FARM VERMI

Vermi Chicken Feed

2012-03-10T06:55:00.003-08:00

A month ago I bought seventeen heads of chicks and now they are chicken already. I grow these chicks free from poultry medicine. I did not give them poultry medicine. I made experimentation with the use of vermi worm and its cast. I try to raise Cobb chicken in organic way. I feed my chicken with vermi worm and vermi cast. My seventeen heads of in organic way turn to seven heads of chicken. No one got damage.Two weeks from now they will be harvested.

Compost Fertilizer

2011-11-10T06:13:00.000-08:00

Just this morning I delivered 5 kilos of

Vermi Cast to my co worker who also believed of the positive of organic farming and the use of organic fertilizer. For two years now gradual developing of Vermi Farming in just backyard and small scale turn into enterprenuer. Selling of vemi cast and worms prove to be promising business.

Benefits of Vermi Compost Fertilizer

1. Earthworms produce no toxins and carry no diseases.

2 .Reduces soil salinization and soil erosion

3 .Increases crop yield with less irrigation.

4. Promotes faster growth of plants, increases crop yield.

5 .Produces crops with a better taste, and lasting quality, without

toxic residues

6 .Lowers risk of crop loss due to pest attack

7. Vermi composting waste produces no pollution or unusable

residue

8 .Lessens pollution, as chemicals are not used

9 .Earthworms help neutralize soil acidity and reduce
waste volume by up to 50%

Vermi Culture and Waste Management

2011-08-11T21:15:00.000-07:00

Davao City waste management has open the consciousness of Dabawenyos on segrating their waste segrating it as residual ,compostable,and recycable. Housewives, school children,and almost all sectors in Davao City are aware now of these ordinance from the city government.

Only residuals are being collected,while compostables are left at home for their compost pit. Many also are starting to use vermi to compost their compostable waste which turn into organic fertilizer.

Vermi is big help to maintain the cleanliness of our environment aside from making our soil rich and fertile again. It is big help to our waste management the moment we start vermi culture.

Organic Biological Farming of Blueberry Plants

2011-04-16T19:43:00.000-07:00

By Harold Stewart

Introduction

Blueberries are the most widely grown fruit crop in the United States. Blueberries are well-suited to organic culture, and good markets exist for organically grown blueberries. To return the soil to good health is the means to growing healthy flavorful blueberries.

Compost

Great compost is the cornerstone of a nutrition package for the soil. To achieve optimal results and better crops use a combination of homemade compost and compost tea.

Vermi-compost (worm castings or composting with worms)

Vermi-compost or worm-compost is a fine source of reliable compost that is biologically full of life to start a brew of compost tea. Vermi-compost is made from worms who feed on the compost. Earthworms will turn organic material into very high quality compost full of many beneficial micro-organisms. The most common types of earthworms used for vermicomposting are brandling worms (Eiseniafoetida) and redworms or red wigglers (Lumbricusrubellus). Many garden centers such as Wal-Mart usually supply them. The micro-organisms in worm castings favor healthy plant growth. And the worm castings don't contain any disease pathogens. As the worms process the organic matter any pathogenic bacteria in the compost bin are dependably killed in the worms' gut. This is one of the big benefits of vermicomposting.

Aerated Compost tea

One of the most important components of a good organic program is aerated compost tea. This tea, when produced properly, will introduce necessary biology into your field. Aerated Compost Tea has become the standard within the organic industry in regards to compost teas. Aerobically made compost tea is a concentrated liquid of active beneficial microorganisms, organic compounds, and soluble nutrients. An organic fertilizing system uses compost tea which is at the heart of a good organic fertilization system. The inoculums (biological material) used for the tea is worm compost from worms who feed on the compost.

Aerobically brewed compost tea is teeming with live useful microorganisms, and is the most excellent way to supply the soil with nutrients and these valuable microorganisms and maintain a vigorous and healthy soil, which is the solution to healthy plants. Healthy soil is one that is full of beneficial microorganisms that are active and responsible for producing healthy plants. This makes plants more able to fight pest and disease, which makes them more fruitful and able to endure extremes in temperature and humidity.

Aerobically made compost tea is a practical alternative to growing with chemicals

Aerobically made compost tea offers ecologically and economically sound answers to problems faced by farmers due to chemical build ups in fields and in ground water sources. Compost tea also as helps the farmer to overcome chemicalization problems. Some of the benefits include healthier plants, increased yield, less irrigation necessary, and more resistance to stress and drought situations. These benefits have been seen in many places of the world including all across the U.S.,

We can repair the mistreatment to our surroundings from toxic pollution caused by a long use of harmful chemical applications has created. Using compost tea is among the safest, most successful and most direct way to get away from and disengage from the negative blow from using chemical pesticides, herbicides, and man-made fertilizers.

