Worm composting, or vermicomposting, is another effective method for maintaining a productive compost pile during winter. Worms, particularly red wigglers (Eisenia fetida), are highly efficient at ...

Our next winter composting hack involves some wriggly helpers. If you already use a wormery for compost, your heap will see ...

If you have lots of kitchen scraps and no brown materials to balance them with, switching to indoor composting in winter can make a lot of sense. Both worm composting and bokashi composting ...

“Vermicompost has more nitrogen than compost because hot composting ... such as blankets or straw, during winter months. Worms may consume 25 to 35% of their body weight in one day depending ...

Worms don’t consume indiscriminately the way a compost pile does ... which will heat up to ambient summer temperatures. In winter, freezing cold will kill them, too. Of course, it all depends ...

Yes, late winter. - So yeah ... You can find more information on organic gardening and worm composting at FamilyPlotGarden.com. While you're there, take a look at the gardening calendar, or ...

Or perhaps you’re looking for ways to improve your garden soil during the winter. Worm composting, or vermicomposting, is a good way to accomplish both. In addition to producing compost ...

They do not want to be in sun in the summer heat as that will kill them, but in winter you need to put the wormery under cover, either in a garage or greenhouse. How should the worm compost be used?

Compost worms breed fast and can double their population every 60-90 days, depending on temperature. The worms lay their eggsin small, yellow, lemon-shaped cocoons every three to four days, except in ...

"These nutrient-packed droppings from composting worms are a powerhouse when it comes ... He added: "It's great for your winter garden. It has the perfect structure to form a mulch along with ...

I also wanted to see how much effort it would take to keep the worms alive and happy, and whether this setup was a viable alternative to the backyard composting I’d been doing for over a decade.