The Worm Farmer’s Handbook: A Must-Read Book for Operating at Scale

by Steve | Jun 13, 2019 | Expert Bucket, Teacher Bucket

The Worm Farmer’s Handbook is a must-have book for anyone wanting to engage in mid-scale or larger vermicomposting or vermiculture for profit or non-profit purposes. This review will give a quick overview of the book, describe the structure of the chapters, and...

Vermicomposting 101: 9 Awesome Choices for Worm Bedding

by Steve | Nov 26, 2018 | 101 Bucket, Teacher Bucket, Vermicomposting 101 Series

Choosing the correct worm bedding for a worm composting bin is a high-consequence decision for a new vermicomposter. Choose wisely and be patient, and you’ll be off to a great start recycling organic waste into worm castings, and before you know it, it will seem...

Moisture in the Worm Bin, Revisited

by Steve | Oct 16, 2018 | 101 Bucket, Expert Bucket, Teacher Bucket, Vermicomposting 101 Series, Worm Bin

Every now and then, I think it’s helpful to reevaluate prior assumptions about the basics of vermicomposting. There’s no one way to do worm composting correctly for all situations, and if there was, nobody has written a book on how to do it just yet. One...

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...

Vermicomposting 101: The #1 Cause of Worm Bin Problems

by Steve | Feb 20, 2018 | 101 Bucket, Teacher Bucket, Vermicomposting 101 Series, Worm Bin

It seems to happen again and again and again. Armed with a bin, some bedding, and a shiny new arsenal of composting worms, eager new vermicomposters, our fellow foot soldiers in the War on Waste try to win the war literally overnight. And they often fail miserably....

Vermicomposting 101: Plant and Soil Benefits of Vermicompost

by Steve | Dec 20, 2017 | 101 Bucket, Expert Bucket, Teacher Bucket, Vermicompost, Vermicomposting 101 Series

Some of us start vermicomposting to divert our household or farm waste away from the waste stream, and that is a benefit by itself. But what about the end product? If you’re reading this, you’re probably already aware that vermicompost, which includes the...