How to Give Plants An Eco-Boost

If you live in a hot climate then chances are you have a garden along with a green thumb. There are some of you, though, who don’t live in a hot climate and or don’t have a green thumb, but just because you don’t have a green thumb doesn’t mean that you can’t have a garden.

One of the wonderful things about gardening is how many ways there are to make your garden happy while being eco-friendly. One of the best ways to do this is by giving your plants that extra boost with all natural ingredients. Eggshells, for example, would be one way of giving plants an extra eco-boost, so to speak.

Review the following list to see what eco-boost you can add to your plant agenda:

Eggshells – Crushed eggshells are a wonderful addition to your plant agenda. Crushed eggshells add important nutrients to the soil. Be sure to wash the eggshells before placing them in the garden, etc. Also, you can add eggshells to soil without crushing them, however, keep in mind that eggshells that are not crushed do take an extremely long time to break down compared to crushed eggshells. Want a quick tip on the use of eggshells? In order to avoid getting cutworms and slugs simply sprinkle crushed eggshells around gentle plants, such as tomatoes, broccoli, cucumbers, etc.

Coffee Grinds – In addition to eggshells old coffee grinds make an excellent addition to your plant agenda. What is even better is that coffee grinds can be used at the same time as crushed eggshells. So, what exactly do coffee grinds do? Coffee grinds provide the soil with nitrogen. It’s easy to use coffee grinds in the garden. After running your coffee maker with fresh coffee grinds simply take the now old coffee grinds and sprinkle them in your garden.

Cow Manure – As disgusting as it may sound cow manure is one of the best additions to a garden. It is filled with more than plenty enough nutrients for a lively and healthy garden. The good news is that cow manure can be bought as a compost with mulch, etc. mixed in with it. It doesn’t have a strong smell at all either. This cow manure/compost can be purchased at Home Depot.

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Jennifer is a freelance writer, and has written for various health and environmental blogs, which includes running her own green living blog. Currently she is studying to become a C++ Programmer.