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Worm composting is the key to the future. If you can’t get down with that, go on a day trip touring your county’s worst landfill sites. Consider the smell and the bulk waste and the recovery time the Earth will need getting over all that plastic. Then think about the care and feeding of some red worms.
So, after all that is a worm box really that much to ask? One worm box can get the vermocomposter ball rolling at your home. Sustainable living allows natural processes to reclaim the damage industrialization and consumer waste are literally jamming the earth full of. A little grit, some scraps bedding from newspaper or shredded cardboard, and some fresh worms make a worm box ready for ongoing garden and flowerbed nurturing.
Fish tanks and hamsters take less care and nurturing than the average worm box. And fish and hamsters create trash and waste, while vermicompost amendment nurtures vegetable gardens and reduces curbside waste. But not just any night crawler will do. Red wigglers make the best gobblers.
Red wigglers, Eisenia foetida, can be cadged from a source vermicomposter. They like to eat vegetable scraps, leftover rice and pasta, stale bread, non-citrus fruit bits & rinds, coffee grounds, and they like to burrow down to get it. Make sure worm food stays underneath bedding so mold won’t grow and fruit flies don’t set up residence.
Did you ever think the day would come when you would rush over to the person next door for a cup of worms? One thousand worms or about a handful is all you’ll need. A household makes a good home for a worm box because random scraps from daily meals make good compost end product.
Special trays with drilling holes and bedding stuff is needed to keep the worms rolling and happy. Moisture and drainage need to be watched, and too much food can crowd out the wigglers from processing normally. Food must be buried in the bedding and regularly cleared of moisture and fresh worms harvested.
A twelve to fifteen gallon compost bin is needed, with drainage holes and adequate room for bedding and additional scraps inside the bedding layer. Burying fresh food in various places in the bedding is advised. By placing food on one side of the bin, the bedding from the other side can be harvested for mulch or garden use.
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