John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ goes on a field trip to Nature's Little Recyclers, a redworm breeder in Chicago, IL that diverts organic food waste from the landfill and creates the best fertilizer for your garden. In this episode, John takes you into the warehouse that is breeding worms to recycle food waste, fun, and profit. You will learn how they take free local resources including food waste, coffee grounds and more and turn them into compost and then feed them to the worms. You will discover how easy it is to start your own business diverting food waste to feed your worms, and how you can start making worm castings as well as worms to sell. You will discover some of the special bins, tools, and techniques they use at Nature's little recyclers to grow some of the best worms and create the best fertilizer. At the end of this episode, John will interview the CEO of Nature's Little Recyclers and ask him the following questions: 30:17 Worms don't eat food scraps? 30:39 What percentage of food do you divert from the landfill? 31:17 Why do you decide to ship worms around the country? 32:10 Why are worms and worm castings beneficial for the garden? 32:30 Why is worm castings one of the best forms of humus out there? 33:28 What do you do once you get your shipment of worms? 34:30 How many worms come in a 1 pound pack? 35:30 How can someone order worms from your company? 36:00 Any final words of wisdom for my viewers? After watching this episode, you will have a better understanding of how a worm business works and how you can grow worms for fun, profit and help the planet. Subscribe to GROWINGYOURGREENS for more videos like this: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=growingyourgreens Follow John on Instagram: http://instagram.com/growingyourgreens Buy My Seeds at http://growingyourgreens.ecwid.com/ Watch all my videos at: https://www.youtube.com/user/growingyourgreens/videos Referenced Links: To get the special GYG discount on the worm and castings at: http://nlrwormshop.com/ and use the coupon code gyg for 10% off

John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ shares with you how you can grow edible sponges in your garden that you can use for cleaning and eating! In this episode, John will share his experience growing the luffa sponge vine also known as dish cloth or sponge gourd which is related to squash and cucumbers in his garden. You will learn when to harvest this fruit for its sponge qualities and learn when to best harvest them if you want to eat them. After watching this episode, you will no longer be slave to purchasing man-made sponges or sea sponges, but empower yourself to grow your own plant based sponges that are compostable in your organic vegetable garden. Purchase wide variety of edible luffa seeds at: http://www.evergreenseeds.com/edibleluffa.html