Winter Vermicomposting: How to Keep a Worm Bin Warm When It’s Cold

by Steve | Oct 30, 2020 | Uncategorized

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...

Why Worms Won’t Help Lifeless, Compacted Soil

by Steve | Oct 17, 2020 | Uncategorized

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...

Urban Worm Guide to Coconut Coir: How is It Used and Why?

by Steve | Dec 10, 2019 | Uncategorized, Vermicomposting 101 Series

The Urban Worm Company is pleased to announce the arrival of Urban Worm Coco Coir, a sustainable, low-salt, pH neutral alternative to peat moss. Coconut coir is often used as a worm and reptile bedding and the Urban Worm Company has used coco coir as the base layer...

The Urban Worm Bag is Now Available in Europe!

by Steve | Jan 6, 2019 | Uncategorized

I'm thrilled to announce that the Urban Worm Bag is now available in Europe via WormSystems.com! It's a home- or apartment-sized continuous flow worm bin where you simply feed your worms through the top zipper and harvest worm castings a few months later from the...

Worm Towers: Right Idea, But the Wrong Product?

by Steve | Jul 8, 2017 | 101 Bucket, Permaculture, Uncategorized, Vermicompost

Worm towers or worm tubes are an intriguing idea for turning food waste to worm castings. Unlike worm composting, which requires the worms, bedding, and food to be placed in some enclosure only to require you to harvest the castings, the worm tower is a “permaculture”...

Is the NCSU Vermiculture Conference Doomed?

by Steve | Jul 7, 2017 | Uncategorized

If you've read this blog long enough, most of you know that I don't claim to have Jedi-level knowledge of vermiculture, vermicompost, or soil biology (or how to please women or dance in ways that don't make other people really uncomfortable). So it's with great honor...