Podcasts about vermiculture

In this BONUS episode, we're bringing you our coverage of chapters 4 and 5 of REGENERATION: Ending the Climate Crisis In One Generation by Paul Hawken. Since it was originally published in 2021, this consolidated content will prime you for our upcoming interview with Paul Hawken. If you have specific questions you'd like me to ask Paul, please send me an email note to: hello@caremorebebetter.comLAND: The topics covered range from Regenerative Agriculture to Composting and Vermiculture, Degraded Land Restoration and Returning Biodiversity. It's a hopeful chapter on everything we can do to change our current trajectory, reverse global warming, and return health to our soil, to our people, and our planet. We can draw down carbon - put it back where it belongs, and continue forward, creating a better future. PEOPLE: With this chapter, we reveal and our role in solving the climate crisis, reversing global warming. We are asked to think about the role of colonialism in climate change, of its damaging effect on ecosystems as we knowingly or unknowingly eradicated the knowledge of generations who maintained forest farms and grasslands by pushing them off their homesteads. It's a call to action for all of us. We are one, and it's time we start acting like it. Pick up your copy of REGENERATION: to follow along here: https://amzn.to/4gwCXIEOrder Paul's new book: CARBON: The Book of Life: https://amzn.to/4kQi9xL JOIN OUR CIRCLE. BUILD A GREENER FUTURE:

Cathy Nesbitt is a Health and Wellness Advocate. Cathy is the Founder of Cathy's Crawly Composters (est 2002), Cathy's Sprouters and Cathy's Laughter Club. She is a multi award-winning environmental innovator who uses workshops and inspirational speaking to motivate people to live a more sustainable life. Cathy is an avid cyclist and gardener. We talk all about composting with worms, why this is useful, and how Cathy got involved in this. We also talk about gardening and related environmental issues, as well as laughter yoga, and more. Find Cathy's website here http://www.cathyscomposters.com/ and the podcast shownotes here https://www.paultrammell.com/dream-chasers-and-eccentrics 

In today's episode, we're chatting with Compost expert and soil-health enthusiast Mike Dorion from Living Soil Solutions about Composting, Vermiculture, and the Highfield Regenerative farm.   For more resources on Composting and Vermiculture check out the Compost Council of Canada's website here: https://www.compost.org/ Check out Living Soil solutions here: https://vergepermaculture.ca/portfolio-posts/mike-dorion-living-soil-solutions/ Learn more about the Highfield Regenerative farm in Calgary here: https://www.highfieldfarm.ca/ For more info about PCBFA or our projects, check out https://peacecountrybeef.ca Our intro and outro music is Red Wood Highway by Jason Shaw. Find more at www.audionautix.com  

If you have scoleciphobia — fear of worms, you may want to skip this week's edition of Monday Morning Radio.  Host Dean Rotbart's guest, Cathy Nesbitt, is a passionate worm advocate and Canadian worm royalty. Since 2002, Cathy, owner of Cathy's Crawly Composters, has bred and sold red wigglers and European nightcrawlers by the pound to enthusiastic customers who use the live squigglers for composting — converting household garbage into nutrient-rich fertilizer. Many would-be entrepreneurs are unwilling to get their hands dirty in the pursuit of profit. The story of Cathy's success is sure to make the clean freaks out there squirm. Photo: Cathy Nesbitt, Cathy's Crawly Composters Posted: January 2, 2023Monday Morning Run Time: 51:59

In this episode host Desiree Hagen interviews Jodie Anderson, director of the Matanuska Experimental Farm and Extension Center through UAF about all things compost. Can it be composted? Is it a "brown" or a "green"? Jodie explains how we can be better "zookeepers" to our compost piles, and how microbes can be compaired to children who have been given puppies and too much sugar.

Tara tried to get us talking about literally anything else but worms after our parasite suite, but Steph simply wont allow it. Join us this week as we look at the benefit of worms and how we can use them to help our gardens. Vermicomposting is simple and can be done anywhere, even in your house! This week, we are shouting out As always, you can reach us at milkmaidspodcast@gmail.com Weekly Resources: Worm Factory Stackable Bins https://www.amazon.com/Worm-Factory-WF360B-Composter-Black/dp/B002LH47PY Uncle Jim's Worm Farm https://unclejimswormfarm.com/order-stuff/composting-worms/?gclid=CjwKCAjwjZmTBhB4EiwAynRmD_A9cV-R_LnUZiRegzwb3UsOTDzhse71Fp6Y6X7rjrzrkEvr6N7QBxoCq40QAvD_BwE https://www.planetnatural.com/composting-101/indoor-composting/vermicomposting/ https://lancaster.unl.edu/pest/resources/vermicompost107.shtml --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/milkmaids/message

