Planet Veggie Garden

One naturally believes composting is a bit messy. Yep, it generally is.However, there’s one type of composting that can be done indoors… without mess, without smell.

Vermicomposting…worm composting

Yes, you absolutely can have a worm farm in your nice, clean home.
Worms – specifically, red wigglers (Eisenia foetida) – can eat half their weight daily in food scraps [...]

Our Wiggly Worm Wranch, 1st Tray

What makes for a good worm buffet?
In general, any plant based waste with the noted exceptions:
* Pineapple (it has an enzyme that can dissolve your friendly worms…ouch!)
* Citrus and high acid veggies such as onions (worms aren’t too acid friendly. You can use small amounts of acidic scraps.Worms prefer [...]

…hard workers.
We’re all familiar with worms in the soil, most typically Earthworms.
But worms are multi-faceted squigglers. You can corral them and assign them to composting – “vermicomposting”.
Worms live to eat organic materials, excrete worm castings and reproduce rapidly. You can corral them in a dark, moist “farm”, feed them some throw away scraps and [...]