Worms Eat My Garbage: How to Set Up and Maintain a Worm Composting System Online Sale

For more than three decades, this best-selling guide to the practice of vermicomposting has taught people how to use worms to recycle food waste into nutrient-rich fertilizer for houseplants or gardens. Small-scale, self-contained worm bins can be kept indoors, in a basement, or even under the kitchen sink in an apartment — making vermicomposting a great option for city dwellers and anyone who doesn t want or can t have an outdoor compost pile. The fully revised 35th anniversary edition features the original s same friendly tone, with up-to-date information on the entire process, from building or purchasing a bin (readily available at garden supply stores) to maintaining the worms and harvesting the finished compost.

Table of Contents:
Foreword by Amy Stewart
Preface
The Worm Composter Checklist
1 It Starts with a Worm
2 Getting Started
3 Choosing the Right Worm Bin
4 Choosing the Right Bedding Material
5 Using the Right Kind of Worms
6 Acquiring Your Worms
7 Setting Up Your Worm Bin
8 What Can Your Worms Eat?
9 Taking Care of Your Worms
10 Frequently Asked Questions
11 Other Critters and Pests
12 How to Use Your Vermicompost
13 Treating Waste as a Resource
Appendix A: Record Sheet
Appendix B: Annotated References
Metric Conversions
Appendix C: How Many Worms in an Acre or a Hectare?
Glossary
Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Resources
Index