Best Periodical, ever!?

I think it might be and I don't know why I waited so long to request my own... 

ACRES USA

Their website alone is a goldmine of information and fascinating perspectives - See Archive.  The Greats they've introduced to me are kept alive here and what they contributed to the science and traditions are still being tried and advanced.  Acres, to me, is an arena where maintaining their integrity is valued and makes possible the integration of a new generation of Greats (recognize this name?)
 The periodical is what I expected it to be and I read every page - It's nice when even the ads are interesting (although they of course become redundant at some point)   Now, if only they had a library for their extensive list of books.

Organic was never so easy

sigh, my nice long post got lost in deleted computer land -
The short version
search the words "high brix", nutrient dense, acresUSA (their toolkit archives has great articles)

I spray sea90 on my plants (leaves, flowers, fruits,...etc) for an immediate nutrient boost - the 90+ minerals gives nutrient density that the bugs can't stand  - They move on to scavenge weak plants elsewhere.
I bought it from Azure Standard along with the fish emulsion, (although I prefer sweetcornorganics', I ration that one in the name of frugality :) - it is 100% cold processed whole fish, not a heated or byproduct or ....etc ) - it works great with the same company's seaweed which I posted about here....
and the Thorvin kelp (which is best just sprinkled around the yard - feeds the micro-life and provides the phytochemicals, hormones, and mineral ratios (iodine,..)) of the kelps available is the one I've used in bulk.

So onto more aspects: Also this year I'm excited to try a blend of microorganisms that I need to inoculate and then spray onto the soil - it even has one that eats chemicals from previous applications/residues...!  But micro organisms just doin' their thing is the soil is what gives the plants their nutrients; They 'eat' the nutrients in the soil and create/turn it into a form that the plants can then use!  Nitrogen fixation is one of the most commonly heard phrases of that action, but it is by far not the only one .....but since I brought that up:

Nitrogen is one of those nutrients that we just can't seem to get enough of in our gardens - perhaps because we've strayed so far from Nature.   WWII stimulated weapons, chemical processes, and technological advances that left us with synthetic nitrogen and fertilizers.  I, personally, am trying to grow real plants, not synthetic plants ;),   and so am interested in where plants have been getting nitrogen since before half a century ago.   Well, that is from a short list :)  Lightening, volcanoes, and microorganisms - I looked for a few concise sources for you to read that briefly - so go ahead, I'll continue when you get back from Here and Here .....
 It also turns out that by using synthetic nitrogen and fertilizers that we kill the microorganisms in the soil.... and not just the nitrogen creating ones.   And it isn't like the microorganisms just walk back in off the next bus. There is a whole world under our feet that we need to be respectful of and aware that (hopefully) they outnumber us and we can't live on planet earth without them so let's feed them and show them a little respect.

(These amendments are a blended source of some great stuff - nutrients and such that can help restore and amend the soil to recoup from previous synthetic damage. see previous post)

So here are my words for motivation: remember that organic begets organic, synthetic begets synthetic.
And since I want to keep my organic self alive without a synthetic organ replacement or supplement I know where I want to start.  lol

Peter Reinhart's [Delectible] Whole Wheat Bread

This bread recipe is a cross between the best of all the bread worlds and is my first successful attempt at truly properly made whole wheat yeast bread.
See various webpages for the recipe or invest in his book which appears to have many other winning recipes! :)

• It is 100% whole grain = no white flour! (I used various ratios of Hard Red Wheat, Hard White Wheat, Rye, Spelt and Buckwheat.)
• The recipe allows for proper soaking time! hurray! For those new to whole grain, this makes it 'feel' just like white flour breads and it would be hard for them to believe it is 100% whole grain. but also nutrition is increased, you get benefits from the enzymes and even increases the minerals you get by neutralizing the phytic acid which is holding them and taking yours.
• (I left mine in the fridge a few extra days longer than the days called for simply because of a busy schedule and it still worked!! usually the sourness causes failure, but not this time!)
• I used only part sprouted flour so I need to test it with 100% to see if it still works, but it looks promising. - this would increase the nutrients even more, including vitamins. It also improves the digestability of the gluten. (sorry, I'd have to dig up links to source that, but search for WAPF sites that talk about it for some basic info)
• And the end product is delicious! It rises into a beautiful texture good for soft sandwich slices or steaming with honey butter for a treat.
• (I replaced half the milk with water and next time will do just water - I am all for drinking milk, but prefer to cook with water since my milk is high in price from being politically incorrect.)