We'll Take Worm Composting for $1000, Ken. And Let's Make it A True Daily Double!  We explore vermiculture, which ensures that you can grow the most nutritious vegetables, the most beautiful flowers because you can make the best fertilizer in your backyard, under the sink, on your balcony. Are we pulling your garden-overalled leg? No, we're not.  Vermiculture is raising worms for their precious poop, and we give you the inside scoop. Where to put them, what to feed them, how to keep them alive.  Final Jeopardy:  How planting sunflowers can take heavy metals out of your soil and how to get rid of poison ivy.  Learn How to Winter Sow! Earthlinks Colorado Support UDT by joining our Garden Party and get fun rewards! Get a UDT Coffee Mug or other cool Merch! Visit our website for pix, good info and Upside Down Dictionary Click here to write to us! 

What was your reason for going organic? We're joined today by Andrew Couzens from Terra Flora Organics, located in Chilliwack, Canada. Terra Flora Organics specializes in producing fungal dominant composts and worm castings and microbial inoculants to growers. They also produce and provide regenerative agricultural educational and consulting services to conventional and organic growers. Starting out as a software engineer, Andrew discovered he had an extreme sensitivity to Roundup, which kicked him off on a unique journey to the world of organic farming. Join us today to hear all about what Andrew and Terra Flora Organics have accomplished and where they're headed!   You'll hear:  Why Andrew transitioned from software engineering to organic farming 1:37 What Terra Flora Organics grows and sells 8:47 What options farmers have when using vermicompost 16:36 What compost worms like to eat 28:57 What systems Terra Flora Organics has in place for removing worm castings 34:48 What else worm castings can be used for 38:32 Why Andrew is supplying worms and worm castings to a wine vineyard 53:55 Where you can find out more about Andrew and Terra Flora Organics 1.00:50   About the Guest:  After spending two decades in software engineering, Andrew Couzens eventually arrived at the conclusion that his talents would be better spent working with nature in the physical, real world, than furthering the development of the digital one which has been demonstrated to disconnect individuals from nature in spite of never being more connected. There's never been a greater need for people to produce sustainable solutions to manage our footprint on this planet, and the need to re-localize food production has reached a climax.   Resources: Website -  https://terrafloraorganics.com Facebook -  https://www.facebook.com/terrafloraorganics/ Instagram -  https://www.instagram.com/terrafloraorganics

This week on Farmer's Inside Track we share a guide to vermiculture farming - a big term for cultivating earthworms for use in composting. Davidzo Chizhengeni, animal scientist and Zimbabwean vermiculture farmer shares a few tips to get started!   Gert Greyvenstein, retired chief resource conservation inspector at the department of agriculture, land reform and rural development joins us to talk about one of the worst swarms of locusts outbreaks we've seen in Mzansi in decades. This week our “Agripreneur 101” segment features, Nicole Sherwin who believes in balance. Her products contains all natural, plant based ingredients, and are created to make people happier and healthier.  Our book of the week is Off the Clock by Laura Vanderkam. And, our farmer tip of the week comes from Zamo Shongwe, Buhle Farmer's Academy, finance and business director.

In this 5th installment of our deep dive into Paul Hawken's new book and movement - Regeneration: Ending The Climate Crisis in One Generation, we dive into the 4th chapter specifically on Land. The topics covered range from Regenerative Agriculture to Composting and Vermiculture, Degraded Land Restoration and Returning Biodiversity. It's a hopeful chapter on everything we can do to change our current trajectory, reverse global warming, and return health to our soil, to our people, and our planet. We can draw down carbon - put it back where it belongs, and continue forward, creating a better future.  Time Stamps:  00:00 Introduction 01:06 The Magic of Soil 02:51 Regenerative Farming, Drawing Down Carbon 05:47 The Six Tenants of Regenerative Farming 07:40 Degraded Land Restoration 09:10 Compost and Vermiculture 12:55 Rainmakers 14:27 Biological Charcoal (AKA Biochar) 16:30 The Call Of The Reed Warbler by Charles Massy   References:  Regeneration Interview with Paul Hawken: https://www.caremorebebetter.com/regeneration-ending-the-climate-crisis-in-one-generation/  Regeneration Part 1: https://www.caremorebebetter.com/regeneration-part-1-oceans/  Regeneration Part 2: https://www.caremorebebetter.com/regeneration-part-2-forests/  Regeneration Part 3: https://www.caremorebebetter.com/regeneration-part-3-wilding/  Regeneration Part 4: https://www.caremorebebetter.com/regeneration-part-4-nexus-climate-activism-tool/  Regeneration: Ending The Climate Crisis In One Generation was published on September 21, 2021 and is available at all your favorite booksellers. Visit the Regeneration website for details, resources, and valuable tools for anyone interested in becoming a climate activist.  Regeneration + Nexus: https://www.regeneration.org  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/regenerationorg   Join the Care More. Be Better. Community! (Social Links Below) YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCveJg5mSfeTf0l4otrxgUfg Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/CareMore.BeBetter/   Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/CareMoreBeBetter  LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/company/care-more-be-better   Twitter: https://twitter.com/caremorebebettr   Clubhouse: https://www.clubhouse.com/club/care-more-be-better   ~Join us live each week for open conversations on Clubhouse!~ Support Care More. Be Better: A Social Impact + Sustainability Podcast Care More. Be Better. is not backed by any company. We answer only to our collective conscience. As a listener, reader, and subscriber you are part of this pod and this community and we are honored to have your support. If you can, please help finance the show (https://www.caremorebebetter.com/donate). Thank you, now and always, for your support as we get this thing started

