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Lawn care tips: natural homemade fertilizer? without composting!
Most people want a green lawn, a healthy garden and beautiful houseplants, but for some, the thought of a chemical fertilizer is a bit scary. But, there are many natural and homemade fertilizers that are tried and true and will benefit your plants just as much as the chemical and store-bought supplements.
The first homemade fertilizer to mention is a springtime application for lawns. Mix one cup Epsom salts with one cup ammonia and add water until you’ve got one quart of the solution and then use a lawn sprayer to spray the mixture over your lawn. This amount should cover a 2500 square foot area. The Epsom salts nourish plants with sulfur and magnesium while the ammonia causes a reaction between nitrogen and hydrogen in the soil.
Epsom salts can be used as fertilizer in other ways. For example, you can mix it with your potting soil in the spring. Mix one and ½ cups with the total amount of potting soil you’ll use. Or, add a few teaspoons to bulbs as you plant them. Combine a half cup of Epsom salts and one gallon of water and use to water your house plants.
There are several fertilizer recipes involving soaking leaves, but this seems to be the simplest. Get a large pail and fill it about 1/3 of the way with oak leaves that have fallen from the tree and then fill the rest of the pail with water. Put the pail in a sunny spot and let it steep for about a week or until the water takes on a brown colour. Then, pour the water over the base of shrubs and plants and they should perk up. If you’re in a pinch, you can also simply add boiling water to the leaves and use the water as soon as it has cooled.
Another natural leaf-based fertilizer involves putting comfrey and nettle leaves into a container. Fill it with water and cover it. It has a strong odour, so you may want to store it outdoors. To use it as fertilizer, dilute it with one part mixture and 20 parts water. Depending on what you’re growing, different ingredients will add nutrients to this mixture. For example, tea leaves add nitrogen and manganese and alfalfa will add numerous amounts of nutrients and minerals. Another easy way to fertilize garden plants or shrubs is to air dry some coffee grounds and sprinkle them at the base of plants. You could also use diluted leftover coffee (about 1 part coffee to 4 parts water, depending on the strength of the coffee) to water house plants.
Vinegar is another ingredient that gardeners and lawn care experts have hailed. Mix one pint of white distilled vinegar (5%) and two gallons of water and pour the solution around the base of plants. Or, for house plants, mix one tablespoon of apple vinegar with one gallon of water (preferable alkaline water) and use this to water your plants. They should perk up and become much greener. The vinegar lowers the pH and provides your plants with some 50 minerals. These are just a few examples of the many ways you can easily fertilize your lawn, garden or houseplants without resorting to chemical fertilizers.
How to live the simple life in the city
The modern definition of homesteading is living as self-sustaining a lifestyle as possible. Many people who homestead live on farms, plant crops, raise livestock, build their own homes, make their own repairs, can and preserve their food, make an income from selling goods made on the farm or bartering with neighbours, and do without many conveniences and luxuries of the city.
While this idea can seem ideal to some of us, for others it would just not be feasible or desirable. There are those of us who like the idea of homesteading, but do not want to totally give up our urban lifestyle, or feel adequately prepared to head for the country at this point in our lives. The good thing is, we don’t have to pack it up and buy a farm to incorporate some of the concepts of homesteading into an urban life style. Like my grandparents, we can become more self-sustaining in a home in the middle of the city. Here are some ideas how:
CUT DOWN ON EXPENSES: Frugality is the key to a self-sustaining lifestyle. Basically, the less bills we rack up, the less we will need to bring in to support ourselves and the farther our dollars will go. There are many things that we are so convinced that we “need” that people did without for ages. Just small changes can make a huge difference. For example, instead of leaving lights on all day, open the windows, or go outdoors more in the daytime. Instead of relying on electronic devices for entertainment, read books, play family games, or busy yourself with hobbies and crafts. If you have a place for a clothesline, you can dispense with a dryer. Make your home energy efficient by ensuring it is well insulated and buying low-energy appliances to keep costs down. Set your water heater thermostat at a lower temperature, place a brick in the tank to use less water when flushing, and keep a barrel outside to collect rain water to use for plants to conserve water.
REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE: Waste not, want not. Before you throw anything away, think of what else you can do with it. Those vegetable peels and eggshells can be thrown into a small compost pile in your garden. Save those chicken bones from dinner and make a stock, rather than buying it in a can. Those plastic bottles can be used again to house some other liquid, or be converted into containers for starter plants. Have some old furniture or household items you can no longer use? Don’t just toss them in the garbage– have a garage sale, bring them to a thrift shop and try to exchange them towards credit for something you can use, or put up fliers in your community offering to barter them for other goods or services that you need.
WORK AT HOME: Forget the 9 to 5 bump-and-grind, and start your own home-based business. Think about what you are good at, and how you can use those skill to provide a service or goods to others. Sell crafts, type term papers and resumes, become a consultant in your area of expertise– begin doing something you enjoy spending your time doing that gives you the option to work only as much as you desire or feel you need. If you can’t quit your job, there are other ways to bring in an income so that you can begin to cut back on your hours, or go part-time. Can you take on a border? Can you baby sit for the neighbourhood kids? Can you do odd jobs, such as yard work or running errands?
