WORM COMPOST TEA


Check out the latest Infodeo from Healing Grounds Certified Organic Nursery. This is a first in a series of informational videos illustrating key techniques to build fertility in your garden environment. Compost Tea made with worm castings is a powerful way to infuse micro organisms into your garden setting. Compost tea is useful especially to restore vigor to plants and to aid in disease suppression

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Posted on November 30th, 2010 by admin and filed under kitchen composter | 10 Comments »

How To Start A Worm Farm


When you’re building a worm farm, you are almost solving 2 problems with one stone. The compost or rubbish will be used to turn something around that may be used in your garden later on while supplying you with worms to eat the rubbish. You will be capable of making valuable compost from your rubbish or unwelcome materials in your own place. You might think that so as to build a worm farm, the worm farms are complicated to build or make while this is just not accurate. The worm farms are going to straightforward to make and straightforward to use. To start making worm farms, you will likely need an area of the home or yard that’s kept dark enough the worms are going to flourish.

The worms hate to live in areas loaded in daylight or other kinds of light so it might work the best to put them in a garage or shed where there’s minimum light. The following step is to be certain the container you are using is large enough. The best size option for you will rely upon the scale of the worm farms that you would like to make. Many people will decide to use boxes that are nearly the same size as a shoe box.

The container must be made of plastic and if it is clear plastic, you may then need to use paper to wrap round the container or foil to keep light from seeping into the container and worrying the worms. When you have your container, you’re going to want to put some wet paper into the base of the container. This paper should be shredded and shouldn’t contain colours or the advertisements from the paper. The paper does not have to be sopping wet but simply rather just damp. The following step is to make certain you are adding enough garden soil.

The soil will have to be damp as well as the worms will need the moisture although not so wet that they’ll drown. Once you’ve done this and mixed it up well, you’ll want to add your scraps. The scraps that you will be using will likely need to be non acidic like scraps from oranges and other citrus fruit. If you will be using tea bags and coffee grounds, you’ll want to have some hard shell egg surroundings to balance the pH level out. The worms prosper good in conditions where the soil pH is around 6 to 8. When you’ve achieved this, you’ll wish to then add the worms to your worm farms.

The worm farms will work well with worms that are said to be red worms. You won’t need to use earthworms or night crawlers when setting up your worm farms as these worms won’t work to get the correct job done. When you have done this, place the worm farms in the dark areas of the home or the garage and feed them once each couple of days. Remember that worms don’t each much so you aren’t placing too much food into the soil and causing your pH to become too high or too low.

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Posted on November 26th, 2010 by Henry Dickson and filed under compost worms | No Comments »

The Great Rock Dust Experiment


It’s time to see if rock dust can make a difference. I’m testing it on my famous cherry tomato plants. Also, I’ll be putting together my Dancing in the Sunshine collaboration video in a few weeks. Everyone with a camera is invited to join in. Iy’s going to be fun! Details soon!

ps: Who likes tostadas? Next video is going to be delicious!

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Posted on November 20th, 2010 by admin and filed under kitchen composter | 25 Comments »

1 MILLION pounds of Food on 3 acres. 10,000 fish 500 yards compost

Growing power seem to have a winning combo going. I underestimated what they are doing. If the information in these videos is true then on 3 acres they are producing 1,000,000 pounds of food each year! How are they doing this?

10,000 fish
300-500 yards worm compost
3 acres of land in green houses
Grow all year using heat from compost piles.
Using vertical space
Simple 1 pump aquaponics

A packed greenhouse produces a crop value of $5 Square Foot! ($200,000/acre). That is if the whole acre was under greenhouse.

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Posted on November 17th, 2010 by admin and filed under kitchen composter | 25 Comments »

Growing at Reiman Gardens 030 Compost Tea

On this episode of Growing at Reiman Gardens, Jeremy Orr, Iowa State University student and summer gardener, demonstrates how to prepare a compost tea that is great for your vegetable garden. All you need is water, ordinary aquarium supplies, molasses, and good compost for a totally organic fertilizer. For more information about Reiman Gardens, please visit www.reimangardens.com

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Posted on November 16th, 2010 by admin and filed under kitchen composter | 2 Comments »

Compost Part 2–The Turn

Part 2 The proper way to turn your compost pile and uses for compost in the garden

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Posted on November 15th, 2010 by admin and filed under kitchen composter | 13 Comments »

Shallots and Dandelions (summer never ends!)

The few shallots that escaped my appetite are here to assist me in showing you how to grow these tasty little nuggets indoors during the cold winter months. And by the way, a dandelion flowered during a snowy week, so I picked it and it will be sacrificed to the gardening gods right before your eyes!

So grab a soda, beer or coffee and join me, ok? :)

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Posted on November 14th, 2010 by admin and filed under kitchen composter | 25 Comments »

Compost Tea Tomato Experiment final results

Join Will in their Probiotic Garden experiment today as he discusses the final results of the tomato experiment. The proof is in the taste! Two identical tomato plants grown in identical (trash) soil one watered with water only, the other watered with compost tea twice monthly yield very different results. The compost tea plant was better in all areas. Five times the fruit, 30% heavier fruit, as well as a higher BRIX reading which reads the flavor and nutrient density of plant juices. Contact Will if you would like more information on the merits and uses of compost teas in your yard or garden!

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Posted on November 13th, 2010 by admin and filed under kitchen composter | 22 Comments »

Gardening with Compost Tea AMAZING RESULTS

See our square foot garden using compost tea. See how to use your worm bin to make compost tea

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Posted on November 12th, 2010 by admin and filed under kitchen composter | 25 Comments »

How can I start a compost to fertilize my garden?

I’m super new at this, and I know we have cats, deer, fox, and skunks outside, will that be a problem? I would like to use it in my first vegetable garden in the spring. Will that work? Any help is appreciated. Can i just put scrap foods in a bucket and save it?…..
* Also, can i put proteins like meat and egg wastes in it?

You need a container with limited ventilation. Put holes in a bucket for example. A large pile of brush also works. Dump your scraps on top.

Also you could do a straw bale garden. Take good bales of straw or hay and keep them wet and fertilized for 10 days. On the 11th day you can plant your started plants on top of the bales. it produces a nice controlled garden. When the garden is done for the year, you have lots of compost to use. Search the internet for more information. It is a well known technique.

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Posted on November 11th, 2010 by admin and filed under garden compost | 7 Comments »
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