In this 5th installment of our deep dive into Paul Hawken's new book and movement - Regeneration: Ending The Climate Crisis in One Generation, we dive into the 4th chapter specifically on Land. The topics covered range from Regenerative Agriculture to Composting and Vermiculture, Degraded Land Restoration and Returning Biodiversity. It's a hopeful chapter on everything we can do to change our current trajectory, reverse global warming, and return health to our soil, to our people, and our planet. We can draw down carbon - put it back where it belongs, and continue forward, creating a better future. Time Stamps: 00:00 Introduction 01:06 The Magic of Soil 02:51 Regenerative Farming, Drawing Down Carbon 05:47 The Six Tenants of Regenerative Farming 07:40 Degraded Land Restoration 09:10 Compost and Vermiculture 12:55 Rainmakers 14:27 Biological Charcoal (AKA Biochar) 16:30 The Call Of The Reed Warbler by Charles Massy References: Regeneration Interview with Paul Hawken: https://www.caremorebebetter.com/regeneration-ending-the-climate-crisis-in-one-generation/ Regeneration Part 1: https://www.caremorebebetter.com/regeneration-part-1-oceans/ Regeneration Part 2: https://www.caremorebebetter.com/regeneration-part-2-forests/ Regeneration Part 3: https://www.caremorebebetter.com/regeneration-part-3-wilding/ Regeneration Part 4: https://www.caremorebebetter.com/regeneration-part-4-nexus-climate-activism-tool/ Regeneration: Ending The Climate Crisis In One Generation was published on September 21, 2021 and is available at all your favorite booksellers. Visit the Regeneration website for details, resources, and valuable tools for anyone interested in becoming a climate activist. Regeneration + Nexus: https://www.regeneration.org Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/regenerationorg Join the Care More. Be Better. Community! (Social Links Below) YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCveJg5mSfeTf0l4otrxgUfg Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/CareMore.BeBetter/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CareMoreBeBetter LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/care-more-be-better Twitter: https://twitter.com/caremorebebettr Clubhouse: https://www.clubhouse.com/club/care-more-be-better ~Join us live each week for open conversations on Clubhouse!~ Support Care More. Be Better: A Social Impact + Sustainability Podcast Care More. Be Better. is not backed by any company. We answer only to our collective conscience. As a listener, reader, and subscriber you are part of this pod and this community and we are honored to have your support. If you can, please help finance the show (https://www.caremorebebetter.com/donate). Thank you, now and always, for your support as we get this thing started

The podcast is about the definition, scope, species of earthworms used in vermiculture, processing and significance of vermicompost.

