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July 1, 2022

Alternatives to store-bought fertilizer are all around you

By JESSICA DAMIANO
Associated Press

The cost of everything from gas to burgers may be rising, but home gardeners growing produce have found a way at least to avoid paying $4 for a pound of tomatoes.

Fertilizing those tomatoes — or cucumbers or flowers, for that matter — is another story, as the cost of soil amendments has been soaring.


 
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