Worms SECRET Living Gift | Not just Castings in the Backyard Garden.
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Love your passion for such an interesting topic.
does it matter which sort of worms i use?
That's makes sense! Thank you, I'm going to focus my compost bin to be a worm town!
Your Show and Tells with props are great!
Applause for the humble worm. It's interesting that the north half of the continent didn't have any worms at all when Europeans arrived, due to Ice Age conditions freezing them out. As Europeans were building settlements, the worms that hitch-hiked across the Atlantic with them, were silently colonizing underfoot.
I accidentally found a way to get a worm population explosion:)
I add paper to my kitchen compost and put it through the blender.
If I want to change clay to loam quickly I fill a pot 2/3 full with this blended compost, cover with a tight mesh of cuttings (thorny ones are my fav) and then fill with healthy soil. I put blender compost under this, too. As the worms eat the mix I add more. In a month in the summer there are hundreds of worms and under the pot has turned to an ideal planting medium…no more clay.
My clever duck likes to check under the pots with me…not normal how excited she gets. The worms like blended paper dining but not so much dining 'with' Ethyl.
I bet ducks have a similar digestive system. I feed all my critters green sand;)
Mark, there are few channels that I watch EVERY video and get excited about new uploads but I think lots of us look forward to organicgardening in our feed. Can't wait to share with my gardening grandkids!
Great information, thank you for sharing.
What a wonderful Creator we have!
Thank you! So glad I already have composting worms but I didn't realize their manure held the other components. I had heard about growth hormones from vermicompost (I think…) but not all the other biology. Makes sense though. (And regarding the comment about your microphone, I can hear your voice quite clearly, without needing to turn the volume up.)
Fantastic descriptions! I have shared them with the science department at my high school.
Thanks Mark for giving us the info on what goes on when we have worms in our soil. As I mentioned to you before I have rye growing in 10 gallon fabric pots which I will terminate in about 30 days. I also have a few worms put in the pots as well as worm castings. I'm attempting to create a good environment for all the soil cycle for my eventual pepper and tomato plants which will go in the pots. Well done – as usual.
Thank you for your fantastic work on youtube! You give me so many inspirations for my permacultural -garden-work.
Silke from Bavaria
I like your samples and demonstrations.
Brilliant detail of the digestive system of worms, we are often told worm cast is good for our soil, but no details are given. Love it thank you for the video.
Wonderful and inspirational video. Can you please do a video about keeping worms healthy outside in all seasons? I’m in zone 7b.
I used to have a “worm condo” in my basement. I really miss those little guys, such hard workers and they produced black gold!!! Plus I didn’t need to throw out produce scraps!
Great educational display! Thanks!
its such a joy to learn from someone so passionate about what they are speaking…. thank you for propagating passion for mindful land stewardship…
Great information Mark. Thank you for the video. So you have your own worm beds for your worm castings? Have you make a video on how to make a worm bed. I’d love to see that.
I have great respect for worms. I call them my soil guardians. I’m the guy picking up worms out of the parking lot after a rain storm. Many make it home to my garden.
I was reading a research article (sorry, I don't remember where) that was saying that worm castings are much more beneficial than even compost because of ions/cations that worms produce through their castings/digestion. These charges attract and hold nutrients/minerals in the soil that would otherwise leach out (scavenging) and be lost and also make nutrients that were already in the soil, but unavailable to plants available to the plants? Talking about not just nutrients that were digested by worms, but already in the soil. Anyways, worth looking into and is one of the reasons why I want to build a worm bin (3-bin tiered) come spring.
Thank you.
I just started mine about 2 months ago, but I wanted to say that every time I feel down all I do is watch one of your videos and you cheer me up immensely! Thanks for your knowledge!
Your so funny!! Were you a teacher in another life? Love the way you explain things, reminds me of my Dad, he was an Art Instructor in his day. You just crack me up with all your props for your videos, do you know how much time is involved in this? I am just so Happy that I found you! It really is to bad you weren't closer! What do you do with all your props when your finished? recycle for another project? I swear you were a teacher, that's the sort of things they do. Your amazing! What's your thoughts on ENC? I had to toss mine into my raised bed, they weren't doing well.
PS: Love that color on your wall with the white fireplace, nice contrast with your blue shirt:>}