A former Amish woman has revealed some of the natural methods she learned during her lifestyle.
Although she fled the strict religious community at age 17, she shared many fertility tricks that work wonders with The US Sun.
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Naomi Swartzentruber, 43, ran away from the Swartzentruber Amish community in Michigan when she was 17.
His father owned a sawmill and the family regularly grew fruit and vegetables in a garden outside their home.
Now residing in Coolidge, Arizona, she still maintains some of her old way of life, which has been passed down from generation to generation.
Swartzentruber shared some Amish fertilizing tricks using kitchen scraps with The US Sun.
“We love having a clean yard,” she said.
The author prioritizes a natural and holistic lifestyle, without chemicals and additives.
She even grows her own cauliflower, as shown in this TikTok Video.
LIQUID SOLUTION
Swartzentruber explained how her mother used healthy foods like eggs and potatoes.
“She boiled the water from the boiled eggs and always poured it on the plants too,” she said.
The water from boiled eggs is full of calcium that plants need to grow.
After peeling the eggs, instead of throwing away the used shells, her mother would crack them and place them around plants for extra calcium.
Potatoes are a common food grown in Amish communities and are easy to cook.
Sometimes his mother would also pour water from the boiled potatoes.
GROUND COFFEE GOODNESS
Another natural method her mother used incorporated a breakfast staple.
She was perplexed by how often her mother simply threw them into the garden and “scattered them all over the plants.”
“I don’t know if it was for fertilizer or insects, but she thought it worked,” Swartzentruber said.
MANURE MAGIC
Animals often had many nutritional benefits in their community and sometimes had to go directly to the source.
Swartzentruber said they always put cow manure on the land as fertilizer every spring.
They also used horse feces to nourish their crops.
The reason it worked so well is because it was very acidic and therefore did not burn in the sun.
“It had to be common or from the shed where the cows were kept,” he added.
“They would divide it throughout the garden and use it as a natural fertilizer.”
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- Banana peels, vinegar and coffee grounds are often recommended as natural fertilizers.
- Dollar Tree sells four packets of seeds for $1.25.
- Try a vertical planter like the one from Amazon Mr. Stacky 5-Tier Stackable Planter$35 to make the most of a small space.
- Use networks like Garden Netting Pest Barrier$8, from Amazon to ward off bugs eating your vegetables.
- Try sacrificial planting to reduce pesticide use and keep pests out of your garden. Deliberately growing certain plants to attract agricultural pests can keep them away from the plants you want to protect. Examples include marigolds, lavender, catnip and chives.
- For pesky weeds in your garden, the Grampa’s Weeder – The Original Weed Puller Tool with Long Handles$45, from Amazon it’s a handy tool you can use without having to bend over.
In the middle of the fertilized land, Swartzentruber said they also often planted marigolds to deal with pests such as ants or aphids.
A marigold a day kept the bugs away.
She previously spoke with The US Sun about Amish cleaning tricks and what took her from stripping to becoming a best-selling book author.
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