Only one week after sowing 40 'Calabrese' heirloom broccoli seeds, 36 have successfully emerged. The remaining four did not and were replanted. They are being grown in a 50-50 mix of Metro Mix and worm castings. When I see life like this it makes me even more inpatient for spring to arrive, but more appreciative of what it brings with it each year. It seems like it has been a long, cold winter this year and when you see new green life come out of the dark soil, it is encouragement to hang on...spring is almost here!

Over the past several months we have been fleshing out ideas for two simple vermicompost tea brewing kits we plan on marketing to the small-scale home gardener. We have several of each kit complete and they will be on the shelves of a couple local retail establishments very soon. Also, we were accepted into the Carbondale Farmers Market on the west side of town, recently. We plan on selling our earthworm castings and related products, as well as promote our new organic landscape services. Come and check us out in April!

Besides the compact brewers below, we are working hard at developing a new system that combines rainwater collection, compost tea brewing and easy application. We will eventually use this system for our own commercial brewing purposes and market it to larger-scale gardeners and growers to name a few. The possibilities with this system are endless and we are excited to show you soon! Stay tuned!