A particularly devastating problem in a worm bin is protein poisoning, also called “string of pearls” or sour crop, evidenced by…

A particularly devastating problem in a worm bin is protein poisoning, also called “string of pearls” or sour crop, evidenced by…
Jamaica is a vacation destination for most people. I recently got the chance to spend two weeks there volunteering my…
When you dig through your blazing hot compost pile and find dense pockets of white filaments, you might either be…
Walk in most any wild setting and beneath your feet lies miles upon miles of filamentous fungal networks called mycorrhizae,…
A commercial worm farm – whether for worm castings or the worms themselves – appears to be a profitable venture…
What is the Soil Food Web? The Soil Food Web is the very beginning of the food chain. It’s a…
Does your worm bin have uninvited pests or does it simply stink? Are your worms looking deformed? Are they trying…
When folks think of compost tea and how it’s applied, they normally think of a conventional sprayer applying tea to…
In the late 2000’s, the Komodo dragon exhibit at Woodland Park Zoo experienced highly-toxic levels of E. coli. That is,…
Once you’ve brewed a batch of high biology compost tea as discussed in our blog post titled “Compost Tea Brewing…
Compost tea provides plants and gardens with a metric buttload of life-giving beneficial microorganisms. But it takes a special approach…
A growing body of field tests demonstrates vermicompost’s effect on plant growth, yield, and pest and pathogen suppression. What those…