Worm Composting - Vermicomposting


    Vermicomposting is using worms to turn your food scraps into worm compost. We choose to feed our worms a dairy and meat free diet. In return, they give us their waste we call black gold. Otherwise refered to as worm castings. 

 

   We use an old bathtub to farm our worms. Below are the steps and ingredients we used to get the whole thing started.


Our old bathtub
Chicken wire on botton to allow oxygen from below.
Shredded Newspapers
Shredded Newspapers
Dried and shredded leaves.
Dried and shredded leaves.
Grass clippings
Grass clippings
Shredded cardboard
Shredded cardboard
Thanks to my friends in Perks
Coffee grounds

      After all the ingredients are mixed up, they are well drenched with water. I let this sit for a week or so before adding the Red Wigglers.


This is what it all looks like after the worms have settled in.
This is what it all looks like after the worms have settled in.