A compost pile that won't heat up is the most common disappointment to the new composter. The leaves are raked. The food waste is collected. The pitchfork is ready. After mixing them together, our intrepid composter impatiently waits a few days before opening the...
Welcome to the Urban Worm Company's Guide to Worm Castings! This article will do a deep dive on worm castings, nature's most potent fertilizer. We'll detail the benefits of worm castings to your plants and soil and cover how to make, harvest, and apply worm castings....
New worm bin owners often expect their worm bin to consist of worms, bedding, food waste, beautiful worm castings, and not much else. Other critters simply weren't part of the deal. But when you've got a worm bin with rich, decomposing food waste and humidity levels...
This guide will introduce you to the red wiggler to include a deeper on dive on the species and information on breeding, life cycle, and reproduction. We'll talk about how to maintain red wigglers and why they should be the go-to worm for most composters. Introduction...
There are some surprising discoveries new vermicomposters will make as they begin their vermicomposting journeys. Maybe it's learning fun facts about worms having 5 hearts. Maybe it's discovering that there are over 7000 species of earthworms and that only about 5 to...
