Imagine the taste of a fresh sugar snap pea right off the vine, cool and sweet. Or a fresh, ripe, sweet tomato or warm juicy strawberries that you know have not been treated with any chemicals. Yum! Every day, and sometimes several times a day, I stroll into my backyard garden and harvest something fresh and delicious to use in my breakfast, lunch or dinner. There is nothing like the taste of fresh wholesome fruits and vegetables that you grew yourself. It is amazing how much more flavor they have than most of what you can buy in the grocery store. And the feeling of having grown your produce yourself, knowing where it came from and providing food for yourself and your family is extremely rewarding. Surprisingly so. And fun!
If you want to have an organic garden, free of pesticides and chemical fertilizers one of the best things you can use in your garden is compost tea. Compost tea is exactly what it sounds like. A "tea" that has been "brewed" from compost. Composting is easy and a great way to recycle much of your kitchen waste and it is much easier on your plumbing than putting everything down the garbage disposal.
Using compost tea is a great way to utilize compost for several reasons:
1) It is a fabulous fertilizer and increases the amount of nutrients available to the plant.
2) Making compost into tea makes the benefits of using compost go farther.
3) When used as a spray, compost tea acts to help suppress foliar diseases.
4) Compost tea is a natural pesticide.
5) Compost tea has been shown to increase the nutritional quality and improve the flavor of fruits and vegetables.
If you want to use compost tea, find a detailed explanation of how to make it on the Internet. There are many fine sites that explain the process, but it is a bit complicated and has to be done correctly. Possibly an even better idea is to check around and see if any is available in your area. In my neighborhood the local hydroponic store gives it away every Saturday. What a great gift to the community! Call your local Master Gardener Hot line or County Extension. They should be able to let you know if anyone in your area gives away compost tea. But either way you should give it a try, your veggies your body and your taste buds will thank you for it!
I invite you to visit my websites today for more free information on natural and holistic health and everything you want to know about Aura Patch products.
http://AuraPatchInfo.com/ or http://www.naturalhealththerapies.org/
Kristine Clemenger, Holistic Health Practitioner
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