Compost Tea can be is useful at five gallons to an acre. It is about impossible to apply too large an amount or too often. If there are food sources are on hand in the soil, a single application of tea will give huge profit for months or even years after. The application of compost tea helps in the establishment of a true sustainable soil environment.

Frequency of Use

The rate of use is reliant upon a number of factors, the soil in the region, the specific plant and its vulnerability to disease. Weather environment and other factors may also be involved. You cannot over use compost tea. One example of application is to make three applications each year.

In the early spring use a soil drench just before planting before the blueberry plants come out of dormancy.

Mid-summer as the blueberry plants flower out you can use foliar spray. This foliar spray helps protect the foliage and nourish the plant.

Late fall after spreading sawdust or other mulch cover to the blueberry beds. This late fall application, along with worms in the soil, will help the compost to be digested and the nutrients will be acquired the soil by spring.

Grow your own Blueberries and other plants using these methods.

Purchase your pesticide free blueberry plants from a reputable nursery. Two year old plants are usually you most cost-effective purchase. They will start producing fruit in a year and continue to mature over the next 5 years producing more and more blueberries.

Summary

Using these methods you can improve your soil and grow more healthy plants and fruit. Blueberry growers like Bob Wilt of Sunset Valley Organics have seen dramatic improvement in the production and quality of the blueberries they grow.

You can purchase naturally grown blueberries that are grown without the use of harsh pesticides from (Blueberry Croft Farm and Nursery). Our primary goal is to serve you the customer. Harold Stewart understands both the theory and practical applications of growing blueberries. He has a PhD in biophysics with many years of teaching, extenstive hands on and research experience at the university level. This coupled with of years of experience spent growing up on a farm translates into being able to provide you with quality blueberry plants. The farm is a reputable source for quality blueberry plants. Overignepar 30 varieties of blueberries are grown and sold. For more information contact http://www.blueberrycroft.com/. Get free S/H on orders of $65+.

Harold Stewart is an expert who has really a hands own experience in the farm which he himself developed a good quality of blueberry. A good blueberry in an healthy soil fertilized organically with vermi compost and compost tea.

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Benefits of Vermi compost /casting on the Soil

2010-11-03T05:50:00.000-07:00

1. Increases moisture and nutrient retention of the soil

2. Improves aeration and root penetration

3. Reduces crushing of soil surface

4. Micro -nutrients are added to the soil.

5. Increases the number of beneficial soil micro - organisms.

Let us participate in the restoration of our social by being organic minded .

Enrich our mother earth by raising worms that are friendly to us and to our environment.

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Earthworm Castings Organic Fertilizer

2010-09-15T14:26:00.000-07:00

Earthworm Castings Organic Fertilizer is an all purpose natural fertilizer that comes to you straight from nature with no alterations whatsoever. These night crawlers are fed a very rich humus which contains a wide variety of minerals and trace elements. The earthworms digest this material and in its' passage through the worm, it is beneficially altered both chemically and physically. The end product is "super humus" which is extremely fertile top soil properly conditioned for best root growth, containing in rich proportion and water soluble form, all the elements required of the earth for optimum plant nutrition.

Earthworm castings, as stated, contain rich proportions of water soluble nutrients. This is a primary reason for being able to provide incredible results. earth worms allows plants to quickly and easily absorb all essential nutrients and trace elements. This is possible because the earthworm grinds and uniformly mixes the nutrients and trace elements in simple forms, so plants need only minimal effort to obtain them. This is not the case with most other natural fertilizers. Though they may have many nutrients and/or higher analysis, the ability of plants to optimally use them is limited because they are not broken down to the degree in which the earthworm is able to provide them.

As well as an abundance of available nutrients, earth worms also provides a perfect mix of nutrients that are not readily available, but present for long term nutritional needs. This allows plants to feed as needed for weeks and months at a time, depending on the plant.

I00% ORGANIC FERTILIZER

2010-08-15T08:12:00.000-07:00

Vermi-compost is a 100% organic fertilizer that is made up of worm castings and partially decomposed organic matter. Worm castings are the richest natural fertilizer known to humans. It contains no harmful chemicals like artificial fertilizer does. Thus taking 100% pure vegetables and fruits you are far away from dieses like cancer...

