Farming families go for gold with launch of probiotic compost

More than 40 farming families have collectively launched a probiotic compost, Celtic Gold, the first in a range of wormcast-enriched products.

Having secured €100,000 in funding from the West Cork Development Partnership and Cork County Council, the Celtic Worm Company is to sell Celtic Gold in garden centres and creameries shortly.

Gardening expert, author, and TV presenter Peter Dowdall has endorsed Celtic Gold, saying the wormcast stimulates micro-organisms in the compost to increase the strength, health and vitality of plants. “I am really excited to see wormcast products being made in Ireland. The results of using these products in your garden are dramatic. Using wormcast is like putting a spoon of live yoghurt into the soil, it literally brings the earth back to life.”