20 Strange Fertilizers That Kept 1930s Gardens Thriving!

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Back when money was tight and store shelves were bare your grandparents didn’t look to the market for fertilizers. Instead, they found fertilizers in the most unexpected places. Hair from the barber’s floor, soot from the chimney, feathers from Sunday’s roast - nothing went to waste! In most cases, these worked better than any artificial fertilizer you’ll find today. Here are 20 strange fertilizers that built generations of healthy soil. 00:00 Intro 00:28 Human Hair 01:36 Fish Guts & Heads 02:48 Rabbit Droppings 03:52 Wood Ash 04:58 Manure Tea 06:17 Feathers & Poultry Waste 07:52 Old Leather Boots 09:13 Milk & Sour Milk 10:37 Chimney Soot 11:57 Comfrey Slurry 13:22 Logs & Forest Litter 14:52 Crushed Egg Shells 16:14 Bloody From Slaughter 17:35 Ground Bones 19:02 Seaweed 20:29 Banana Skins 21:54 Molasses 23:22 Wool & Yarn Scraps 24:50 Spoiled Grain or Bread 26:13 Epsom Salt #gardening #nostalgia #retro #heirloom #vegetables #hacks #gardeningtips #gardeninghacks #fertilizer