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Aside from selected organic kitchen scraps and garden wastes, crushed eggshells also play a vital role when it comes to worm composting. Not only can it be used as food for your compost pals, it can also be included as an added material for your worm bins bedding. You can learn a lot more from […]

Are you ready to learn how to compost? All over the US, there are courses and classes discussing the benefits and how-to’s of composting with red wiggler worms. Take a gander at the dates and locations below to see if there’s an event in your neighborhood coming up. Check back often for our current event […]

With all the talk about composting and the posts telling you simply have to do it, here are four simple reasons that all that chatter has some real reasoning behind it. Rejuvenate Leached Soil Areas If you’ve ever tried to plant shrubs, veggies or flowers in an area of your yard and they simply always […]

While composting is definitely picking up steam as a household practice, it’s far from being the norm than the anomaly. That being said, to keep the momentum building, we need to turn to our next generation’s attention to compost as a part of their daily lives. The DailyIowan recently reported such a plan, by Scott […]

Earth Day 2011 is April 22, and that means that our focus needs to turn to the steps we can each take as individuals to help improve the ecology around us. Composting is an obvious answer sine it allows us to reduce our garbage production by utilizing a bulk of our yard and food scraps […]

There has been a solid wave towards adoption of composting as a practice both on the commercial and residential end in the last few years, but there are still some of you that may be wary of starting your own compost bin. Yes, my composting friends, some of your neighbors, some of your friends, even […]

You’ve heard about red wiggler worms in your compost research, but is there really a difference between this large, red-colored worm variety and the typical garden worm you may find as you turn over your garden soil? Wouldn’t is just be easy to dig up those worms and use them in your bin to make […]

Finally. The birds are singing again, the air is warmer and fragrant with the smells of flowers and new grass. Spring is here. All your patience and diligence during the winter means that you can now get back outside with your worms and begin cultivating your compost! As the world wakes up again along with […]

Updated: 27 May 2022 Worm Bin DIY Project – Start with the Basics We all want to do our part to recycle and be more environmentally conscious, but have you ever considered doing more than just sorting your trash? Kitchen scraps and other organic materials you would ordinarily consider waste can be put to good […]

When it comes to a Can-O-Worms, how do you maintain such a Worm Bin for vermicomposting purposes? Just like any worm composter, it will always need some care and upkeep. Not only will bacteria, fungi, insects and other microorganisms be present in the system, there will be worms to your care as well. These worms […]