The other day a question came up at a forum we frequent about the amount of fish fertilizer a person should use when feeding his plants. For the 3LB’s, a good rule of thumb has always been to start with 1 TBSP per gallon and adjust from there depending on need. Wanting to [...]
Read the rest of this entry >>Most North Americans were raised with a glorified tale of the first Thanksgiving, a historical event that dates back to a 1621 feast in Plymouth, Massachusetts. A large part of that tradition is centered around the Indian named Squanto, who not only is commonly given credit for suggesting the traditional Thanksgiving feast to Pilgrims, [...]
Read the rest of this entry >>As we’d mentioned in a previous entry in this series on fertilizers from our oceans, the relative values of fish emulsion and hydrolyzed fish fertilizer are debated by their manufacturers.
We previously offered a version of how fish emulsion is made, so it only seems fair to tell the other side of the story now. [...]
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Read the rest of this entry >>We’ve used a variety of different fish fertilizers over the years at the bird’s nest, including liquid fish emulsion fertilizers (which were detailed in our previous post in this series) and liquid hydrolyzed fish fertilizers. They all have seemed to be effective in their own way, but it seems there’s a bit of a [...]
Read the rest of this entry >>I recently found a fascinating little article on how fish fertilizers are made. It was written by Bill Ginn, Marketing Coordinator of Alaska Fish Fertilizer company.
How A Fish Becomes Fertilizer
by Bill Ginn
Fish emulsion comes from a number of sources, but a sizable majority (and 100% of Alaska Fish Fertilizer) comes from [...]
There are a good number of potential choices that organic herbalists face when selecting fertilizers to feed their hungry herbs. Many of us were drawn to organic gardening not only for the quality advantages that might be inherent in organically grown herbs, but perhaps also because it seems to be an environmentally friendly way [...]
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