Vermicomposting - 10 Reasons to Compost With Worms

By B Johnston
What Is Vermicomposting?

Vermes is Latin for worms and Vermicomposting composting with worms.

Why Start Composting With Worms?

Not everyone has the luxury of a huge garden where they can have a three stage composting system or regime. Worm composting is the way to go if you want to compost on a small scale and have enough compost for your borders, containers or to give away to friends, you can also get a nice supply of liquid feed for your houseplants for free!.

There are numerous reasons to start a wormery.

1. Reduce the amount of waste you send to the landfill site.

2. Save money on bin charges by reducing the amount of kitchen waste you put in the bin.

3. Free organic soil conditioner to add to your borders, beds, raised beds, seed rows and pots.

4. Free Liquid Feed for your houseplants.

5. It can be done indoors or outdoors.

6. It can be done all year round.

7. Its really easy to do.

8.Its real fun to do especially with the kids.

9. Recycling the organic waste allows us to return badly needed organic matter to the soil.

10. It gives you the satisfaction of doing some practical recycling at home and getting in touch with nature- Its a feel good thing!.

Children love to build a wormery, and it can be done on a budget with a spare plastic or wooden box as well as already assembled kits being available.

In summary worm composting is a clean, natural way to convert a lot of the organic waste from your home or yard into an extremely rich, ecologically beneficial product. If you have an apartment, garden or allotment, worm composting is an easy way to recycle your organic waste in to rich soil conditioner absolutely free.

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