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

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


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


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


Book Description
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 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.


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