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Field Trip: Organic Solution – High-tech Worm Castings

Posted on November 18, 2013 by Christy

Last week I was invited to geek out with the guys at Organic Solution, a Southern California worm castings company. A pleasant drive out to Camarillo yielded more than just an earful of good-for-the-garden tidbits. These guys are elbow deep … Continue reading →

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Composting, Worms and Shade Gardening

Posted on March 3, 2010 by Christy

Another great question came in this week:

“Hello, I have a worm bin that I use to throw all my compostable items in such as veggies,eggshells, paper etc. I also have a big compost bin next to my worm bin, it is about a quarter full. I
throw junk mail and grass clippings, tree clippings, whatever is too big for my worm bin goes in this big bin. Could I add worms to this big bin as well to aid in the speed of the …
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New Home Construction for Worms

Posted on December 31, 2009 by Christy

Santa was very good to me this year. I got the Worm Factory that I wished for, and we couldn’t wait to move our worms to their new home. My husband and I
carefully read through the instructions that were included with the Factory and found it very informative – above and beyond the usual information that you might see in a vermiculture
pamphlet.

We assembled the unit, and then moved on …
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