"canning" vegetables the world history way

Preserve your own raw vegetables in a method that INCREASES nutrition and does not use cooking. (personal opinion echoed from gardening posts - seeking out a higher nutrient density yields a superior product)

My original introduction to fermented veggies: http://www.westonaprice.org/food-features/lacto-fermentation

video summary: http://www.westonaprice.org/beginner-videos/fermented-foods-and-beverages-video-by-sarah-pope

overview/ideas: http://www.wildfermentation.com/resources.php?page=vegetables

I've done sauerkraut, I am currently doing pickles for the first time... peppers are next:
http://www.pickl-it.com/blog/410/3-way%20pickled%20peppers/
http://wellpreserved.ca/2011/08/18/naturally-pickled-fermented-jalapeno-peppers/
http://www.woodwifesjournal.com/2010/10/marinated-peppers.html
http://realfoodlittlerock.blogspot.com/2010/06/peck-of-pickled-lacto-fermented-peppers.html

Anyone else's life busy?

It must be time to catchup and simplify.
Using self sufficient and non-consumer methods of course:

• Make Jam (and try a batch of marmalade) with no sugar needed (or other chemical to gel this) Pectin
• Any other seasonal food storage and pantry stocking up!
  
• Cool Weather Baking! try out a new bread recipe
  soak and dehydrate more grain/seed to use for part of the flour (improvement to nutrition - the longer day waiting options are a similar improvement)
  
• Spring Cleaning! Steam (verb and noun) (no chemicals needed) clean.
• During open window weather: Oil furniture and any other maintenance with smelly chemicals.
  
• Organize! Put away clothes in sizes the kids are outgrowing packing them away by size and cycle down the hand me downs.
  Pick up the bigger sizes from second hand stores (great time of year as they are receiving so many donations on good weather days!)
• Set up the garden! barefoot when possible ;) -- put in seeds and transplants (moon planting calendar and detail version)
  
• Fertilize the Citrus -option1, alternatewith, info2(wild rhododendron can be a source of the fungi mycorrhizae), inspiration3
  

APPLE TREE ORDER

The company we ordered our apple trees from last year is sold out

HOWEVER,

this company is doing a

very exciting,
amazing preservation
of HUNDREDS
OF ANTIQUE & HEIRLOOM VARIETIES

by offering the same method of apple trees at the same amazing price:

Please read below - the text is copy and pasted from their website:
http://www.wagonwheelorchard.blogspot.com/

Benchgrafts still available for 2012 – Please order soon, our rootstock is getting reserved. We will be grafting in late February through late April. When the rootstock runs out we will stop taking orders. We have a 10 tree minimum and no maximum. Please give us plenty of alternate choices in your orders as scion stock is starting to dwindle.

Below is the complete 2012 benchgraft list. It does contain an entire inventory of several orchards – please note we will not graft apples or pears still under patent.

This is the most extensive list ever offered for custom grafting antique apples. Check our previous post for the pear list. Most likely you will never see such an offering again.

Please check your local rules regarding shipping in apples and pears.

Many of the varieties listed below will only be available for 2012 - please consider ordering additional trees to preserve these endangered apples and pears. One of our heroes, Nick Botner is retiring and his collection needs to be preserved (he currently has his massive orchard and home for sale) - the only way to ensure that is to get these fruit trees backed up in as many locations as possible. The list below is an inventory and benchgraft list only - we cannot supply scionwood from this list at our normal prices. We will pay on average $5.50 a stick from this list and then buy scionwood to graft to at a $2.00 average - then we will absorb shipping/handling/insurance costs to deliver them to you at $10/tree with a 10 tree minimum. We are primarily concerned with preservation of this collection - if you would like to swap or purchase scionwood please email us at wagonwheelmail@aol.com or call us at 913-893-6050.


