Worms. WormS. Worms.

Dirty Bird’s Worms at Work

As we start to get our gardens ready for winter I wanted to remind you that we still have compost! This compost has been getting rave reviews from novice and expert gardeners alike!

$5 for a 5 gallon bucket. Email me to set up a time to pick up on the Dirty Bird's lot (corner of Divison and Manzanita in Manzanita).

If you have been grabbing compost and need to pay, please email me to arrange a time to meet or Venmo payment to @kelleymerle 

Worm Castings

Our worm casting harvest session went swimmingly and we have some delicious nuggets of goodness for you to add as a top dressing to your garden. Top dressing refers to the application of worm castings right on top of the soil. Just sprinkle a handful right where the roots go into the ground (about a 1/2" 2-3x a year is sufficient). Then, the nutrients filter down with the water and feed the plant. This is the easiest way to apply worm castings as it requires no measuring or mixing. This can be done 2-3 times a year in spring, summer and fall.

Purchase Worm Castings

You can also use worm castings in your container plants and indoor plants. Using worm castings for container and indoor plants can reduce the amount of time you need to water it, which also lowers your risk of root rot.

Worm castings are $15 for a large grocery bag (roughly 10 lbs) and includes some worms:-) Email me to arrange a time to pick some up. BYOBag.

Adding your Food Scraps to the Community Worm Bins

Please keep adding your food scraps to our worm bins (and email, call or text to let me know you are using them so I can keep track:-). And please remember to cut things up as small as possible and remove any plastic and stickers (this is our biggest challenge so far:-). We may need to build another worm bin so as to not overwhelm the worms, but so far they seem happy. I will be monitoring them throughout the winter and will keep you posted as the days get colder.

Setting up a Worm System at Home

I have two worm towers. If you are interested in getting set up at home, I can help you. They are very easy to use. Just Email me and I'll set up a time to meet with you.

I hope you are all having a wonderful fall and I look forward to seeing you around the towns.