Apartment Composting 101: Vermicompost with Barb Finnin
UPDATE:
We have modified this original design to a shallower, more airy worm bin. Check out our new design here, http://ryanishungry.com/2007/09/14/vermicomposting-born-again-worm-bin/ Cheers! Good Luck!
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Barb Finnin is part of the amazing Freshtopia team. She’s a certified master composter- her specialty is Vermicomposting with worms. We were super excited to learn that we could compost in our city apartment with a homemade worm bin even though we don’t have a yard. Throwing food scraps away in the garbage is not something either of us enjoys, so having a green alternative has been more than satisfying for our sustainability goals. After 4 weeks, our worms are happy and thriving.
Find out more about Vermicomposting and other forms of composting on Wikipedia. Visit Barb at Freshtopia.net.
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there are only two …
there are only two of us making ‘trash’. I was amazed at how much compost material we made just ourselves. I sure hope more people start composting and worm composting. It will be awesome how much space we can save in landfills.
Thank you for the …
Thank you for the response. I have shredded up my paper and added it to the compost. Lets hope they like it !!!!
Very nicely done.. …
Very nicely done.. lots of great advise… this is a great recycling activity
there are differing …
there are differing opinions on this. i have never had a problem with colored print paper and my worms.
I noticed you used …
I noticed you used newspaper that had color print. I thought that you should only use the black and white pages and not the color print. Is that true???
Oh, by the way, the …
Oh, by the way, the video is great. Thank you for posting it! Worms are little wonder workers!
i luv this vid more …
i luv this vid more than any of the others i’ve seen. it’s way more hands on and step by step and more detailed. and more understandable. thank you so much. im definately spreading the word about this and going to try to get anyone i know doing this.
thank you so much …
thank you so much for putting this up. As soon as I move out im so doing this!!
Future science …
Future science project for my 8th grade students. Thanks for the help Barb!
-Mr. T
Part of my …
Part of my preparations for peak oil and the looming economic depression has been to make a deck garden here at my condo(see my videos). I used powdered organic fertilizer to get things started but I think my next step is to begin composting. Making a worm bin seems like a very good solution.
Nice video and very …
Nice video and very informative. I will start soon!
This is really …
This is really great. But how do you harvest the castings?
Thanks for the great how-to.
Anyone know if …
Anyone know if there is an easy way to get red worms for free (or the cost of shipping)?
Thanks so much for …
Thanks so much for putting this up!
I’m going to start my worm bin in a few days, as soon as midterm exams begin.
I hail from S. Korea.
I’m going to tell all students about this.