Vermicomposting: The Ultimate Guide for the Beginner and Beyond

by Steve | Jul 1, 2019 | 101 Bucket, Composting Resources, Expert Bucket, Vermicompost, Vermicomposting 101 Series, Vermiculture, Worm Bin, Worm Castings

Welcome to the Ultimate Guide to Getting Started with Vermicomposting! I aim to make this page the internet’s top resource on taking you from complete ignorance about vermicomposting to being able to: Understand vermicomposting and how it works Explain the benefits of...

Apartment Composting: What Are Your Options?

by Steve | Dec 28, 2018 | Composting Resources, Urban Worm Bag, Vermicompost, Worm Bin

You're an environmentally-conscious apartment dweller who wants to start composting, but you're not blessed with a large backyard where you can toss your food waste into a huge pile of autumn leaves. Such is the conundrum of the urban composter or anyone with space...

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 worm...

Vermicomposting 101: A Really Cheap Way to Start a Worm Bin

by Steve | Oct 18, 2017 | 101 Bucket, Teacher Bucket, Vermicompost, Vermicomposting 101 Series, Vermiculture, Worm Bin

Have you wondered, “How can I start a cheap worm bin?” Well a few weeks back, I asked my e-mail list that I affectionately (and maybe indulgently?) call “Urban Worm Nation” how they're all doing their vermicomposting. I am constantly amazed at...

Harvesting Worm Castings: Break Your Back or Break The Bank?

by Steve | Jul 29, 2017 | 101 Bucket, Teacher Bucket, Vermicompost, Worm Bin, Worm Castings

I got the following question from Dawn F, a fellow worm composter from New York City. She writes: “Can you spend some time on how to harvest worm castings? I bought a small trommel screen and I gotta tell ya, it took half a day. Even the Worm Inn requires...

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”...