Get Your Worms Here

After a roll call that took the better part of the weekend, we have decided we have too many worms. The little buggers like to reproduce. Good for us as we have a record amount of vermicompost for our garden this spring  and good for you as we need to get rid of some of them.
We will be selling the worms for $25.00 a pound and $15.00 dollars a half pound.

To make it easier for everyone to get into composting with worms Steve and I will turn a Tupperware tote into a worm bin, big enough to easily handle a pound of worms, we will add worm bedding (shredded newspaper), a pound of worms, an instruction booklet,and a spray bottle. All of this for the low price of $50.00. Then all you have to do is add food.
Anyone who is interested please contact us and we will get you started on making compost for your garden or houseplants.

Our Worms have been Busy Little Creature

Our Worms have been very prolific this year. We bought half a pound when we moved in two years ago. Now we have three very large bins and could divide again if we wanted. They are healthy and giving us some really good worm compost. I used the compost and worm tea last year in the garden and I really believe it made a difference.

The worms take up very little of our time and have no smell. I have an extra sensitive nose and it is nice to have something that  is a fertilizer that doesn't smell. We keep ours in the basement, but I could see keeping them in your kitchen if you had the room. It would smell a lot better than keeping a green bin on the counter.

Our worms have been so successful that we are going to start selling them. I am a 100% convert.

If you have any kind of a garden big or small and you compost, whether by city pick-up or on your own then this is for you. 

It is a chance to turn something you don't want into something that could give you a bigger crop or a bigger flower. It really does make a difference. The best part of it all is once you are set up and your worms are healthy and happy then everything else is free. 

I'll add more information next blog along with a list of prices. Also all the information you may or may not want to know about worms. 

A Beginning of a New Season

In light of last season's struggles we are optimistically cautious about this season. Steve was away fro most of our growing and harvesting season. I made an executive decision to do the best I could with the time I had. We had a fairly decent drop despite the weather and time constraints. The ability to to transfer that harvest into selling was what we had to sacrifice. I did a lot of canning and even sold a few bottles. In the end I was happy with what we accomplished, but this year we hope to go further.
We have started to expand into our back field and our ground cherry production should be in full swing. They have becoming more popular. My ground cherry jam has received some rave reviews and I hope to sell more than a couple of bottles this year.
Please keep posted for what I am planting and how things are progressing. With the addition of our road side stand this year we hope to see everyone this summer.

Strawberries, Raccoon and Scarecrows

We were hoping to have enough strawberries this year to sell, but even though we had a very good crop, the bed wasn't big enough and the raccoon that seemed to think we were his personal takeout service dashed those dreams. We did manage a couple of good feeds and they were sooooo good.

We have harvested some peas and herbs. Enough to make an amazing tabbouleh salad. We used garlic, mint and parsley from the garden. We are also drying Chamomile, lavender, oregano, lemon balm and catnip. All can be used for teas, but after smelling the cat nip I think I will save that for the cats. So in the next month we hope to be selling teas, tomatoes, herbs, salsa, stewed tomatoes and jams. I will keep you updated.

Fisher Spider

This little Lady is living in our shed. We thought she was a boy, but we saw her carrying an egg sac. She may be the biggest spider I have seen around here.

Perennials Galore

We were so lucky that the previous owners loved flowers. In the city I had a small flower garden, but this plethora of flora is insane. I have been neglecting them, because of the vegetable garden, but I think the next time I have a few hours free to myself I will work with some flowers. It may take me into the winter but I vow to get it done this year.

Strawberry Patch Etc

My strawberry patch is doing amazing. We won't have enough to sell this year, but I can't wait to eat them. The strawberries have been one of the easiest and most prolific things we have planted so far. Speaking of prolific, our rhubarb patch seems to be on steroids this year. We picked the patch about a week ago and it is huge again. If everything grew like rhubarb we wouldn't have a food crisis. The other two pictures are my chives and oregano. They along with the rhubarb were a nice surprise last year when they came up in the garden. The previous owner had not mentioned them, but we were very pleased they had planted them. It brings a smile to my face just to see the first signs of an impending harvest.