New Worm Condo

In the Profit Free world of the nonviolent worm one of the greatest resources is to turn compost (word yet to be added to Glossary) into worm castings or “black gold.” Worm castings can be used to make casting tea, mixed with coir for plant bedding or used directly on plants as organic fertilizer. Worm castings are produced in worm boxes or worm condos. However, outside of Growing Power few urban gardeners make much use of this valuable resource. As I have mentioned on this site many times before, I am on a campaign to get home and community gardeners to use this “black gold” made from compost that is made from waste. This process of transforming waste into castings is the Alchemy of the Garden. Today I brought a second worm condo on line to benefit the DMZ garden and a few other friends who use this method of Growing Renewable Affordable Food G.R.A.F.. The other purpose of having this Worm Condo built was to fulfill a promise to people of Milwaukee Urban Agriculture Network MUAN to make available plans for building a worm condo to produce castings. Also with the work of Alex, the builder of this new worm condo, and Godsil, the peddler of Milwaukee Renaissance, we hope to make these affordable worm condos available to community and home gardeners in the city. There will be more details on the G.R.A.F. soon about the dimensions of this box, how to build one and how to purchase one.

The word Alchemy came to me when describing the worm condo, since Alchemy “refers to both an early form of the investigation of nature and an early philosophical and spiritual discipline, both combining elements of chemistry, metallurgy, physics, medicine, astrology, semiotics, mysticism, spiritualism, and art all as parts of one greater force.” (Wikipedia). This combining of natural forces is what the method of growing is all about, particularly in the worm condo. Also the www.nonviolentworm.org site is about combining nature with the spiritual forces of nonviolence in a way we can use in our daily lives. When the spiritual force of nonviolence is at the heart of what we do, we can combine our limited human powers with the powers of God and nature to grow the Kingdom of God on Earth. Now that is some real Alchemy.

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