If you live in a country where the temperature does not fall below 32 degrees Celsius, you might consider taking advantage of the worms’ natural talents outdoors. You will need to build a special worm pit outdoors to do this worm composting outside, but it is not complicated. Read the rest of this entry »

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Let the worms do the work! And the best way to get the worm castings is to have your own bin for worms. On previous posts, I have discussed how to set up your bins, what type of bedding to use, where to get your redworms, and what to feed them. Today we will talk about best temperature for your redworms and how to harvest the castings. Read the rest of this entry »

When worm composting you will probably want to raise your own earthworms. In order to do so, you obviously need to know what kind of worms you should use and what kind of food you can give to these worms. In this part 2, I will discuss types of worms used and worm food . Read the rest of this entry »

Did you know that worm castings which you can harvest when you are worm composting (vermi-composting ) are the absolute best enriching material you can put in your soil around your plants? This past spring I have personally found out how superior to synthetic fertilizers such as RX15 and other liquid fertilizer even a trowel full of soil with worm castings in it can be. (Here’s more about my experience with composting worms and using the castings at
http://www.plantsandgardeningtips.com/worm-composting/worm-castings). Read the rest of this entry »

Although mulching is perhaps the slowest method of cold composting, it offers many benefits. It discourages weeds, protects soil from compacting or eroding, and keeps the roots of plants cool and moist in hot weather and insulated in the winter.

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What is Rotation Trenching?

Rotation trenching, often used by British gardeners, is a simple three-year rotation of crop, composting trench, and path. Instead of burying compost material in separate holes as done in postholing, rotation trenching involves digging a long pit (usually between rows in a garden) to do your cold composting via soil incorporation.

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What Is Soil Incorporation?

Cold Composting by soil incorporation is probably the simplest method of composting. Food and yard wastes are finely chopped, mixed with soil, and buried 200 cm (8 inches) or deeper in the earth.

Depending on soil temperature, bacterial activity, and the carbon content of the wastes, decomposition via soil incorporation, a method of cold composting, will take from one month to a year.

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