Sooo, how’s that vermicomposting working out for you?
In a word…unfreakingbelievable. And all we’ve utilized thusfar is worm juice (the water that filters down through the castings into the bottom of the Can O’Worms) in a 50% solution with water:
But as you can see, the results are impressive:
That is the biggest tomato bloom I have ever seen. And this Carbon tomato is now taller than my yardstick:
The trident maple bonsai next to it spent some hours root-soaking in the solution, as did the crape myrtle bonsai:
Everything else in the garden also had a little taste, as well as some kelp concentrate, and (including the increase in sunlight over the past few weeks) you can now pretty much watch everything grow before your very eyes. The galisse and green lance:
Soybeans and savoy:
Carrots, carrots and Fresca strawberries:
More and MORE carrots, and Ishikura onions:
Strawberries and melons:
Figs and pumpkins:
Cucumbers, strawberries and oregano:
Shoepeg corn:
Peppers and strawberries:
And celery, which may or may not actually get full growth now that the temperatures are in the 80s:
I love being a backyard “farmer.”