Composting is a powerful tool for making an impact on our emissions that as individuals we can take on. It is less work and takes longer than you may think, but I distill everything in this episode to empower you and get you going!A few things to note:This study describes the science behind food waste and methane gas production, which our food waste (much of which is compostable is the 3rd highest emitter of methane greenhouse gases)A chart on Brown and Green matter and a blog post with more detail on this. Check out our DIY Compost Bin Tutorial here Learn more about why we have chickensArticle on Worms and invasive issues ---- Best worms to buy for Vermiculture (worm composting)Systems for composting if you are wanting to check them out. I highly recommend utilizing the most minimal system possible with the least cost that feels approachable. SubpodTumbler I suggestWorm FarmLomi See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Who is Nakala Maddock? Nutrisoil director Nakala Maddock joined the NutriSoil team in 2013 alongside her husband Darren whose parents founded the business in 1995. NutriSoil has been a perfect fit for Nakala as it has allowed her to bring her passion and skill sets together to help the business continue its growth in production and the number of farmers it supports. Nakala who has completed a degree in Business Management is thriving in her role of managing the family-owned business as it implements its strategy to empower farmers to grow life-enriching food. As a mother of two Nakala is passionate about human health, she understands the connection between growing nutrient-dense food, soil health, and the flow of human health. Nakala has supplemented her business degree with further study of a Graduate Diploma in Vocational Education as well as Sustainable Agriculture where she focused most of her studies on Vermiculture. This places her in good stead to provide reassurance and guidance as she helps farmers transition to a low synthetic input system. Coming from a rural community Nakala understands the pressures of farming and a favorite part of her job is supporting farmers to ensure they are profitable in their journey to regenerative agriculture. Social Media Platforms: www.nutrisoil.com.au https://www.facebook.com/nutrisoil https://www.instagram.com/nutrisoilbiologicalsolution/    Dig Deeper Club: https://soillearningcenter.com/digdeeper See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Worms are good for the garden soil for many reasons. Unparalleled as soil excavators, earthworms spend their lives ingesting, grinding, digesting and excreting soil–as much as 15 tons per acre goes through earthworms bodies in a year. These “worm castings” are richer in nutrients and bacteria than the surrounding soil. Their underground burrows also create channels in the soils, which makes the soil more porous, allowing water to move to greater depths in the soil column. Worm burrows also allows for drainage after heavy rains reducing erosion. Join Philip Keitany and Peter Kanyagia to understand more about Vermiculture.

Economic uses of Vermiculture

Containers for Vermiculture

Vermiculture at a larger scale usually means a continuous flow through system, where you do away with stacking trays and totes in favor of a contained system where food goes in the top, and black gold comes out the bottom Connect With Adam Wallace: Adam Wallace is the Natural Resource Manager for Sierra Nevada at the Mills River location. Buy Birdies Garden Beds Use code EPICPODCAST for 5% off your first order of Birdies metal raised garden beds, the best metal raised beds in the world. They last 5-10x longer than wooden beds, come in multiple heights and dimensions, and look absolutely amazing. Click here to shop Birdies Garden Beds Buy My Book My book, Field Guide to Urban Gardening, is a beginners guide to growing food in small spaces, covering 6 different methods and offering rock-solid fundamental gardening knowledge: Order on Amazon Order a signed copy Follow Epic Gardening YouTube Instagram Pinterest Facebook Facebook Group

Spiritualist Brielle Murch talks about vermiculture (worm composting), her latest loves in herbal medicine, and her relationship with Mother Earth. Please check with your physician to see if Calea (Mexican dream herb), which is discussed in this episode, is right for you.

Dr. Robert J Blakemore has studied worms and the effect on soil health around the world and is now based in Yokohama, Japan. Robert is an expert in Vermiculture - worm composting and will share some of his key insights into the science and what we can and should be doing to help. Robert's VermEcology Blog: https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbTVlMmhVRi1BVDhyMkxjUk5sdzJpWEVNeV96QXxBQ3Jtc0tsWlZSZUdwSXIwX2wwV1ZMVVNBLU80eVM0RllkWm82STNOSTBWb3JmYUFZUGJRQkNnQmRHYnFEZzR5dkJFMFN2NmVSc242ZzlJTWRiRVBqUXlmbGdiZVZ6a0J0dndzMG9jSlhHYjJuM2hxX0wySlZHbw&q=https%3A%2F%2Fvermecology.wordpress.com%2F (https://vermecology.wordpress.com/)​ https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/worms (#worms)​ https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/soil (#soil)​ https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/ecologist (#ecologist)​ https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/robertblakemore (#robertblakemore) https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcyYXjRuE20GsvS0rEOgSiQVAyKbEFSRP (See all the Seeking Sustainability Live Talkshow episodes in this YouTube playlist ) https://www.buymeacoffee.com/jjwalsh (Support My Work + Get Bonus Insights on BuyMeACoffee) BGM Music by https://soundcloud.com/hikosaemon (@Hikosaemon available on SoundCloud) Support this podcast

