Bokashi and worm composting are eco-friendly ways to process your food and yard scraps, while creating nutrient-rich matter ...

It takes 2,000 red wigglers to consume a pound of food a day. Gauge your worm quantity needs by the volume of your household scraps. Once your compost bin is up and running, it requires little ...

Red wigglers (Eisenia fetida) are the best option. McCall recommends buying in batches instead of by weight. He sells 500 for $40 or 1,000 for $70 — and he always throws in an additional 10% for ...

Churchill recommends either Red Wigglers or European Nightcrawlers. Sherman recommends getting 1 pound of worms, which will give you about 1,000 worms to start your bin.

Adding Worms to Your Worm Farm. Experts recommend using red wiggler worms for worm composting. These worms are efficient at consuming food scraps and other waste.

Q: I live in an apartment and would like to compost using worms. Can you tell me more about how to get started? A: Composting using worms is called vermicomposting. This type of composting uses ...

Jesse Raudenbush, a second-generation worm farmer who teaches vermicomposting and sells his own worms and castings, recommends the Red Worm Composting website as a resource, and it has some ...

- Red wiggler worms will do 100-fold your investment. If you spend $10, you'll get $1,000 over a period of time, because they keep giving, and giving, and giving, and it's always organic.

WORMS IN THE CLASSROOM . With guidance from teachers Tatianna Spencer and Olivia Alkema, the students built compost bins, added soil and red wigglers, and began learning how to keep the worms ...

It takes 2,000 red wigglers to consume a pound of food a day. ... Placing food scraps on one side of the vermicomposting bin will attract worms to that area, making removing compost easier.