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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. If you shop on Amazon, you can support OYR simply by clicking this link (bookmark it too) before shopping: http://www.amazon.com/?tag=oneya-20 One Yard Revolution 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 Join me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/oneyardrevolution Channel Page: http://www.youtube.com/user/OneYardRevolution Featured Video: Planting Our First Fall/Winter Cover Crop: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlEQktwaJiE