While commercially available orchid fertilizers do offer the nutrients these indoor florals need, it can be much more ...

Composting makes a great fertilizer, but involves a lot of maintenance. Instead, try this easy, affordable DIY hack using a bucket and a few free ingredients.

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!

This method uses water and eggshells to yield a cheap, nutrient-rich tea for your houseplants and garden.

If you're wondering how to make compost and why, read on for the answers. As gardeners can attest, we grow very attached to the stuff. The post How to Make Compost: Homemade Fertilizer Made Easy ...

Vladan Nikolic, a plant care expert who runs the blog Mr. House Plant, agrees. “Using DIY oat fertilizer for plants may seem like a cost-effective and sustainable option, but it is not a good ...

You can buy ready-made plant fertilizer from your local nursery, but you can save money by making homemade plant food with these ingredients.

Plant geneticists have induced plants to form 'fertilizer factories' without the aid of bacteria that are normally crucial to the process. If the technology can be transferred to plants such as ...

We have spent 20 years improving our vegetable garden soil by adding composted horse and chicken manure at the end of each ...

But while recycling food scraps and using organic fertilizer are environmentally beneficial practices, vermiculture separates worms from the soil, eliminating their role as tilthmakers.

The fertilizer plant in West, Texas, that exploded two weeks ago was a frequent target of theft and sabotage. Not from farmers looking for free soil supplements, apparently, but from people ...