Friday, December 31, 2010

A Few Interesting Worm Farm Facts

Worm Farm

There are a few interesting facts in this article.

Here are some amazing facts for worm farm enthusiasts that can help a lot in getting to know more about the lowly creature.

Amazing Facts for Worm Farm Enthusiasts

Thursday, December 30, 2010

Worm Farms At School

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Learn how 15,000 pounds of waste was kept out of landfills through the use of a worm farm.

Thanks to a grant from the SVSU Foundation and support from WIRED, students at SVSU are learning more about the environment through the unique process of worm composting.

SVSU students learn about worms and the environment

Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Learn About Worm Farming At Princeton

Worm Farm

Check out this conference at Princeton. Kids can learn how to set up a worm farm.

New to the conference this year is a conference for kids presented in collaboration with the New Jersey Farm to School Network. Some of the topics for children are “Homemade Scents,” “Worm Composting” and “Supermarket Spy Kids.”

Organic and sustainable agriculture event in Princeton

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

How To Get Your Worm Farm Started

Worm Farm

Nice video about setting up a worm farm.

If you live in an apartment and still want to compost this may be for you.

Worm composting indoors

Monday, December 27, 2010

Step By Step Worm Farm Instructions

Worm Farm

This is a nice post which explains how to set up and maintain a worm farm.

Prepare the box for worms. Fill your bin with thin strips of unbleached corrugated cardboard or shredded newspaper, straw, dry grass, or some similar material. 

Worm Composting

Sunday, December 26, 2010

Vermiculture Bins For Your Worm Farm

Worm Farm

Some ideas for learning about vermiculture.

The fact of the matter is the labor is free, it takes up a small amount of shelf space, it’s odorless, and start up costs run as low as $35.  Oh yes, you produce Organic Fertilizer in the process as well.  It’s called Vermiculture.

Recycling 101: a Vermiculture Bin

Saturday, December 25, 2010

An Unusual Gift

Worm Farming

Fun blog post about a worm farm.

Worms in My Stocking?

I received my worm farm for Mother's Day. An unorthodox gift? Perhaps. But I'd take these red wiggler worms over a box of candy and overpriced flowers any day. Read more: 

Friday, December 24, 2010

A Great Gift Idea For Science Teachers

Worm Farm

What a great gift idea for a science teacher!

The gift? A worm condominium. Yup, I’m giving my kid’s teacher worms!

A Very Special Teacher Gift

Thursday, December 23, 2010

Worm Farming In Your Apartment

Worm Farm

You need to try vermicomposting. It’s ideal for small spaces and can be done indoors, which makes it perfect for apartment dwellers.

Worms can make for great roommates

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Worm Composting To Help The Environment

Worm Farm

Place those waste items in a special bin loaded with hungry worms and allow them to feast to their hearts content. As the worms digest their meal, you will end up with easy to apply liquid fertilizer and worm casting that can be mixed with soil for added enrichment.

How Worm Compost Helps Your Plants, Health and the Environment

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Summer Classes For Kids

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Here is one way to occupy the kids.

Luckily, there are more than 100 activities on offer throughout the month of January including snorkelling, sea kayaking, bush walks, marine sculpture lesson, DIY worm farming and home sustainability, and so much more.

Keep the kids busy with free and low cost Summerama activities

Monday, December 20, 2010

Vermicomposting In Your Apartment

Worm Farm

You need to try vermicomposting. It’s ideal for small spaces and can be done indoors, which makes it perfect for apartment dwellers.

Worms can make for great roommates

Sunday, December 19, 2010

New Use For An Old Fridge-Create A Worm Farm

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The bottom of this post talks about reusing an old fridge for a worm farm. Interesting idea.

The Fridge is insulated against heat and cold, is white (doesn't attract heat like black) and is providing a lot larger surface area for the worms. I am hoping that this will keep them happy and healthy enough to multiply to a number that will deal with all of our household waste that cannot go to the chickens.

Last Aussie Blog for 2010

Saturday, December 18, 2010

Worm Farming Classes

Worm Farm

If you are in the area check out these classes.

Rowan-Cabarrus Community College (RCCC) is offering a course in organic gardening and worm composting or farming in January. Those interested will have a choice of two dates and locations to take the course.

RCCC adds to list of offerings in January

Friday, December 17, 2010

Another Community Uses Worm Composting

Worm Farm

One more community is getting involved in worm composting.

Port Moody council gave the go-ahead Tuesday to a worm composting program in 2011.

