Your Soil Find out what level of nitrogen and other nutrients your soil already has. Follow the soil test recommendations, using organic fertilizers. Call your local extension service to find out how to test your soil. Also, never apply fertilizer to frozen ground, it will wash away when the ice melts. Or better yet, grow your own.
Organic produce is grown without synthetic fertilizers that contribute to the nitrogen glut.
And when it s grown locally, a lot less fossil fuels are burned in transport. Eat More Vegetables With a typical American diet, rich in meat, it takes 120 pounds of nitrogen a year to feed each person. A diet primarily composed of vegetables and grains takes about 70 pounds of nitrogen per person. If you live near a lake or stream, allow a buffer zone a strip of grass or other vegetation to grow along the shore. Water will be trapped by the vegetation and less will wash into the lake or stream.