Making a Worm Compost | Making A Wormery | Wormery Worms

There aren't very many materials needed for making a worm compost. You'll need a container, preferably a plastic tub with a lid, some bedding material for your worms to live in, and, you guessed it, worms!

There's no particular size that your wormery compost bin has to be, but here's a good estimate. Try to get the square footage of the lid to equal the number of pounds of waste you will be adding to the compost bin every day. For example, if you and your family will be adding 25 pounds of organic matter to the bin each week, try to get a container that's about five feet by five feet.

Now that we've got our wormery bin, let's get the next thing we need for making a worm compost - the bedding. Typically any organic material that can absorb moisture is a good idea. This includes cardboard, shredded newspaper or paper; it could also include brush from outside like dead plants or moss. The most important thing to keep in mind when making a worm compost is that it MUST be moist inside. Worms need a moist environment to be able to move through the compost and decompose the organic matter. Remember to moisten your bedding material before putting it in.

Last but not least, we need our worms! The final piece to making a worm compost is finding our worms. Normally these can just be purchased at your local garden shop for ~$30/pound. Most families produce enough waste to utilize two pounds of worms.

Let's get started on making a worm compost! Remember, it's just 3 easy steps!

First we need to drill a few holes in the bottom of our compost bin. Your wormery compost needs to be able to drain and aerate. This helps keep the health of your worms up and increase their longevity.

Step two to making a worm compost - We need to add our MOIST bedding material. You want to fill your compost bin to about 75% full of bedding.

The final step to making a worm compost is finding a suitable environment to store the bin. Worms survive best between 40-80 F, so try to keep them in a moderate climate. The compost bin can be stored either inside or outside.

We've finished making a worm compost in just 3 easy steps. What can you get out of it now? When worms ingest organic materials, such as your vegetable peels or your egg shells, they digest and decompose the material leaving behind a very fertile, nutrient rich material. This is compost! You can use this compost in your garden and lawn, making your plants grow fuller and more vibrant.

You are also paying a favor to mother nature. Each household dumps hundreds to thousands of pounds of organic materials into trash dumps every year. By making a worm compost to decompose your waste in an organic, natural manner, you are drastically reducing your impact on the environment.

And, you give some vagabond worms a home =)

Yes, there is. There's always more to learn. Making a worm compost can be a very simple and fun project to do one weekend, but there is a lot involved in optimizing the conditions for your worms so that they live longer, produce better compost, and do it all faster.

I highly suggest everyone consider making a worm compost at home to dispose of your waste in a eco-friendly way. Check out some more information about wormery compost to optimize your worm farm.