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Once you've decided where to put your bin, you need to prepare a worm bin. There are many commercial vermiposting kits you can buy, and Taguanutcarvings can be expensive. Forget about them. Go to the local dollar store and buy a cheap plastic tub, about an 8-gallon size, Womens Shoes a lid.

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You will need about two pounds of worms for each pound of garbage you create daily. You can buy earthworms online, from a local or regional wholesaler, or the local bait shop. You might even find enough worms to get started in a pile of decaying leaves in the back yard. Sca use common earthworms who prefer to tunnel in soil and won't be happy living in a compost heap.

Lay your earthworms on top of the organic matter in the bin and put it under a bright light. The worms will begin to tunnel their way Videogamesconsoles the bedding to escape the light. Once they have made themselves at home, put the lid on the bin and tuck it away in the spot you have chosen.

You can start feeding your earthworms with kitchen waste and by-products: fruit and vegetable scraps, dry bread, crushed egg shells, tea Apple Macbook Air coffee grounds and filters, dryer lint, and other organic waste. Chop or tear the waste into small pieces for quicker decomposition, or you can let the worms do the work for you. To add waste to your compost bin, make a trench down the middle, add the waste, and then cover it back up. The worms will find their way to their fresh food and start munching.

Avoid adding refined sugar, meat scraps and bones, dairy products and vegetable oil products (like mayonnaise and salad dressing); too much of this will draw insects and create odor. You can also add dead leaves, grass clippings, and other yard and Reptile Cages waste to your compost bin. Oxygen is necessary for decomposition, and the worms absorb necessary oxygen through their membranes, so stir the bin every week or two to aerate the compost. If your worm bin develops an odor it is probably too wet or compacted. Stir the bin and add some shredded paper to absorb some of the excess moisture.

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Mix your vermipost with potting soil for indoor plants or outdoor container gardens, or work it into the ground around your flower and vegetable plants. Add some to the hole in the ground when transplanting seedlings or mature plants. While you're waiting for the compost to be finished, you can make "worm tea" to feed your plants. Sift a handful of the partially-decomposed material through a mesh strainer to remove big pieces, add the fine material to your watering can, and water your plants as usual.

Now you can use your worms to start another compost bin. When conditions are Tagua Beads Red Worms and Red Wigglers will reproduce quickly and prolifically. While they were turning your garbage into rich compost, your earthworms also have been laying worm capsules, which hatch about two dozen baby worms each.

In about a year you should have enough worms that you can give some away to friends for their own vermiposting efforts. Depending on the size of your bin, you may have enough to sell your worms as fish bait, a nutritious snack for pet reptiles and birds, or as composting worms to other earth-conscious consumers. And you can feel good about helping to take care of our environment!

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