Part II, My First Worm Stories. From 4 years ago
by the Friendly Worm Guy
Jeff Sonnenburg
OK. A week has not past since I posted the first part of the story, Remember these are the very same as they appeared in the weekly news paper. Enjoy…. Jeff
Well, a week ago I told you we could keep a lot of organic waste out of our landfill sites with the little composting bins in our homes. Lets say there were 1700 homes in our community, and half the homes had a bin with worms eating 5 pounds of table scraps , etc per week.
850 homes X 5 pounds per week =4250 lbs per week,then you X that by 52 weeks, for a grand total of 221,000 lbs of garbage that stayed out of the landfill in just one year.(Stay away from meats and dairy products, they make ODORS if not eaten fast enough).The bin also gives us 110,500 pounds of Casting that went on indoor, outdoor plants, flowers, lawns, trees and shrubs in one year..
The fact that earthworm castings are created by nature for the purpose of promoting plant growth, why do we need chemical sprays for our plants and trees when there is worm castings and worm tea. This great fertilizer is all made by those tiny little worms.
I once read that earthworms were responsible for bring 25,000 lbs of castings to surface on 1 acre of land per year.That was in a warm weather climate of course, but never the less, isn’t that incredible!!!Worm castings can be mixed 1 part castings and 3 parts of potting soil.
Worm Tea is the liquid at the bottom of the composting bin, or by taking worm castings and soaking it in chlorine free water overnight.Worm Tea is the best all natural liquid plant food available and has NO ODOR.
Some good facts about worm tea: the microbes within the worm tea turn organic matter into humus. This humus stores energy for later use, a natural fertilizer.When using as a fertilizer, the worm tea should by mixed 1 part worm tea to 50 parts water. Worm tea directly applied to a compost pile will speed up its ability to break down plant material into compost. This in return forming more humus witch can be used as a fertilizer.
Hope you enjoyed this article about worm facts, and last weeks article about the new worm the European Nightcrawler…
Written by Jeff on March 1st, 2008 with
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#1. March 2nd, 2008, at 5:02 PM.
interesting read again keep up the good work jeff