FARM VERMI: worms that would help mother earth becoming rich again

2010-08-15T05:53:00.000-07:00

FARM VERMI: worms that would help mother earth becoming rich again

2010-08-08T14:09:00.000-07:00

Why Compost With Worms?

Worm composting is a method for recycling food waste into a rich, dark, earth-smelling soil conditioner. The great advantage of worm composting is that this can be done indoors and outdoors, thus allowing year round composting. It also provides apartment dwellers with a means of composting. In a nutshell, worm compost is made in a container filled with moistened bedding and redworms. Add your food waste for a period of time, and the worms and micro-organisms will eventually convert the entire contents into rich compost.

FROM TWO BOXES

2010-07-15T06:32:00.000-07:00

It's a holiday in the Philippines, the oath taking of our new president Benigno Simeon Cojuangco Aquino. In the morning I keep on watching what was happening Manila. After an afternoon nap I went to my backyard garden , vege garden and my boxes of vermi's.My two boxes that I started 3 years ago now becomes seven boxes. As I add 2 boxes yesterday. I harvested also vermi cast for my ornamental plants fertilizer. What a promising hobby wherein by this time friends started to order organic fertilizers . I believe someday this hobby will turn into enterprising one.

Vermi Culture and Composting

2010-07-02T15:16:00.000-07:00

Characteristics of African Nightcrawlers
The vermi that I am raising
Hermaphrodites (male and female reproductive organs are present in each worm
Matures in 6 weeks. Population doubles in about a month
Temperature Requirement 25C 29C under shade

Part of the Vermiculture is the composting. The worm will compost all you bio=degradable materials This would make us more friendly to our environment as must segregate our waste. And the product of this composting is Organic Fertilizer

Steps in Vermicomposting
A.Site Selection/ Select a site that is shaded and well-drained with
available water supply.
B.Small Scale Production . Use wooden boxes, earthen pots, Styrofoam boxes, plastic basin or any similar materials
Commercial Production . Use provision of working space for drying and bagging

What to prepare?
Worm
Worm bim
Substrate
manure + ipil-ipil or kakawate
rice straw + manure
grasses + chicken manure
sawdust + ipil-ipil
compost / rice straw + corn barn
cardboard and paper pulp

Anaerobic Stage

Cut the materials for use as substrate into smaller pieces by chopping with a bolo or cutting with a scissor. For large-scale production, using a powered shredded/chipper will shorten the time in the preparation of substrates. Finer materials could easily decompose (partial decomposition). If using different kinds of materials, mix the chopped raw materials before putting them in the decomposition chamber. Moisten the materials and cover the composting bin to initiate anaerobic decomposition. It takes 10 to 15 days to complete anaerobic decomposition and only then that they are ready for worm consumption.

Aerobic Stage

After the anaerobic decomposition, introduce the earthworms into the substrate. Aerobic decomposition lasts for 40 - 60 days depending on the materials used and the ratio of the worms to the substrate. Five kilograms of substrate is enough to feed a kilogram of worm for a month. Within the period, moisten (not soggy) the substrate regularly to provide the right moisture (60 - 80%) for the earthworm to grow and multiply.

Vermiculture Technology

2010-06-29T07:20:00.000-07:00

what is vermiculture technology. This is what happens. You throw your kitchen scraps in a compost pile. The earthworms breakdown and digest this material and then excrete what is called worm castings. This is what is also called earthworm compost. This natural organic fertilizer is so rich in nutrients that it is sometimes called "black gold". That is vermiculture technology in a nutshell.

How to Make Your Own Worm Compost System

2010-06-22T07:00:00.000-07:00

originated by:Amanda, Krystle C., Jack Herrick

Vermiculture, or worm composting, allows you to compost your food waste faster than you ever imagined, while producing the highest quality compost and fertilizing liquid. Best of all, it's self-contained and nearly odorless!

How to start?
Obtain a worm bin.

# These can be purchased from many online vendors or your local gardening or farm supply store.
# You can build your own. Use rubber storage totes, galvanized tubs, wood, or plastic.

Material: Rubber is cheap, easy to use and durable. Galvanized tubs are somewhat costly but will last forever. Wood will eventually be eaten, and plastic cracks easily, but either will do in a pinch. Some people prefer wooden compost worm bins because they may breathe better and absorb excess moisture[1], which can be hazardous to the worms. Just don't use chemically-treated wood, which may be dangerous to worms or leach harmful chemicals into your compost. 5-gallon plastic buckets now for sale by most hardware stores can be used - especially if you live in an apartment. Clean the big 5-gallon soap buckets thoroughly and let them sit for a day or so filled with clean water before using as a worm

Ventilation is essential.

