Compost, Witches Brooms and Pressed Flowers
Is compost – homemade or purchased – a good substitute for fertilizer? What is that thick growth in a tree? Ellen and C.L. answer these questions and respond to a listener about uses for pressed flowers.
:26 True or False: Compost is fertilizer.
3:50 Eat/Drink/Grow: Witches’ Brooms
19:58 Love Letters and Questions: Kelly asks for ideas about what to do with pressed flowers.
Witches broom photos curtesy of Ray Jansson, a plant geek friend from Michigan.
Check out the pressed flower art by Peggy Turner Zablotny: https://peggyturnerzablotny.com/
Here is typical homemade compost, dumped out of the composter and ready to spread in the garden. It will help improve soil health and add a few nutrients…but is it fertilizer?
A witches broom at the top of a conifer. These are very noticeable when they grow so large.
Another example of the congested growth at the top of an evergreen tree. Thanks to Ray Jansson for these photos!