I have 2 vermicompost bins. All of my non-greasy food waste (and since I don’t eat dairy that is most of it) as well as much of my paper waste, goes into the worm bins and becomes a fertilizer with a natural growth enhancer in it. This gets used to start vegetable seeds and fertilize the garden.
About once or twice a year I’ve got enough worms that I can pass them on to another person (sort of like Heifer International but the livestock are much smaller). The bins themselves are not purchased. One is the full-width vegetable drawer out of an old refrigerator and the other is a plastic file box that was no longer needed when I sorted out old papers. Each has holes drilled in them so the worms can breathe and they are kept in the bathroom because that is one of the warmer rooms in the trailer.
They do not smell bad, but occassionally smell like dirt after a rain. that is actually pleasant in the middle of winter.
I’ve been able to keep quite a bit out of the landfill, to enhance my food production, and to give back to my community. And occassionally I get to use a few worms for fishing.
This post was submitted by Jill.
Hi Evangelina,Considering my current blogs. I tend to make all arteilcs in personal and enjoyable to most people who likes gardening, fish keeping and having their own recycling program at home. This is not very technical as there are a lot of technical stuff on the internet already. Bottom line, share your passion.Benjie
Comment by Pedro — December 26, 2012 @ 3:27 pm