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05/17/2018 / By Edsel Cook

How to make your own DIY fertilizer

Commercial fertilizers can cost a pretty penny. So why don’t you do it yourself? According to an article on Modern Survival Online, making your own DIY fertilizer is pretty easy and much cheaper. Fertilizers are to soil what health supplements are to humans. They make up for missing or low levels of nutrients. Macronutrients are […]

05/14/2018 / By Janine Acero

The need to carefully cull compost: Research suggests microplastics may be entering freshwater and soil from contaminated compost

Composting is known to be an environment-friendly practice of waste disposal. However, one study published in Science Advances suggests that organic compost and fertilizers may contain some amount of microplastics that make their way into freshwater and soil. Studies have highlighted the presence of microplastics in water, but researchers at the University of Bayreuth in Germany […]

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