Welcome to Episode 15 of Better World Leaders, our wonderful exploration of the great potential of human creativity to overcome significant obstacles, harness intuition and follow purpose to make a better world for all. In this fascinating conversation we are joined by Andrew Hayim de Vries, founder and inventor of the Subpod composting system.Andrew is an ecologically focused Australian artist and designer, with a host of professional works spanning more than 35 years. He is a creator, an inventor, and a deeply resilient and persistent figure. He is driven by a passion for recycling and up-cycling, composting and vermiculture. The health of the environment calls for the need for re-education and hands-on participation, in which he plays his part.Andrew founded Compost Central Byron Bay as an education, design and development facility to cultivate successful composting. There equip people with the knowledge and confidence to convert organic waste into healthy soil or food production.Over the past years Andrew has been perfecting the ‘Subpod' in-ground composting system, which now has a patent pending and is a run-away success following it's kickstarter launch. When installed, the module (whether in family home, schools, cafes, prisons, refugee and displacement centers, mining towns and other businesses) takes organic kitchen waste and converts it into healthy soil and the means to feed organics food to rural and urban populated communities.Key messages from this episode;- That we need to allow more room for latitude in personal development and career paths, and this latitude will lead to the creation of pathways for discovery, creativity and invention.- If you want to make things better, focus on the weakest link in any system.- Consider what you can do to build, create and share by finding those who feel the same way you do about the world- If you want to make the world better, start with the internal discovery of purpose- Ask yourself, can you get to a point of knowing what you know, and profoundly acknowledging what you don't know?- If you can do this, along with your team – this is the genesis of high performance teams, when everyone owns what they know and what they don't.Get in touch with Andrew via any of these points of contact;https://www.linkedin.com/in/hayimdevries/https://www.hayimdevries.com/contactAdditional resources mentioned in our conversation.- Andrew's projects https://www.hayimdevries.com/Projects- Subpod's main siteFollow Subpod and Compost Central on Instagram here - https://www.instagram.com/thesubpod/?hl=enAs always, great thanks and appreciation to the team who contributed to bringing Better World Leaders to you;To Brendan Ward for production of all audio recordings and composition and performance of original music throughout each episode.To Cooper and the team at RadioHub studios for technical support and creative guidance during the episodes that are recorded face-to-face. You can find out about Radio Hub's services here - https://www.radiohub.com.au/To NokNok Studios for website design, hosting and advice. Find out about NokNok's awesome services here - https://www.facebook.com/NOKNOKstudios/To Cirasa Design for logo and site graphics – Find our about Cirasa's inspiring work hereYou'll find audio and video recordings for this episode, as well as links to any specific recommendations or related resources mentioned today in the podcast area of 4ileadership.com/insightsThis is the Better World Leaders, brought to you by 4iLeadership

Joanna Arai is a speaker, writer, and sustainable lifestyle enthusiast who shares her passion for protecting the environment and building proactive communities by encouraging others. We will talk about her blog, "Grounding", using worms in compost urban gardening "Vermiculture" or "Vermicomposting", and unboxing OME organic farm deliveries in Tokyo among other ideas. Joanna Arai YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0p-SX3N3P5qXWPuWnweIXA (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0p-...) Facebook: https://www.youtube.com/redirect?v=n8ibhC3b4Q8&event=video_description&redir_token=B2raTX6AKv3FnH5WY41oCnAnvwl8MTU5MjA5NTg1OUAxNTkyMDA5NDU5&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fmyplanetmylife.byJoanna%2F (https://www.facebook.com/myplanetmyli...) Website: https://www.youtube.com/redirect?v=n8ibhC3b4Q8&event=video_description&redir_token=B2raTX6AKv3FnH5WY41oCnAnvwl8MTU5MjA5NTg1OUAxNTkyMDA5NDU5&q=https%3A%2F%2Fmyplanetmylife.com%2F (https://myplanetmylife.com/) Support this podcast

Reanna and Melissa talk about the new routines we're falling into and fighting for as shelter-in-place resets our life's rhythms. Reanna shares some important updates on her son's worm experiment, and Melissa offers up some ideas for getting kids involved and invested in family responsibilities. We also introduce a new segment, For After, where we talk about the places we fantasize about going after this is all over. TODAY'S RECOMMENDATIONS: The Like Button Reanna recommends @wolfgang2242 on Instagram for some great escapist rescue animal videos. Melissa recommends Reanna's Instagram (@arkayokay) for some kid-friendly, informative chicken facts. Apocalypse Book Club Reanna recommends Joseph Heller's The Dog Stars, another post-epidemic dystopia book (but only if you can handle that sort of read right now). Melissa recommends The Long Earth, the first in a series by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter, with parallels to our situation, but through the lens of parallel universe travels. For After... Melissa is looking forward to revisiting L'Albatros (for date night) and Luna (for family breakfast). Reanna is hoping 17 Public Square and The Farmer's Table, both in Medina, make it through this. Don't forget to buy gift cards to support your favorite struggling restaurants right now if you can swing it! We want to hear from you! Leave us a message to feature on a future episode here: anchor.fm/socialdistance/message or get in touch if you want to chat for a future episode! Find us on Twitter at @distancehour. Find Melissa on Twitter and Instagram at @koskim and find Reanna on Twitter @reannakwrites --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/socialdistance/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/socialdistance/support

