One Yard Revolution: No Nitrogen Fertilizer Needed After We Reduced Compost Applications

Thanks to nitrogen fixing cover crops, our soil had plenty of nitrogen after we significantly reduced compost applications in order to bring down other nutrient levels like phosphorus and potassium.

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OYR is all about growing a lot of food on a little land using sustainable organic methods, while keeping costs and labor at a minimum. Emphasis is placed on improving soil quality with compost, mulch, and compost tea. No store-bought fertilizers, soil amendments, pesticides, compost activators, etc. are used.

We use these free local resources to make compost:

comfrey
egg shells
fish waste from a sushi restaurant
food scraps
grass clippings
horse manure
leaves
spent brewery grains
straw
used coffee grounds
yard and garden waste
aged wood chips

We use these free local resources to make worm castings:

ground egg shells
food scraps
shredded cardboard and paper
spent brewery grains
used coffee grounds

We use these free local resource as mulch:
chop and drop garden waste
comfrey
ground egg shells
grass clippings
leaves
used coffee grounds
wood chips

We planted 3 lbs of this cover crop seed mix this year: http://www.groworganic.com/soil-builder-mix-raw-lb.html