{"id":17312,"date":"2016-02-02T14:06:45","date_gmt":"2016-02-02T19:06:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=17312"},"modified":"2016-02-02T14:08:22","modified_gmt":"2016-02-02T19:08:22","slug":"how-to-build-a-worm-tower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=17312","title":{"rendered":"How to Build a Worm Tower"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"post-featured-image wp-post-image\" src=\"http:\/\/permaculturenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Wormtower-feat.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/permaculturenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Wormtower-feat-300x130.jpg 300x, http:\/\/permaculturenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Wormtower-feat.jpg 690x\" alt=\"Wormtower - feat\" width=\"690\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/permaculturenews.org\/2016\/02\/02\/how-to-build-a-worm-tower\/\" target=\"_blank\">HOW TO BUILD A WORM TOWER<\/a><\/h3>\n<div class=\"post-meta\">Building a worm tower is a simple, enjoyable, sustainable way to nurture your garden so that it can continue to nurture you.<\/div>\n<p>Earth\u2014the stuff on the ground, not the planet\u2014is essential for life. Anyone who has a garden (or even a house plant!) has seen a microcosm of this in action. Soil isn\u2019t just something we walk on or that plants anchor in. It\u2019s something that nurtures us and every other form of life on the planet in some sense. Plants need rich, fertile, living soil to truly thrive.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Worm-Tower-with-Geoff-Lawton\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/153717114\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><center><em>Connect with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/geoff.lawton.12\/\" target=\"_blank\">Geoff Lawton<\/a>\u00a0on Facebook<\/em><\/center>Human beings learned long ago that constantly growing crops (especially the same crop) on the same plot of land would diminish the soil\u2019s ability to nurture plants. Crop rotation can help, but it\u2019s a method that\u2019s simply not always practical or possible. Chemical fertilizers can also help, but why spend money on a chemical product when there\u2019s a sustainable, efficient way to feed your garden? Especially when it\u2019s also a great way to create and use compost and very little effort on your part? That\u2019s where creating a worm tower comes in.<\/p>\n<p>A worm tower is, essentially, a mini worm farm that you plant in your garden, that continually feeds your garden and provides you with a rich, ongoing source of fertilizer. They\u2019re extremely low cost to get started, exceptionally simple to make, and nearly effortless to maintain. The only real question to ask yourself is\u00a0Why don\u2019t I already have one?<\/p>\n<p>Well, here\u2019s how you remedy that:<br \/>\n\u2022 A two to four foot PVC (food grade only) or concrete pipe, five or more inches in diameter<br \/>\n\u2022 A shovel<br \/>\n\u2022 A drill (optional)<br \/>\n\u2022 Compost worms (at least fifty)<br \/>\n\u2022 A bag of manure (any type)<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HOW TO BUILD A WORM TOWER Building a worm tower is a simple, enjoyable, sustainable way to nurture your garden so that it can continue to nurture you. Earth\u2014the stuff on the ground, not the planet\u2014is essential for life. 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