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3 Uses for Compost in your Garden and Yard

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Okay, so you’ve spent the fall and winter feeding organic materials to your compost bin, turning it when necessary, keeping a watch on your pH levels, making sure your red wiggler worms are multiplying and munching their way to making the nutrient-rich compost you expect at the end of the process, but now that it’s time to get your yard ready for the warmer months, what exactly can you do with all that compost? Green up that Grass Is your grass looking a little wan after the cold months? Not to worry – after you aerate your yard and lay down your organic weed killer, grab your wheelbarrow and fill her up with that dark compost and layer it over...

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5 Fascinating facts about Red Wigglers

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There are a lot of things that you might not know about when it comes to vermicomposting worms, particularly about red wiggler worms. Now, these slimy creatures aren’t just your typical compost critters. You’ll be surprised at how much strange yet fascinating things these worms can live by on, on a daily basis. Composting worms can still function without them having the usual body parts Compost worms are born without bearing any of the usual body parts, so it’s not just the red wiggler kind. Worms have no eyes, ears, lungs, nor any teeth for chewing. So you might be wondering as to how they function without these vital parts. Well, worms are able to adapt to their surroundings. They...

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Fall Composting / Ideas / Prepwork

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Fall is coming will come to a  swift end and preparation for winter will begin soon enough!. The squirrels are foraging, deer are nesting and composters are wondering how to keep their piles warm in the coming winter months. Composting is the easiest way to dispose of materials that most landfills no longer accept, while creating rich, nutrient-rich compost to use on your lawn and garden in the spring and summer months. (LEARN HOW TO WINTER-PREP YOUR GARDEN IN THE ARTICLE BELOW.) As you rake your leaves, pine needles and dried grasses, keep in mind that these materials are essential to maintain a consistent temperature in your compost pile. They build the “heat” that allows the breakdown process to continue...

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Tips for Worm Composting in the Fall with Red Wigglers

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All beatific visions, really, but exactly how do any of them apply to the gray-skied, brown grassed and hard-ground filled times of winter? Easy. It’s called preventative maintenance. During the winter, there are ways to maintain your green lifestyle so you can more readily walk through your lush lawn and pick from your organic veggie garden come spring. Here’s how: Keep Your Eye on the Prize When the winter cold gushes in leaving you indoors much more than out, more apt to be holding a cup of hot tea than your hoe or shovel, it’s still important to remember that your garden needs you to be green-minded. If you have never had a compost pile before, then there’s no time...

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Fall / Winter Composting

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Why Compost in the Cold during Fall or Winter? Thinking about green grass, hearty gardens and blue skies of spring can help ward off the winter blues. Remember your garden needs you now to be great in the spring. Give indoor composting a try. Turn down the heat, and try to reuse paper products. Start a car pool and reduce commute stress levels. Benefits of Sticking with Your Composting in a Cold Climate We’ve learned about the wonderful benefits that a compost pile can bring to our gardens, lawns and greenery, and while that’s fine and dandy when we can trip out to the bin in 60 degrees at dusk to maintain in, it’s a no brainer. However, it’s a...

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Fall Composting: Composting Autumn Leaves

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Some people may find scattered autumn leaves as something of a loaded chore; and they can be literally shedding everywhere. Other than exerting the extra effort to sweep or rake these off of your lawn, additional garbage is also accumulated inside your garbage bins. But there are now several ways to eliminating these leaves, and putting each piece into good use. Fall composting is one solution; and it can certainly help create something significant out of your precious, fallen leaves. The importance of leaf collection Composting leaves can help lawns from experiencing damages such as acquiring lawn diseases for one. It is a fact that when thick layers of whole leaves are left on the ground, your lawn will gradually...

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What to feed Composting Worms

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When you’re breeding earthworms, it’s not enough that you provide them a nice and comfortable bin to thrive in. You should also be able to provide the right food supply to them. So, what to feed red wigglers then, you might ask? Read on further below to know more. What to feed Red Wiggler worms When you’re raising red worms, it’s best that you feed them only what is good for their diet. There are certain organic wastes that they can eat, and also can’t eat. So, you really have to be very knowledgeable about what to feed them with. So feeding them, comes with a little bit of care and maintenance as well. Feeding composting worms is actually simple....

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Keep Worms Cool in the Hot Summer Months

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When the weather is hot, your vermicomposting system will heat up, too. Composting worms are living creatures who operate best in a specific temperature range. Let’s find out how you can keep them cool in the warm months of the year.Our hearty composting worms are designed to handle a range of temperatures. Below 57 degrees Fahrenheit is too cold -- worms slow down and run the risk of dying. We don’t know exactly the hottest temperatures they can endure, but we do know this: Too hot is not good."Not good" could mean they start to dry up and die. If a few expire, it’s not too big a deal. But you don’t want a bin full of unhappy and, eventually,...

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