Anything from advice for beginning vermicomposters with the Vermicomposting 101 Series or interviews with experts, the Urban Worm Blog has you covered!
Would You Like A Cheap, Easy Way To Harvest Worm Castings?
A beginning vermicomposter with a finished batch of worm compost is like the dog who finally catches up to the car it's been chasing. They both ask themselves "now what the heck do I do with this?" While producing a lively, microbially active bin chock full of...
iPads, Nuclear Weapons, and Earthworms: All Technological Marvels
I have to admit, when I first heard about the book Vermiculture Technology, I was pretty skeptical of the title. Technology? Really? Growing worms and feeding my food waste simply can’t be lumped in with 3D printing, space travel, or GPS navigation, right?...
Urban Worm Company Invades Its First School. More To Come?
I got an interesting phone call for some worms last week. A lady we’ll name “Jennifer” said her daughter was assigned vermicomposting as a subject for a science experiment in her 7th grade class in Philadelphia. And she needed worms, pronto and didn’t have time to buy...
How Much Vermicompost Should I Use?
You know, I just want things to be easy. My binary mind hates "well it depends"-type answers. I have simple questions! Just give me simple answers! These simple questions around vermicomposting may include the following: How many worms should I get? What temperature...
Urban Worm Warming Board: Nov 2 2014 Update
Well I’ve been using the Worm Warming Board for a couple weeks now and thought I’d give an update. Not wanting the lights to come into direct contact with the bedding, I placed a layer of weed guard and cardboard on top of the bed first before laying the board on top...
PBS Visits the Sonoma Valley Worm Farm
Many thanks to Urban Worm Blog reader Ed for directing me to this episode of PBS’ Growing a Greener World. Host Joe Lamp’l visited Jack Chambers of Sonoma Valley Worm Farm to give the viewers some great insight into vermicomposting. While the episode is recent, the...
What Is The Best Worm Bedding? My Vote is For Horse Manure!
Hands down, I think aged horse manure is the best natural bedding and habitat for composting worms. Red Wigglers have many names, manure worms being one of them....maybe an indication horse manure might be pretty awesome, no? Not convinced? Read on. Dual Purpose...
The Urban Worm Warming Board
Winter's Coming! Well the leaves are changing, the days are shortening, and the crispness of the autumn air signals the onset of a winter that climatologists fret will be harsh. So what do we do? We insulate our homes, stock up on non-perishables, make sure our...
Let He Who Hath Not Licked an iPhone Playing a Video of Worms Cast The First Stone
And you thought YOU liked earthworms. You have to watch this. The good stuff starts about 45 seconds in.
Your Worm Bin Vs. Charlotte Airport. You Win!
Suffering from cost overruns and broken equipment that injured an employee, Charlotte Airport executives brass are looking for another vendor to run its recycling program, which features an 8,000 square foot vermicomposting bed. So it sounds like your small-scale worm...
Your Worm Obsession Is Unhealthy. And Totally Understandable.
You stand over your little angels at night, singing sweet lullabies to these gifts from God. You provide for them. You nourish them with food processed especially for them. You change their bed when it’s wet without a second thought. The idea of them leaving you...
One Picture Proves Your Garden Needs Vermicompost
The hardest of hardcore worm freaks might love sifting through academic studies, detailing the relative N-P-K of various soils, composts, and growing mediums. If you want to do this, knock yourself out. But Mary Ann Smith, a new addition to Bentley Christie’s...
1 Million Worms Start Work at Charlotte Airport
Sweet! After suffering some delays and cost overruns, the Charlotte Airport is about to add a million new jobs - for worms that is. I will be looking forward to seeing how this project goes.
Wormz Organics Closed. Owner Skips Town
Wormz Organics, a business started just this past February has gone under, its shady owner leaving behind a trail of angry farmers and a pile of unsold worm castings, yet again reminding everyone why the earthworm industry has a reputation used car dealers would...
5 Tips To Keep Correct Moisture In Your Worm Bin
A possible challenge for a beginning vermicomposter to get a handle on is keeping the moisture levels in the bin at a reasonable level. Thankfully, composting worms are very tolerant of a wide range of dampness, between 50-90%. But "wet it and forget it" is decidedly...
Embrace Your Inner Worm Nerd
Like any field that is biological in nature, yet enjoyed by academics and laypersons alike, literature about vermicomposting is split into two distinct categories for two distinct audiences. Clinical studies are written by and for academia and industry experts. The...
Urban Worm Inaugural
Welcome to the Urban Worm Company! I hope this site will be many things: informative, entertaining, and helpful in your vermicomposting and vermiculture efforts. I also hope the site is easy to use. If there is one gripe I have among 90% of the worm farming or worm...
The 2019 Vermicomposter's Starter Guide
Your roadmap to a successful beginning in vermicomposting.