Tim E's Page

How were you introduced to vermicomposting?

Oh, I probably saw an article around the 20th anniversary Earth Day celebrations.

What do your worms like to eat?

banana peels, apple cores, coffee grounds, eggshells, mango pits, rice scrapings, leaves

What kinds of worms do you have?

red worms, probably. I'm not sure. They showed up on their own.

What worm bins do you use?

Some big round composter that's not meant for worms, but they don't mind

How many pounds of garbage do your worms recycle each week?

6

About Me:

I tried composting with worms in various apartments, starting about 1990, but my homemade bins (crafted from five gallon buckets or orange crates) never took off. Finally, when I moved into a home with a backyard, the county recycling agency sold me a large HDPE (16 cubic foot?) black rodent proof bin at 75% off (to encourage recycling). It's meant to be a "hot" bin, but one day I opened it up to find that worms had moved in. (Probably came in the leaf litter from under my avocado tree). They've been there happily for five years now.

Website:

http://storytelling.blogspot.com