Now THIS is a pretty picture!!  It is day 2 of compost tea to use for fertilizer in the garden.

 

I'd heard of it before, but never did anything about it.  Well, I found a recipe for it, and it looked super easy.  And, best of all:  My friends are painting their house and have lots of 5 gallon buckets with lids.  

 

Here's the recipe:  Take compost that is ready to use and fill a 5 gallon bucket 1/3 full with it.  Fill it the rest of the way with water.  Give it a stir every time you walk past, or twice a day, and in 5 days it is ready to use.  Strain it through fine mesh, dilute it with an equal amount of water, and use it in the garden.  It is good for the roots and foliar fertilization.  So, I started a couple batches, and I will let you know how it works as fertilizer.

 

Just as a sidenote, my friends in Yorktown, VA, have a delicious recipe for compost soup.  They take bits and pieces of leftover vegetables, meat and chicken, and put them in a container in the freezer.  When they want to make soup in the winter, they just get the "compost" from the freezer, augment it with broth, and BOOM!!! supper.  Kinda the same thing, right?

 

So, Linda, I thought you'd get a tickle out of my compost tea.

 

HAPPY GARDENING!!!