The Garden Patch
Vermiculture: Composting with Worms
If you don't have an outdoor compost area and want to compost your organic waste, try composting indoors. You can improve the health of your plants through this eco-friendly process.
Why send organic waste to landfills when you can compost? This is a sensible solution, but maybe you aren't able to compost outdoors or you live in an apartment. Try composting with worms indoors, which is known as vermiculture. "Vermicomposting has many advantages," said Susan Harrison, Master Gardener at Penn State Cooperative Extension-Bucks County. "You can compost all year—the decomposition process is non-stop and it's not dependent on the weather since it's done indoors. Your food scraps help create worm manure full of rich nutrients that can enrich your soil. You can eliminate the need for chemical fertilizers and reap the benefits of healthier plants and better tasting vegetables." For vermicomposting success you must use the …
