Best Temperature for Worm Composting with Red Wigglers
Whether you start a worm bin in spring or middle of the winder you need to think about temperatures right from the beginning. The ideal temperature for worm composting allows red wigglers turn as much organic waste into living, nutrient rich worm castings as they can and reproduce well, too. Having the facts at your […]
Vermicomposting vs Bokashi – the new kid on the block
Sooner or later any compost enthusiast comes along this strange sounding method and wonders how this fits in with more widely known ways of food waste recycling. For worm farm keepers vermicomposting vs Bokashi will be one of their first questions. What can Bokashi do, worms can’t? Or vice versa, what can worms perhaps provide […]
Vermicomposting vs Hot Composting – which is best for your place?
Remember when you thought all composts are equal and then you came across terms like vermicomposting, hot composting or traditional composting. (We’ll have mercy and won’t mention leaf mold, Bokashi and Quick Return just yet) After discussing vermicomposting and traditional composting here we are now going to dig a little deeper and break down (if […]
Vermicomposting vs Traditional Composting, or Why Worms Are Really Cool
It seems that for some people vermicomposting vs traditional composting is a no brainer. Then there are the many of us who have a compost bin or a pile in the corner of the garden where we throw grass cuttings and other organic waste and hope for the best. But we don’t tend to give […]
Benefits of Worm Castings for Stronger, Healthier Plants and Better Crops
When composting worms munch their way through rotting organic material like kitchen scraps and turn them into worm castings they silently, bit by bit create an elixir of life for soil and plants that can revive spent soil and support plants to thrive from seeds to harvest. Some of the benefits of worm castings include […]
How To Use Worm Tea For Plant Growth And Health
So you heard about worm tea and need to get clear what it is, whether it’s one of those big garden myths or wonders. Why you should or shouldn’t bother making any and how. Composting with worms has been gaining attention for a number of reasons. The more we learn about our damaged environment the […]
How to Breed Worms Fast for Composting and Fishing
Ever wished to multiply the amount of your compost worms within a few weeks? I had bought my first batch of red wigglers and quickly realised that they seemed so few compared to how many you want to employ in your compost. My first wormery bin was doing quite nicely and I started to wonder […]
How to Start Composting Indoors with Worms (or Without) – I Mean, Really?
What would happen if you started composting kitchen waste indoors, in your own home, with worms? Composting is seeing a great come back as more and more people want to contribute to a more sustainable life. It’s a natural process which has been occurring since the beginning of life. Sounds grand and philosophical but it’s […]
How does a Wormery Work at Home. I Didn’t Think it was that Easy.
Imagine you could turn your vegetable peels and scraps which you collect in a container on your kitchen countertop into a living soil conditioner plants thrive in rather than having it transported into landfill where it decomposes and creates methane – a gas worse than carbon dioxide for global warming. And you wouldn’t need a […]