Welcome to the Urban Worm Company's Bulk Worm Castings Buyer's Guide! If you're a grower or soil mixer looking to procure a larger – but high quality – source of worm castings than you could find on the shelves at Home Depot, then this guide is for you....
Worms may be simpler creatures than humans, but they need what we need: food, water, and protection from predators and the elements. One of these elements – heat – is cause for concern. And it's far worse than cold for the health of your worms. Even for...
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....
With the approach of winter here in the Northern Hemisphere, the single most common question I get is “I live in (name a state that gets cold in winter). How do I keep my worms alive?” My first answer is “Move them indoors or move to San Diego and we...
Without fail, we take at least one weekly inquiry from a potential customer who wants earthworms to help rehabilitate their soil. The assumption that introducing worms will bring aeration and life to compacted, lifeless soil is both reasonable and intuitive. It's also...