Mail a check with a summary of your order to Wagon Wheel Orchard 15380 Edgerton Rd Gardner KS 66030. First requested/first fulfilled - please do not wait until last minute! We will be shipping in late March to early April or as weather permits.

Questions? - email wagonwheelmail@aol.com

GO TO THE WEBSITE FOR THEIR LIST OF hundreds! of APPLE
(AND PEAR) TREES AVAILABLE

Started Gardening yet?

So, we have four growing season here. really. Our mild winters lend well to crops all winter long. Anything that can take a light frost rarely if ever needs to be covered at all. And in next few weeks we can plant for one last burst of growth before the summer plantings (which is actually a smaller number) See the growing calendar here or in the side bar from the Urban Farm in Phx.

However, the more that I learn about nutrient-dense growing (better than organic - just how Nature would like to have it if she could have her way around us), the more I wonder if we are missing out on more than what we realize. Tomatoes, pepper, and others can grow and bear perennially here. Wouldn't you like to eat a tomato out of your yard... any month of the year? I sure would.

Here is a video and low key method to gardening that is definitely worth a look. If nothing else at all, it is a little hands on, free yard improvement. And a summer later (or longer), If you end up enjoying the results, then plant a few seeds. What can it hurt? = nothing really. And it could provide a great deal of benefit. So take a look at the video and see if you too are inspired to call a tree trimmer ;) http://backtoedenfilm.com/

(and since you may not be able to water your own yard or be legally free to even collect rain water in States and Federal in some not far distant future, It would be wise to be trust in the science under your feet. This brings to mind a certain story though)

Anyone else wishing they'd actually bought canned butter?

I found out about canned butter and cheese years ago - first weirded out by it (really rare here in the US) and then excited by it -, but I never actually bought it. Then I wished I had already when the price increased (slightly) and it was 'always' our of stock... I knew I'd regret it if didn't then but I didn't..... and now I'm there; I regret not buying that "overpriced" butter. Well, sigh, butter in the fridge section now costs more per pound than the canned butter did just a few years ago. (canned butter, dented for discount)

canning your own - I think that melting the butter first and skimming off the milk proteins ("clarified butter", ghee) and then canning just the oil may be a good way to go about it. The benefits of raw butter went away at the butter stage anyway, so might as well eliminate the portion that is more likely to be problematic. mmmm, the imagery of all that liquid gold on a shelf.

And as for cheese - I'm sure that is just as apparent to all of you in price increase.

When the people relinquished their freedoms to the gov't over and over in our past generations they sure weren't thinking of the future. And now we have a big scarred tangled web that is going to have to fall before the masses are willing to tear it down and straighten it out.
[educate yourself! recent subsidies in US and abroad, nutrition replaced by big power holders,...)

But while the masses catch up and the knowledgeable reject the truth there are some that are there still doing it right and so I do still have a source for raw grass fed butter that "I suppose" is still "cheap" enough. (How much longer will we have groups such as these be able to source it for us?!)
But I HAVE to track down cheese wax for a "cheap enough" price if I'm going to do that. So anyone have any ideas?! Yes, I know, I can buy it on the internet. (wax) I just have to make it happen. ( waxing cheese - many others are even better)

....and in the meantime, I'm going to keep my peepers [eyes] open for info on raising goats :)

Beef and peanut butter shortages

I have contemplated posts on these, but haven't had the time to compose the facts. I happened upon a blog today that did this better than I can.

http://preparednesspro.com/

Which gives me time to mention a few other factoids regarding Being smart when spending your money. We want to use our hard earned funds (after saving everything we can) to fill our homes with products that will benefit, not entertain or go out with the trash when it breaks or falls out of favor when the whim is over.

One: WATCH for better than average Prices and spend money! :) The beef at your grocery store might be having some really good prices (or already did) on at least some of the cuts at the time(s) that the markets are flooded with cattle downsizing. (get it?: drought kills grass = less grass on ranches = fewer cows they can feed = they are taken to market = you might be getting a higher percentage of grass fed before the cost of everything else pushes the lesser desirable feed lot cows are sent to market)
So, please keep your pocket book closed when in the superfluous fluff and fashion sections so that you can stock up on extra food when it is there looking at you in the case - flaunting it's ability to feed you and provide benefit when you no long want or can to choose between the two.

