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Worms! Can ya dig?

spoon published on October 13, 2008 in Uncategorized. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , .

Hey everyone!

Say you wanted to compost your organic waste for a while, but you live in an apartment, or don’t have enough room for a traditional compost in your backyard. Well, with worm composting, now you can! The Can-O-Worms lets you have your very own composter right in your kitchen.



Please allow me to introduce to you some of my friends:


These little guys are the world’s best recyclers. Vermicomposting, simply put, is the process of composting using earthworms. It is very similar to regular composting, but with a few differences. Let’s take a minute to learn about these crazy crawlers, courtesy of Abundant Earth:

They can live for a long time (15 years or more!)
They have both male and female reproductive organs
They can be bred easily at home or school
They produce castings which have a neutral pH (around 7)
Their castings increase crop and pasture yields
They increase the level of essential microbial activity in the soil
They can consume their own body weight in food every day
They double in population every 2-3 months, in ideal conditions

Imagine eating your own body weight in food every day! Worms will eat just about any organic material (except meat), even the useless junk mail you receive. Not so useless anymore, eh? And the castings that your worms leave behind work as a great natural fertilizer!

The Can-O-Worms retails for around 120 bones. If you would like a cheaper, DIY alternative, try making your own!

Love,

Spoony

Things I Love: My Compost Bin

jackson published on December 6, 2007 in superforest journal. 1 Comment Tags: , , , , , , , , .

Good afternoon all,

In my backyard stands this little beauty. Silent, super-productive, and virtually odorless, the compost bin means that pounds and pounds of organic material doesn’t end up in a landfill. My upstairs neighbors and I are pretty religious about composting as much as we can, and in a year or two we’ll have wonderful mulch to add to planter boxes, sprinkle on gardens, or use to grow saplings.
Sturdy construction helps keep out critters.


Thar she blows!


apple cores, tea bags, used tissue, coffee grounds; all should be composted.


Carry the future compost outside.


It’s as easy as one!


Two!


Three! And done.

Since I started composting and recycling, I’ve noticed that all I ever throw out is non-recyclable plastic. Remind me again, why do we even make that? (When we could be using and composting this: corn plastic.)

If you’ve got a backyard, why not use a compost bin?

Here’s a link to the NYC Compost Project’s site: NY Compost

Or, if you’d like to build your own bin, which is both cheap and easy, here’s instructions on how: Build Your Own: Compost Bin

Compost! Prove you love America!

Love,

Jackson