Vermicoast » Announcement http://vermicoast.com Redworms and Guidance from a Master Composter Thu, 26 Apr 2012 19:30:06 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Where I will be and When! http://vermicoast.com/2012/04/where-i-will-be-and-when/ http://vermicoast.com/2012/04/where-i-will-be-and-when/#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2012 19:27:48 +0000 shel http://vermicoast.com/?p=433

Now that Spring is finally here and we are all fortunate to spend more time out in our gardens with these glorious longer days.

I would like to let you know that I will be speaking and presenting at two venues, which you may have the chance to attend.

I will be in Oceanside on April 28th for their Green Week,  just south of the pier  and at the band shell area.  This will be from 9am to 4pm.  I will have a show and tell worm bin, handouts, books and my DVD with me.  Look for my velvet worm and you will find me.

I will also he at the San Diego County Fair again this year on the Flower and Garden Stage.  The dates for that are Saturday, June 23 at 11.30 am and July 1st at 11.30am. I look forward the fair every year, meeting all the people who are there and answering their questions, which are amazingly varied!

Earth Month has been a busy time for me here at Vermicoast.  If I have not been back to you on your comments here please bear with me.  I know I will have time once the Fair is over and done.  If it is a pressing matter about your bin, you can always call me or email from the site and I will help out.

We are entering the peak breeding season for your red worms and mine.  I know this because it happens every year from May through September.  Some years when we have a warmish spell in April this event happens even sooner!  As I have been harvesting large orders of 20 lbs of worms, or more,  I have noted all the hatchlings.  There have been so many at times when,  I have had to be very careful to just take the adults and leave those tender new and fragile worms alone.  We all need to be very aware of just how fragile they are and the fact they are your next generation of worms for your bin.  Do take care of them and wear your gloves while working in the bin!

Enjoy your worms!

~Shel

]]> http://vermicoast.com/2012/04/where-i-will-be-and-when/feed/ 0 Holiday time for me again, but short this time! http://vermicoast.com/2011/08/holiday-time-for-me-again-but-short-this-time/ http://vermicoast.com/2011/08/holiday-time-for-me-again-but-short-this-time/#comments Tue, 16 Aug 2011 19:42:41 +0000 shel http://vermicoast.com/?p=390

I hope your summer is going well and that your worms are thriving.  Vermicoast’s  worms are with all this lovely and mild weather we are having.  I have found that they are breeding as they should.  It is like there is nothing else for them to do!  They are also enjoying the fruits of the season. The water melon rinds are a big hit here, as well as the corn cobs.

I have just finished putting in all the food wastes, bedding and scattering some birdseed over the top as  they will need all three things, while I am away.  With 90 bins it is a large undertaking.

I am leaving  as I always do, six pounds of worms and they do have enough of the bedding to eat, to the left of the front door as you face it. They are in a holding bin.  Just lift the bin and take the number of pounds you need. There is a tray with envelopes above that bin and that is where your payment of $25.00 goes.  There is a wooden box to the right of the envelopes with a slot in it and you place your envelope into the slot. Please write your name on it so I will know who has been here. I log everyone into the computer for the CPA.

I have always used the honor system here. It has worked remarkably well over the past 22 years.

I will be back on the 21st of this month.

I hope you have a great summer and I will be back here before you know it!

~Shel

]]> http://vermicoast.com/2011/08/holiday-time-for-me-again-but-short-this-time/feed/ 0 I will be speaking again at the San Diego County Fair this year! http://vermicoast.com/2011/06/i-will-be-speaking-again-at-the-san-diego-county-fair-this-year/ http://vermicoast.com/2011/06/i-will-be-speaking-again-at-the-san-diego-county-fair-this-year/#comments Thu, 09 Jun 2011 04:00:12 +0000 shel http://vermicoast.com/?p=376

Yes, you read it right.  I will be speaking again at the San Diego County Fair!
It is time once again, now that summer is here, for me to gear up and get ready for the fair.
I will be speaking and presenting on the Flower and Garden Stage.
My date for being there are June 19th, Father’s Day at 11.30,  June 22nd at 11.30 and the 2nd of July at 1pm.
I will have a show and tell bin so you can see what a smaller verison of a working bin looks like, compared to the larger bins, which I will demonstrate  for you: how to set one up at home for about $5.00 or $6.00 for a family of 4!
As always it will be good to be able to reuse a bin you have in your garage or reuse one of your Rubbermaid wash tubs from the kitchen, those Rubbermaid ones are handy when used as a worm annex. The worm annex is very useful, when you might have a temporary problem with your main bin and you need to have a safe bin to put your worms in, while you fix whatever is wrong in your bin.

I will look forward to seeing you at the fair.  Between now and then I am using all my energies to get all the bins here in shape for the amount of time I will need to devote to the fair.  I will also be harvesting more of the bins for the sale of the worms, which always happens after or during the fair!

I look forward to hearing from you, either here or via email with your questions or concerns about your bin or worms.

Enjoy your worms.

I look forward to seeing  you at the fair!

~Shel

]]> http://vermicoast.com/2011/06/i-will-be-speaking-again-at-the-san-diego-county-fair-this-year/feed/ 0 My Holiday and the Worms…. http://vermicoast.com/2011/05/my-holiday-and-the-worms/ http://vermicoast.com/2011/05/my-holiday-and-the-worms/#comments Thu, 26 May 2011 03:39:21 +0000 shel http://vermicoast.com/?p=370

I hope you all have the chance to get away this year, no matter how long or short your time away can be, it is good for us all to have a time out of time, when we can just be.

The worms have fared well in my absence.   Sales have been fine considering this economy.  I am looking  forward to our annual county fair, where I will be speaking and presenting on the Garden Stage again.   It is a chance for me to spread the word about worms, their many benefits to our soils and just how simple keeping worms can be.

This is going to be very short.   Just to let you know I am back and I am looking forward to seeing as many of you as is possible at the fair.

Be well and enjoy your worms!

~Shel

]]> http://vermicoast.com/2011/05/my-holiday-and-the-worms/feed/ 0 My holiday this year, Vermicoast and you… http://vermicoast.com/2011/04/my-holiday-this-year-vermicoast-and-you/ http://vermicoast.com/2011/04/my-holiday-this-year-vermicoast-and-you/#comments Thu, 28 Apr 2011 17:34:46 +0000 shel http://vermicoast.com/?p=363

Everyone takes a holiday, even me!  I shall be visiting my relatives in Canada during the month of May.  Despite the fact I shall be away my house-mate, Ken will be here and he will be able to fill the orders you will have for Vermicoast.

Please do leave a message on the house phone and Ken will return your calls and fill your worm needs. 760.434.4223

I hope you are all able to take a holiday this year.   It is great to get away!   It is also wonderful to come back refreshed and renewed.   I know the worms will miss me, but not all that much.  Their care will also need to be taken care of by me, too.

I will once again be at the San Diego County Fair, on the Flower Stage, presenting : Let Worms Eat Your Garbage!  I will be there on three different days.  As always I will enjoy meeting new people and explaining the wonders of using worms and their casts benefit to our gardens and plants. I hope to see you there!

I will be back here to post again,  once I am home.  I hope you have a good month.

~Shel

The Worms and Me.

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