Castings & Compost

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Redworm Castings / Vermicompost:

Why castings? Biodiversity! Red worms thrive in a compost that is loaded with all kinds of bacteria; fungi and nitrates. This can be found in a compost of many animal manures, but the most diverse compost is one that contains food wastes from fruits, vegetables, grains, etc. Each new food brings its own set of bacteria/fungi. Once the food is broken down by the microorganisms, it is ready to be consumed by the red worms, thereby concentrated into a nice little worm cast that is ready to be used. The ground up bacteria (nitrates) and other nutrients are now enmeshed with the fungi. When it comes in contact with the roots of a plant the fungi will bond the plant to the nutrients in the castings while increasing the plants water/nutrient absorption ability.

Our Composts:

1. Premium grade redworm castings: This blend of compost starts with 12+ months aerobically composted leaf and grass mix. It becomes our compost starter base for our windrows and worm beds. Then it is also used as our bedding to the yards of produce salvage that we add to the compost weekly. Our rows do not move, but they grow from being fed on one side only. As time goes by, it will seem as if the rows are moving about 1 foot per month. Once the rows reach 12'+ wide we then harvest off the finished side to prepare the castings for sifting. We sift this compost down to 1/4" or less in size. Time from start to finish is 2 1/2+ years. We sell this sifted and unsifted.

2. Sifted garden redworm castings: This blend of castings is very similar to the premium castings. It is the second sift, when we sift our castings the first time some of it is in clumps and does not go through the sifter. We pile up and occasionally turn this through the year and when it is ready we will sift it again. It’s the same great castings with a little higher percentage of aggregate. Now available

   Leaf mold composts

   This is an aerobic leaf compost with masive amounts of fungi and bacteria working to convert the leaf debris into a diverse benificial biological workforce to feed your plants. Our leaf composts have been turned regularly to keep the compost temperature 120 degrees or higher in temperature for the first year and around 75 degrees for the second year. Throughout the first year the compost is fed grass clippings, grains, soldier fly frass and produce; this is added in while turning. As a result this compost is rich in nutrient value and microbial bio diversity.

3. 2020- 3+ year leaf mold compost: This is a 95% finished compost

4. 2021- 2 year leaf mold compost: Perfect in your garden and plant soil mixes: There are some worms still in this compost and lots of worm castings along with all the nutrient dense leaf compost.

5. 2023- 1 year leaf mold compost: Perfect for as a compost starter and or a garden cover. There are worms in this compost. It is not a finished compost, instead it is at the simmer stage and sits at 70-80 degrees. The fungi are loving this with the moisture and carbon media quickly breaking down making it easy for the fungi to assimilate. The temp does not get too high so the worms are throughout the large pile of compost consuming the dead fungi and bacteria in the mix. This compost is at the perfect stage to add to the top of the garden after it is planted and again as a mulch layer after it is harvested for the year. If you are starting a redworm compost, this is the perfect bedding since it is already breaking down it can be used a base when you start your worm compost and as a cover after each time it is fed new food waste.

6. Garden blend compost sifted: I recommend this as a garden base This is our kitchen sink compost. It gets all the stuff that may take longer to breakdown like wood chips, leaf debris that had too many sticks in it, pig and chicken manures and unwanted produce. This is composted for several years to make sure there are no undesirable pathogens. There are many worms working in this compost through the years so there are castings in the compost.

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Premium redworm castings - sifted, unsifted and other composts

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All yard prices are tractor loaded. If you require hand loading with a 5 gallon bucket there is a $1 charge per bucket.