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Too Much Vegetable Waste?

Too much food waste is more than your worms can eat in a week. What to do with the [...]

GONE FISHING!

Because red worms are such great composters we think of them as composters.  The compost or castings (poop) are usually seen as the true value of the Eisenia fetida. 

But when you consider their other name, red wiggler, it comes to mind that the red worm is also a terrific fishing worm.  Because of their smaller size the [...]

Worms and their own poop ~ the down and dirty.

Finished, sifted castings

The picture here is of finished, dried and sifted castings which are the bomb when it comes to soil amendment.  You know that means good, right?

Anyway, the longer you let your worms work your material the more percentage of castings are going to be in your finished material. 

For someone who is a home [...]

Temperature extremes have their challenges.

Within in two days of each other I have had questions about worm bin composting in the heat and in the cold.  I thought I would try to address each of these issues at the same time.  

Please note:  specific temperatures are guidelines only and are established through my own experience.  Each situation is unique and [...]

Question on bedding for a tower worm bin

How much bedding do you put into each tray of a multiple bin, stackable worm bin when first starting and how full do you get them?

As usual in worm bin composting this question has more than one answer.  It depends on the bedding that you are using. 

For instance – manure is a dense material and [...]

How to expand your worm farm.

Often I have questions asked that really have no right or wrong answer. 

Specifically, the question below could simply be answered, you can separate your worm bin at any time once you have it established.  Obviously, the more populated the bin, the faster the new bins will populate.  But there is no right or wrong time [...]