Liquid fertiliser from comfrey

Back in the middle of May I took the first cut of comfrey and piled it up to let it wilt:

A couple of weeks later it was looking like this:

I chopped it up a bit and stuffed it into an old water container...

...with a bit of wood and a brick over it to squash it down...

...covered it up and stuck it behind the cabin:

 Now if we take a look inside it's turning to liquid...

...I'll dilute this as needed to use as a feed on my tomatoes. You can of course just chuck your comfrey leaves into a water butt and make your feed that way but if you do it'll smell like a rotting corpe. By making a concentrate then diluting it the smell isn't nearly so bad.

Mulching

When the ground is as wet as now it's a good time to get a mulch on to keep the moisture in the ground. It'll also suppress weed growth and feeds the soil. I use compost and wilted comfrey:

Comfrey

You probably don't need me to tell you that comfrey makes a brilliant fertiliser; its deep roots bring up valuable trace elements and minerals. Some people make a stinky feed from it but I prefer to use it as a mulch.

I cut it down just before it flowers, leave it to wilt for a week then spread it between rows:


Spread out:


A week later it's rotting down nicely: