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By Merzbacher, on December 31st, 2011
Red wiggler worms are able to eat half their body weight in food waste everyday.
Why does that matter? Well, ahem, uhh… their poop, also called worm castings, is a great organic fertilizer.
But when I apply the “fertilizer” to my garden, I don’t want to lose the worms that turned my garbage into something of value. So before I apply the compost to the ground, I harvest the worms and put them back in my worm bin (see picture below).
Right now, I don’t need the fertile worm castings, but come spring, I’ll use the them grow better food.
Article source: http://www.newgrowthgardens.com/3/post/2011/12/harvesting-worms.html
By Merzbacher, on December 31st, 2011
The video below is among the best articulated cases for spreading edible gardens.
From the description on Youtube: ”Roger Doiron is founding director of Kitchen Gardeners International, a network of people taking a hands-on approach to re-localizing the global food supply. Doiron is an advocate for new policies, technologies, investments, and fresh thinking about the role of gardens. His successful petition to replant a kitchen garden at the White House attracted broad international recognition.
Article source: http://www.newgrowthgardens.com/3/post/2011/12/a-subversive-plot.html
By Merzbacher, on December 28th, 2011
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