Worm Farming Secrets

Hello Fellow Gardeners!

I signed up for the newsletter at Worm Farming Secrets and I thought I would share an excerpt from their latest newsletter. This site is proving to be a valuable source of information pertaining to worm farming and all kinds of useful things to consider. It is the culmination of over 12 years of expertise by the professional worm farmers that run it.


While there, you can download a more in depth guide that they say, "More than 1,700 people from around the world have downloaded our original (and still the best) step-by-step guide to composting with worms."


I also wrote an article about Worm Farm Composting and there are even more tips and hints there. In the article I discuss several things to consider such as how many worms do you need to get started, how to make your own worm farm bins, and more to get you started with your worm farm composting research.


Here is the excerpt from Worm Farming Secrets that I want to share with you today.


"Can you put stuff like facial tissues, used paper towels etc in the worm bin?" ~ Al


"Hi Al - the short answer is YES. You can definitely add materials like this to your worm bin. In fact they can be really helpful in terms of absorbing moisture and helping to keep the carbon to nitrogen ratio in the bin balanced. That said, I tend to be somewhat more cautious when it comes to white paper and similar products like Kleenex and (white) paper towels. They can contain some chemicals such as bleach (used to whiten them) that can irritate the worms if enough of the material is present in the bin. Tissues and paper towels can also get pretty sloppy when wet, thus potentially impeding air flow - so you certainly don't want to add huge amounts to your bin at any one time for that reason as well. Moderation is definitely the key..." 


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Worm Farm Composting - Making Compost With Red Wiggler Worms

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Worm farm composting can be a very rewarding and organic way to add vital nutrients to your garden and houseplants.  

I have long been an advocate of composting our leftover vegetable and fruit scraps along with chopped leaves in our big composter in our backyard.  One of the great thing about vermicomposting is that you can easily do it indoors as well as out.

Vermiculture is the raising of different types of worms and the production of their by-products known as castings. Red Wiggler Worms are the type of worm most commonly used in vermicomposting.

Red wigglers can be found in bait shops or order online such as here Uncle Jim's Worm Farm 1,000 Count Red Wiggler Live Composting Worms . The earthworms you find crawling around in your yard are not the same kind of worms as composting worms. They have different tasks to accomplish than the red wiggler earthworm.

Continue reading my article about Worm Farm Composting where I go more in depth and share more resources for worm farming.

I'd love to hear your thoughts about worm farming or composting in general.

Remember to Garden Your Way!