Wood Worm Farms

I like lilac. For me it's a symbol of approaching summer and a memory from childhood, with the fragrance of coming school vacations.

This particular plant shows a good improvement in number of blossoms and fragrance since I started to use garden tea. It even survived a hard snowy winter of 2007-2008 in spite being badly damaged by mice and rabbits.
It's difficult to prove that the vermicompost did the job, but since nothing other is changed, the effect if very likely caused by it.

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I was wandering for how much time it's possible to water a lawn using a 200L (53 gallons) rain barrel.
So here is a simple experiment: 1/4 HP utility pump connected to the barrel and stop-watch
in my hands.
The pump is connected to a regular garden sprinkler.

It took only 25 minutes to completely empty the barrel (and burn away the pump). So for a minimal watering I would need at least 2 of those barrels a day, or at least 10 - a week.

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This device is made from a used barrel from pickled olives.
Wood Worm Farms got it in a fair trade exchange for 1 (one) 4-trays bin.
Many thanks to Janice from alter-eco.ca, I really didn't expect such a generosity, since Canadians are not eligible for fair trade. I promised to research for how much time can this barrel feed a regular lawn sprinkler and how fast does it fills up in rain.

Now let's drill the holes and make a nice worm bin... NO WAY!
This barrel will be used to save rain water and to sprinkle my lawn with garden tea.

Also, it was very easy to install. All the procedure took around 25 minutes.

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It's amazing how many people are really interested in sustainable living. I mean not just following the fashion (though even this is not bad). We had met a lot of interested and interesting people there and many of them are quite knowledgeable. We learned from them a lot.
Here are some findings :
* Dogs can be trained to sniff bad insects in home and find rotten wood.
* There is a business, that sells rain barrels in our area.
* There is a business that collects compost from supermarkets.
* Many farmers still grow ecological food, including meat, and try to sell it directly.
* Children naturally like to play with worms. Disgust comes later...

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