Keep it simple Worm Composting — Vermiculture
Posted in compost, red worms, Soil on October 4th, 2010 by Nathan – Be the first to comment
There are about 8 oz of worms in a gallon of bedding
I’ve run a worm box for my kitchen scraps for about 10 years, and they work great. We usually generate between 2 and 10 lbs of scraps each day, too much for a single 2ft x 4ft worm box. I solved that problem by just building more worm boxes–I have 3 of them and they are wonderful!
In 2009, I introduced some of my red wriggler population to my manure pile. They did a great job. After about 6 months of increasing population I could tell that it was working because they had really filled up the heap. The compost was still composting at about the same rate, but my system had changed for the better. I now have a host of worms working through my compost.
I no longer create large heaps of hot compost, and I no longer have to turn the piles. read more »