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...
In Part I of this interview about soil biology with Heather Rinaldi and Nina Folch, we learned some pretty crucial stuff about what constitutes excellent soil, how to recognize when it's good, and what to do about it when it's not. But the one thing we didn't even...
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...
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...
I am thrilled, humbled, and a little nervous to interview a guy like Bentley Christie! Bentley's not a rock star because he has some pedigree or produces a massive amount of vermicompost. Bentley is so revered because he is a bridge between the academics and the...
