Vermicomposting - Three Worm Composting Tips

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Vermicomposting, or composting with worms, is a great way to compost your kitchen scraps.
 You might be asking yourself, "But why do I want to compost?" Food and yard waste contribute to the waste stream.
 Many of us are already aware that we are generating too much waste.
 Our landfills are full to overflowing, and it is only going to get worse as the population continues to grow.
 Composting is a natural way to divert some of that waste from landfills and turn it into a nutrient rich resource.
  So now that you've gotten yourself a vermicomposting bin, we recommend a three bin vermicomposter, and some red wiggler earthworms, it's time to make some compost.
 Your bin will come with instructions on how to start composting.
 Basically, you need to do three things to be successful.
  Set up your bin with a bedding layer.
 The most effective bedding is coir or coco peat.
 You can also use shredded newspaper - just make sure to skip the inserts or any color print.
   Moisten the bedding so that it is the consistency of a well wrung-out sponge.
  Add your food scraps.
 Avoid meat, dairy, and fats.
 These can cause problems and attract rodents.
 Your worms can eat all fruit and vegetable scraps, although some people have reported trouble with citrus, onion, and garlic.
 Cut these food scraps into roughly 2-inch cubes.
 (This does not have to be exact) and bury the food in the bedding layer.
 As you add additional food scraps, bury them a little bit away from the last site.
 Once you've reached the end of the bin, you can return to the beginning site.
 Do this until the bin is three quarters full.
 Then place a layer of moistened, shredded newspaper on top and prepare your next bin.
  Harvest your worm castings.
 After a bin is three-quarters full you will cover it with a layer of moistened shredded.
 Place the next bin on top and prepare it as you had the first.
 Do not add food scraps to this bin for a few days as your worms need to finish the food in the bin below.
 Once you begin to add food scraps to the second bin the worms will make their way to that bin.
 You will then be able to remove the bottom bin and remove the castings for use in your garden or potted plants.
 Hint: you might find a few worms the first few times you do this.
 Just place them in the "active" bin.
  That's all there is to it.
   And you wind up with a high quality, nutrient-rich, soil amendment from your trash.
 Proving the old adage, one man's trash is another man's treasure to be true, in this case anyway.
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