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5 Great Worm Composting Videos

Worm composting is one of those activities that really benefits from a show and tell situation.  Pictures are great, and video can be even better.
So with that said, here are some of my favorite worm composting videos from around the web:
Worm Composting Mistakes

Yes, new worms are very prone to escape.  And no, they won’t breed [...]

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Do I have Perionyx excavatus in my Worm Bin?

Or Blue Worm vs. Red Wiggler Worm
Perionyx excavatus, or the blue worm, exist within many red wiggler worm (E. fetida) populations.
P. excavatus is a tropical species and I haven’t been able to find out where it comes from natively.  Perhaps Asia?
A key difference between P. excavatus and E. fetida is that P. excavatus cannot tolerate [...]

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Shazam! 100 Ways to Make Money With Composting Worms

We’re all thinking it. Me included. Isn’t there some way I can make money with these beautiful creatures, these composting worms? Gosh, I mean if there’s money to be made off bottling water, then surely there’s a way to make money with these little work horses who so eagerly gobble up garbage [...]

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Weird Worm Behavior

Today I’d like to tell you a strange tale of weird worm behavior.  A tale of balls of worms, and worm escape.
I recently taught a class at Milberger’s Nursery.  I separated out individual cartons of worms for all the students the night before.
I put the cartons in a large, plastic bin, and put that bin [...]

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Composting Worms
Frequently Asked Questions

Can I put composting worms in my garden?
No.  Red wiggler worms (Eisenia fetida) are not a soil worm.  They are epigeic, meaning they live on top of the soil.  They are specialists in breaking down rotting organic matter.  Composting worms can be added directly to the garden using a worm trench or a worm tower.
Can [...]

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Worm Composting is Not Hot Composting

Worm composting is not hot composting.  Temperatures above 85 – 90 degrees F are too hot for red wiggler worms to survive.
Composting worms can be added to a compost pile or bin, but add them after the compost has cooled off to near ambient air temperatures.  A good use of composting worms is as compost [...]

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Let Your Worm Flag Fly

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What Type of Composting Worm Do I Need?

What type of worms do I need for composting?  A common question.
I, myself, raised only the red wiggler worms.  It’s kind of a case of if it’s not broke, don’t fix it.  The red wiggler has done fantastically well for me so I haven’t had much drive to try any other kind of worm.
With that [...]

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Worms at Sea, in Tea, and With Your Coffee

Composting worms, being the adaptable creatures that they are, hold the possibility of a food production revolution for us humans here are just a few of the more unusual places you might find composting worms.
Composting Worms at Sea
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has a ship way out in the Pacific Ocean that collects information [...]

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Benefits of Worm Composting

Here’s a fun cartoon I drew to illustrate the benefits of worm composting.  Worm composting reduces waste going to landfill and turns it into black gold.  Although attempts are made to capture methane gas from landfills, the fact of the matter is that most of it escapes.  Methane gas is a greenhouse gas 20 times [...]

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