Order worms from providers (red wigglers work best).” Once you have a system set up, your vermicompost is fed with almost any organic plant-based kitchen scraps.

As part of testing food recyclers, I established a worm farm, also known as vermicompost. Here’s what I learned.

To vermicompost successfully, think of it as worm farming. You are taking care of living creatures and providing air, food, shelter and comfort. The ideal temperature for worms to create compost ...

Worms are a gardener’s best friend: how to vermicompost food scraps inside your house Published: Dec. 17, 2024, 10:00 a.m. Who wants a worm bin for the holidays?

Garden centers sell this odorless worm poop — called vermicompost, vermicast or worm castings — at a premium, but you can cultivate a steady supply in a small tub by raising the worms yourself.

Gardeners and worms go hand in hand but not all worms are the same. We commonly use one type of worm, Red Wigglers, Eisenia fetida, for vermiculture (worm composting) because they can quickly ...

The material is sometimes called vermicompost or worm castings, though Sherman jokingly calls it "black gold." All of these are very polite names for what it really is: worm poop.

Worms consume the kitchen scraps that you feed them, and release castings (worm droppings), also called vermicompost. This is recycling at its best , transforming waste into a valuable resource ...

But it is a thing, and Stephen Watson, an early adopter of commercial vermiculture (worm farming) in Australia, convinced his nephew he was serious. There are now 138 worm farms on the property.

Order worms from providers (red wigglers work best).” Once you have a system set up, your vermicompost is fed with almost any organic plant-based kitchen scraps.