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Author Archives: Larry Braley
How to Harvest Worm Compost and Worms
Your worms have been working away and your bin is now full of rich compost. It’s time to harvest the compost and separate out the worms. What’s the best way to do that? There are several ways I’ve tried which … Continue reading
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Tagged compost, garden, gardening, haversting, red worms, vermicompost, vermicomposting, worm compost
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Adding Worms to Your Worm Bin
Now that you have the bedding prepared and in the worm bin, it’s time to add worms! Red Worm—Red Wiggler—Esenia Fetida—these are just a few of the names for the little guy that is your composting friend. He/she, as it is … Continue reading
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Tagged composting, Esenia Fetida, feeding worms, fish bait, gardening, red wigglers, red worms, vermicomposting, worms
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How to Make Bedding for Your Worm Bin
As I discussed in the last post, raising worms to produce compost is fun, easy and a great source of high-powered, all-natural, fertilizer for your garden and seedlings. Now that you have your worm bin made, it’s time to put … Continue reading
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Tagged composter, gardening, leaf mold, peat moss, planting, red worms, sphagnum, worm bedding, worm bin, worm compost, worms
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How to Make a Simple Worm Bin
Worms are God’s soil-building machines—a virtual humus creating factory as Thomas Barrett would say. They can rapidly convert organic matter and vegetable scraps into high-nutrient compost and castings (worm poop) for your garden and other uses. There is much research … Continue reading
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Potato Planting Time!
It’s time to get ready to plant potatoes! I’m so excited! Potatoes are some of the first crops we plant in spring. Potatoes are the “funnest” crop my kids like to grow. It’s easy for them to plant and they … Continue reading
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Tagged all natural, crop, gardening, growing, planting, potato, seed potato, sulfur, wide row
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Meet the Family
We’re glad you’ve come to our home. We love visitors and sharing some down-home, country hospitality. Our blog will include posts from various family members. Let me introduce them to you. This is a slightly older picture of our family … Continue reading
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