Vermicomposting

Vermicomposting provides an excellent alternative to a backyard bin. Use them in your home, office, classroom, or wherever you like.

• Vermicomposting fact sheet (how-to)
• Read a profile of a vermicomposter
• IKEA takes on Vermicomposting
• Commercial Composters Put to the Test - The Worm Factory

Bees have their swarm; now worms have their squirm. 'Squirm of Worms' joins Gaggle of Geese, Pod of Whales, and Pride of Lions as a collective noun. Avid worm composters have been struggling with a way to refer to the increasing herds that transform kitchen food scraps into compost. This uncertainty has lead finally to the obvious selection of 'Squirm'. The wiggly decision was made official during the May, International Composting Symposium.

(Source: WasteWatch, June 2002)

In related news, Mary Applehof, long time guru of composting with worms, has launched a new, free e-newsletter on her website. You can subscribe here.

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