Tag: home composting systems

  • DIY Soil Fertility – Part 1: Vermicompost

    What is vermicomposting? Vermicompost systems employ compost worms (Eisenia fetida) – a.k.a. red wigglers – to transform a wide variety of organic wastes into nutrient-rich worm castings. The worms don’t actually eat the organic material – they eat the microbes that are breaking down the organic material. Why do vermicompost? The worm castings (worm poop)…