Worms Eat My Garbage - How to Set Up and Maintain a Worm Composting System

Worms Eat My Garbage - How to Set Up and Maintain a Worm Composting System by Mary Appelhof

Now kids (and adults) can learn about worms and recycling, while making the planet a better place to live!

Worms Eat My Garbage is the definitive guide to vermicomposting — a process using redworms to recycle food waste into nutrient-rich food for plants.

This book provides complete illustrated instructions on setting up and maintaining small-scale worm composting systems.

Internationally recognized, the author has worked with worms for nearly three decades. Topics include different bins, what kind of worms to use, sex life of a worm, preparing worm beddings, how to meet the needs of the worms, what kinds of foods to feed the worms, harvesting worms, and making potting soil from the vermicompost produced.

The glossary and a comprehensive index will make this book a useful guide and reference manual far beyond the first reading of the text.

This newly revised and updated version of Worms Eat My Garbage gives even more information on how to set up and maintain a worm composting system than the popular first edition which sold over 100,000 copies.

When done at home or in the classroom, vermicomposting is the only type of recycling routine in which used stuff (food waste) is processed on-site (eaten by worms). This processing results in a useful product (worm castings) which can be used on-site (in the garden) to nurture plants which can feed people. The excess food waste can again go back to worms. You can help solve solid waste problems and make a healthier planet by recycling your garbage with worms. This book tells you how.



Book Details:

• Number of Pages: 162
• Book Size: 5-1/2" x 8-1/2"
• Book Type: Paperback
• Recommended Ages: 8 through adult
• ISBN 10: 0977804518
• ISBN 13: 978-0977804511

We also have Worms Eat Our Garbage - Classroom Activities available for homeschool or classroom use.

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Kids will be thrilled to set up their own vermicomposting bins! This comprehensive book is entertaining and very informative.

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The Adventures of Herman — This website for children explains the history of worms, worm anatomy, what worms eat, why worms are so important, and much more. There is also an area for teacher resources and lesson plans.

Worm Watch — This website provides information, activities, and a virtual tour of a worm!

Discovery Channel Worm Facts — This website for kids has a video of the birth of a worm. You can also see a video of the worms heart beating, learn about worm anatomy and much more.