Fertilizer Blend

Many people ask us for the "Mary's Mix" complete organic fertilizer recipe. For smaller gardens, it may be more economical to purchase some premixed 4-4-4 Complete Organic Fertilizer from Gaia Green but for big gardens, and for determined do-it-yourself-ers, here is the classic blend that Mary Ballon used to print in the West Coast Seeds catalogue. She always included the footnote that "actually it's Steve Solomon's Mix and I have been using variations of it since 1983."

4 parts seed meal (i.e. flax or cottonseed)
1 part rock phosphate OR 1/2 part bone meal
1 part lime
1/2 part kelp meal