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For a limited time, we are offering FREE SHIPPING on 1 and 2 lb orders of worms!
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Where to find our products in
WA
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BFS Castings Tea:
Testimonials,
description and step by step instructions to brew and apply:
New! Here
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2007 Governor's Award for Pollution
Prevention and Sustainable Practices
On October 9th, 2007, in a presentation
ceremony at the WA State Capitol Building, we were given this
award that represents our efforts and commitment to ongoing
sustainable practices. The Department of Ecology defines
sustainability as "meeting the needs of the present without
compromising the ability of future generations to meet their
own needs." Vermiculture and our practices here at the
farm do just that. You can learn more about this award
here.
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Certified Salmon Safe
Recently, our farm was also certified Salmon
Safe.
Salmon Safe works to keep urban and
agricultural watersheds clean enough for native salmon to spawn
and thrive.
Click on the logo for more
information.
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We sell onsite in our Soil Depot and online
in our Yelm Worm Store: Barefoot Soil Earthworm Castings
products bagged and bulk: Barefoot Soil Earthworm Castings, Deluxe Garden Blend
(20% castings, 20% dairy manure, 60% topsoil),
Perfect Blend (50% castinggs. 50% dairy manure), topsoil, worm tea brewers,
worm tea, worm factories® (or worm bins), large scale
vermicomposting systems, worm bin conditioner, red worms by the
pound (red wigglers or Eisenia Fetida), organic and mineral soil amendments, specialty
organic soil amendments, and organically grown fruits and
vegetables (especially garlic) and certified organic and heirloom seeds, according to the season.
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Special
For our walkin customers to our Soil Depot, we have an ongoing
special for a Worm Factory and your fist pound of startup worms for $99.95! (A $111.90 value.) Save on shipping and handling
costs and the cost of worms.
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Plant Pathology
Plants - especially trees and shrubs are
infected and killed by four fungi: Phytophtora,
Pythium, Fusarium, and Rhizoctonia. We
recently tested our Barefoot Soil Earthworm Castings for these,
and in what is a rare event in the composing/soil amendment
industry, evidence of the four pathogens was non detectable!
This means unlike other products you may buy on the market,
Barefoot Soil Earthworm Castings are safe to use for all of
your planting needs as well as for mulch.
Here
are the test results.
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The Olympian newspaper featured us in its
Environment Section on Monday June 12th, 2006. Read John
Dodge's article
here.
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On Tuesday May 30th, 2006 Peter Mooyman of
Yelm Earth was on KUOW's Weekday program discussing worm
composting with a panel of composting experts. Click
here to listen to an archived
edition of the program.
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McCord Air
Force Base Earth Day
Whole
Foods Market Earth Day
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Check out this
testimonial on the
effectiveness of worm teas - a more effective method than
chemicals that is child, pet, wildlife, and earth friendly!
We have worm tea brewers available in our Yelm Worm Store.
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Check out how you can use Barefoot Soil
Earthworm Castings: This is a picture of a flower garden
at Village Green Nursery in Seattle:
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We have negotiated great per pallet per state
rates for all western states. Call us to see what it
would cost to ship to you!
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Click on the Test Results link on the left to
view our updated SFI test results on a 3-21-2006 sample.
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We were at the
Northwest Flower and Garden Show
in Seattle, WA February 8-12. It was a great success!
Look for updated retailers in your area in the upcoming days and
weeks.
Read our press release
for the show
here.
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A quick note
on our Barefoot Soil Earthworm Castings and our Barefoot Soil
Deluxe Potting Mix:
The WSDA has approved and
registered our Barefoot Soil Earthworm Castings products for
certified organic crop growers.
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The products that we develop using earthworm
castings are all about restoring or boosting the biology of
your soil so that this "living" soil can break down soil
nutrients and feed them to your plants' roots. Dr. Elaine
Ingham is a pioneer in this research and approach.
Read about her approach
here.
You can also listen to an NPR broadcast
Monday January 9, 2006 on All Things Considered that discusses
bacteria in soil
here.
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We were on National Public Radio the morning of September 23rd,
2005 on KPLU and throughout the day on the 26th on KUOW!! Click
here to listen.
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At our Yelm
Earth Market on Saturday Sept. 24th, we had a team of 4 draught
horse work our fields. Click
here to check out the
pictures and a brief description.
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Leading scientist and
researches all over the world are saying the days of NPK
chemical fertilizers are numbered, and restoring the soil's
biological activity is the only long term solution to growing
any type of vegetation. Click
here
to read Jim Jensen's literature review. Click
here to read the latest research on vermicomposting from
Hala Chaoui of Ohio State University.
Read about more research
underway at Ohio State University's Soil Ecology Department on
various aspects of vermiculture
here.
Our products are all about
restoring the soil's micro-organism diversity.
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Did you know?
The vital importance of organic matter? If
humus is not continually replaced, the entire soil structure
and soil ecology falls apart. Without a healthy and numerous
ecology of microlife, soil becomes dead. With adequate organic
matter, soil usually becomes sweet smelling and pleasant and
functions like a creative organism. That’s largely because of
the many things accomplished by soil microlife. Remember that
during the gardening season, humus is being consumed by
microorganisms, the nutrients are used by the plants, and this
critical element must be replaced. Even ¼ inch can replace the
summer losses in a garden. Growing
vegetables West of the Cascades,
Steve Solomon And guess what is the perfect organic
material to renew your garden! Yes, it is Barefoot Soil
Earthworm Castings! Come see us, we have lots of it!
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Did you know?
... Lignite, also known as leonardite, was named for Dr. A.
G. Leonard, North Dakota’s first state geologist, who was a
pioneer in the study of lignite deposits. Leonardite ore is a
soft, earthy, medium brown coal –like substance of organic
material that has decayed over millions of years. It has,
perhaps, the highest concentrations of both humic and fulvic
acids available. Humic acids improve the efficiency of
fertilizers, moisture retention and help to reduce nutrient
loss due to leaching. Biological activity is stimulated
resulting in root proliferation, plant growth, early and
uniform maturity thus improving the quality of plants, and
overall crop yields. (Search "leonardite+lignite" in your
favorite search engine for references.)
Yelm Earth has a full supply of
Leonardite/Lignite available.
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Did
you know?
…the difference between Certified Organic and Organic? We
are certified with the WSDA and comply with strict
regulations and reporting necessary to maintain our
status. A simple “Organic” label does not tell you
anything about what is happening from seed quality used to
what happened in the fields before or during the growing
season, or how the produce is handled during and after
harvest. From the WSDA’s point of view, it is either
“Certified Organic” or it is not organic at all!
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How Barefoot Soil got its name:
“The old people came literally to love the soil
and they sat or reclined on the ground with a feeling of being close to a mothering
power. It was good for the skin to touch the earth
and the old people liked to remove their
moccasins and walk with bare feet on the sacred earth.”
Luther Standing Bear, (1868-1939)
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