Which brings me to the second factoid. Beef and Peanut Butter aren't the only products that have been and will be increasing substantially in price. The price increase across the board has been as much added together as one of these on it's own in my neck of the woods. And that isn't been something that's been picked up by reporters and published with the grocery ads. (Must we always wait for someone else to look for us?)
I'm sure we are all more than aware of the shrinking ice cream (and now "frozen dessert" because it isn't even real food) cartons and ever higher prices. (the same is being done in other areas now that they have proven our ignorance and complacency - 3# bags instead of 5# bags, 10 count instead of 12...)
But there are other methods being used as well. Walmart brand has been adding corn syrup to the canned beans for years now. And you thought they were cheaper!? no, they are just padding it elsewhere and they are just selling you less bean in the same size/weight can.... and the filler isn't even neutral, it's an addictive poison.
This isn't "just business"; In my opinion, this is personal. Instead of honest upfront product sales, ...more than one someone is making immoral choices and deception that public has to wake up from and choose to see. We need to at least read labels before parting with or tossing our money at the products we bring home. We still have that as consumers, even if they don't expect the masses to read, we have the individual choice to break the trend and inform ourselves.

So, Ditch that pretty paper (responsibly - to a good purpose, not the bulk garbage bin) you bought last year and instead stock the shelf with edibles that are as good as gold.

How is this related?

Well, See, it seems to be that food is political. And I am ill equipped to express myself as well or as concisely as I would like. But what could be more important?
I realize that most of the people coming to this site are looking for frugal or simple ways to better provide food for your families.
My dilemma is that food (What is fed upon; that which goes to support life by being received within, and assimilated by, the organism of an animal or a plant; nutriment; aliment; especially, what is eaten by animals for nourishment.) should be nourishing.
And currently not all "food" is... nourishing or even food!
In fact it is a convoluted assortment including all categories of deception
How do we fix that? It's simple. We only feed our families nourishing foods. If everyone does that then there wouldn't be a market for the other "food".
You know I believe in growing our own food. But I'm still figuring that out and unlikely will ever be able to "do it all". So I rely on a farmer, rancher, dairyman, orchardist, etc to grow or 'produce' my food. Sometimes, when I'm thinking clearly, I rely solely on God, since it is He that is in charge of the seasons and the harvest. It is up to me to be righteous and thankful for what I have; to do the best with what I've been given and to share what I have with others just as I would hope they would do for me after all I can do.
What I do not do, is rely on the government to decide what I should or should not eat. Their role is defense, (which they are not fulfilling but sometimes pretend they are trying, I'm just saying their direction of improvement is the wrong direction for me!) and allowing me to make my own choices and successes in life. But they are subsidizing, (oh, the subsidizing!), and, and
..... I could continue, but I'd like to introduce someone to you in this post, and just in case you didn't know.... The media is a little incomplete sometimes leaving the individual to find out for themselves what would they should know.

I don't know of any American or Freedom-loving person in the World that could not or would not resonate with this man's beliefs and his consistent actions based on them. I believe that we as a Nation and in consequence, the whole world would be benefited by these beliefs being acted on. I encourage you to go to ANY of his writings or record and see what kind of Leader he is. Here are some of his own words:

In Congress, I never vote for any piece of legislation that violates the Constitution’s strict limits on government power. I also do not participate in the congressional pension system.

As President, I give you my word that I will only exercise my authority within the confines of the Constitution, and I will work every day to rein in a runaway federal government by binding it with the chains of that document.

For my stands and beliefs, I am told that my efforts are “hopeless.” Like those who were proud to stand up for what they knew was right to create our nation, however, I firmly believe that now is a better time than ever before to reclaim our liberties. No situation is hopeless for those who receive their strength from their faith, family, and freedom.

And like those Patriots, I have no doubt that liberty will prevail. .......

Look into it, You may be surprised by just how much you agree on.

"Control oil and you control nations; control food and you control the people."
attributed to Kissinger

"If people let the government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take, their bodies will soon be in as sorry a state as the souls who live under tyranny."
Thomas Jefferson

Is it your right to choose what you eat?

