Worms Eat My Garbage: How to Set Up and Maintain a Worm Composting System: Compost Food Waste, Produce Fertilizer for Hous
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    [synopsis] => For more than three decades, this best-selling guide to the practice of vermicomposting has taught people how to use worms to recycle food waste into nutrient-rich fertilizer for houseplants or gardens. Small-scale, self-contained worm bins can be kept indoors, in a basement, or even under the kitchen sink in an apartment - making vermicomposting a great option for city dwellers and anyone who doesn't want or can't have an outdoor compost pile. The fully revised 35th anniversary edition features the original's same friendly tone, with up-to-date information on the entire process, from building or purchasing a bin (readily available at garden supply stores) to maintaining the worms and harvesting the finished compost. The classic guide to vermicomposting - using worms to recycle food waste into nutrient-rich fertilizer for plants - is now revised and updated for today's eco-conscious recyclers and gardeners. Worms Eat My Garbage was originally written by Mary Appelhof (1936–2005), an international authority and lecturer on small-scale vermicomposting whose honors included a National Science Foundation grant and the National Recycling Coalition's Recycler of the Year. Joanne Olszewski, a close friend of Appelhof's, has updated the book for the 35th Anniversary Edition. Olszewski is a fellow vermi-enthusiast and the owner of Wormwoman Inc., which manufactures and sells the Worm-A-Way worm bin. She lives in Arkansas.

  

   Let Worms Do the Work



 Don't let your food waste go to waste! With a little help from a family of worms, you can turn all your kitchen scraps and leftovers into rich, valuable vermicompost for your garden and houseplants.



 Keeping a self-contained worm bin and harvesting the compost your worms produce is clean, easy, and productive with this classic guide, fully updated. Foreword by Amy Stewart

 Preface

 The Worm Composter Checklist

 1  It Starts with a Worm

 2  Getting Started

 3  Choosing the Right Worm Bin

 4  Choosing the Right Bedding Material

 5  Using the Right Kind of Worms

 6  Acquiring Your Worms

 7  Setting Up Your Worm Bin

 8  What Can Your Worms Eat?

 9  Taking Care of Your Worms

 10  Frequently Asked Questions

 11  Other Critters and Pests

 12  How to Use Your Vermicompost

 13  Treating Waste as a Resource

 Appendix A: Record Sheet

 Appendix B: Annotated References

 Metric Conversions

 Appendix C: How Many Worms in an Acre or a Hectare?

 Glossary

 Bibliography

 Acknowledgments

 Resources

 Index
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