FAQs (How Red Wigglers Work and Why Castings are Good ).Why Compost? (An easy to remember script or mission statement explaining why we should compost).How to Transform Food Waste into Nutrient-Rich Soil Amendment

Composting with worms, also known as vermicomposting, enables a special species of earthworm, a red wiggler (Eisenia fetida), to eat our garbage and turn it into a soil amendment that is rich in beneficial bacteria, fungi, minerals, and nutrients. This guide is a culmination of over 15 years of composting with worms and several semesters running large and enchanting school gardens in California and Texas.Ĭomposting is a sustainable and eco-friendly way to manage organic waste. We found some inconsistencies in information.If you want to learn an easy and fast way to compost with red wiggler worms, this fun printable download will show you the way! Each egg contains as many as 20 baby worms. Castings can be used sparingly around individual plants to be effective.

Formula for making worm tea: 1 part worm liquid to 10 parts water, and add 2 Tbsp. A double bin construction makes it easy to make worm tea. Enough worm castings for the garden can take from three to six months to form. Favorite worm foods: melons, bananas, pumpkins, grits, newspaper, canned vegetarian beans. European night crawlers are hardier and can be released into the garden. European night crawlers are growing in popularity as a composting agent. Red wigglers are most commonly used for vermicomposting. Worm compost and worm tea are more useful and easier to make than we thought. This saves our landfills.ģ GO GREEN Worm castings make excellent natural fertilizer.Ĥ Go Green Worm tea is another natural fertilizer and disease control agent.ĥ Go Green Worms are Mother Nature’s core aerators.Ħ Go Green Worms provide bait for recreational fishing.ħ Our Visit with Ron Crum Local worm expertĬommunity lecturer on worm composting Guest educator at local schools Soon to be an author of a children’s book Provider of worms, compost and bins Located on Forge Road, about 300 yards past the Virginia Cooperative Extension Service annex Phone:ġ3 What We Learned 1. 2 Go Green Worms help the environment by eating our food scraps and other plant based material.

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