Worms Eat My Garbage: How to Set Up and Maintain a Worm Composting System

For more than three decades, this best-selling guide to the practice of vermicomposting has taught people how to use worms to recycle food waste into nutrient-rich fertilizer for houseplants or gardens. Small-scale, self-contained worm bins can be kept indoors, in a basement, or even under the kitchen sink in an apartment -- making vermicomposting a great option for city dwellers and anyone who doesn't want or can't have an outdoor compost pile. The fully revised 35th anniversary edition features the original's same friendly tone, with up-to-date information on the entire process, from building or purchasing a bin (readily available at garden supply stores) to maintaining the worms and harvesting the finished compost.

Table of Contents:
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