Worms Eat My Garbage, 35th Anniversary Edition

Let Worms Do the Work

Don' t let your food waste go to waste! With a little help from a family of worms, you can turn all your kitchen scraps and leftovers into rich, valuable vermicompost for your garden and houseplants.

Keeping a self-contained worm bin and harvesting the compost your worms produce is clean, easy, and productive with this classic guide, fully updated.

Foreword by Amy Stewart
Preface
The Worm Composter Checklist
1  It Starts with a Worm
2  Getting Started
3  Choosing the Right Worm Bin
4  Choosing the Right Bedding Material
5  Using the Right Kind of Worms
6  Acquiring Your Worms
7  Setting Up Your Worm Bin
8  What Can Your Worms Eat?
9  Taking Care of Your Worms
10  Frequently Asked Questions
11  Other Critters and Pests
12  How to Use Your Vermicompost
13  Treating Waste as a Resource
Appendix A: Record Sheet
Appendix B: Annotated References
Metric Conversions
Appendix C: How Many Worms in an Acre or a Hectare?
Glossary
Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Resources
Index