We have taken Red Wigglers from the bait shop. I've been feeding them vegan kitchen waste. All of our Vegetable and fruit cuttings. Also things that have spoiled in the fridge we seal in an airtight container. The microbial breakdown of this produce make excellent worm food. I mix this with shredded cardboard soaked in water. This is called bedding. I feed the worms about 3 pounds of waste from our kitchen a week. I stated this project Earth day weekend. In less than a months time. These worms have doubled and tripled in size and are reproducing. This project has big rewards. I've already removed potfuls of beautiful moist black worm dirt 'castings.' Its organic potent plant food at its best. More pictures to come. I've also collected 16 oz of 'worm tea' This is liquid worm casting that collects in a separate bin underneath the tub where i'm feeding my worms. I'm putting this in a spray bottle giving our garden tons of vitamins without risk of burning our plants or adding any synthetic chemicals to our edible garden varities. Vermicomposting has been alot of fun.

This spring we have shared some delicious meals with ingredients from our garden. Our caprese salads have been spectacular thanks to our bountiful Sweet Basil plants,we have 10 thriving Basil plants throughout our yard. Also the Oregano, Lemon Balm, Thyme, Rosemary, Sage and Parsley are delicious on vegetables. Olive oil and these fresh pickings are all we use on vegetables. I had no idea fresh herbs could taste this good. Please come over and pick some!

This milkweed is new to the garden. Its a host for catepillars of the monarch butterfly. its the only plant the endangered monarchs will lay its eggs on. I bought this at a benefit for Monarch Butterflys. It seems to be doing well, but i haven't seen a butterfly yet. When the leaves begin to get eaten, Ill know the catepillars found it!!

This confederate Jasmine smells so sweet, it reminds me of honeysuckle.


We just harvested the last of our swiss chard. Our summer heat would make it bitter if we kept it in the ground. All those plants and it cooked down like spinach. We will definately be planting more of that next spring.

I've been so excited to take some pictures of our garden this year. Here are some of my favorites this spring..