regular straw will work fine....just don't let them slip hay in on you......the last seminar I attended mentioned using worm castings for fertilizer works really well......actually making a tea from it?Garden went in late this year because I could never find it dry enough to till. Anyway, switching from leaves to straw for mulch. Anyone use straw for mulching and weed control? Also, this year I'm going to try using worm casting tea for fertilizer vs. miracle grow, anyone have experience with it? The inter webs say its the bee's knees.
Yeah you just throw a couple handfuls of thencadtings into a five gallon bucket and fill with water. Let it steep overnight and then use the water to feed plants.regular straw will work fine....just don't let them slip hay in on you......the last seminar I attended mentioned using worm castings for fertilizer works really well......actually making a tea from it?
I'd say go for it...there is a firm in timberville that is selling compost and one of the main ingredients is worm castingsYeah you just throw a couple handfuls of thencadtings into a five gallon bucket and fill with water. Let it steep overnight and then use the water to feed plants.
you damned old red neck[banana]I've never used worm casting tea but encourage worms to feed in my garden with grass clippings and dried leaves tilled into the soil. I also till in all the bean vines and corn stalks, pepper plants and the like once they've dried out. On a rainy night when the ground is saturated with water it's almost eerie to see all the "night crawlers" that are doing their thing in the garden. They not only leave their castings behind but also help aerate the ground by burrowing deeply into the soil. Similar to worm tea, the old timers would put a shovel full of chicken manure into a barrel full of rain water and use that to feed their plants.
you damned old red neck[banana]
is your redneck card laminated?....mine isI wear that label proudly.........thank you very much.