100% germination on Kale

Well I thought I would let everyone know that my Kale had a 100% germination rate in my worm castings and potting soil mix.  I will post pictures later.  I am currently working on transplanting broccoli, winterbor kale, and cabbage in my worm casting and potting soil mix.  Hopefully all will work out well.

Gourmet Lettuce 2 weeks after transplanting

Well like I promised I would do two weeks ago, I am going to show you some pictures of the gourmet lettuce that was germinated in my worm castings/potting soil mix and then transplanted into the same type of mixture.  Let the pictures do the talking.  You can tell a huge difference since the plants have been transplanted.  And the hint is that there is no fertilizer involved just good ole organic worm castings.  If you are interested in purchasing some worm castings contact me at aandbfarm@yahoo.com.  5 pound bags are $8.00 a bag.

Newspaper Article

Well I just got the newspaper article from The News Reporter (Wilkes County newspaper).  I mentioned earlier on how there was an article being written from my visit and guest speaker role with the Washington Wilkes Garden Club.  I truly enjoyed the experience and thank the ladies of the club.  If you have time read the article.  Hope everyone is doing well.

Day 3 After Planting Kale

Well today I went into my garden room and checked out all of the plant boxes.  And guess what I saw.  I have kale seed already sprouting, this is amazing due to I planted these seeds three days ago in a potting soil/worm casting mix.  I will post a picture later on.  But I thought this would interest everyone who reads my blog.  The onions and tomatos are planted in regular potting soil so I don't expect to see any early germination.  But if you remember my pumpkin plants that were planted with a soil and worm casting mix germinated extremely early also.  So the worm castings are definitely doing it's job with the kale and lettuce. 

Tomatos

Today I planted some tomato seeds to see if I could germinate them in the garden room.  I would like to have some fresh tomatos during the winter.  I decided to plant the seeds in regular potting soil and once they are transplanted into bigger pots I will mix some worm castings with potting soil to see what the outcome will be.  I have always heard that the greenhouse tomatos don't taste as good but I wonder if this is true with garden room tomatos with a worm castings mixture.  I will post pictures later.

Kale: Dwarf Blue Curled, Vate's Strain

Well today I planted some kale in my garden room to see how it would do in my worm castings.  I am hoping for a bountiful harvest within the next 60 to 72 days.  This is going to be a great experiment.  I planted in a potting soil and worm casting mix.  So there is plenty of nutrition for the seeds.  I will post pictures when they start to germinate.

Gourmet Lettuce

Well I planted some gourmet lettuce three weeks ago in some potting soil and yesterday I transplanted them in a larger container in my garden room in a potting soil/worm casting mix.  I just was not happy about the outcome with potting soil alone.  Now I want to see what the castings will help do.  So now in two weeks I will take a new picture so we can see if the castings have made a difference.

Worm Castings Work Great

Here it is the middle of October and I am still harvesting watermelons.  I spread about 50 lbs of worm castings around my watermelon plants and they are still producing.  I have one that is over 50 lbs.  That is a huge watermelon. 

Here are the last three watermelons left.  It's amazing that it is in the middle of  October and I still have watermelons.  I guess that proves that the worm castings do work as far as nutrient replenishment. 

Tignall Garden Club

I would like to thank the Tignall, Georgia Garden Club for having me today as their speaker.  I enjoyed my time with them.

Pumpkin Plants on Day 24

Our pumpkin seeds are now well developed pumpkin plants.  Today is day 24 and there is a vast difference between the one row without worm castings and the two rows with worm castings.  The pumpkin plants in the worm castings/soil mix are 12 inches tall, while the pumpkin plants in the regular soil are 4 inches tall.  This is perfect proof that our worm castings should be used as a soil builder to build and re-establish the nutrients in the soil.  From the pictures below you can definitely see the difference in the plants. 

You can see the pumpkin plants in the worm castings towering the smaller plants that are in normal soil.

See the difference from a birds eye view. 

Worm Castings vs. Regular Soil

I planted some pumpkin seeds 8 days ago in regular soil and soil mixed with our worm castings.  The difference in the soil was amazing.  But what is even more amazing is that on the 4th day, we had pumpkin seeds germinating in the soil mixed with our worm castings.  Now on day eight, all of our pumpkin seeds have germinated in the soil mixed with the worm castings and half of the seeds planted in the regular soil are starting to germinate.   Take a look at our videos on YouTube under A and B Farm.  Let us know what you think.  Castings will be going on sale soon.

Pumpkin Seeds with Castings at day 8

Pumpkin Seeds without castings day 8

Introduction

We would like to take this time to introduce ourselves. We are a family owned homestead.  Amy and Brian, are hobby farmers who started on a mission to learn how to live a sustainable lifestyle. Though, most of their experience was filled with more trials and lots of errors. They've decided that after over a decade of experimenting, that it was time to share their experience and knowledge with those who're interested in doing the same.