Gardening

And compost is so easy. If you do it all the time, with all of your organic "trash", you will have it for free.

If you want to stay natural, you do not want to go with the supplements that are sold at the store. You have no idea what is really in it or how it was manufactured. The exceptions for buying things are compost, although I trust my own much more.

This is a slow process, especially when you are starting with an area that has never been fertilized or had organic matter worked into it before. But it will work over time.

I also have luck with mulching all my oak leaves and spreading them in the garden in the fall. I leave them there all winter, and in the spring, I work them into the soil.

Another thing that is done on organic farms is to plant nitrogen-fixers, like clover, when the garden is fallow, then work it under when you are ready to plant your garden.