Yes, God gave it to you. It is involved in Live, Liberty, and Property. Any human who believes that they can take away those rights from anyone is fooling themselves to think that they have more power than their Creator (regardless as to what they believe since truth is still and always will be truth). I pray that all will find the freedom that they can in whatever their situation and feel the love of God always.
A little seed with a little water doesn't hear any voice but it's Master's.

Where did you say I could find that?

Healthy food does not have to be expensive. Any food bought in a special little package marketed toward a spontaneous purchase or specialty shopper is bound to be expensive. Just as the mainstream foods bought in bulk are cheaper if planned for, then so are traditional foods.

I have been building a price sheet comparing my most common stores. It is not necessarily accurate or updated since my last need to compare an item.
If you know the responsible farmer of a product then likely that would be the top source.

But where did I find ____..... and at a price that was actually affordable?

Generally, Azure Standard is where I end up making my planned bulk purchases. Essentially they are an internet based grocery store with every department including fresh and frozen produce. They have a wide range of foods that satisfy nearly every category of food enthusiast: whole foodie, special diet needs or allergy free foods, organic, fad, and even just plain and simple traditional foods. The registration of a username to see prices/place an order has no lingering effects or even a single email with advertisement.

Azure Standard does not charge shipping and delivers to neighborhoods if you meet a minimum order amount. Contact them for up to date details. If you are local to me, in San Tan Ranch, then I have a drop site (unlisted) that you are welcome to use; just contact me via the email in the side bar and we can arrange an order/drop. - Be advised: They are still improving their logistical and inventory systems AND they work on a Geographically based delivery schedule that is on a one month cycle (they only deliver to you once a month)

allergykids.com

I was just pointed toward this video and her accompaning website and book
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rixyrCNVVGA

(I haven't looked at the entire website, but I did go through the blue column on the left of this page - I gotta say that I agree with almost everything it said! Great site!)
http://www.allergykids.com/what-you-can-do/learn-the-abcs-about-gmos/
http://www.amazon.com/Unhealthy-Truth-Food-Making-About/dp/0767930711

Because in the words of Charles R. Swindoll, “We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations.”
Knowledge does not have to infuse you with fear, but rather knowledge can inspire and empower you, so that the love that you have for your children can serve as a rocketfuel to create the change we want to see in the health of our families.
http://www.allergykids.com/blog/from-bad-to-better-how-knowledge-can-inspire-you/

(their blog http://www.allergykids.com/about-us/blog/)

Which future are you feeding your family?
How much of what you have stored or use to eat on a regular basis would fit into this list?"

There are currently six major foods sold ihttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifn the U.S. that are typically genetically engineered. These are listed below with the percent that are GE:

Sugar beets 95%

Soybeans 93%

Cotton (Cottonseed oil) 78%

Canola 75%

Corn 70%

Papaya 50%

Because most of these are used widely, about two-thirds of processed food contains a GE ingredient. Conversely, the vast majority of raw fruits and vegetables are not GE. Organic foods, by definition, can’t be GE.

http://www.allergykids.com/defining-food-allergies/so-what-has-changed/

Basic Principles

Just a post to remind as to a few core beliefs:
The Celestial Nature of Self-Reliance
small excerpts:

“It is something to supply clothing to the [poorly] clad, to furnish ample food to those whose table is thinly spread, to give activity to those who are fighting desperately the despair that comes from enforced idleness, but after all is said and done, the greatest blessings that will accrue from the Church [welfare program] are spiritual. Outwardly, every act seems to be directed toward the physical: remaking of dresses and suits of clothes, canning fruits and vegetables, storing foodstuffs, choosing fertile fields for settlement—all seem strictly temporal, but permeating all these acts, inspiring and sanctifying them, is the element of spirituality.” (In Conference Report, Oct. 1936, p. 103.)

"....One of the three areas emphasized in the mission of the Church is to perfect the Saints, and this is the purpose of the welfare program. This is not a doomsday program, but a program for our lives here and now, because now is the time for us to perfect our lives. May we continue to hold fast to these truths."

