Compost
WHY COMPOST?
A mere 10% is the total amount of arable land on the surface of the planet. Upon this space is also where the majority of the Earth's population lives. When you ask yourself why you should use compost, the answer lies beneath the pavement. Quite simply, we are running out of nutrient rich soil for growing food. By composting, you ensure that food nutrients are returned to the soil, replenishing some of what is trapped underneath the sidewalk.
THE COMPOST CALCULATOR
Click here to use our Compost Calculator and see how much compost you would need for your garden.
WORKSHOPS
Come and learn what it takes to start your own vermi-compost operation in our greenhouse. Throughout the year we offer a number of learning opportunities. If you have an interested group, you can also invite us to your school or workplace.
VERMICOMPOST
At FoodCycles our livestock does some of the composting for us. By livestock we are NOT referring to cows, chickens and pigs. Our livestock is worms, red, wiggling, ravenous worms. This decomposition method is known as Vermi-composting. Worm castings or worm poo has more nutrients in the finished product than static pile composting or composting without worms. Worm compost is like fine black soil, soft to the touch. Unlike other manures, it is odourless and can be applied directly to plants both indoors and out.
PURCHASE OUR CASTINGS
Castings is a polite way of saying worm poo. We sell our worm castings in small quantities to interested home gardeners, schools and community gardens.
There are enormous benefits for plants that have had a worm casting application. Here are some quick facts about castings and their benefits.
A little dab will do ya, a spoonful of castings has 50% more organic matter than soil that has not passed through a worms digestive tract.
The nutrient content in 1 teaspoon can feed a 6" potted plant for 2 months.
Plants absorb nutrients from castings easily and immediately.
Because of the texture of castings, it is able to retain water for plants.
