Worm Farming - Using Vermiculture to Recycle
Why would you want to make a worm farm? Well, vermiculture, as worm farming is called, is a great way to make rich compost.
Vermiculture-the method of composting with earthworms. Composting is expedited by the activity of the earthworms eating and excreting a nutrient-rich compost in the form of worm castings.
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Some gardeners raise manure worms in vermiculture bins, where organic waste is fed to them to be turned into castings for fertilizer. Although you can collect worms from the garden, purchase breeder worms if you want to populate a vermiculture bin.
Employing worms to make compost is called vermiculture. Manure worms, red worms, and branding worms (the small ones usually sold by commercial breeders) are dynamos when it comes to decomposing organic matter—especially kitchen scraps.
Worm composting -- also known as vermiculture -- is the proverbial win-win situation. It gives you a convenient way to dispose of organic waste, such as vegetable peelings. It saves space in the county landfill, which is good for the environment.
low-maintenance, low water-use systems and slow-flow irrigation, alternative ground covers, edible and medicinal species of indigenous plants, confined-space organic gardening for unit and town-house dwellers, and home composting and vermiculture ...
NYC Department of Sanitation offers a list of suppliers that sell worms for indoor composting, as well as worm bins and other vermiculture gear.
The New York City Compost Project
NYC Department of Sanitation composting programs.
VermiTechnology Unlimited - European NightCrawlers™, RedWorms , Composting Bins, Vermiculture Consulting, and Worm Farming Supplies.
Turning your kitchen garbage into worm casings may seem self-defeating as the ratio of wastes to worm casings is very small. But then you get about 170% growth when using this compost on plants. So it is very worthwhile to have your own vermiculture ...
 See also: Compost, Gardening, Gardener, Plant, Water
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