Worm Composting
Give your garbage disposal and wallet a rest. Convert kitchen scraps into a nutritious soil additive for your garden while raising bait for your next fishing trip. All you need is a container with drainage holes, shredded paper, red worms and of course kitchen scraps.
A recycling bin with several small holes drilled in the bottom works great. Fill with shredded paper and lightly moisten. Add a handful of soil – it helps the worms grind and digest the fool scraps, and kitchen scraps. Use plant wastes only, no meat, dairy or eggs, as the worms are vegans.
Place kitchen scraps into the shredded paper and cover to keep away fruit flies. Add about twice as many redworms as kitchen scraps. Keep your worm bin in an area about 55 to 75 degrees.
In less than a month you’ll have even more redworms and great worm castings to use a soil amendment or organic fertilizer for your landscape, houseplants and container gardens.
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