Principles for Perfecting Our Lives Through Self-Reliance and Service to Others
After reading President Romney’s article, families may wish to discuss the following principles in an upcoming family council.

BARRIERS to Self-Reliance Are—	GATEWAYS to Self-Reliance Are—
• Idleness	• Industry and work
• Spending freely	• Thrift, saving, budgeting
• Breaking the commandments	• Obeying the Word of Wisdom, keeping the commandments, paying an honest tithe
• Indifference to home storage	• One year’s supply of food, clothing, and (where possible) fuel
• No home food production	• Producing food at home
• Debt and interest payments	• Avoiding debt (when possible) and developing financial stability
• Apathy about job skills	• Improving job skills
• Negative attitudes	• Attaining physical, emotional, and social health

BARRIERS to Service to Others Are—	GATEWAYS to Service to Others Are—
• Thinking only of self and your immediate family	• Thinking of others
• Being afraid to share	• Sharing what you have as you can
• Keeping possessions to yourself	• Giving a generous fast offering
• “Over-helping” people who could help themselves, causing dependence	• Helping people to help themselves (building self-reliance in others)
• Keeping to yourself and your own family	• Giving of your time, talents, and means to family, church, community
• Feeling you have no time to serve, no talents to share	• Participation in individual and group service projects

Simple Rocket Stove How-To

Here is a video showing how to Quickly Assemble a Rocket Stove out of 21 bricks. I imagine now the the straightforward concepts have been presented, any size or location can be tried out. (I'd like to test it out on a larger scale for large pots.) This is so quick it could be put together for a sudden need or just to use as a contained firepit.
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=16+brick+rocket+stove&aq=f

Remember, the type of brick is somewhat important, most obviously = it needs to be able to 1) handle high heat and flame and 2) be able to insulate to some level.
I found these at Home Depot that I am going to try out! They are called Fire Bricks. The employee said this is what customers use when they are building a fire pit type application....
I'm hoping that this also would imply that heating them won't smoke anything too toxic into my food and airways.

However, perhaps someone has some experience with a different brick and could suggest a different one? yes?

The Group Buy for Fertilizer is happening

The company Sweet Corn Organics has fantastic fertilizers that they are now offering at a discounted rate if bought in bulk (= cheaper). See previous post here. - new update coming soon, I had a 40 minute conversation with the creator and have been doing more research.
I have done the research (planning to do a little more) to list theirs along with comparable products from my other bulk source.
It looks like we will focus the list down to (for this year) The Veggie, Mator and Berry, (and maybe the Lawn). Based on our results and experiences with them I would like to follow that with another order to either replenish or broaden to an additional product(s) for more specific needs.

Critical information:

• All of these fertilizers are 80% more efficiently used by the plant if dissolved in water and sprayed on the leaves/plant - preferrably on the underside of the leaves. (also, if needed at the same time, they can all be mixed together to be sprayed on)
  
• Organic gardening, when done "right", is much more nutritious and stronger against pest/disease/rot/ailments than any food the typical American has bought in the last few decades. See High Brix posts for more information and this site. The taste can tell you it's better!
• Please follow links to the products you are considering to read the description. For most of them, I only included tiny excerpts out of the paragraph descriptions. Each product name is a link.

ALSO- We are ordering the Seaweed Kelp ASCO from Azure Standard. It may not be the same, but will do the same job and is cheaper.

Lawn Fertilizer & Care (see description for accurate 'name')

MegaLawn - estimated prices: 2 lb. Price: $16.98 -- 10 lb Price: $54.98 -- 15 lb Price: $74.98

"MegaLawn is an organic soil amendment that will restore soil that has been wiped out by chemical use. Only two applications are required, provided chemicals are not used again. MegaLawn will restore the soil so that the plant has the ability to take in nutrients again. Then we recommend using MegaFish and MegaSea as a long-term lawn care alternative to chemical fertilizing.

This organic program focuses on the health of the soil, and it will pay for itself in reduced water consumption and maintenance costs. Lawns will be greener than ever, require less water to survive and thrive, and because this organic solution promotes slow, healthy growth, your lawn will require less mowing as well.

