5 Steps I’m taking this year to maximize my garden yield: 🌱 adding nitrogen to the soil before planting in the form of feather meal - slow release, feeds for for a long time, and won’t burn plants 🌱 adding AZOMITE, a mineral amendment, to provide essential, often deficient, micronutrients 🌱 feeding plants with worm castings, or worm teas, to feed soil food web and stimulate plant growth and immune system 🌱 mulching, with rotted leaves, gathered for free last fall - reduce watering, increased