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Shining the Light on Solar Options
At Adirondack Worm Farm, we help people lessen their environmental impact in a simple, affordable way through our curbside composting...
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- Mar 13
- 2 min
Worms are Publicity Hounds
Worms are great - no question. Earthworms aerate the soil and composting worms consume decaying material that many consider "garbage."...
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Bill
- Aug 9, 2021
- 1 min
Local media coverage ...
We always appreciate interest in our worm farm! This story ran in The (Glens Falls) Chronicle on Earth Day in April, 2021
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Bill
- Jul 14, 2021
- 1 min
Bringing the Heat
It's the "dog days of summer" as this is being written, with about 1,000% humidity and temperatures that feel like 100 or more, even...
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Bill
- Apr 12, 2021
- 2 min
How Much is Enough?
Worm farms generally sell castings by the pound, rather than area (for example, 5 lbs instead of X cubic feet). Part of the reason is...
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Bill
- Feb 10, 2021
- 2 min
The Cold Hard Truth About Hot Compost
A lot of backyard composters assume the freezing temperatures of winter keep their piles from heating up, and the cold does make it...
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Bill
- Jan 1, 2021
- 2 min
5 suggestions for your dying Christmas tree
What do you do with your Christmas tree after the holiday season? While some towns pick up discarded trees and bring them to a mulcher,...
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Bill
- Nov 8, 2020
- 1 min
How to Harvest Worm Castings
We're often asked how you can separate the castings and worms when your home worm bin is ready to harvest. The most efficient and easiest...
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Bill
- Oct 8, 2020
- 1 min
Tracking Progress
We have a two main areas of focus at Adirondack Worm Farm. The first is all things worm-related: red wiggler composting worms, vermicast,...
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Bill
- Jul 19, 2020
- 2 min
How to lower your carbon footprint by more than 1 ton every year
A lot of people want to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, fight climate change, and reduce their own carbon footprint. There are plenty of...
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Bill
- Jul 5, 2020
- 2 min
AC for the worm bin?
June was very hot and pretty dry. The first week of July has already topped out over 90F and likely will do so again (and one of our fans...
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Bill
- Jun 14, 2020
- 2 min
Time for tea
If you want to stretch the use of worm castings over an extensive garden, or your front lawn, there's a fairly simple process to turn the...
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Bill
- Apr 24, 2020
- 1 min
Organic contaminants?
Our curbside composting customers are great, and we truly appreciate every one of them. They take the time to keep biodegradable waste...
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Bill
- Apr 4, 2020
- 1 min
Give me that static ... (aerated static)
When you work with pile after pile of hot compost year-round, finding ways to streamline the process is important. While getting the...
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Bill
- Mar 2, 2020
- 1 min
Chip, chip, hooray
Composting requires a mix of both nitrogen and carbon to be successful. The nitrogen or "greens" are food waste and fresh vegetative...
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Bill
- Jan 4, 2020
- 1 min
New Year Resolutions
It's a new year, and many people of course make New Year's Resolutions. It can be a useful practice, though many don't follow through...
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Bill
- Dec 22, 2019
- 1 min
A Joyous Christmas season to all!
The Christmas tree is up, the stockings are hung, the lights are strung, and we're ready for jolly ole St. Nick. It was touch and go as...
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Bill
- Sep 20, 2019
- 1 min
Fabulous Fall
A lot of folks love love love summer. And there’s plenty to enjoy - from vacation season to barbecues to long days of sunshine. But fall...
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Bill
- Aug 6, 2019
- 1 min
Work-a-day worms
Why don't worms ever take a break and go on vacation?
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