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In this episode, we follow up on a whole bunch of projects from previous episodes. How did our refurbished cast iron cookware hold up over time? How is the vermiculture (composting with earthworms) project progressing? How did the cheese press work? Have we kept making yoghurt? Listen in to hear updates on all of these projects and more.

Bentley Christie of Red Worm Composting joined the Liberty Hippie for today's discussion about vermicomposting! In today's episode, we discussed some of the basics of vermicomposting as well as some of the why's. As it turns out, vermicomposting has huge benefits for plants and small container of worms can be kept in virtually any geographic location without much ado. We didn't have time today to get into the entrepreneurial side of things, so stay tuned for a future episode with Bentley! The Links The Homeschool to College Coach Red Worm Composting on Facebook Music from the Show: Nick Piccone - You's and I's Redfoo - Juicy Wiggle Shocking Blue - Acka Raga Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera - Ride a Hustler's Dream If you're enjoying the show, please support it by becoming a patron on Patreon and get access to bonus shows, seeds, and merchandise (and if you don't like Patreon, you can sign up to support the show on BitBacker!) You can also do your Amazon shopping through our Amazon link. Please subscribe and leave a review on the Apple iTunes Store (or on any podcatcher, though iTunes is the most important). You can also like us on facebook and share the show from there. We are on Twitter as @HSandHSpod, and sometimes even on Instagram, too. And don't forget to join the The Homesteaded Homeschool Forum to be a part of the conversation.And don't forget to pay Nicky P. a visit either at Sounds Like Liberty, or on bandcamp, and pick up a subscription to the Freedom Song 365 project.

Now we are really getting our hands dirty! We are literally making dirt. By "dirt," I mean spongy, black, nutrient-rich soil. We are culturing earthworms in indoor bins so that we can propagate them out to our garden beds and compost heaps.

Kate Waldo owns Worm Fancy, a business focused on diverting food waste going into our landfills. She began by working with schools, and implementing local programs which yielded some astounding results – in some cases a 3x reduction in daily trash volume. The scale and applicability of raising composting worms varies widely – from single family home use, to schools & business, to large scale ag operations. Here Kate walks through steps to start and guidance about how to be successful with raising your own composting worms. Types of containers to use (stackable tray systems; Rubbermaid containers) How to set up containers -- bedding, feeding, moisture Ideal type of worm for composting (Eisenia fetida, aka Red Wigglers) Temperature range How to sort worms for harvesting – YouTube video on Light Sorting worms Pre-configured bins or stackable trays for raising worms can be purchased at Worm Fancy, as well as worms to start your population and bulk castings. Worm Fancy can be found on Instagram @wormfancy To ask questions for future shows, submit them at Flower Power Garden Hour Facebook page, The Plant Lady Facebook page, or Instagram. You can also email Marlene questions, future show topic requests and feedback at marlenetheplantlady@gmail.com

Annie is an activist, writer, scientist, and marketing manager dedicated to environmental issues related to food, water, and agriculture. She works with consumers, suppliers, and purchasers to drive demand for regenerative products, transition farms to regenerative agriculture, and inspire brands to invest in regenerative supply lines. 5:00 - Overview of Kiss The Ground as an organization 7:30 - What damage have we done via farming practices and food waste 10:00 - What is regenerative agriculture 17:00 - How can small businesses identify regen ag based supply chain 19:50 - How can consumers get aware of composting and make a huge impact on the greenhouse gas emissions 21:08 - Vermiculture and how it can make your compost "stink-free", making it smell like fresh earth! 27: 40 - General Mills, Patagonia, and other major brands taking a stand on regen-ag farming

