We have already grown our own small garden of vegetables in Manila, particularly in Caloocan City. Part of the garden is our very healthy organic lemon grass, grown with the help of our pure vermicast harvest bought back in Bay Laguna. I just bought it for Php 10.00 per kilo and brought it home for personal backyard gardening use. Now, the effects of having a healthy organic soil has paid off in our available for sale and harvest organic lemon grass produce. Continue reading
Monthly Archives: September 2012
2012 Training Schedule for Vermiculture and Composting Technology – Philippines, Bureau of Plant Industry
Vermiculture Station Set Up
I’ve always loved and am for organic farming in the Philippines. Living here has never been the most rewarding of all amenities apart from the fact that we live in a very old house for free on rent. Continue reading
Organic Farming and how it helps farmers, small time growers, backyard gardeners, environment and the people
Organic Vegetable Garden
Vermiculture Composting (Vermicomposting) definition and basic principles
Vermiculture, otherwise called vermiculture composting, worm composting or vermicomposting is an aid to self-sustainable system that can be easily done, maintained and set up with the use of 2 factors. They are worms and compost pile combined. It is also a form of organic waste material recycling/ re-processing which is a better alternative compared to exposition of waste material to heat (incineration), thereby releasing harmful aerosol and carbon dioxide to the air that we breathe, eventually destroying little by little, the ozone layer that protects us from ultra violet rays of the sun. Vermiculture is a cycle that uses red worms commonly called as African Night Crawlers (ANC) to decompose material or in processing the organic and bio-degradable waste in our communities. Continue reading
Welcome to Vermiculture and Composting website
Vermiculture Set Up
Problem of Waste Management
Lucrative is the problem of waste management today because of the cost of taking care of them. The whole world tends to focus attention on how to get rid of excessive waste material but does not apply what is readily available and utilize what is free. This is why I personally want to welcome you to this blog where I am envisioning to discuss all sorts of self-sustainability and recycling ideas. Continue reading
