Guess What?
We decided it was long past time to separate our vermicomposters from their vermicompost. Here's one pile of the contents of one of the worm hotels. Vermicompost, black gold, worm castings - call it what you prefer - the stuff is magic for plants. Did you know that one-third of the stuff being trucked to landfills is worm food in the form of kitchen, grocery store, food processing, garden, restaurant and other edible wastes? A worm bin serves the planet in two ways: 1) provides your garden with invaluable nutrients; 2) keeps the landfills from filling up with plastic bags full of perfectly good worm food. Well, in my case there is a third benefit: Now we have pets that do not give me asthma attacks. If you like scientific information to back up my casual statements about vermicompost's value to your garden, click here . Someone analyzed samples and uploaded the results. This company points out its benefits for organic gardeners. Park Seed sells vermicompost in plastic bottle...