Ventilation: Your bin should be well-ventilated, with several 1/8 inch (3mm) holes 4 inches (100mm) from the bottom (otherwise the worms will stay at the bottom of the bin and you may drown your worms). For example, you can build a worm bin out of a large plastic tub with several dozen small holes drilled out on the bottom and sides. Untreated wooden bins are naturally ventilated because of structure of wood.

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* Size: The larger you make the container, the more worms it can sustain. Estimate 1 pound (0.45kg) of worms (1,200) for every square foot of surface area. The maximum productive depth for your bin is 24 inches (61cm) deep because composting worms will not go further down than that.
* Cover: The bin should have a cover to prevent light from getting in and to prevent the compost from drying out. Choose or make a lid that can be removed if your compost is too wet. Use a canvas tarp, doubled over and bungee-corded on, or kept in place with wood. Burlap sacks also work well, and can be watered directly.

# Use 4 old car tires: To make a four-tire wormery, create a base from old bricks or flagstones (must be flat and with as few cracks as possible). Place a layer of heavy newspaper on top of the bricks. Stuff four old tires with newspapers. Pile the tires on top of each other, with the first tire on the Sunday newspaper. Put some scrunched up paper or cardboard in the bottom to soak up any excess liquid. Fill the entire wormery with organic material (semi-composted is best). Add the composting worms (tiger or brandling species are best). Use a piece of board weighed down with bricks as a lid. The lid must be big enough to stop rain getting in. Harvest a tire's worth of fertilizer roughly every 8 weeks (during warm months).

Prepare the box for worms. Fill your bin with thin strips of unbleached corrugated cardboard or shredded newspaper, straw, dry grass, or some similar material. This provides a source of fiber to the worms and keeps the bin well-ventilated. Sprinkle a handful of dirt on top, and thoroughly moisten. Allow the water to soak in for at least a day before adding worms. You can also use Canadian peat moss, which is more expensive but yields a loamier vermicompost.

Maintain your bin. Keeping your bin elevated off the ground, using bricks, cinder blocks, or whatever is convenient will help speed composting and keep your worms happy. Worms are capable of escaping almost anything, but if you keep your worms fed and properly damp, they should not try to escape. A light in the same area will ensure your worms stay put. Sprinkle the surface with water every other day. Feed your worms vegetable scraps at least once a week. Feeding lightly and often will produce more worms (which is good when starting a new bin) and large amounts fed less often will fatten your worms (good for fishing). Add more cardboard, shredded newspaper, hay, or other fibrous material once a month, or as needed. Your worms will reduce everything in your bin quickly. You will start with a full bin of compost or paper/cardboard, and soon it will be half full. This is the time to add fibrous material.

Tips

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Multiple worm bins, stacked.
Multiple worm bins, stacked.
If you have two bins, it can be a bit easier to get at your compost. Fill one bin and start the next. When you want to get at the compost, move the uncomposted matter from bin one to bin two and use all the finished compost. Bin two, the now-active bin, becomes full and then bin one becomes the active bin again.

IT STARTED OF A DREAM

2010-06-13T00:27:00.001-07:00

In 2007 I started to dream of a productive life in aging years wherein I will be retiring from my job as Campus Minister in one of the Catholic Schools in Davao City. I thought it I was in crises but my dream was a healthy sign of generativity according to my age.

A family friend of mine, Irog and Linda Margate started Vermi Culture. After making a simple research to how this vermi be raised or cultured with the help also of my good neighbor Dodong and Nancy Braga I was encouraged also to culture. I put up two big junk plastic basin as my initial cage. Since I was new then of this thing I don't make serious follow-up of watering my vermi that made their place dried up often times.

In other hand I keep telling my friends that I am culturing Vermi at my backyard and the funny is that informing people that soon I will be selling at the price 500 pesos fer kilo.

Deep within me, I have that belief that Vermi Culture is a promising hobby and recreation during week ends aside from my passion in gardening.

The 100 pesos initial capital that I started is multiplied more than ten times for I was able to sold Vermi or earthworms worth P1.200.00 to my friends.
Aside from the amount that I raised from the Vermi(worms), week ago a friend came and
asked for Vermicompost that turned to organic fertilizer. I am producing an organic and chemical free veges from my Urban Organic Garden.

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IT STARTED OF A DREAM

2010-06-13T00:27:00.000-07:00