START YOUR OWN GARDEN. Even if you’ve only a small plot of dirt, or space for some large containers, you can grow a nice salad garden and herbs. It may be small, but it’s a start. It will also lower grocery bills and give you plenty of fresh food to eat.
LEARN TO CAN, PRESERVE AND DRY. To get the most benefit out of your garden, learn how to properly prepare your foods for storage. That way, your garden will help keep your grocery bills down year-round by keeping your food supply steady through the winter.
KEEP SMALL LIVESTOCK: Raising rabbits and chickens is inexpensive and takes up a minimum of space. There are some butchers that will slaughter and skin or pluck the animals for you if you wish to use them for food. Even if you don’t plan on eating them, keeping just a few chickens can provide more than enough fresh eggs for your family, and you’ll have enough left over for selling or bartering.
LEARN TO BECOME HANDY: Take an auto mechanics class so you can repair your own vehicle. Take some books out of the library and learn how to do simple repairs on your plumbing or house. By learning how to build a simple box structure with a hammer and some nails, you have the basics for making a number of different things you can use in your home: book cases, cabinets, platform beds, and storage containers.
Of course, you don’t have to do all of these things, and certainly don’t have to start doing them all at once. Pick those which appeal most to you, or would be most realistic in your own living situation. As life goes on, you may wish to incorporate more of these ideas, or others, into your lifestyle to work towards total self-sufficiency. If you are serious about homesteading, but just not ready to make the move to the country yet, doing these things will help prepare you for that time when you may be ready to make that move.
10 ideas for home-based businesses
Looking for unique home business ideas? Read this article for ideas for businesses you can start immediately.
When you think of a home based business, you probably think of providing daycare for children and babies, house cleaning and window washing, bookkeeping and tax preparation, and lawn care. Many people have typical businesses such as these, and they earn a decent living by doing them too.
But if you're considering staring your own business, there are other ideas you can use to earn a decent living too. These are not your typical home business, so you'll have the advantage of being a "one of a kind" business that has little or no competition.
A good place to start is to check around your city and determine what types of products or services are not provided, but are needed. Here are ten home-based business ideas to get you started:
1. Construct Crossword Puzzles- If you enjoy working with words, then this might be the job for you. Most anyone who has a firm grasp of the English language, a software program, Internet access, and a computer can construct crossword puzzles. To find markets for your work, you can perform a search on the Internet or check out the current editions of puzzle books for contact information.
2. Collect and Sell Nuts- There are several companies that buy nuts such as chestnuts, hickory, acorns, et cetera. The great thing about this home business is that you don't even need to own an inch of land! All you need to buy is a nut collector, which is a hand pushed device on wheels that picks up nuts and stores them in a bin. Then, ask your neighbours, family, and friends that have nut trees on their property if you can collect the nuts. Since nuts can be a nuisance lying in yards or on sidewalks, most people will gladly allow you to take them for free!
Then, find a market for them by checking your local yellow pages or the Internet.
3. Collect and Sell Herbs- If you know your herbs, you can start your own home based business and get some exercise at the same time. Health food stores are often on the lookout for home grown herbs such as Ginseng, Chamomile, and Spearmint. Check your local phone directory and contact several health food stores to determine if they buy from private suppliers, what herbs they buy, and how much they pay before you begin.
4. Provide Genealogy Services- Many people are interested in their family's history, but yet they don't know where to begin a search. You can offer your services and supply them with a complete genealogy of their family for a flat fee.
Basically, all you need to start this business is a home computer, a genealogy software programme, Internet access, and access to court and library records.
5. Provide Errand Services- With the fast paced lives that everyone leads nowadays, there are often not enough hours in a day to get everything done. You can help out busy people, senior citizens who don't drive, disabled persons, and others by contracting with them to do their errands. Simply decide how much you need to charge, and then advertise in your local newspaper.
6. Compile and Market Cookbooks- Cookbooks are always a popular seller, especially if the recipes are nutritious, but quick and easy to make. You can use any word processing program and your computer to write up a book. Then, either print off copies or take the master copy to a printer. Advertise in your local newspaper or on the Internet to sell copies.
7. Provide Home Inventories - Everyone needs to have their belongings, especially expensive items and collections, inventoried in case of a fire, theft, et cetera. If you have a camcorder, you can charge clients a flat fee to make a documentation of every item in their house.
As you walk through each room, have the owner describe their items as you document them on tape. Then, give them the tape and instruct them to store it in a fireproof safe or lock box.
8. Design and Build Pet Furniture and Toys- Ideas for these include handmade cloth toys that have Catnip in them, cat beds, dogs beds, scratching posts, leashes, collars, et cetera. Then you can sell them at flea markets or over the Internet.
9. Provide Daytime Adult Care- You may need a license for this home based business, but other than that, the start up costs are minimal. You can provide lunch, snacks, and beverages, as well as activities, games, and basic, loving care. To find clients, advertise in your local newspaper.
10. If you have a good quality camera, you can take snapshots of homes and turn them into either postcards or large framed photographs for homeowners. You'll be surprised at how many homeowners will gladly buy your products!
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