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...
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.” Man, this is kind of a...
Starting a new worm bin is easy and only requires a bin, bedding, some food, and yes, the worms. Anyone can learn how to do it. But as I learned a few years ago, starting a successful, thriving worm bin from scratch where worms won't try to escape the first night is...
Earlier this year, I had the opportunity to interview Heather Rinaldi of the Texas Worm Ranch. As luck would have it, Heather and I hit it off over our e-mail exchanges and that interview turned out to be one of my most popular yet. Though vermicomposters tend to be...
A common vermicomposting conundrum is how to recognize when your vermicompost is finished and ready to harvest your worm castings. This is a tough question, especially if you don’t have a system like the Urban Worm Bag, the Urban Worm Company's own worm bin which...
In Part I of this interview with Bentley Christie, he talked about his flagship website redwormcomposting.com and how a little innovation helped his physical business in an unexpected way. Part II is all about the Worm Farming Alliance, the group Bentley founded to...
