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Hair Today, Fertilizer Tomorrow A Weird Garden Hack from the Past

Discover one of the strangest organic gardening hacks from the 1850s—using human hair as fertilizer! In this historical deep dive, we explore how antebellum gardeners in Savannah, Georgia, added hair clippings to their garden soil to enrich it with nitrogen and keratin. This bizarre but effective natural fertilizer method has roots in sustainable, organic gardening long before it became trendy. Are you an organic gardener? Do you compost at home or use unusual soil amendments? Share your experience in the comments below! Help with a DONATION - If you enjoy our videos, please help support our channel, so we can create more wonderful content for you. Buy me a coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/gogardennow Shop https://www.gogardennow.com. Cotton picking illustration comes from William O. Blake’s 1859 book, The History of Slavery and the Slave Trade, Ancient and Modern. It depicts enslaved people laboring in multiple stages of the cotton harvesting process; Blake, William O., “Plantation; Cotton picking,” Digital Public Library of America, https://dp.la/item/d2a0750be7506b98e7.... Music: A Plantation Episode by John Pidoux; Grimshaw Pathe Freres (22055) Publication Date 1919. Public domain. Unconquered by Mr. J. Pidoux; Zonophone (2027). Publication date 1902. Public domain. Newspaper images: Southern recorder. (Milledgeville, Ga.), March 10, 1868 The Daily news and herald. (Savannah, Ga.) 1866-1868, January 08, 1867 Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1868-1887, January 31, 1870 Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1868-1887, February 21, 1870 Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1868-1887, March 04, 1870 👉 Like this video if you enjoy forgotten gardening history 👉 Subscribe to @GoGardenNow for more Southern garden lore, heirloom plant tips, and oddball horticultural wisdom 🔔 Hit the bell icon so you never miss a video! #organicgardening #organiccomposting #organiccompost #savannahhistory #antebellum #weirdgardenhacks #compostingtips