Worm Composting

Worm composting (or vermicomposting) is a natural and efficient way to "recycle" your organic kitchen waste. Even in cool winter weather, where outdoor compost piles lie dormant, you can compost your food scraps indoors with worm and reduce the volume of your household garbage by as much as 25%. The end result is unsurpassed as an organic soil builder and plant fertilizer

Worm composting is easy, rewarding, and fun! Given the right environment and a little routine attention, a handful of worms will multiply rapidly and digest your kitchen scraps faster than any other composting method.

Getting Started

To get started, you'll need a worm bin, bedding material, some water and food scraps, and a crew of hungry worms.

Read:
Worms Eat My Garbage, 1982 Mary Appelhof, Flowers Press, Kalamazoo MI

Contact:
University of California Cooperative Extension
891 Mountain Ranch Road, San Andreas, CA 95249
cecalaveras@ucdavis.edu

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