The idea of in-situ worm composting is completely adaptable and portable, and I’ve since incorporated an abbreviated form of it into many raised and ground-level beds in our urban permaculture garden.

Raised beds can play host to a number of vegetables ... top of the soil to break down a month or two before planting. The ...

Metal raised beds can also negatively impact soil health ... an inhospitable environment for beneficial microorganisms and worms. Healthy soil is the cornerstone of a thriving garden, and anything ...

can sometimes have conniption fits out in the garden, where everything from the weather to the worms simply cannot be tamed. But a DIY raised garden bed? In many ways, it’s the definition of ...

Over time, soil in containers and raised beds can become depleted of nutrients, compacted, and less effective at retaining ...

So if you fill your raised bed with 12 inches of that sort of soil ... Another thing Sanctuary Soil adds is worm castings. “Darwin said that the worm is most responsible for our success on ...

Rodent-proof raised beds: Various galvanized steel tanks are ... to inoculate the manure/soil mixture with red wiggler worms, bacteria and fungi to begin the conversion into garden soil.

What’s the best thing to do with food waste? Feed the worms. That’s precisely what Michael Sessler’s science students at ...