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Worms eat my garbage : how to set up and maintain a worm composting system / by Mary Appelhof and Joanne Olszewski.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: North Adams, MA : Storey Publishing, [2017]Edition: 35th anniversary editionDescription: vii, 183 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781612129471
  • 1612129471
Subject(s):
Contents:
It starts with a worm -- Getting started -- Choosing the right worm bin -- Choosing the right bedding material -- Using the right kinds of worms -- Acquiring your worms -- Setting up your worm bin -- What can your worms eat? -- Taking care of your worms -- Frequently asked questions -- Other critters and pests -- How to use your vermicompost -- Treating waste as a resource.
Summary: Don't let your food waste go to waste! With a little help from a family of worms, you can turn all your kitchen scraps and leftovers into rich, valuable vermicompost for your garden and houseplants. Keeping a self-contained worm bin and harvesting the compost your worms produce is clean, easy, and productive with this classic guide, fully updated. --cover.
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Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 639.75 A646 Available 33111009718012
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

For more than three decades, this best-selling guide to the practice of vermicomposting has taught people how to use worms to recycle food waste into nutrient-rich fertilizer for houseplants or gardens. Small-scale, self-contained worm bins can be kept indoors, in a basement, or even under the kitchen sink in an apartment -- making vermicomposting a great option for city dwellers and anyone who doesn't want or can't have an outdoor compost pile. The fully revised 35th anniversary edition features the original's same friendly tone, with up-to-date information on the entire process, from building or purchasing a bin (readily available at garden supply stores) to maintaining the worms and harvesting the finished compost.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 166-174) and index.

It starts with a worm -- Getting started -- Choosing the right worm bin -- Choosing the right bedding material -- Using the right kinds of worms -- Acquiring your worms -- Setting up your worm bin -- What can your worms eat? -- Taking care of your worms -- Frequently asked questions -- Other critters and pests -- How to use your vermicompost -- Treating waste as a resource.

Don't let your food waste go to waste! With a little help from a family of worms, you can turn all your kitchen scraps and leftovers into rich, valuable vermicompost for your garden and houseplants. Keeping a self-contained worm bin and harvesting the compost your worms produce is clean, easy, and productive with this classic guide, fully updated. --cover.

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