For me, drill feed with 1/4 blood meal, 1/2 bonemeal and 1/4 kelp meal. Or just buy a 25lb bag of RoseTone or HollyTone made by Espoma and drill feed that way. Depending on how many trees you have this 25lb bag could last two years in a smaller fruit tree garden. I also mow in MASSIVE amounts of leaves around the fruit trees every autumn and mulch mow the lawn grass surrounding the fruit trees. (Plus I sprinkle aged wood chips around the fruit trees like someone would sprinkle fertilizer if you get what I mean. I sprinkle the wood chips every autumn also.) I use a monthly, or every three weeks, concoction of molasses water spray every season and this seems to help everything in the garden for me also. Be careful with molasses water when the fruit is maturing because it might cause black soot mold in wet seasons. I'm sure there are MANY more methods but those are mine.

I'm not quite sure what is the point of this thread. In this one meta analysis, they reviewed 343 previous studies done, examining and measuring nutritional content of organic vs non organic vegetables. Is that right? Yet, after 343 studies done, they still find very little difference in the nutritional value of both groups. No difference that would actually support recommending one over the other for nutritional content. After 343 studies. That to me is a very large waste of time and money to do that many studies when the first 50 probably told you all you needed to know. I also have to wonder, who was paying for these studies? Is some organization trying to gain support for their point of view with 'scientific studies showâ¦'? At any rate, I haven't expected that organic produce has significantly higher amounts of nutrition over non organic produce. I simply understand that pesticides and fungicides actually are designed to kill bugs and fungus. Why would I want to eat foods that were sprayed with any kind of agent that can kill, even if it is just a small bug? And had them repeatedly applied? And that the soil that they are growing in has had years and years of them being applied? The other reason I choose organic gardening, is because an ecological system clearly exists. Why ignore that rather than try to understand it and work with the system rather than against it? None of these studies address either of those reasons why I choose organic.

To correct and expand on the last post, feeding raw is a feeding option based on what an animal would eat in the wild. Animals never cook foods in the wild and could care less about shelf stability. Three ideologies exist in the world of raw: Complete and balanced approaches, balanced approaches, and prey model approaches. Complete and balanced approaches mix the benefits of nutritional science and raw food benefits to formulate products that at least meet and often exceed AAFCO nutrient requirements of dogs. Balanced approaches are marketing claims with no standard meaning of which essentially mean the products are a mix of meat and fruits and vegetables; oftentimes these products are referred to as mixes. Lastly, some companies produce grinds of which are a mix of meat, organ meat and bones to fulfill a market need for carnivore diets. Scientifically speaking cats are carnivores but dogs are not. Natural is a marketing term in pet food of which has no regulated definition. Organic is an incredibly strict federally regulated term. No company may legally use the term "organic" unless they adhere to strict (NOP) National Organic Plan regulations. This includes annual inspections to guarantee adherence to organic standards. Three options in organic exist: "100% organic," "95% organic," or "made with organic ingredients" (must contain at least 70% organic ingredients). Only the first two options may display the green USDA organic seal. Organic pet food products must be certified organic under human standards as the definitions and regulations do not allow for compromised standards allowed for conventional pet foods. Two of the best foods for your pet come out of Wisconsin: Paw Naturaw and Stella & Chewy's. I recommend feeding their raw foods. However, Paw Naturaw offers organic, raw, frozen and dehydrated raw foods and Stella & Chewy's offers natural, raw, frozen and freeze-dried raw foods. Learn more about the two companies at: http://www.PawNaturaw.com http://www.stellaandchewys.com Here is a link that might be useful: Organic Raw Dog Food and Treats, Organic Raw Frozen and Dehydrated Diets for Dogs - Paw Naturaw

I have continued my search based on some of the comments made on this posting. Your thoughts? Another Jonathan Greene organic fertilizer: ANALYSIS 10-0-1 Total Nitrogen (N) ........................................................ 10.00% 9.0% Water Insoluble Nitrogen 1.0% Other Water Soluble Nitrogen Soluble Potash (K20) ........................................................ 1.00% Calcium (Ca) ............................................................... 1.00% Sulfur (S) ...................................................................... 1.00% Iron (Fe) ...................................................................... 2.00% Non-Plant Food Ingredients: Humates ..................... 12.50% Amino Acids ..................... 0.05% HUMATES Plant nutrients derived from: Feather Meal, Soybean Meal, Blood Meal, Fish Meal, Sulfate of Potash, Molasses, Wheat Middlings and Iron Oxide vs. 1st postings composition ANALYSIS 8-0-3 Plant nutrients derived from: Feather Meal, Alfalfa Meal, Kelp Meal, Calcium Sulfate Dihydrate, Sulfate of Potash, Sunflower Hull Ash, Protein Hydrolysate, Iron Humate and Molasses