VERMICOMPOST
VERMICULTURE
EARTHWORMS
EARTHWORM
VERNICOMPOST
VERNICOMPOSTING RELATED TOPICS
ITEMS FOR VERNICOMPOST BINS
VERNICOMPOST LINKS
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SECTION 1
EARTHWORM
The reddish-gray-colored common earthworm, often called a night crawler
in the United States, is familiar to anyone with a fishing rod or a garden.
They are indigenous to Europe, but are now abundant in North America and
western Asia.
Earthworm
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/invertebrates/c/common-earthworm/
Earthworm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthworm
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SECTION 2
VERMICOMPOSTING
Vermicomposting uses earthworms to turn organic wastes into very high
quality compost. This is probably the best way of composting kitchen
wastes. Adding small amounts of wet kitchen scraps to a large compost
pile in the garden day by day can disrupt the decomposition process
so that the compost is never really done. But it works just fine with
vermicomposting.
Many gardeners use vermicomposting systems for all their garden and
kitchen wastes, many more use both types of composting, and thousands
of households without gardens use neat and unobtrusive worm boxes
indoors to compost their kitchen scraps (as well as newspapers and
cardboard boxes), reducing their garbage by up to a third and providing
their own organic soil for pot plants and container gardens on balconies
and roofs to grow their own healthy food.
Vermicomposting
journeytoforever.org/compost_worm.html
Vermicompost
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vermicompost
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SECTION 3
VERMICOMPOSTING
RELATED
TOPICS
Composting
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Composting
Fertilizer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fertilizer
Home composting
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_composting
Vermiponics, use of wormbin leachate in hydroponics
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vermiponics
Waste management
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waste_management
Drilosphere
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drilosphere
The Formation of Vegetable Mould through the Action of Worms
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Formation_of_Vegetable_Mould_through_the_Action_of_Worms
Soil life
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soil_life
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SECTION 4
ITEMS
FOR
VERNICOMPOST BINS
What Can I Compost in a Worm Bin?
What Shouldn’t I Compost in a Worm Bin?
Items you can compost with your worms:
Food scraps (including things like melon rinds, roots, stems,
leaves, cores, husks, seeds, skins, peels, etc.).
Egg shells (but not whole eggs), seaweed and rinsed seashells
(like oyster shells; not shrimp peels)
Old natural fiber clothing (old t-shirts, socks, boxers, etc)
Natural yarn, twine and string
Non-glossy paper products (cardboard boxes, newspapers, magazine
inserts, most junk mail, envelopes, etc)
Tea leaves and bags (remove the staple!); coffee grinds and filters
Dead plants, grass clippings, pine needles and leaves – just make
sure they have not been sprayed with pesticides
Natural non-treated wood and byproducts like wood ash, sawdust and
shavings (no coal ash)
Feathers and hair (human, cat, dog, etc.)
Dryer lint
Items you cannot compost in a worm bin:
Lemon, lime, orange or other citrus peels and juice (in excess this
will make the soil too acidic)
Onions and garlic (a good rule of thumb is if it makes you smell, it
makes your worm bin smell)
Meat, fats, grease, bones or oils (no butter, lard, stocks, soups, etc)
Plastics and plastic coated paper (like glossy magazines)
Stickers, including veggie stickers (remove stamps from envelopes)
Bread or yeast products (no crackers or cakes)
Salt, pepper and other spices
Milk, dairy or dairy products
Cat or dog feces
Diseased or infested plants
Treated wood products
Vermicomposting 101
https://foodprint.org/eating-sustainably/composting-and-food-waste/vermicomposting-101/?cid=114
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How Vermicomposting Works
https://home.howstuffworks.com/vermicomposting.htm
Multi-Layer Vermiculture Bin
https://www.instructables.com/id/Multi-Layer-Vermiculture-Bin/
How to Make a Worm Compost System
https://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Worm-Compost-System
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SECTION 5
VERNICOMPOST
VERNICOMPOSTING
EARTHWORMS
LINKS
ANATOMY OF WORMS
http://www.vermitech.com/worms.htm
COMMERCIAL WORM FARMING
http://www.organicagcentre.ca/DOCs/Vermiculture_FarmersManual
Earthworm Biodiversity
http://www.annelida.net/earthworm/
Earthworm Information
http://www.sarep.ucdavis.edu/worms/
Earthworms as pests and otherwise
http://digital.library.unt.edu/permalink/meta-dc-1514:1
Earthworm resources
http://pedozoologia.uw.hu
Home-scale worm bin for use inside the house
http://www.kompostherstellung.de/wurmbox-wurmfarm-fuer-unter-20e-selbst-bauen/
Home-scale worm bin for use outside in the garden
http://www.kompostherstellung.de/bauanleitung-fuer-eigene-wurmfarm-wurmkiste-v2/
How to Make a Worm Farm
http://opentutorial.com/index.php?title=Make_a_worm_farm
Infography about Earthworms
http://www.infography.com/content/370686832988.html
A multi-tiered worm farm
http://working-worms.com/content/view/40/62/
Segmented worms
http://www.biokids.umich.edu/critters/Annelida/
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A Step-by-Step Guide to Vermicomposting
https://www.motherearthnews.com/organic-gardening/guide-to-vermicomposting-zmaz83jazshe
Uncle Jim’s Worm Farm
https://unclejimswormfarm.com/
Unco Industries Inc Vermicomposting
https://www.vermiculture.com/welcome
Urban Worm Company
https://urbanwormcompany.com/
Vermicompost
http://cwmi.css.cornell.edu/vermicompost.htm
Vermicompost
https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/vermicompost
Vermicomposting - Composting with Worms
https://lancaster.unl.edu/pest/resources/vermicompost107.shtml
Vermicompost – Is It Really That Great?
https://www.gardenmyths.com/vermicompost-is-it-great/
Vermicomposting and Vermiculture
https://www.treehugger.com/green-food/vermicomposting-and-vermiculture-worms-bins-and-how-to-get-started.html
Vermiculture Composting
http://www.wormpoop.com/Composting/Composting.htm
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The Vermicomposting Forum
http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/verm/?16728
Worm Farming Secrets
http://www.wormfarmingsecrets.com/
WORMS FOR BAIT OR FISH FOOD
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/FA016
Worm for Kids
http://yucky.kids.discovery.com/noflash/worm/pg000102.html
WORM PESTS
http://www.happydranch.com/invertebrates.html
WORM SPECIES
https://www.vermitechnology.com/index.php?show_aux_page=11
Worm Watch Field guide to earthworms
http://www.naturewatch.ca/english/wormwatch/
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APPROPEDIA
SUSTAINABILITY
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
http://www.appropedia.org/
The Plant Encyclopedia
http://theplantencyclopedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
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