The Green Gardener: Vermiculture for Beginners (Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?)

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Welcome to everything I know about worms and composting (not much!). Feel free to correct or add to this info!

• The care and management of composting worms is called "Vermiculture"
• Red Wigglers are supposed to be good compost makers.
• A 1/2 pound of Red Wigglers = about 500 worms
• Those 500 worms will eat about 1/4 pound of green waste per day, or 1/2 their weight
• Worm poop is called "castings"
• Worms can be housed in something fancy, but a plastic tub and a lid will also do.
• Worms can tolerate temperature extremes for short periods, but do best between 60 - 80 degrees.
• Here's a link to the red wiggler farmer I met at a Sacramento plant sale, VermiDragon Farm . They deliver in the Sacramento area, but can also ship those wormies to you!

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