Worm composting a go in PoMo

Thursday, December 16, 2010

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

See How Students Are Helping The Environment

Worm Farming

Worm farms, radio stations, gardening clubs & pig buckets are just a few of the sustainability initiatives underway by pupils of St Albans School. 

The Eco-Warriors of St Albans School

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Worm Farming-A Great Home-Based Business

Worm Farming

Looking for a home-based business idea? Try Worm Farming

More and more people are turning to home based business to earn extra cash...Take for example vermiculture.

Organic Farming Business | Home Based Business- Vermiculture

Monday, December 13, 2010

Worm Farming With Eisenia Fetida

Worm Farming

Some interesting facts about the Red Wiggler Worm-Eisenia Fetida.

Eisenia fetida or red worms are the most common and widely used composting worms around the world

Eisenia Fetida

Sunday, December 12, 2010

West Baltimore Company Add Vermiculture To It's Recycling Project

Worm Farming

Read how one company and its employees have expanded their recycling efforts.

With the compostable materials being brought in, the workers added more bins in the garden, and a couple months ago took it to the next level with "vermiculture," adding worms to speed the composting.

Composting takes root in West B'more

Saturday, December 11, 2010

Recycling Organic Waste

Worm Farming

This article points out how one area in Alberta, Canada is managing their organic waste.

Ventilated plastic storage containers filled with moistened soil, shredded newspaper and red wiggler worms were added to six classrooms in November.

Waste!

Friday, December 10, 2010

Interesting Christmas Gift Ideas-How About A Worm Farm?

Worm Farming

How about giving a worm farm to someone as a Christmas gift? Check out this article for some interesting ideas.

URALLA’S Unique Christmas Market has raised a high level of excitement in the town.

Town’s unique Christmas market

Thursday, December 9, 2010

"Green" Restaurant

Worm Farming

Read about the "greenest restaurant" in the United States.

Beyond recycling paper, plastic and glass, the staff will send used cooking oils to a biofuels recycler, take compostable materials to their home compost piles or an area farm and shred the recycled-paper menus to help feed the farm's vermiculture — a.k.a. worm composting — operation.

Restaurant serves up sustainability

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Can Worms Clean Up Toxic Chemicals?

Worm Farming

Isn't this an interesting idea? I wonder if the vermicast that is created is safe as a plant fertilizer.

Teams of researchers in Venezuela and Argentina are on the verge of elevating the lowly earthworm to rockstar status when it comes to cleaning up hazardous materials.

What a Twist! Earthworms Could Clean Up Toxic Waste

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Look At How These Students Worked To Bring Their Worm Bins Back

Worm Farming

After worm bins were neglected over a school break, students worked diligently to bring them back.

But the team was dedicated to fixing the worm bins.  Some of the group shredded paper, some worked on cleaning some messes that arose.

Tending to the Worms at Conserve School

Monday, December 6, 2010

Prisoners Learn Hands-On How To Help The Environment

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Something a little different today. This video explores ways that prisons are learning about projects that save the prisons money and benefit the environment.

As part of our NewsHour Connect series showcasing public media reporting from around the nation, Jule Gilfillan reports for Oregon Public Broadcasting on a program that has inmates working on environmental projects to conserve water and help protect endangered spotted frogs.

Oregon Inmates Help Protect Endangered Frog, Prison Budget

Sunday, December 5, 2010

Another City Farm

Worm Farming

Another City Farm is in the planning stages.

A stone's throw from Central Station, a dusty gravel lot squeezed between a warehouse and the light-rail line has been chosen by the City of Sydney council as the best site for Sydney's first City Farm.

Back To The Future As Urban Jungle To Make Way For Bucolic Bliss

Saturday, December 4, 2010

Worm Farming-The Techniques For Managing Your Worms And Harvesting The Compost

Worm Farming

Here is another technique for setting up and maintaining your worm farm.

I've seen worm bins where you fill the bottom bin up, stack on another bin which you fill up and into which worms migrate as they finish the bottom bin, and so forth, but this would be a very bulky system on any scale larger than a few cubic feet. 

Mid-scale worm bin management

Friday, December 3, 2010

A Look At Worm Composting From Another Perspective

Worm Faming

This article raises some interesting questions about composting.

Because once we start to see our compost bins, heaps or tumblers as the massive store of biodiversity that they are, we get a deeper understanding of the vast, mostly invisible networks of plants and animals that make life on earth possible.

