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Redworm castings, garden compost, leaf mulch, insect fras (CAMAS)
806 ne 202 ave near 8th st.
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Website: insectsatlarge.com
Located at: 806 NE 202 Ave, Camas WA
Fall compost sale!!!
Get ready for spring planting with our great assortment of composts.
Sifted premium redworm castings $125 yard, $80 per 1/2 yard, $10 per 5 gallons
Unsifted premium redworm castings: $75 yard, $50 per 1/2 yard, $5 per 5 gallons
Garden compost sifted leaf mulch w/castings $75 yard, $45 per 1/2 yard, $5 per 5 gallons
Black soldier fly larvae w/barley husk $35 per yard $20 per 1/2 yard, $5 per 5 gallons
2023 Leaf mulch/top dressing/redworm compost starter $25 per yard, $15 per 1/2 yard, $5 - 5 gallons.
Great for bedding your redworms and covering your garden in the fall to feed the soil, worms and kill weeds.
Bring you own bucket/container. We currently do not have extra containers.
Yard measurement prices are tractor loaded, if you need to have it loaded by 5 gallon buckets into containers there is an additional $1 charge for every 5 gallon measurement (i.e. 1 yard = 36 - 5 gallon bucket measurements = $36 extra per yard.)
When available appointments can be made during the week for large orders (1 yard or more).
To pick up mealworms, redworms, black soldier fly larvae or redworm castings/compost we are open only Saturday from 1-5 pm or Sunday and Monday 1-5 by appointment. Text to 3605one37251 to let me know what you want (item, size & amount, or weight), your name and what time between 1-5 Saturday that you want to pick up, I know when you are coming(other wise I may be on an errand) Cash, CC, venmo or paypal is available. You are welcome to stay in your car or stretch your legs to look around. We have various other items for sale; handmade soap, chicken eggs, peacock feathers, compost starter, worm castings, black soldier fly larvae and other insects.
If you need more information go to:
https://www.northwestredworms.com
Redworm Castings / Vermicompost:
Why castings? Biodiversity! Red worms thrive in a compost that is loaded with all kinds of bacteria; fungi and nitrates. This can be found in a compost of many animal manures, but the most diverse compost is one that contains food wastes from fruits, vegetables, grains, etc. Each new food brings its own set of bacteria/fungi. Once the food is broken down by the microorganisms, it is ready to be consumed by the red worms, thereby concentrated into a nice little worm cast that is ready to be used. The ground up bacteria (nitrates) and other nutrients are now enmeshed with the fungi. When it comes in contact with the roots of a plant the fungi will bond the plant to the nutrients in the castings while increasing the plants water/nutrient absorption ability.
Our Composts:
Premium grade redworm castings: This blend of compost starts with 12+ months aerobically composted leaf and grass mix. It becomes our compost starter base for our windrows and worm beds. Then it is also used as our bedding to the yards of produce salvage that we add to the compost weekly. Our rows do not move, but they grow from being fed on one side only. As time goes by, it will seem as if the rows are moving about 1 foot per month. Once the rows reach 12'+ wide we then harvest off the finished side to prepare the castings for sifting. We sift this compost down to 1/4" or less in size. Time from start to finish is 2 1/2+ years. We sell this sifted and unsifted.
2020/2021- 3+ year leaf mold compost: This is an unsifted 98% finished leaf mulch compost. This is an aerobic leaf compost with masive amounts of fungi and bacteria working to convert the leaf debris into a diverse benificial biological workforce to feed your plants. Our leaf composts have been turned regularly to keep the compost temperature 120 degrees or higher in temperature for the first year and around 75 degrees for the second year. Throughout the first year the compost is fed grass clippings, grains, and soldier fly frass; this is added in while turning. As a result this compost is rich in nutrient value and microbial bio diversity.
2023- 1 year leaf mold compost: Perfect as a compost starter for your redworm composter and or a garden cover. There are worms in this compost. It is not a finished compost, instead it is at the simmer stage and sits at 70-80 degrees. The fungi are loving this with the moisture and carbon media quickly breaking down making it easy for the fungi to assimilate. The temp does not get too high so the worms are throughout the large pile of compost consuming the dead fungi and bacteria in the mix. This compost is at the perfect stage to add to the top of the garden after it is planted and again as a mulch layer after it is harvested for the year. If you are starting a redworm compost, this is the perfect bedding since it is already breaking down it can be used a base when you start your worm compost and as a cover after each time it is fed new food waste.
Garden blend/leaf mold compost sifted: This is our kitchen sink compost. It gets all the stuff that may take longer to breakdown like cardboard waste, leaf debris, pig and chicken manures and excess produce. This is composted for 5+ years to make sure there are no undesirable pathogens. There are many worms working in this compost through the years so there are castings in the compost. When we sift this compost we blend it with our leaf mold compost