Vermicomposting 101: Freezing Food Waste for the Worm Bin. Is It Necessary?
Freezing food waste is a really interesting technique for managing both the quantity and the quality of the food source you are feeding your worm bin. This short article looks into 3 reasons why you should freeze food waste for vermicomposting and 1 reason why you...
Vermicomposting 101: Should I Mix Worm Species in My Worm Bin?
As the season swings into gear, I am commonly asked the question “Should I mix earthworm species in my worm composting bin?” Normally, people are interested in mixing red wigglers, European nightcrawlers, African nightcrawlers, and possibly Indian Blues. I...
Vermicomposting 101: How Many Worms Do I Need for a Worm Compost Bin?
Once you’ve made the decision to begin vermicomposting, a pretty logical question is “how many worms do I need for a worm bin?” If you have already purchased your worm bin, you have already decided how many worms you need, within a certain range...
Vermicomposting 101: 8 Awesome Choices for Worm Bedding
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
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...
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