Composting As Animal Husbandry - Moving Way Beyond Recycling

Thursday, December 2, 2010

Worms Help Eat Your Garbage

Worm Farming

Looking for a cheap, easy, and fast way to compost your everyday kitchen scraps? If so, vermicomposting is exactly what you’re looking for. 

Worms Can Help Too!

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Our Current Food System vs Organic Farming

Worm Farming

Wow, you should listen to this kid! He's got a mission.

11-year-old Birke Baehr presents his take on a major source of our food -- far-away and less-than-picturesque industrial farms.

Birke Baehr: What's wrong with our food system

Monday, November 29, 2010

Find Out About Worm Composting When You Attend Farming Task Classes

Worm Farming

Topics include volunteer management, soil fertility, integrated pest management, tillage, weed management, greenhouse operations, composting, worm composting, diversity training and much more.

Workday Leader Class—Jan 22 to Feb 26

Sunday, November 28, 2010

Worm Composting Helps You To Go Green

Worm Farming

You can recycle your waste with the help of worms. Vermicomposting (composting with worms) turns many kinds of kitchen waste into a nutritious fertilizer for plants.


Go Green with Worm Composting

 

 

 


Saturday, November 27, 2010

Students Learn About Composting

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Ann McGovern, The Green Team program coordinator and Consumer Waste Reduction coordinator for the Department of Environmental Protection, said there has been a steady increase in the number of schools beginning composting and organic gardening, especially as word spreads across the state of the success of existing programs.

Quabbin students expand organic efforts

Friday, November 26, 2010

Hold The Worms At The Trash Museum

Worm Farming

The Trash Museum in Hartford, CT  sounds like a fun place to visit.

Anyone who was brave enough could hold the worms. 

I Love Trash!

Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Worm Farming For Everyone

Worm Farming


Worm farming allows you to use scraps from fruits and vegetables to create potting soil for plants in your garden or inside your home. The best thing about this is that anyone can do it, no matter if you live in a farm or an apartment.

Organic Farm Business Idea | 01. Worm Farming

Learn How Worm Compost Benefits Plants

Worm Farming

This article and video explain how vermicomposting and worm farms actually work.

Our project team found limited benefits associated with direct soil applications of vermicompost. However, we did find that vermicompost can be an important component of potting media for producing vegetable transplants without synthetic fertilizers. 

Here's How Worm Compost Fights Plant Disease 

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Hydroponic Greenhouse At School

Worm Farming

Good article about a school which has a Hydroponic Greenhouse.

A minute later, a little girl in pink came up with the answer. “Greenhouse!” she shrieked as her hand shot into the air.

On a School Rooftop, Hydroponic Greens for Little Gardeners

Monday, November 22, 2010

Vermiculture Business At Your Home

Worm Farming

Here are some tips on a home-based vermiculture business.

Vermiculture is the cultivation of earthworms to produce compost for plants. Vermicompost or vermicast is a very potent food for plants.

Home Based Business- Vermiculture

Sunday, November 21, 2010

Composting Videos

Worm Farming

Check out this video with some composting ideas.

Alison from HealthNutNation.com shares four simple ways to compost at home. Whether you live in a small apartment or on acreage, there is a composting solution for you. 

4 Ways to Compost

Here is a funny video with the mistakes that were made while filming the 4 Ways to Compost video.

Funny Composting Bloopers

Saturday, November 20, 2010

Girls Enjoy The Worm Bin

Worm Farming

 

There is no denying the fact that worms are Mother Nature’s ultimate recyclers—ingesting waste and churning out black gold.

Girls Like Worms

Friday, November 19, 2010

Another Green Office Building

Worm Farming

Read about another building going green complete with a worm farm in the basement.

Ward has started a small vermiculture operation with red worms eating the compostible food waste generated from the office. Contained in a plastic bin, the activity is totally odourless and creates compost for gardens.

Chamber goes green in new downtown office

Thursday, November 18, 2010

Secrets To Healthy Plants

Worm Farming

This looks like a good workshop.

The workshop explores the soil food web that nourishes healthy, happy plants in gardens and orchards.

'Growing Soil: Secrets to Healthy Plants,' community workshop offered Dec. 11

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

What Do Worm Castings Look Like?

Worm Farming

This blog shows what worm castings look like.

If you're new to worm composting, you might be wondering what worm castings look like.

What Does Vermicast Look Like?

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Learn How To Set Up Home Compost

Worm Farming

Free two-hour workshops will focus on setting up and producing home compost and will explore practical applications for the finished product.