It's finally feeling like Spring here in zone 3 and The Grow Guide is feeling the excitement of the new season. Maggie and Dave are chatting about a whole bunch of great topics today. The duo discuss everything from Gardening Saturday (where we hope to see you!) to vermiculture to their favourite iTunes reviews. Then, the wonderful Lynsey Sable from Broken Forest Sustainable Floriculture joins the crew to chat about her unique property and sandy soil. She explains the big storm that started her business, why growing cut flowers sustainably is so important and the top flower varieties to grow in your gardens. As always, there's a GIVEAWAY but this weeks is extra special so listen to the end of the episode to find out how you can win! To win this week's giveaway join the Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/276990892799327/ To connect with Maggie: https://www.instagram.com/fromsoiltosoul/ To connect with Dave:  https://www.instagram.com/sagegardenherbs/ To connect with Gardens Manitoba: https://www.instagram.com/gardensmb/ To connect with Lynsey: http://brokenforest.ca/ & https://www.instagram.com/broken__forest/ To register for Gardening Saturday: http://gardeningsaturday.ca/

I thought I would republish this episode from last winter on December 22, 2016 because with the 2018 Garden Goals Challenge and I’ve been running at the gym, and I think I’m gonna sign up for the Missoula 1/2 marathon this summer I thought it would be a good interview to replay. Plus I love Denny’s vermiculture advice! I’m super excited because I am going back to interview my friend  from Podcaster’s Paradise in episode #1 that he had to record back then, I was listening earlier but it’s pretty fun, and still full of golden seeds… one thing I was gonna tell listeners if you want to go back and listen to it I think you have to go to my website and download it, it’s not available on iTunes anymore…. (http://www.dizruns.com/) dizruns.com (http://dizruns.com) Today, anyway I am here to talk with Denny Krahe from central Florida, who is a runner, and his emails inspire me, one of the few still in my inbox, and regularly, even though I get to run enough, and I recently found out a lot of listeners are in Florida! He has so many golden seeds to share with everyone. Millennial Rockstar Are you a millennial? I think technically, I’m in the gray area, if you will, my birthday is in 1982. idk, maybe I’m trying to pick the best of both worlds. if idk re 3-4 …. blend of most positive aspects of you a and gen x… I always love millennials and millennial another one of those rockstar your… … oh well if… I think millennials are rocking this world, I love millennials, I know they get a bad rap and the ones If yu paint with a borad enough brush over things… you’ll find good, If you looking for the good in millennials … you there’s plenty of that. If you’re looking for good you’ll find people That’s me, I always find the good in people, I’m like the eternal optimist! Tell us a little about yourself. In Central Florida, live in basically Lakeland between Tampa and Orlando I grew up in Northern Michigan… right in my neck of the woods familiar with winters, moved down here for college on the gardening side, it’s been an adjustment, because I’m used to 4 seasons, I’m not used to… literally I’m picking tomatoes, the 18th of December… obviously growing up in Northern literally you don’t do that, and so Michigan  when to plant things is an adjustment, cold weather… four season landscaping down here… things are quite a bit different On the non-gardening side I like to run, that’s my outlet, and that, that’s what my podcast is all about is all about, overall being healthy, fitness and activity and nutrition… food wise nothing tastes better then something you pick within the hour, ultimate for fresh food and healthy living… Isn’t your degree in nutrition? Do yo knowing to talk a little about growing your own food and eating… my degree in athletic training… injury prevention/recovery. definitely talk about nutrition continuing education… mostly ex recertification stuff exclusively been nutrition based, food is medicine type of thing… yeah, it’s I don’t want to paint industrial ag, big ag with a completely bad sense there is something to be said about growing your own, that pride that you have! Also, you pick it when it’s fresh, you can control what’s on it, can control what pesticides…  want or not the chemicals or sprays are bad for us or not, they might not be bad, but I don’t think they can be good I’d rather know, I like to have that ownership, and know what’s going on… Im of the belief that it doesn’t et much healthier when you grow it and whether pick it and your there throughout the whole process even if it’s in the mind… healthier and throughout…... Support this podcast

