With today's fertilizer prices significantly soaring up, most of us who has a passion in gardening keeps on having a hard time maintaining stocks for our garden. As we all know, fertilizer is needed to enhance the growth and beauty of our plants. Although we can plant even without the use of this material, there is a significant difference when we use it from that when we don't. Due to the continuous and constant increase of the price of fertilizer in the market, we end up buying a little amount and eventually reducing what we usually use. However, you don't have to worry anymore because there is an alternative fertilizer that is effective and much safer to use and you'll love it even more because it's very easy to use and to culture.

Yes, it is cultured. If you're not familiar with it, you might be wondering what kind of fertilizer needs culturing. We're talking about our friendly neighborhood below the ground which is the earthworm. They speed up the process in composting and help a lot in giving us that rich in nitrogen bio-organic fertilizer. The process is simple and very easy to do even if you only have a little space on your garden. The materials needed are also very easy to find and are also affordable because they are readily available in your kitchen. What you only need to buy are the worms that specialize on eating up anything that is biodegradable.

There are many different types of earthworms but there are two of them that are excellent when it comes to eating up piles and piles of anything that is edible for them. The African night crawler or also know as super reds measures from 4 to 8 inches long and are known as one of the most used worms in composting. The red wigglers are popular among those who have little space and needs to use worm bins or those that just prefers to them. Both of them basically serve their purpose very well.

There are different housing methods for these worms. The common rule is to make sure that the housing is far from anything that makes vibrations and noises as this will disturb the worms and will make them search for another place. you should also secure a spot where the temperature is warm enough and make sure that they are covered from the sunlight. You will also want to put them in a place where you can easily water them to avoid dehydrating them as this also serves to cool the temperature and for them to easily break down their food. Proper aeration is also required for a suitable living place for these creatures in order to keep them in your desired place.

So if you want to save more on your fertilizers and at the same time benefit from the richness of the compost the worms produce, why not try vermin-culture? You can use the money that was intended for the fertilizer for extra seeds instead and at the same time put your waste to good use.