG WITH ME. HE’S BEEN TRAUMATIZED BY OTHERS, SAME AS ME. WE EXIST, BREATHING IN, BREATHING OUT, PRISONERS IN MY HOME. WE RARELY SEE ANYONE, BUT I DO TALK WITH SOME FOLKS OVER THE PHONE OCCASIONALLY. I KEEP BUSY ON THE INTERNET, MOSTLY WATCHING VIDEOS ON YOUTUBE, AND READ BUT NOT OFTEN DUE TO MY HAVING T LEAN FORWARD TO EVEN SEE THE COMPUTER SCREEN LOL, WHICH HURTS MY NECK AND MY SPINE.
NOT KNOWING WHERE YOU’RE AT. DO YOU EVER MAKE TRIPS TO OWENSBORO? I’VE LOOKED AT A FEW FARMS AND WHAT THEY HAVE TO OFFER, NOT REMEMERING CORRECTLY AND IF I GO OFF THIS PAGE, I’D BE AFRAID IT’D ERASE WHAT I’VE WRITTEN. SO….POSSIBLY YOU RAISE YOUR CHICKENS, BEEF, ORGANICALLY, MILK, I WANT TO PLANT SOME COMFREY IN MY PORCH TOTES IF THAT’S POSSIBLE TO MAKE MYSELF SOME TEA WITH IT, OR USE IT FOR HEALING. SO, DO YOU SELL THE PLANTS TOO?
BEING A WHEELCHAIR/WALKER USER AND UNABLE TO BEND WITHOUT GREAT RISK THAT IS, IF IT WON’T GROW IN A TOTE, I CAN’T PLANT IT IN THE GROUND PER REASONS EXPLAINED.
DO YOU MAKE CHEESES? DO YOU GROW VEGGIES?
SO SORRY THIS IS LIKELY LONG, I NEVER KNOW WHEN TO STOP. I’LL END IT HERE. 🙂
HM, DOESN’T APPEAR THIS POSTED ON THE FIRST POST, SO I’LL TRY IT AGAIN. IF BY CHANCE IT DOES, I WANTED TO SAY MY PAPAW WENT BY THE NAMME OF BROWNIE. LOL I THOUGHT THAT FUNNY.