On the balcony of the modern, airy space overlooking Midtown's parking
lots, she's growing flats of seedlings soon to be transplanted into large self-watering tubs nearby.
This patio garden is nothing to sniff at: In a good year, one tomato plant can produce 40 pounds of
ripe tomatoes.
Of course, the containers need plenty of rich soil amendments for healthy,
living soil. That's where White's "worm farming" comes into play. In a semi-industrial setup in
her open kitchen area, she keeps roughly 40,000 red wiggler worms — about 40 pounds total
— in two large bins.
The worms turn what most people would throw in
the trash or grind down the disposal into a rich "worm castings," a valuable organic soil additive,
at virtually no cost.
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