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You got some tyres to reuse and start a worm-bin, and now you are ready to order your Red Wigglers Eisenia Fetida. I asked Kobus to make it as simple as possible so that even I can calculate it, don"t tell me divide pi by four ... (pi x dia.^2 / 4) so, here goes.

The formula for calculating the surface area of your worm-bin:

1. Measure the widest part of the inside of your potential worm-bin. Lets assume it is 50cm.
2. Multiply the measurement by itself. (50 x 50 = 2 500)
3. Multiply the result with 0.785 (pi/4) (2 500 x 0.785 = 1 962.50 cm²)
4. Allow approximately 500g worms per 1 000 cm² or 1 pound for 1 square feet
5. In this case optimal stocking levels for Eisenia Fetida will be 2 kg.
6. Your Red Wigglers can double every 3 months.
7. Order 500g Red Wigglers and given the right conditions, you may achieve optimal stocking levels of Eisenia Fetida within 6 months.
8.  Easy steps to calculate surface area of a *square* wormbin

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A DIY wormbin for your Red-Wiggler farm. You do not have to spend a lot of money starting a worm-bin. Follow the basic guidelines for Red-Wigglers. You can follow the Easy steps to calculate surface area of a round wormbin.

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The top 12 produce with the highest pesticide content are often called   “The Dirty Dozen” for obvious reasons. This information will help you in deciding where you may want to make the cut-off. Bear in mind that there are many fruits and vegetables that are not on this list, this is meant to get you thinking.

Pesticides on Popular Produce:

1. Peaches – 100
2. Strawberries – 89
3. Apples – 88
4. Spinach – 85
5. Nectarines – 85
6. Celery - 83
7. Pears – 80
8. Cherries – 76
9. Potatoes – 67
10. Sweet Bell Peppers – 66
11. Raspberries – 66 
12. Grapes – Imported  – 64

Africa cannot grow enough food to feed itself. It is not feasible to
expect a poor African farmer to spend 400 euro to 500 euro per hectare to grow a
crop if he can live on 1 euro per day as many do. For the money he has to spend
on one hectare - he can live for a year. The NEPAD conference shows that they are looking at chemical fertilizer as the solution.
The reasoning behind this is the success enjoyed by relatively wealthy farmers in Africa
(predominantly of European origin), who have enough money to buy fertilizer. "Tè a fatige"

The poor results obtained with organic farming in South Africa together with
the lack of credible research and information, were crucial in the decision
behind initiating research into organic farming as a discipline.