I am out of yard and garden room and need to do something pretty fast with my food scraps. Figure I have 4 choices 1.) Throw away (no!) 2.) Continue to dig holes in yard and stick garbage in (running out of space) 3.) Buy Composter (an option) 4) Try Vermicomposting. – which seems to be the easiest way if you don’t have a large amount of space for composters.
Vermi-Composting uses earthworms to turn organic materials into high quality compost. It can reduce your garbage by 1/3 and provide excellent organic soil for plants and healthy food. This sounds pretty good, no chemical fertilizers, save money and the environment!
Where to Buy
- Worm Eco- (wormeco.com) is offerine a Vericompost kit of $50.00 (out of VA)
- Gusanito Worm Farm 3 Tray Garden Compost Bin
($69.95 from Amazon)
- Worm Factory® Composter- Terra Cotta 3 Tray
($77 From Amazon_
Resources
- Journey to Forever
- Fact Sheet from California Integrated Waste Management Also a list of places to get worms
- Vermiculture Manual Great resource for all things Vermi-Cultural.
Want to Start Your Own Business?
Try reading Commercial Vermiculture: How to Build a Thriving Business in Redworms
just 2 quick points on this subject…the compost that is made is not hugely plentiful and is rather potent…dilute with other compost seems to be the advice i hear…not to be used for seeds either as itis too strong…the other point is the ‘juice’ that comes out of it is brilliant! dilute it to the colour of weak tea to feed plants…not sure of the npk….but great as an all around fertilizer….brilliant website btw….i could spend days on it!!!