Learn how to compost and watch worms turn with National Recycling Week

Monday, November 15, 2010

Worm Composting Workshop

Worm Farming

If you are on the Big Island of Hawaii on December 4th why not attend these composting workshops?

Please join us for a fun, interactive and informative 2-Part workshop on basic home composting.
The first half of our workshop will focus on backyard composting. The second will discuss worm
composting.

BACKYARD AND WORM COMPOSTING WORKSHOP

Sunday, November 14, 2010

Science Project Teaches About Decomposition

Worm Farming

This is a great science project.

In this activity, students will discuss the difference between organic and inorganic material, and how this distinction affects decomposition. The lesson will culminate with students building a composting column of soil and shredded organic material so that they can observe the decomposition process over the course of three to five weeks.

Decaying Science

Saturday, November 13, 2010

Indoor Worm Farm

Worm Farming

Great article about worm composting.

This week I was chosen to take the worms home from the garden center. It’s just like being the kid who wins the class tarantula or guinea pig to take home over vacation.

Worm your way into world of indoor composting

Thursday, November 11, 2010

Red Worm Facts

Worm Farming


When raising worms such as red wiggler worms, you should be able to know how to make good use of them. When you’re able to maintain and care for their habitat well, and also feed them the right kinds of organic wastes, then they’ll be able to produce nutrient-packed and quality-rich worm castings for you (also known as worm poop or compost).

Red Worm Facts

Vermicomposting Class in Somerville, MA

Worm Farming

If you are in the Somerville, MA area check out this vermicomposting class.


We’re posting today to inform you of an exciting upcoming opportunity to expand your composting skills and jump aboard with vermicomposting!!!  

Upcoming Hands-on Worm Composting Workshop 

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

A Worm Farm System That Is Easy To Make

Worm Farming

This post has shows you a great way to create your own worm farm.

Inspired by some pretty neat worm systems that I found on the web, I set out to design something that would work very well, yet could be built with scrap or easily available material.

Rob’s DIY Vermipod

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Another Happy Worm Farmer

Worm Farming

This Master Recycler is thrilled to have her own worm composting bin. 

Worm composting is also called vermicomposting. It uses red wiggler worms (not the night crawlers you'd use for fishing) that eat the food waste and then turn it into compost

worms

Monday, November 8, 2010

Big Time Worm Farming

Worm Farming

Interesting article about the use of vermicompost and the amazing results found in vineyards.

The typical loss rate in the early 2000s for grape vine plantings was 25 percent, but with a trial application rate of one cup of vermicompost per plant, only two of 400 plants were lost at the vineyard located on the Worm Farm.

Worm Composting Becomes Big Business

Sunday, November 7, 2010

Build Your Own Outdoor Worm Bin

Worm Farming

Read about an ingenious way to make a nice outdoor worm bin.

So when I moved into my new place last month, I decided to build a big bin, something designed for my admittedly prodigious composting habit. You can do this too: all you really need is a wooden box with ventilation, and voila! Worm bin.

How To Make a Vermiculture Box

Saturday, November 6, 2010

Learn About Worm Farming

Worm Farming

Nice post about vermiculture.

The Red Wiggler worms used for vermiculture are a special variety.

As The Worm Turns

Friday, November 5, 2010

Vermiculture Class

Worm Farming

Check this class out if you are in the West Milford, NJ area.

There will be a brief introduction to vermicomposting, involving using worms to create compost, with a discussion about some common misconceptions and limitations, and the costs involved in setting up a system. 

Vermiculture Composting

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Update On The Worm Farm

Worm Farming

An update on his worm farm. He should dampen the newspaper so that the worms would eat that as well, plus it would add moisture to the worm farm. Worms depend on that moisture.

It has been 3 weeks since I built my red wiggler worm composting bin. It sure seems to have a lot of worm castings inside already. 

Worm composting bin update: week 3

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Eco-Fair Features Worm Composting And Aquaponics

Worm Farming

Check out this Eco-Fair if you are in the Honolulu, HI area on Sunday.

For her senior project, Ige has organized a festival promoting going green and helping the earth. There will be vendors of University of Hawaii students and others doing things ranging from gardening to worm composting to aquaponics. 

Kaimuki Eco-Fair

Monday, November 1, 2010

Ways To A No-Dig Garden

Worm Farming

This blog post is an excellent guide for starting a no-dig garden and explains the reasons why worms are an essential part of the process.

