Worms Eat My Garbage: How to Set up and Maintain a Worm Composting System, Second Edition - Softcover

Mary Appelhof

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0942256107 ISBN 13: 9780942256109

Publisher: Flower Pr, 1997

Synopsis

The definitive guide to vermicomposting-a process using redworms to recycle food waste into nutrient-rich food for plants. Newly revised and updated, this 162 page manual provides complete illustrated instructions on setting up and maintaining small-scale worm composting systems. Topics include different bins, what kind of worms to use, sex life of a worm, preparing worm beddings, how to meet the needs of the worms, what kinds of foods to feed the worms, harvesting worms, and making potting soil from the vermicompost produced. A 63 page bibliography, 24 annotated references, a glossary,and comprehensive index make this a valuabe reference book as well as a practical manual.

About this title

About the Author:

Mary Appelhof, prepared by master's degrees in biology and education, has spent the past 25 years working with earthworms to develop a system for using redworms to process organic waste. As a leader in recycling and composting, she has received the National Recycling Coalition's "Composter of the Year" award and Renew America's special merit for the environmental success of her work.

Review:

"... people ... will thank [Appelhof] for showing us ... how we can eat better food by growing gardens with wormpower." -- Pete Seeger, folksinger, environmental activist

"You might say that Kalamazoo has become the epicenter of vermiculture (a fancy name for worm composting) ..." -- Anne Raver, The New York Times

"[This book] supplies everything you want to know about worm composting but didn't know where to ask." -- Green Living Magazine

About this edition

• Publisher: Flower Pr
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0942256107
• ISBN 13: 9780942256109
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 162