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

by Mary Appelhof

It gives a very solid scientific introduction to the little critters, worms and answers most of your basic questions about worms. The focus of the book has to with vermiculture--the use of worms for developing super-rich compost material for organic gardens. Vermicompost is without a doubt the best composting material available for organic gardeners, and setting up your own vermicomposting bin is the best way to get yourself some of this richly organic fertilizer. Mary Appelhof provides is a practical and "user friendly" guide to recycling kitchen food waste, producing fertilizer for house and garden plants, growing worms to help populate your garden, and saving money, all through the process of a worm composting system.

An effective "how-to" guide covering everything from how to set up a worm bin, to what types of garbage are best for worm composting, to taking care of the worms, to effectively saving money while reaping the benefits of the process. It is easy-to-follow, thorough, and enthusiastically recommended reference for environmentalists and gardeners alike. The book details how to set up your own vermicompost bin, by making it yourself or purchasing a commercial bin. It also describes how some school systems have saved themselves bundles of money by having worms eat the schoolkids' lunch scraps rather than pay for commercial garbagemen to haul this valuable stuff away!

Additional Topics Discussed: bin types, worm species, reproduction, care and feeding of worms, harvesting, and how to make the finished product of potting soil. I most strongly recommend this book for anybody interested in either worms, vermicomposting or organic gardening. The book just makes sense. It's an excellant read!

About the Author
Mary Appelhof is recognized as an international authority and lecturer on small-scale vermicomposting. As owner of Flowerfield Enterprises and Flower Press, she has dedicated the past 20-plus years to research, development, and marketing of products related to the earthworm such as the Worm-a-way worm bin for which she holds both Canadian and USA patents. Mary has won many honors. She received a national Science Foundation grant, was an invited speaker at the Global Assembly of Women and the Environment, and received special merit recognition as one of Renew America's Environmental Success Stories. Mary also coordinated the international research conference, Workshop on the Role of Earthworms in the Stablization of Organic Residues and compiled its preceedings. An award-winning photographer, she holds master's degrees in education and biological sciences and taught high school biology.

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