The gardener’s friend, the humble earth worm, is nature’s underground dynamo. When you make a no-dig grow-bed without a solid bottom (for example you recycle an old rainwater tank and cut the bottom out), worms in the soil underneath and nearby will then have access. They will work their way up from below, aerating the bed and enriching the soil mix as they go.

No-dig Gardening

Saturday, October 30, 2010

Get Your Worm Bin Set-Up

Worm Farming

Perhaps the thought of having a personal supply of nutrient rich soil for the garden or flower beds sounds appealing.

 

Worm Farming A How To Guide

 

Friday, October 29, 2010

4-H Worm Farmers Learn About Vermicomposting

Worm Farming

Nice 4-H project to teach kids about worm farming and vermicomposting.

The worm farms aim to introduce and grow entrepreneurship education with 4-H youth members and volunteers, Barrett said.

Worm farmers seek to grow business

Thursday, October 28, 2010

Some Ideas For Schools To Become More "Green"

Worm Farming

Some great ideas for schools to become more energy efficient and recycle the waste that is produced. Worm composting is one of those ideas.

At Minnetonka's Deephaven Elementary School, worm farms turn snack scraps into compost.

Students become waste-watchers

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Worm Farming Thoughts From College Student

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Blog post by sophomore Environmental Studies Major

I've grown so used to using vermiculture that I almost forget it's different.
Well no, none of my friends compost with worms that I know of. But it's a fairly low maintenance way of reducing your waste. 

Vermiculture

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Making A Worm Farm

Worm Farming

Check out this video showing how to make a worm farm.

Not only is it great for your garden, but it will help reduce waste in landfills by getting your kitchen scraps to work for you and your edible landscape. At home, I compost kitchen scraps, leaves, and other green matter.

How to Make a Worm Bin New in HD

Monday, October 25, 2010

Worm Composting Ideas

Worm Farming


After reading this article you may find yourself wanting to run out and start composting or vermi-composting (composting with worms) straightaway. 

Start Worm Composting Today

Sunday, October 24, 2010

Start A Worm Farm This Fall

Worm Farming

Now is the time to start a worm farm so that you will have plenty of worm compost ready for the garden next year.

Now that the summer heat is slowly making way for Fall, we're going to build ourselves a worm composting bin for worm tea and worm castings for our garden.

Worm composting, vermiculture - Let's build a worm composting bin!

Saturday, October 23, 2010

Master Composter Class

Worm Farming

Here is a great class if you want to become a Master Composter.

The Master Composter Seminar will emphasize sustainable landscaping by the use of homemade compost. The seminar is a Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) certification training program open to any individual who would like to learn more about a sustainable lifestyle.

Fall composting seminar set for Oct. 28-30

Friday, October 22, 2010

Worm Composting-Worm Farming Made Easy

Worm Farming

Nice post about setting up a worm farm.

Yes, I’m writing about something completely different this week. Worms, or better yet, worm composting. These might seem like wet, squiggly little pests, but in reality, they are a very important part of our life. 

The Miracle Of Worms

Thursday, October 21, 2010

Another School Teaches Worm Farming-Going Green With Worm Composting

Worm Farming

Great school program to teach kids about worm farming and composting fruit and vegetable waste.

Runfola explained how to create a composting bin, and students worked at various stations in the classroom to participate in each part of the process.

Never too early to go green: Program teaches children about health and environment

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Worm Farming At School

Worm Farming

This school is using a worm farm to compost some of their garbage.

For the 2010-2011 school year, Montini Catholic High School was awarded an Environmental Education Grant from the Village of Lombard. This grant funding to Montini Catholic provided the school with Worm Composters. The Science Department at Montini Catholic High School has these indoor worm composters on display and in use all year round.

Montini Catholic Students Get Worm Composters With the Lombard Environmental Grant

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Quiet Lawn Mowing Company Thinking About A Worm Farm

Worm Farming

Here is a landscape company that has eliminated gas lawnmowers. They are also looking for  someone to  help set up worm composting. Anyone out there interested in this job?

Most investors think I’m nuts eyes when I start talking about red wiggler worms and top dressing until I explain the cost benefit.

I need to learn a lot more about worms or hire someone to be a worm whisperer.

Mowing Down Climate Change With a Clean, Quiet Gardening Company

Monday, October 18, 2010

Going Green-Worm Composting

Worm Farming

What happens at this point is worms will find the food waste, eat it, and then the worm’s own waste will turn into compost for your soil. 

Going Green Also Means Reducing Landfill Needs

Saturday, October 16, 2010

Kids Love Vermicomposting-And Playing With The Worms!

