Many people compost organic material to use as fertilizer for their gardens, but what about the lawn?Most people do not turn over the soil in their lawns in the same way that they do in their gardens an sometimes a lawn can sit there for decades, producing green leaves every year but getting no added nutrients except those present in rainwater.There are many ways of adding nutrients to the lawn organically, with almost no effort, using the substances you throw away every day. Every day nutrients from scraps can easily feed your lawn.Take a cup of coffee, for example, with added milk and sugar. Caffeine is a nitrogen-containing chemical. Milk contains protein, which contains more nitrogen. Milk also contains calcium. The sugar does not add much in the way of minerals, but at least the soil can absorb it with no harm. Pouring half a cup of cold coffee onto the lawn is far more productive than pouring it down the drain. Indeed, you are not only helping fertilize the lawn, you are also relieving the community’s sewage system from half a cup of waste water. Most liquids can be poured directly onto a lawn, where they will quickly trickle down into the soil. Coffee, tea, juice, milk, vegetable oil, soft drinks, beer, syrup and other items will be absorbed very quickly. You can also sprinkle powdery or granular substance on the lawn. It will sink down and embed itself between the leaves and roots of the grass, where natural decomposition will absorb it into the soil. You can make use of flour, sugar, coffee grounds, tea leaves, rice, beans, and many other items. Suppose you have some ground cinnamon that is 10 years old and lost its potency? Donating it to your lawn is better than sending it to a landfill. The key in all of this is to spread things around. Don’t put everything in one spot and be intelligent about it:
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