Earthworms are fascinating creatures and play a major role in our lives – most people just don’t know it!
Earthworm Farmer is about farming with earthworms, not against them. Some farming -and gardening activities result in removing earthworms from the soil. The absence of earthworms is an indication of poor soil fertility.
To enhance soil fertility the importance of earthworms needs to be re-introduced. Past generations knew about the benefit of using earthworms and earthworm compost to enhance soil fertility. Somehow most people overlooked this knowledge during the past few decades. Farmers and gardeners rather used chemical fertilizer than organic ones. Not that chemical fertilizers did not do the job, on the contrary more and more food where produced on smaller and smaller areas. But the question remains: at what cost?
You will find earthworm farming is more than just putting worms in a bin. It also involves using earthworms to farm better. Whether you are a city farmer with a few pot plants and maybe a small garden or even if you have a large commercial unit, earthworms will benefit you, your plants and your soil.
Earthworm farming offers solutions to many of our daily problems.
- Earthworm farming offers a solution for pollution. You don’t need to go very far to see how much organic waste goes to waste every year. How many fruit en vegetable peals do you throw away? How about garden waste? These and other household litter, especially sewerage handling, is a major problem for most municipalities. Earthworms give a unique solution to turn this trash into treasure.
- Earthworm compost also plays a major role in animal health and fertility. Farmers in South Africa have experimented on giving earthworm compost and earthworm compost tea to their sheep and cattle with outstanding success stories.
- Earthworms have the ability to change the way you think. Yes, they even have an effect on peoples’ minds.
Earthworm Farmer is your online earthworm library. Read and learn here about all the different aspects and benefits of earthworm farming and earthworm composting.