Worm Farming

Read about the worm farming that this school does. They create their own vermicompost for the school's greenhouse.

If you walk down the hallways of Lindsay Park School you will see a bin outside every classroom door. At first glance it may seem like a bin full of dirt, but a closer look will reveal worms in the dirt — in fact the red wiggler worms are creating the dirt.

Kimberley kids are wild for wigglers

Friday, October 15, 2010

Kiwi Growers To Benefit From Worm Farm Compost

Worm Farming

Great project underway in the Bay of Plenty. The worm compost created will benefit kiwi growers. 

Millions of worms are set to be put to work in the Bay of Plenty with the announcement of funding approval yesterday (SUBS: WEDNESDAY 13 OCTOBER) for a large-scale composting project.

Worm Composting On A Grand Scale

Thursday, October 14, 2010

Beginning A Worm Farm

Worm Farming

This video demonstrates setting up a worm farm.

This is my first attempt at building a worm composting bin out of two 18 gallon totes.

How to build a worm composting bin - vermiculture for beginners

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Keep Your Worm Farm With Red Wigglers Under Your Kitchen Sink

Worm Farming

Good summary of the steps for starting your worm farm.

Ever think about putting composting worms to work under your kitchen sink? Sounds weird if it's the first time you've been exposed to the idea, but consider this: Worms can recycle your kitchen waste - fruit and vegetable trimmings, tea bags, coffee grounds - into a rich, dark, earth-smelling soil conditioner.

Red wigglers under your sink?

 

 


Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Vermiculture-Worm Composting

Worm Farm

I know the worm bin will produce lots of compost for them.

Now that the summer heat is slowly making way for Fall, we're going to build ourselves a worm composting bin for worm tea and worm castings for our garden.

Worm composting, vermiculture - Let's build a worm composting bin!

Monday, October 11, 2010

Worm Farming Using Rotten Apples

Worm Farming

A great idea for taking care of all the rotten apples that are being produced.

Bragta said vermiculture would not only enhance the income of the farmers but also help proper management of the crop.

Himachal to market rotten-apple manure

Sunday, October 10, 2010

Bath Tub Worm Farm

Worm Farm

Good use of an old bathtub-now a worm farm.

Finally, got around to setting it up as a worm farm.

Bath Tub Worm Farm.

Friday, October 8, 2010

Composting Thoughts

Worm Farming

This article outlines lots of composting ideas.

Special worms are used in Vermicomposting: Eisenia foetida or Lumbricus rubellas, which can be ordered from worm farms, or some nurseries.

Composting For Sustainable Organic Gardening

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

ACT Government GardenSmart Rebate Program

Worm Farming

This could be a good deal if you want to start a worm farm.

The GardenSmart program also includes a $50 rebate which can be used to invest in water-saving products such as garden mulch, drip irrigation systems or components, weeping hose, tap timers, soil additives for moisture retention, irrigation system controllers, moisture/rain sensors for irrigation systems, water wands, downpipe water diverters, greywater hoses, compost bins, worm farms and books on water-efficient gardening.

FREE GardenSmart advisory service and rebate from the ACT Government

Simple Ideas For Composting-Vermiculture

Worm Farming

Here are some tips for using worms in your compost pile.

Red wrigglers are also valuable to other people who are looking for a quick boost to their compost piles or kitchen worm boxes.

Keep it simple Worm Composting — Vermiculture

Exchange Garbage For Compost

Worm Farming

This is a great program. More communities should implement some of these ideas.

New York has become a centre for compost co-ops, especially after cutbacks two years ago forced the city sanitation department to drastically cut back on a program that had offered the public free compost.

At compost co-operatives, city residents share table scraps, reap fertilizer

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Life In The Compost Bin

Worm Farm

A nice blog post about one family's experience with a worm farm.

Wriggling in dirt and slimy mashed bits of food probably seems like common sense to a two-year-old.

The Edge of Enough: Digging Life Out of the Compost Bin

Monday, October 4, 2010

A Worm Farm Will Take Care Of Your Old Pizza Boxes

Worm Farming

Put your pizza boxes to good use-feed them to the worms in your worm farm.

And for those with worm farms, worms love pizza boxes as much as humans love pizza.

Yes or no: Can you recycle pizza boxes?

Sunday, October 3, 2010

Worm Farm Set-Up

Worm Farming

This video shows you how to set up an inexpensive worm farm.

Three cheap plastic storage bins is all you need to make your own indoor worm compost system.

How To Make an Indoor Worm Compost Bin