Arizona Worm Farm

Arizona Worm Farm Our mission is to turn "garbage" into food and show you how you can too.
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Our mission is to decrease our impact on the local waste stream, reduce time spent composting and create a safe and organic benefit to our garden

This is what a complete gopher trapping kit looks like. It is included in our class coming next Saturday.Class details a...
05/30/2026

This is what a complete gopher trapping kit looks like. It is included in our class coming next Saturday.

Class details are here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1930350187617545

We teach you how to trap gophers in your yard and send you home with a complete kit with all the tools you need to be successful. Our students have a 100% success rate using our approach.

The kit includes:

2 traps from Trapline (called the Gophinator from https://www.traplineproducts.com/). This is the single most effective and long lasting trap on the market.

A probe and tunnel extender from GopherHawk (https://gopherhawk.com/). This helps ensure you get your trap set deep in the tunnel.

Two flags (to keep the gophers from taking the traps and to remind you where they are!) and two mound/trap covers. The covers are our "secret sauce" to hiding the traps from the gophers.

We will show you how to find the tunnels, set the traps, place the traps, and what to look for.

If you have gophers - we can help!

An ASU Professor named Subhankar Mandal, Ph.D. who's area of study is Sustainable Horticulture, has been studying our Nu...
05/28/2026

An ASU Professor named Subhankar Mandal, Ph.D. who's area of study is Sustainable Horticulture, has been studying our Nutrient+ as a way to reduce the amount of commercial (chemical) fertilizer needed to grow plants. Attached is a summary from his Report:

Nutrient+ Effects on Lettuce
Nutrient Availability, Fertilizer Efficiency, Plant Health, and Soil Function
Based on ASU lettuce biostimulant trials (2025-2026)

There are years more study coming, but his early conclusions are that Nutrient+ will help stressed plants, trigger growth of thicker leaves, and improve soil structure.

We have seen - and heard from lots of you - that this stuff works. It is especially good for helping plants and trees that are not doing well recover. We get more flowers, more fruit, and healthier plants.

This is a good time to add this to your trees - thicker leaves help them protect themselves from sun damage. It works in concert with our Worm Castings Teas to make it easier for trees to survive our summer and thrive in our winter.

For me, the best part is that this uses no petrochemicals. We rescue food waste from our landfills and use it to raise Black Soldier Fly Larvae to feed our plants and trees. Local waste turned into a local asset!

It is available at the Worm Farm and Nurseries.

If you see one of these mounds in your yard or by your trees, you should come take our gopher trapping class (https://ww...
05/21/2026

If you see one of these mounds in your yard or by your trees, you should come take our gopher trapping class (https://www.facebook.com/events/1930350187617545)

A gopher can take out a full size tree in a couple of days -and they breed super fast (they produce babies less than 30 days from breeding and typically have 3 to 7 pups - who are then ready to breed themselves in less than a year).

We have a 100% success rate teaching how to trap gophers - we send our students home with a complete trapping kit, including traps, probes, and our "secret sauce" mound covers.

Got entrepreneurial kids? We have trained kids as young as 13 how to trap gophers - and they earned money all summer taking care of gophers in their neighbors' yards.

You can plant cover crops in your Raised Beds. For regenerative soils, we know that "your first crop is your worst crop...
05/12/2026

You can plant cover crops in your Raised Beds.

For regenerative soils, we know that "your first crop is your worst crop" and then they get better and better over time. But, you need to keep building your soil as you grow each crop with rotation, compost, and proper management.

If you are not going to grow vegetables this summer, plant a cover crop to keep your soil building. Want to learn how? Join our class this Saturday:

https://www.facebook.com/events/1713527369998433

If you think it's just too hot to garden, how about these Summer Goals: minimize effort, keep soil microbially active, l...
05/09/2026

If you think it's just too hot to garden, how about these Summer Goals: minimize effort, keep soil microbially active, look good, be ready for a great Fall.

One solution checks all the boxes - plant a cover crop! Something like Buckwheat (shown) or sweet potatoes or any time of pea/bean work great. You can plant them this month and more or less leave them alone - minimal water - and they give back to your soil and microbes, positioning you for a spectacular Fall garden.

We are happy to show you how: https://www.facebook.com/events/1713527369998433/

And our cover crop comes with a pound of buckwheat seed or four cover crop starts.

Hey Dad - got a creative daughter?Or, got a mom that loves being outside? We have a few spots left in our Mother's Day ...
05/03/2026

Hey Dad - got a creative daughter?

Or, got a mom that loves being outside?

We have a few spots left in our Mother's Day event next Saturday - bring mom (or your child) to the farm, gather flowers in our gardens, and make a mason jar bouquet to take home. Just in time for Mother's Day!

Details here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1333249002133043

Our first food collaboration! We had a small mulberry harvest this year - not enough to sell fruit - so our friends at ...
04/30/2026

Our first food collaboration! We had a small mulberry harvest this year - not enough to sell fruit - so our friends at Batchelor’s Pad BBQ used our fruit to make a truly spectacular BBQ sauce which we now have for sale at the farm.

It is the perfect combination of BBQ and the slightly fruity taste of mulberry. If you like Asian sauces (with a nice Arizona twist), I think you will like this sauce.

We have only 35 bottles. They are $10 each.

We have a great class for your 3rd to 5th grader this Wednesday. Kids learn about bugs! This hands-on learning will fo...
04/27/2026

We have a great class for your 3rd to 5th grader this Wednesday. Kids learn about bugs!

This hands-on learning will focus on The Insect, including (BSF & Waste Reduction)

Price: $25 (for kids age 8 to 11) - We are an approved ESA vendor and can be paid via that program.

Duration: 1 hour

To pay Classwallet - email [email protected] we will invoice

https://www.facebook.com/events/1463049935553626

Address

8430 S. 19th Avenue
Phoenix, AZ
85041

Opening Hours

Tuesday 7am - 2pm
Wednesday 7am - 2pm
Thursday 7am - 2pm
Friday 7am - 2pm
Saturday 7am - 12pm

Telephone

(602) 622-7663

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