Vermicomposting
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Yes! A worm can be your friend, especially when it consumes your vegetable waste and turns it into yummy rich soil.
Vermicomposting
Vermicomposting uses earthworms to make compost. This process can be done year round in your basement (or garage in more temperate areas), and takes very little space.
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Vermicomposting is a simple and enjoyable way to recycle your kitchen and garden scraps into usable compost.
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Since vermicomposting relies on worms eating the scraps you put into their bin, citrus peels simply would not work in vermicomposting. It is best to keep citrus peels in the more traditional compost pile.
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WORMS - Vermicomposting uses earthworms to make compost. Worms can eat their body weight daily in organic matter and convert it into dark, soil enriching castings full of live micro organisms, growth hormones, and nutrients, ...
Worm composting or vermicomposting is a great way to compost food scraps. It is suitable for apartment dwellers, homeowners and a great classroom activity.
The nightcrawlers found outdoors are not suitable for vermicomposting. Redworms are preferred for indoor composting. In the Denver area, you might look for them at garden centers and nurseries. Some bait shops also carry them.
Besides making your garden greener, vermicomposting will help you reduce the waste you put out in the trash, both in volume and frequency. When you don't have rotting, smelly food in your waste can, you don't need to empty it so often.
Each pound of worms consumes a pound of kitchen waste a day. Vermicomposting bins don't stink, so you can keep them indoors. The end product is worm castings, an excellent soil additive.
Worm Bins: Start vermicomposting! Use a worm composting bin to turn kitchen scraps into beautiful compost.
Compost Pails: Keep your kitchen workspace neat with one of our functional, stylish compost pails.
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One way to break waste down efficiently into rich black compost is to use worms. Vermicomposting usually takes very little effort once you stockpile a healthy supply of worms and build frames and bedding for them.
 See also: Composting, Plant, Compost, Soil, Container
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