VERMICOMPOST
VERMICULTURE
EARTHWORMS




EARTHWORM

VERNICOMPOST

VERNICOMPOSTING RELATED TOPICS

ITEMS FOR VERNICOMPOST BINS

VERNICOMPOST LINKS



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SECTION 1



EARTHWORM




The reddish-gray-colored common earthworm, often called a night crawler
in the United States, is familiar to anyone with a fishing rod or a garden.
They are indigenous to Europe, but are now abundant in North America and
western Asia.



Earthworm
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/invertebrates/c/common-earthworm/



Earthworm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthworm




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VERMICOMPOSTING




Vermicomposting uses earthworms to turn organic wastes into very high
quality compost. This is probably the best way of composting kitchen
wastes. Adding small amounts of wet kitchen scraps to a large compost
pile in the garden day by day can disrupt the decomposition process
so that the compost is never really done. But it works just fine with
vermicomposting.

Many gardeners use vermicomposting systems for all their garden and
kitchen wastes, many more use both types of composting, and thousands
of households without gardens use neat and unobtrusive worm boxes
indoors to compost their kitchen scraps (as well as newspapers and
cardboard boxes), reducing their garbage by up to a third and providing
their own organic soil for pot plants and container gardens on balconies
and roofs to grow their own healthy food.



Vermicomposting
journeytoforever.org/compost_worm.html



Vermicompost
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vermicompost




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SECTION 3



VERMICOMPOSTING
RELATED
TOPICS




Composting
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Composting

Fertilizer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fertilizer

Home composting
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_composting

Vermiponics, use of wormbin leachate in hydroponics
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vermiponics

Waste management
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waste_management

Drilosphere
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drilosphere

The Formation of Vegetable Mould through the Action of Worms
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Formation_of_Vegetable_Mould_through_the_Action_of_Worms

Soil life
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soil_life



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SECTION 4



ITEMS
FOR
VERNICOMPOST BINS




What Can I Compost in a Worm Bin?

What Shouldn’t I Compost in a Worm Bin?



Items you can compost with your worms:


Food scraps (including things like melon rinds, roots, stems,
leaves, cores, husks, seeds, skins, peels, etc.).

Egg shells (but not whole eggs), seaweed and rinsed seashells
(like oyster shells; not shrimp peels)

Old natural fiber clothing (old t-shirts, socks, boxers, etc)

Natural yarn, twine and string

Non-glossy paper products (cardboard boxes, newspapers, magazine
inserts, most junk mail, envelopes, etc)

Tea leaves and bags (remove the staple!); coffee grinds and filters

Dead plants, grass clippings, pine needles and leaves – just make
sure they have not been sprayed with pesticides

Natural non-treated wood and byproducts like wood ash, sawdust and
shavings (no coal ash)

Feathers and hair (human, cat, dog, etc.)

Dryer lint



Items you cannot compost in a worm bin:

Lemon, lime, orange or other citrus peels and juice (in excess this
will make the soil too acidic)

Onions and garlic (a good rule of thumb is if it makes you smell, it
makes your worm bin smell)

Meat, fats, grease, bones or oils (no butter, lard, stocks, soups, etc)

Plastics and plastic coated paper (like glossy magazines)

Stickers, including veggie stickers (remove stamps from envelopes)

Bread or yeast products (no crackers or cakes)

Salt, pepper and other spices

Milk, dairy or dairy products

Cat or dog feces

Diseased or infested plants

Treated wood products



Vermicomposting 101
https://foodprint.org/eating-sustainably/composting-and-food-waste/vermicomposting-101/?cid=114



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How Vermicomposting Works
https://home.howstuffworks.com/vermicomposting.htm




Multi-Layer Vermiculture Bin
https://www.instructables.com/id/Multi-Layer-Vermiculture-Bin/




How to Make a Worm Compost System
https://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Worm-Compost-System




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SECTION 5



VERNICOMPOST
VERNICOMPOSTING
EARTHWORMS
LINKS




ANATOMY OF WORMS
http://www.vermitech.com/worms.htm

COMMERCIAL WORM FARMING
http://www.organicagcentre.ca/DOCs/Vermiculture_FarmersManual

Earthworm Biodiversity
http://www.annelida.net/earthworm/

Earthworm Information
http://www.sarep.ucdavis.edu/worms/

Earthworms as pests and otherwise
http://digital.library.unt.edu/permalink/meta-dc-1514:1

Earthworm resources
http://pedozoologia.uw.hu

Home-scale worm bin for use inside the house
http://www.kompostherstellung.de/wurmbox-wurmfarm-fuer-unter-20e-selbst-bauen/

Home-scale worm bin for use outside in the garden
http://www.kompostherstellung.de/bauanleitung-fuer-eigene-wurmfarm-wurmkiste-v2/

How to Make a Worm Farm
http://opentutorial.com/index.php?title=Make_a_worm_farm

Infography about Earthworms
http://www.infography.com/content/370686832988.html

A multi-tiered worm farm
http://working-worms.com/content/view/40/62/

Segmented worms
http://www.biokids.umich.edu/critters/Annelida/



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A Step-by-Step Guide to Vermicomposting
https://www.motherearthnews.com/organic-gardening/guide-to-vermicomposting-zmaz83jazshe

Uncle Jim’s Worm Farm
https://unclejimswormfarm.com/

Unco Industries Inc Vermicomposting
https://www.vermiculture.com/welcome

Urban Worm Company
https://urbanwormcompany.com/

Vermicompost
http://cwmi.css.cornell.edu/vermicompost.htm

Vermicompost
https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/vermicompost

Vermicomposting - Composting with Worms
https://lancaster.unl.edu/pest/resources/vermicompost107.shtml

Vermicompost – Is It Really That Great?
https://www.gardenmyths.com/vermicompost-is-it-great/

Vermicomposting and Vermiculture
https://www.treehugger.com/green-food/vermicomposting-and-vermiculture-worms-bins-and-how-to-get-started.html

Vermiculture Composting
http://www.wormpoop.com/Composting/Composting.htm



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The Vermicomposting Forum
http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/verm/?16728

Worm Farming Secrets
http://www.wormfarmingsecrets.com/

WORMS FOR BAIT OR FISH FOOD
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/FA016

Worm for Kids
http://yucky.kids.discovery.com/noflash/worm/pg000102.html

WORM PESTS
http://www.happydranch.com/invertebrates.html

WORM SPECIES
https://www.vermitechnology.com/index.php?show_aux_page=11

Worm Watch Field guide to earthworms
http://www.naturewatch.ca/english/wormwatch/



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