Mary Appelhof, Joanne Olszewski

Worms Eat My Garbage, 35th Anniversary Edition (eBook, ePUB)

How to Set Up and Maintain a Worm Composting System: Compost Food Waste, Produce Fertilizer for Houseplants and Garden, and Educate Your Kids and Family

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This best-selling guide to the practice of vermicomposting teaches 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. This fully revised edition features the original's same friendly tone, with up-to-date information on the entire process, including:

• Building or purchasing a bin (readily available at garden supply stores)
• How to feed and maintain the worms
• Harvesting the finished compost

You'll find annotated references to related readings, a glossary of terms for quick look-up, and a sample record sheet to keep track of your setup. Start vermicomposting today and watch the worms get to work!

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Storey Publishing, LLC
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Dezember 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781612129488
• Artikelnr.: 48679176

Autorenporträt

Worms Eat My Garbage was originally written by Mary Appelhof (1936-2005), an international authority and lecturer on small-scale vermicomposting whose honors included a National Science Foundation grant and the National Recycling Coalition's Recycler of the Year. Joanne Olszewski, a close friend of Appelhof's, has updated the book for the 35th Anniversary Edition. Olszewski is a fellow vermi-enthusiast and the owner of Wormwoman Inc., which manufactures and sells the Worm-A-Way worm bin. She lives in Arkansas.

Inhaltsangabe

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