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Vermicomposting Worms, Breathing, and Worm Bins
How do vermicomposting worms breathe in their bins? Why do their skins need moisture? How can we make the most of their environment to keep it airy and moist enough for them? Unlike humans, composting...
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The Life Cycle of Vermicomposting Red Worms
An earthworm’s clitellum. Image credit: By Michael Linnenbach – first upload in de wikipedia on 09:58, 16. Feb 2005 by Michael Linnenbach, CC BY-SA 3.0,...
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Vermicomposting for the Avid Beginner
Vermicomposting results in organic fertilizer that makes your plants grow strong! What is vermicomposting? “Vermi-” means “relating to worms.” Therefore, vermicomposting means composting with worms....
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Why Tray-Based Composters are Best for Worm Castings
Why do people use specialized tray-based composters for composting with worms? Why not just use a regular, deep composting bin from the hardware store? Many vermicomposting projects are for small-scale...
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What To Do with Your Composting Worms While on Vacation
You just booked your hotel and flight for a long-anticipated vacation. Suddenly, the thought hits: “What should I do about my composting worms during my vacation?” You never left them alone for that...
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How to Keep Your Composting Worms Cool in the Hot Summer
In the hot summer weather, your composting worms are at risk of getting overheated and dried out. They may even die. That’s because worms are unable to sweat. Outdoors in nature, worms beat the heat by...
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Is My Vermicomposting Bin Too Wet? What to Do?
When the smell coming from your vermicomposting bin is horrible, you know that something is wrong. With dread, your worst fears are realized when you look inside: the bin is wet. That does not bode...
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Grow Your Own Live Worms for Fishing Bait
Are you a live worm fishing enthusiast and want to raise your own bait? You can easily grow fishing worms at home. In fact, you can solve another problem at the same time: household trash odor. Fishing...
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How to Prepare Your Outdoor Vermicomposting Bin for the Colder Weather
Now that the summer season is coming to a close, it’s time to prepare your outdoor vermicomposting bin for fall and winter. Despite the cold weather, you can continue composting and accumulating free...
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Top Five Best Foods for Composting Worms
Vermicomposting enthusiasts agree overall on what to feed their worms. In this article, we add our subjective twist as to the top five best foods to make your worms thrive. You want to keep your worms...
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What is Hot Composting Versus Vermicomposting
Many vermicomposting enthusiasts know about a technique to break down organic waste to produce fertilizer without using worms: hot composting. Although both produce organic fertilizer, there are many...
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Worm Composting Odors: How to Keep Your Vermicomposting Bin Smelling Sweet
Seasoned vermicomposter enthusiasts know that when they smell a bad odor coming from their composting bins, something is out of balance. A healthy composting bin and the worms inside should have an...
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Adding a Worm Blanket to Your Vermicomposting Bin
Whether your vermicomposting bin is situated indoors or outdoors, you should consider adding a worm blanket. Even though most bins are already equipped with a lid, a worm blanket comes in handy. It...
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Great Gift Ideas From Uncle Jim’s Worm Farm
Are you looking for a unique gift that keeps giving the whole year ’round? Vermicomposting gifts from Uncle Jim’s Worm Farm are perfect for almost anyone! Vermicomposting means composting with worms....
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How to Break Compost Down Quickly
Many people explore composting as a great way to naturally dispose of food scraps. As a bonus, they get prime quality organic fertilizer in return. There are two main types of composting: hot...
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How to Add Worm Castings to Your Garden and Lawn
Composting with worms results in highly nutritious worm castings. Your lawn and garden need nutrients to grow. Therefore, putting worm castings in the soil will help your plants grow strong. How do you...
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Spring Is Coming! Get Your Worm Bin Ready for Spring Composting
As winter yields its grip and the weather begins to warm up, it’s time to prepare for productive composting. You will need to check what effect the Winter has had on your compost bin. Also, you need to...
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Get Through Tough Times by Composting with Worms
“Waste Not, Want Not” is a wise attitude during tough times. Is money tight? Are resources scarce? Growing your own food provides inexpensive nutrition, under your control. Throwing away kitchen scraps...
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Using Compost to Plant String Beans
If you have been following Uncle Jim’s blog, you will know how beneficial organic compost is to growing strong, healthy, and productive garden vegetables. The combination of well-chosen organic seeds,...
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Composting Worms and Container Gardening
Container gardening means growing plants in containers instead of a garden bed. Composting worms can play a role in successful container gardening. Growing plants in containers instead of the ground...
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