The recent Toronto Area Community Garden gathering at the Pony Club attracted 25 people, all with an interest in creating a social edible gardening space. The group was multigenerational which bodes well for the future and had a combination of experienced and newby veggie growers, providing pathways to share knowledge. Those present managed to chat and share ideas and knowledge for over two hours.
There was certainly Community Garden momentum and there will be a follow-up meeting on Wednesday March 14th , 7pm at the Toronto Library meeting room. This meeting will discuss forming a committee to help develop a local community garden. There will be positions to be discussed and filled including Chairperson, Secretary, Treasurer and Publicity.
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| The tap for the tapping the worm juice |
At the Toronto Area Community Garden gathering a worm farm demonstration by Michelle was just the inspiration needed to run out grab the first two broccoli boxes available and get worming. A quick search on the internet shows there are lots of easy to follow guides on how to make a wormfarm. Michelle’s demonstration followed this guide. The worm farm was up and running in under 20 minutes, and that included lots of questions.
The best thing about worm farms are you get a great return in the form of turning vegetable scraps into high powered plant food and they don’t take up much space.
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| Putting the worm farm together |
- Two nested broccoli boxes with a ‘tap’ for extracting worm juice and a tight lid.
- Mesh/flyscreen to stop the worms falling through the pierced upper box
- Shredded newspaper, old compost, leaves or soil form the bedding for the worms and some worms.
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| The flyscreen to stop the worms falling out |
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