Are you ready for spring planting? Get started with this guide

Soil being prepared for spring

Article courtesy of True Leaf Market

Celebrate the late winter warmth by getting a head start on preparing your soil as we inch our way towards the first day of spring this Saturday. Daylight savings is now behind us and our days are becoming longer and finally gifting most of us with plenty of warmth and sunshine to comfortably work the soil again.

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Vermiremediation: A Soil Pollution Solution Powered by Earth’s Worms

I wanted to share this informative article from our friends at The Squirm Firm — John Skinner

Used by permission of The Squirm Firm
Written by Francesca
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Were you born with a green thumb, always curious about things that grow and naturally drawn to the soil? Perhaps your love of nature grew over time, revealing your natural rhythms and connections along the way. 

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Customizing Worm Compost For Your own Garden

Here is another great article from our friends at The Squirm Firm that I wanted to share — John Skinner

Used by permission of The Squirm Firm
Written by Francesca
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Hey, we’ve made it to August! By now your garden has put out flowers, fruits, vegetables and already put on months of display. How is it all doing now? Are your fruiting and flowering plants going strong, or looking a little worse for the wear?

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How to Heal our Land using Worm Compost Enriched Soil

This article contains very useful information and I thought it was important to share — John Skinner

Used by permission of The Squirm Firm
Written by Francesca
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In times like these, the value of wellness can not be overstated. Nearly overnight we’ve found we’ve taken our health for granted. But were we really healthy in the first place? Either way, a global shift in health consciousness means soon, feeling even better may be our reality. 

The whole-self thrives when given a chance for renewal. You and your body deserve it. And now seems as good a time as any to get to it. Better, in fact. 

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Worm Castings Available at Corralitos Garden Market

Whiskey Hills Soils now selling Worm castings at the Corralitos Garden Market every Sunday from 11:00am to 3:00pm.

Please join me along with vendors of fresh fruits, vegetables, and locally produced olive oil and art in beautiful Corralitos, California.

I will be offering 20 quart bags of local worm castings for your spring gardens.


I am also offering Earth Worms by reservation only.

$30/ pound
Call or email by Thursday.

(Facial covering is required for all vendors and visitors.)  Thank you

Local Worm Castings! Worms digest horse manure and create organic fertilizer.

With the popularity of composting for green living and pesticide free growing  it’s no wonder worm castings have become so popular.
The process is pretty simple, all local compost is fed to our resident earthworms. They digest the organic materials and the resulting manure is known as worm castings.
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Feeding/Fertilizing Cannabis to Maximize Quality and Quantity

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As we all know cannabis is a weed. It’s a very versatile, adaptive plant species that could grow in the cracks of pavement in the sidewalk. One of the amazing things about our sacred plant is the more you nurture it, the more it can and will give back to you.

I see a lot of good cannabis, but not so much memorable amazing cannabis — I would like to see more. One reason I believe I see this is many talented growers stick to what they know and/or what works for them. While it’s true many growers improve their methods over time through research and trial and error, I still think some lack diversity in what they give their plants and miss out on really pushing the limits from good to great or even amazing cannabis that is memorable.
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