Hello (worm) world

I just downloaded a blogging app for my lowly Blackberry, so this serves as one part test, and one part story about worms.

We have been doing some worm farming for a while now, but are planning on expanding the project quite significantly.

We have been running some trials, and the worms seem to be very happy, with the progress so far.

Lots of delicious compost to put into the vineyard. Watch the space for more on our worms.

SB

Update: you can read more about the process of worm farming here, but basically it’s the idea of using worms to breakdown organic matter into nutrient-rich organic fertilizer, which can be used in the vineyard to build soil health, better vines and quality grapes.

This post was written by Simon Back on Wednesday, June 13th, 2012 at 11:29 am.
After finishing up studying economics at UCT in 2007, Simon has joined his family wine farm, Backsberg. When he is not trying to figure out what marketing wine means, he is authoring his blog, Back Chat. .