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Three Sisters Garden

Compost Tea - Potions that Plants Love!

Easy DIY Compost Tea Recipe

  • Non-chlorinated tap water (enough to fill a 5-gallon pail)

  • 2 cups fully finished organic compost (it should smell nice!)

  • 1 tablespoon unsulfured blackstrap molasses

  • 1 tablespoon liquid kelp fertilizer (or soak kelp meal in water)

  • 1 teaspoon liquid fish fertilizer


People often ask if I have a garden at home. My back patio is in the shade most of the year so I grow vines, ferns, maple trees and other shade loving plants. I also share a community garden with my neighbors in which we grow vegetables.