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Worm Tub - Vermiculture & Fertigation in the Goat Rock Forest Garden

Here’s a quick video of our worm tub, a vermicompost system that utilizes waste stream food scraps to produce highly beneficial ‘worm juice’. Here you see I am diluting the worm juice and pouring directly on plants. I also am experimenting with soaking charcoal with the worm juice, and pouring that mixture onto new hugelkultur beds. ------ The purpose of this project is to establish a low-maintenance food production system that engages the community in sustainable & ethical land management. It is intended to provide food / medicine / materials as well as provide interdisciplinary educational opportunities for people of all ages & backgrounds. We started this project about 7 years ago. It’s a couple acres in the middle of a ~200 acre educational farm/school/camp in the high peaks region of the Adirondacks, upstate New York (zone 4a). We experience very long and cold winters, which is our main challenge / constraint at this site. People of all ages and backgrounds share this space, so I’m seizing this opportunity to create a proper demonstration / educational space that teaches the ideas of permaculture, agroecology, regenerative ag, sustainable food production, etc. We have lots of different edible perennial plants. The canopy layer consists of many varieties of apples, pears, plums, apricots, cherries, buartnut, black locust, oaks, serviceberries, and native support trees like aspens, various conifers, etc. The shrub layer consists of many varieties of blueberries, currants, raspberries, haskaps, seaberry, elderberry, hazelnuts, various native plants, and more. Groundcover consists of things like strawberries, comfrey, Lowbush blueberries and cranberries, various herbs like mint, oregano, thyme, and lots more. ——— This garden is is an example of so-called “alternative” or “non-conventional” agricultural practices. These include disciplines such as agroecology (agriculture that mimics natural ecological systems), permaculture (sustainable & self-sufficient design), regenerative agriculture (conservation approach that focuses on topsoil regeneration, biodiversity, improving water cycle, biosequestration, & mitigating climate change), agroforestry & silvopasture (integration of trees & shrubs with animals), organic agriculture (growing & processing food without the use of synthetic fertilizers & pesticides), and food sovereignty (the right to healthy & culturally appropriate food produced through ecologically sound & sustainable methods), among others.