VARRI GREEN FARM
GROWING IN HARMONY WITH NATURE



TREE CANDY

IN THE PICTURE ABOVE YOU CAN SEE SEVERAL FRESH VEGETABLES SCATTERED
AROUND A SMALL TREE TRUNK. WE CALL THIS 'Tree Candy', AND ITS A SIMPLE AND
USEFUL WAY TO NATURALLY FERTILIZE YOUR PLANTS AND TREES. ANYTHING LIKE FRESH SCRAPS FROM THE KITCHEN WILL DO. OF COURSE, YOU DON'T WANT TO PUT THINGS AROUND YOUR TREES LIKE A HALF EATEN BOWL OF SALAD WITH VINAIGRETTE DRESSING AND SALT. PLANTS DON'T USUALLY DO WELL WITH THINGS LIKE THAT. FRESH VEGGIE SCRAPS OR USED COFFEE GROUNDS MAKE GREAT COMPOST AND ALSO MAY INCREASE BENEFICIAL MICROBES IN THE SOIL. GRASS CLIPPINGS AND LEAVES PICKED UP IN THE YARD CAN BE SCATTERED AROUND THE TREES OR PLANTS AND PROVIDE AN EXCELLENT (N-P-K) BREAKDOWN OVER A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME, WHICH, AS OPPOSED TO SYNTHETIC FERTILIZERS,
WILL BE HEALTHIER FOR THE PLANTS AND THE EARTH.

  



  

THE PICTURES ABOVE SHOW VARIOUS FORMS OF TREE CANDY. EGGSHELLS, GREENS,
ONION PEELS, CARROT BUTTS, ECT... THEY WILL ALL BREAK DOWN OVER TIME AND FEED YOUR TREE.
BELOW ARE MORE EXAMPLES OF 'GREEN MANURES' COMPOSTING RIGHT UNDER THE PLANTS.

  



  

THE SMALL BLUEBERRY ABOVE WILL ENJOY THE SLOW BREAKDOWN OF ACIDS IN THE
PINE NEEDLES, BARK, AND CONES, PLACED AROUND IT'S BASE. FRUIT THAT MUST BE PRUNED,
ALSO CAN BE USED. THE POTATOES THAT ARE LEFT OVER AFTER WE REMOVE THE NODES
FOR PLANTING ARE NOT EDIBLE. THROW THEM AROUND THE TREE! EVEN OUR GRASS CLIPPING
'DOUGHNUTS' THAT HELP KEEP THE WEEDS DOWN ALSO ADD NUTRIENTS.

IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE FIND NEW, CREATIVE, AND MORE NATURAL WAYS TO MOVE AND LIVE
IN A WORLD WHERE GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE, MASS POLLUTION OF OUR LAND AND WATERS, AND
AN EVER DECREASING SUPPLY OF NATURAL RESOURCES, ARE THREATENING TO DESTABILIZE THE
FUTURE FOR ALL LIVING THINGS AS THEY INCREASE EXPONENTIALLY.

RECYCLING CAN TAKE PLACE ANYWHERE.


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