Earth Worms

We just added some red wiggler worms to our garden to help out with the extremely sandy soil.  As mentioned in a previous post, the soil in our garden may have never seen much love from anyone.  We've added a ton of compost but it has begun to get quite expensive.  While searching for a solution to this problem,  we've decided to go back to the basics.  Worms may be the ultimate composter and nutrient supplier out there.  They're able to consume 4 to 6 times their own body weight each day and reproduce fairly quickly.  They process what is typically seen as garbage and convert it to "black gold".  While supplying plants with incredible nutrients, they also help to aerate the soil allowing for better root growth.

We've added about 200 worms to our garden and bought a home worm composter with 2000 worms to help with our food scraps.  We'll add the worm castings and worms to our garden as time goes on and the soil is able to support more life.  There are some things we feel that nature got right in the first place.  This is exactly why we've opted to fertilize our garden using worms rather than some chemical like miracle gro.  We've also added flowers around the perimeter of the garden to help attract bees.  I'll keep you updated on our progress.  So far so good though.  Things are flourishing even in what you can barely call soil.