So before you ditch any household items, you might want to try one of these easy ways to make homemade fertilizer, and help your plants flourish. Just avoid these 7 composting mistakes. 1.

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Free, Homemade Liquid Fertilizer Make these easy liquid fertilizers from grass clippings, manure and urine — then sit back and watch your seedlings and plants thrive!

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Make Fertilizer Decisions With Confidence and Insight Prioritize soil testing, and check out a new dashboard that tracks fertilizer production, imports, prices and transportation factors. Farm ...