Tuesday, February 28, 2006

Worm Bin Composting|A Natural Choice

Worm Bin CompostingA natural choice

If you are a gardener you garden because you love it and you love the results...flavorful vegetables, beautiful flowers, a yard that is the envy of the neighborhood. Worm bin composting can help you achieve these goals faster and better with the added benefit of disposing of your organic waste in a timely and economical way. It's a natural choice for gardeners to make.

If you have never heard of worm bin composting and the resulting vermicompost, then now is the time to discover its secrets. When you go to Mother Earth's Farm you will lay claim to all the information you need to become a successful worm farmer.

Studies have shown that worm bin composting produces a product that will help build the quality of your soil not just give your plants a chemical shot in the arm. Worm bin composting replenishes the soil the way Nature intended. It is a simple miracle of nature that will bring great rewards to those who desire to learn the mystery behind worm bin composting.

Do it now. Learn about worm bin composting.

Make your gardening better.

Christy
Worm Bin Composting at Mother Earth's Farm

Monday, February 27, 2006

Worm Bin Composting Produces Superior Product Over Conventional Composting

Worm Bin Composting - Let's think about this a moment. Worm bin composting uses worms to do the composting. Therefore the temperatures in the bin must be able to sustain the life of the worm. These temperatures, ideally are between 68 and 72 degrees celsius. The worms can handle degrees below and above these temperatures but not without effecting the speed at which your worm bin composts. With temperatures reaching the extremes of freezing or 90 degrees celsius the worms will start to die. In a conventional compost bin the temperatures climb much higher than the ideal temperatures in your worm bin. These high temperatures kill everything, good and bad. Therefore, when comparing the two systems, worm bin composting and conventional composting, the bacterial life present in the worm bin composting system has a wider variety of beneficial organisms. This makes the product from your worm bin composting system a superior product, as it is the beneficial bacteria which is valuable when added to the soil as a soil amendment.

Some of you might worry about worm bin composting not reaching temperatures high enough to kill pathogens. Studies have shown the worm gut to be most astonishing.

  • Pathogens Removed Through Vermistabilization: "[Dan] Holcombe reported that tests performed on worm-worked material originating as bio-solids waste showed 'no detect' on such pathogens as E. coli and Salmonella as well as some enteric viruses. Not only is this report significant, but the process of vermistabilization (as Holcombe refers to it) means that vermicompost does not become inoculated with harmful airborne bacteria when exposed to unprocessed waste in close proximity." Casting Call, Vol. 1, No. 2 Casting Call is a bimonthly newsletter put out by Peter Bogdanov at Vermico.com. I highly recommend it to anyone who is interested in what is going on in the Vermiculture Industry.

So make yourself some better compost and start worm bin composting.


Happy Worming!
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Worm Bin Composting

Welcome to my Worm Bin Composting blog. Here you will learn about Worm Bin Composting and why Worm Bin Composting is something every gardener should be doing no matter what size garden you have.