Instructions: Two applications are required to restore existing soil — one in the spring and one in the fall. Apply 1 pound per 100 square feet of soil and water in. Two weeks after first application, and thereafter, apply MegaFish and MegaSea every 3-4 weeks.

2 lb. Will amend 200 square feet. (using the less efficient dry method)"

Follow with fertilizers such as Seaweed, Fish Emulsion (in these orders) to provide maintenance nitrogen feedings via liquid foliar spraying or dry spread.

The Lawns are one of our countries biggest "vacuums" for water, fertilizer, and overall abuse. If all lawns switched to organic, they would require less care, be healthier (prettier, softer, stronger, use less product)
Of our nation's residential water usage, landscape use is estimated to be 50-70% most of which is used on lawns.
And in our nation, up to 60% of the total (toxic) synthetic fertilizers used is on Lawns. (of which 35%+ runs away to water sources)

Great site for more reading on lawn care:
http://www.envirofriendlylawncare.com/Information.html

specific Plant Focus Fertilizer

MegaVeggie - for Vegetable Plants - 15 lbs. Price: $79.98
"MegaVeggie is a great amendment for your entire vegetable garden soil, and is the perfect ongoing amendment for vegetable plants, as it provides the soil surrounding your plants with 24 different organic elements necessary for overall plant health. (For tomatoes, amend soil with MegaVeggie and then use MegaMator as the side dressing. For peppers, use MegePepe). This organic soil amendment will make up for a lot of deficiencies in your soil that lead to poor production, regardless of your pH. It is designed to bring your pH to neutral, which is the ideal environment for vegetable gardening, and it will pay for itself by producing a more flavorful and more abundant crop. You will experience more veggies per plant and superior flavor."

MegaBerry - (acid-loving plants) 10 lb. Price: $54.98
berries - blueberry, raspberry, blackberry and strawberry plants --(grapes)

MegaMator 15 lbs. Price: $79.98
tomato plants -- It will pay for itself by producing bigger, juicier, and absolutely incredible-tasting tomatoes -- and many more of them!

Seaweed Fertilizer

There are some extrememly fast growing seaweeds (some types of seaweed growing up to 1 foot per day) And of course this in our garden would supply some serious fuel to our growing plants. I do not know which seaweeds are which. (I hope to still research this!)
But: The sweet corn organics uses the 'fastest in the world'. (see tomato fertilizer description- It is possible that it may also contain some of this as one of its ingredients)

MegaSea - Seaweed Powder
10.7 oz.
Price: $19.98
MegaSea seaweed powder contains all the beneficial trace elements necessary for overall plant health. This product is the perfect soil amendment for addressing soil deficiencies. It will also help create an environment in the soil that will help plants survive frost and drought conditions, as well as prevent insect and disease problems. It is also a must for fruit tree production in frost-proned areas. By amending the soil, it actually helps raise sugar levels in the buds that will help the tree essentially produce its own antifreeze and allow for fruit even in late-frost situations. Combined with MegaFish liquid fish and either MegaMator/MegaPepe/MegaVeggie, it makes a great 100% organic program for amending soil for a more bountiful harvest. 10.7 oz. Makes 70 gallons of liquid product.

This is sourced from the part of the world where the fastest is grown - I do not know if it is the same or how it compares. however the rest of the benefits are present.
Kelp Gran ASCO Ani/Fert (Blue Label)
from Thorvin
Price: $56.05
Size: 50 lbs.
INGREDIENTS: Certified Organic Dried Marine Algae Sea Vegetation, Species Ascophylum Nodosum, a product if Iceland.

Great Fish Fertilizer Options

These are N-P-K nutrient-rich fertilizers that are sprayed on - can be used on any plant including as nitrogen for lawn and lawn soil feedings.

MegaFish - Hydrolyzed Liquid Fish
- 32 oz. - 1 Quart
Price: $19.98 (price estimated - to be determined by bulk amount)
100% whole fish,
by cold processed

Fish Liquid Fertilizer 2-4-0.2
from Eco-Nutrients
Price: $10.90
Size: 1 gallon
20% are whole fish 80% partial from seafood industry,
by enzymatic, low heat process