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HOW TO MAKE vermicast bio-fertiliser

SINCE the Industrial Revolution when the science of chemistry started to come to the aid of agriculture, our understanding of the nutrient requirements of plants has increased in leaps and bounds. But we have forgotten what our ancestors knew: that a healthy soil means healthy plants and healthy plants give good yields. We have neglected the biological side of the equation, providing our vegies with the chemical elements they require but not nurturing the soil and soil microbiology.

This is all starting to change however and there is a big buzz around biological fertiliser, quite often shortened to

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