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Build a balcony worm composter

Thu, 05 Mar 2009 13:34:18 -0800

Sheena Adams

A properly built and maintained composter is odour free, does not attract pests and is extremely simple to maintain.

The benefits of worm casts

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:59:52 -0700

Michelle Lam

Earthworms are very important to decomposition processes that occur naturally with dead organic matter. Without earthworms, it would take a long time for bacteria and fungi alone to convert this matter into usable plant nutrients.

Red wriggler worms at the top of the compost bin

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:18:00 -0700

Carolyn Jones

I have a found composter bin which has red wriggler worms. What does it mean when the worms make their way to the top of the bin? When I take off the lid to add more dead brown leaves/kitchen scraps, there are lots of the worms that have congregated around the edges of the lid. Are there too many worms for the composter? I have started moving some of them to a second composter bin. Or is my mix of stuff wrong? And, this seems like a silly question, but when the compost is ready, how do I get it out, yet still keep the worms for the compost bin?