All natural, organic, homestead-produced vermicompost. For use as soil addendum and microbial-rich fertilizer on indoor and outdoor plants. (Available in 1 or 1.5 lb bags)
 
About vermicomposting...
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Seriously, taking care of worms and creating our own beautiful compost was a lot more forgiving and fun than we imagined! Peter and I work in the Northern Virginia, DC area and do much of the work of caring for our worm friends  from afar. We dutifully collect our coffee grounds, egg shells, and organic fruit and veggie scraps to bring to our "Gerards" (the name we gave the worms as a collective entity, think the Borg of Star Trek: The Next Generation) on the weekend. We have a space for them to hang out in the bins on our front porch, but we monitor the temperatures and move them inside our entryway if the temps will be above 85 or below 55 degrees. We lovingly call them our "latchkey worms," as they are often left to do their thing without our supervision...and they are thriving (and by thriving, I mean making lots of little worms and converting the food scraps to vermicompost!
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We harvest the beautiful worm-made compost and use it as a natural fertilizer, but without all the chemicals and pesticides, and with the added benefits of microbial magic that helps the unhealthiest of soils have a fighting change and growing plants and trees! We have not ventured into the business of making worm-tea, but it is a goal of ours to add this to our homestead in the next year or so.
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How to use your vermicompost:
 
1) Use WilderWorm Compost as topping/dressing to your garden or indoor plants. Think fertilizer, but with no weird chemicals, just natural, microbial goodness that will feed your garden and help your plants be healthy. Sprinkle a little vermicompost above, around, or to the side of your plants, and that's it. As your garden is watered, the nutrients will work down into the soil and provide microbial goodness for your plants!
 
2) Use WilderWorm Compost as a soil amendment. When you are preparing garden beds or flower pots for planting, mix a a little vermicompost into your soil to improve the health, drainage, and nutrient levels so that your garden/plants can thrive.
 
3) Use WilderWorm Compost to brew Worm Tea. I know that sounds weird, but Worm Tea is good stuff. Please note, this is not for people to drink...just your plants! Mix 1 part Worm Tea to 1 part water (distilled) and use a watering can or spray bottle to treat your plants.
 
Click here to use Uncle Jim's Worm Farm Recipe (our worm supplier) for worm tea. 
 
4) Use WilderWorm Compost when you start your seeds for the next planting season. It's like giving your baby plants a vitamin boost to give them a great start!
 
What's next for the Gerards and the WilderWorm Compost line? As we recognize the benefit of vermicompost for our depleted soil on our homestead, embrace the composting fun of watching our food waste put to very good use, and desire to share the beautiful product that our worms are making, Peter has recommended that we build a dedicated, temperature controlled, worm-shed where we can quadruple our bins and not have to worry about moving the Gerards in and out based on the temps. Details, pics, and stories coming soon!