By Nicola Bysouth
Bet you didn’t know we have a worm bin her at the Del Mar Fairgrounds! Well, technically we call it the Vermi-Composting Bin and this thing is crawling with thousands of worms for a good cause! It’s a win-win situation that keeps the cycle of life going as our worms feed on old fruit and veggie scraps in return for castings we use to fertilize the Fairground gardens. We are taking old food that would normally be disposed of and turning it into rich fertilizer (with the help of our worm friends of course) used to help our plants and gardens grow!
So you might be wondering just how effective these worms really are? Well, believe it or not, they handle 250 lbs of scraps per week during the racing season alone! That’s about the same weight of 2,600 Kit Kat bars!! As long as our worms stay “happy” they are able to reproduce and re-compost. Our friends at the Solana Center actually come over and help take care of our worms since we constantly need to make sure they get plenty of darkness and food that is not too acidic.
With all this love and care our worms are able to make the best fertilizer that we collect all throughout the year! So this year, be sure to stop by our Vermi-Composting bin out in The Farm, located in the Sparkletts Water Infield, because you won’t want to miss out on what our worms have been up to!!
