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What is Vermiculture? Vermiculture is the process of using red wiggler worms to decompose organic food waste, turning the waste into a nutrient-rich material capable of supplying necessary nutrients to help sustain plant growth. When done correctly, this method is simple, effective, and convenient. It saves water, energy, landfills, and...

Flowering plants are fantastic because we get to see the fruit come out shortly thereafter.  This applies to fruit trees and much of our produce like tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, among others. When it comes to veggies like lettuce, cilantro, parsley, ect.  the flowering means that the end of life for that plant...

A little while back I was sharing a beer with my friend Charlie from Degree 18 Juice Bar and he shared with me about a company here in Puerto Rico called Caribe Compostables where he buys his compostable serving containers.  He shared why it was important for him to invest...

Growing organic produce is such a rewarding endeavor that we think everyone should do it.  We grow food to be as self sustainable as possible and we have learned over the years how to prepare what we grow in ways that pleases the complicated pallets in our household. Our food preparation is determined...

So much to do and so little time is how the saying goes, but there is always time to help build a veggie garden in our community.  On November 13, 2018 we broke ground on transforming an unsuspecting back yard at Degree 18 Juice bar in to a veggie producing micro garden with a greenhouse.

The second week of January 2019 was initially our target date to start selling at the farmers market. December 1, 2018 wound up being our first appearance and this is how it all happened. We wanted to be proactive and have all our paper work ready for our debut in January, after our application was reviewed ...

2018 has been a very hard working but rewarding year for our urban farm.  We began by taking our urban farm off-grid thanks to the installation of our solar system on January 10th & what followed was a year of making changes all leading to the formation of our non-profit organization ...

Anamu (aka Guinea Hen Weed & Petiveria) is used in teas, extracts & other forms.  It is native to southern USA, Mexico, Central America, Caribbean and South America. Anamu is used in teas, extracts, capsules, powder and other preparations. The leaves and roots are used with medicinal purposes.  It is...

Sweet potatoes (Ipomoea Batatas) are one of the highest yielding crops in our permaculture farm. We rotate the sweet potatoes around different planting areas so that we are able to harvest every month. Sweet potatoes are native to tropical areas around the world, they love warm climate and do not mind a lot of rain for