Links World Organic News in the Australian Podcast Awards Click here   Composting: Composting 101: Take One | Zero Waste McMinnville http://wp.me/p5Cqpo-dVC Composting: 101 – Rustic Edibles http://wp.me/p5Cqpo-dVJ THE USE OF THE VERMICULTURE – micelasite http://wp.me/p5Cqpo-dWE brewing compost tea. | Dank47 http://wp.me/p5Cqpo-dWX Journey to Forever - Composting https://journeytoforever.org/compost.html   ***   This is the World Organic News Podcast for the week ending 16th of January 2017. Jon Moore reporting!   Compost! Yes for our listeners in the snowy, frozen parts of the Northern Hemisphere, now is the time to be composting. Spring is on its way, even if it doesn’t feel like it.   This week has seen quite a few posts on the gentle art of composting. From the blog Zero Waste McMinnville comes a post composting 101. An interesting background story where the author was introduced to recycling is instructive in itself. But it’s all about the composting this week. So the author has moved on from a plastic bucket. Quote: Our plastic container on the kitchen counter has recently been replaced by a designed compost bin. It has a filter and is easy to clean. With the lid kept in place there is no odor nor any enticement for fruit flies to gather. End Quote.   Composting is about coming to terms with the flows of Nature. Smells and fruit flies are part of the deal. To keep ourselves healthy we must take measures like tight fitting lids and filters or remove the material from the house as quickly as possible. We are dealing with a living thing or more accurately a number of living things. The interconnectedness of these lives is what makes or breaks your compost. Composting in an aerobic process. That is, it occurs in the presence of oxygen. Anaerobic decomposition, without any oxygen, is used to produce biogas and that is whole other story.   Funnily enough the blog Rustic Edibles also has a post entitled Composting: 101. Rustic Edibles describes their method: Quote: We maintain our compost pile with vegetable and fruit scraps, egg and seafood shells, coffee and tea grounds, leaves, grass cuttings and cow manure. It’s also good to alternate layers of brown and green material in order to keep the pile healthy. And of course turning the pile is good for aeration although a compost pile on the ground does permit aeration from worms and other healthy organisms.   End Quote   Now there is much debate amongst composters and I have tried both methods, turning the pile and leaving it. I can’t see much difference in time or outcome but conduct your own experiments. It’s a bit academic as I prefer to use a different method again: Vermiculture. That is the use of compost worms. I find the output from the worms a better matrix in which to plant but that’s just me, oh, and the blog micelasite with their post THE USE OF THE VERMICULTURE. The give a succinct but powerful explanation of the process and its benefits. Quote This method is simple, effective, convenient, and noiseless. It saves water, energy, landfills, and helps rebuild the soil. The worms ability to convert organic waste into nutrient-rich material reduces the need for synthetic fertilizers. We violate nature’s ability to complete the life cycle process when we send food down the garbage disposal, or bury it in a landfill. We deplete the soil and deprive nature from rehabilitating itself when we bypass this natural life cycle recycling process. End Quote   Well put. Closing cycles is a merely  matter of remembering the words of Bill Mollison: “Waste is simply a resource in the wrong place!” And landfills and garbage disposals are probably two greatest wrong places we deposit resources.   In summary the post nails the advantages of vermiculture. (As an aside, this post was written by someone for whom English was not a first language. I will quote them verbatim. Quote: The Vermiculture has every more future day, since it helps the man to recycle the remains of most of the organic matters that it produces both of animal and domestic origin, avoiding the contamination and simultaneously helping him in the systems of agricultural, forest production and of gardening, putting at its disposal a product completely ecological and recognized like ideal for the food of any class of plants and germination of seeds. End quote.   But wait there’s more!!! Compost and vermicompost may also be used as the basis of a tea. brewing compost tea by Dank47 covers the first and probably only mistake you can make with compost tea: anaerobic digestion. Bubbling air through the water and the compost tea bag will ensure wild bacterial growth and wonder fertiliser! It really is good stuff.   So whether you turn your compost pile or don’t, whether you let compost worms do the decomposition for you or not and whether you make tea or not pick at least one method and do that.   A quote from the site “Journey To Forever” will inspire! Quote: It's estimated that a human with a compost fork and a watering-can, carefully piling up organic matter with the correct C/N ratio, water content and aeration so that it cooks away at high temperatures and emits jets of steam, can make as much topsoil in a year as nature can make in a century, and nature definitely approves. End quote.   And that brings us to the end of this week’s podcast.   If you’ve liked what you heard,could please follow the link in the show notes and vote for World Organic News in the Australian Podcast Awards Click here Thanks in advance.   Any suggestions, feedback or criticisms of the podcast or blog are most welcome. email me at podcast@worldorganicnews.com.   Thank you for listening and I'll be back in a week.   Links World Organic News in the Australian Podcast Awards Click here   Composting: Composting 101: Take One | Zero Waste McMinnville http://wp.me/p5Cqpo-dVC Composting: 101 – Rustic Edibles http://wp.me/p5Cqpo-dVJ THE USE OF THE VERMICULTURE – micelasite http://wp.me/p5Cqpo-dWE brewing compost tea. | Dank47 http://wp.me/p5Cqpo-dWX Journey to Forever - Composting https://journeytoforever.org/compost.html  

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George Blackman George Blackman is a Vermiculture expert, paramagnetic gardener, and a master of Raku Pottery.

I go over some email, give some updates and discuss the wonders of vermicomposting.