Urban Worm Interview Series: Francisco Niembro of Aldea Verde Lombricultura

by Steve | Nov 23, 2018 | Expert Bucket, Interview Series

Today, I am thrilled to release this interview with my friend, Francisco Niembro of Aldea Verde Lombricultura, a large-scale vermicomposting company based in Queretaro, Mexico about 2 hours north of Mexico City.  Today, I am thrilled to release this interview with my...

Urban Worm Interview: Dan Lonowski of Michigan SoilWorks

by Steve | Jul 8, 2018 | Continuous Flow Systems, Expert Bucket, Interview Series, Teacher Bucket, Worm Bin

About a year ago, I watched a fascinating time lapse video of the assembly of one of the most attractive continuous flow vermicomposting systems I have ever seen. Some guy named Dan Lonowski of Michigan SoilWorks and Gavin Newton of Detroit-area worm castings producer...

Urban Worm Interview Series: Soil Biology 101, Part II

by Steve | Nov 15, 2017 | Expert Bucket, Interview Series, Teacher Bucket, Worm Castings

In Part I of this interview about soil biology with Heather Rinaldi and Nina Folch, we learned some pretty crucial stuff about what constitutes excellent soil, how to recognize when it's good, and what to do about it when it's not. But the one thing we didn't even...

Urban Worm Interview Series: Soil Biology 101, Part I

by Steve | Nov 1, 2017 | Expert Bucket, Interview Series, Soil Biology, Teacher Bucket

I kind of always thought of soil as just “dirt”, the stuff under the grass, the brown substance plants just magically grow out of. And it wasn’t until embarrassingly recently that I learned of the level of complexity that ecosystem that exists, or at least...

Urban Worm Interview Series: Paul Piccirillo of Worm Farming Revealed

by Steve | Oct 10, 2016 | Expert Bucket, Interview Series

I'm thrilled to be interviewing Paul Piccirillo today.  If you've poked around the web for information on vermicomposting and vermiculture, you've no doubt run across his vast library of helpful content at Worm Farming Revealed. Pauly's an interesting character. He's...

How Texas Worm Ranch Produces 10,000 Lbs of Vermicompost Per Month

by Steve | Sep 27, 2016 | 101 Bucket, Expert Bucket, Interview Series, Vermicompost, Vermiculture, Worm Bin

Earlier this year, I had the opportunity to interview Heather Rinaldi of the Texas Worm Ranch.  As luck would have it, Heather and I hit it off over our e-mail exchanges and that interview turned out to be one of my most popular yet. Though vermicomposters tend to be...