Getting Started with Vermicomposting

-written by Ecodeaf contributer, Anthony Brucato

Here at the Plankton Cooperative House, a planktonite started the vermicomposting project last fall. He built a homemade worm house and placed it in the kitchen. Then he adopted red wriggler worms to live inside the worm house and eat our food scraps. We the planktonites experienced successes in our vermicomposting project with only one common problem. We became tired of fruit flies hanging out in our kitchen. We moved the worm house to the basement. So far, red wiggler worms are doing fine and the good news is we have not seen fruit flies hanging out in the basement yet. We think it is warm enough in the basement for red wiggler worms, but not for fruit flies. A friend of the house, who is also a vermicomposter, told us to try planting pumpkin or cantaloupe seeds inside the worm house to grow a melon forest for the worms which is mystical and magical to see. We have not tried it yet but that is something we would like to do soon. We think our worm house is too small to keep up with our food scraps. It is a lot of food scraps from eleven planktonites for the worms, so we will eventually build a bigger worm house in the spring or early summer. It is really nice to have red wriggler worms living with us.

Although it is important to know what to do and how to feed red wiggler worms before vermicomposting, it is easy and fun to do. Give it a try. :)

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