Anything from advice for beginning vermicomposters with the Vermicomposting 101 Series or interviews with experts, the Urban Worm Blog has you covered!
Compost Tea Brewing Like a Pro: The Ingredients, The Recipe, The Process
Compost tea provides plants and gardens with a metric buttload of life-giving beneficial microorganisms. But it takes a special approach to brewing to get the most beneficial biology from your compost tea. So we're going to give you the ingredients, recipes and...
DNA Sequencing for Vermicompost: 23 and Me for Worm Poop
A growing body of field tests demonstrates vermicompost's effect on plant growth, yield, and pest and pathogen suppression. What those field tests can't do quite as well is say exactly why vermicompost can produce such positive results in comparison to other composts....
Guide to Compost Tea Brewers: DIY or Commercial Solutions
Compost tea brewers can help you deliver insane amounts of biology to your soil, bringing life to your garden. This means more blooming flowers, more nutrient-dense produce, and healthier soils. It doesn't have to kill your bank account either. Compost tea is...
Organic Nitrogen Fertilizer & Microbes: The Solution for 2022 & Beyond
Life comes at you fast. We're all affected by the supply chain issues and inflation over the past two years. Few areas have seen as much turmoil as agriculture. The United States is the largest consumer of nitrogen fertilizers, importing 14.5% of the world’s supply....
Compost Tea: The Smart Way to Boost Soil Microbes
What Is Compost Tea? And How Is It Made? People have many assumptions when they first hear the term “Compost Tea." Do you drink it? Is it like sweet tea? Is it made out of composted tea leaves? People come up with all kinds of ideas, lots of them wrong. This article...
Biochar 101: Your Intro to the “Manhattan of Microbes”
Welcome to the Urban Worm Guide to Biochar! This guide will give you an A-Z overview of biochar, it's properties, how it's made, why biochar is so good for soil, and how you can make it at home! What is Biochar? Biochar is a soil amendment made from organic matter...
Bulk Worm Castings Buyer’s Guide: What To Expect When Buying Black Gold
Welcome to the Urban Worm Company's Bulk Worm Castings Buyer's Guide! If you're a grower or soil mixer looking to procure a larger - but high quality - source of worm castings than you could find on the shelves at Home Depot, then this guide is for you. The guide...
Trommel Worm Harvesters: The #1 Choice for Screening Worms & Castings
The process of separating worms and worm castings can be a long and tedious process. And if you're producing large quantities of the black gold, then it's simply a nightmare. This article will explore why trommel-style worm castings harvesters are far and away the...
Hot Weather Vermicomposting: 7 Tips to Beat 100°F Temps
Worms may be simpler creatures than humans, but they need what we need: food, water, and protection from predators and the elements. One of these elements - heat - is cause for concern. And it's far worse than cold for the health of your worms. Even for indoor worm...
Why Won’t My Compost Get Hot?
A compost pile that won't heat up is the most common disappointment to the new composter. The leaves are raked. The food waste is collected. The pitchfork is ready. After mixing them together, our intrepid composter impatiently waits a few days before opening the...
Worm Castings 101: Your Guide to Soil’s Favorite Food
Welcome to the Urban Worm Company's Guide to Worm Castings! This article will do a deep dive on worm castings, nature's most potent fertilizer. We'll detail the benefits of worm castings to your plants and soil and cover how to make, harvest, and apply worm castings....
Mites in Your Worm Bin: Why They’re There and How to Control Them
New worm bin owners often expect their worm bin to consist of worms, bedding, food waste, beautiful worm castings, and not much else. Other critters simply weren't part of the deal. But when you've got a worm bin with rich, decomposing food waste and humidity levels...