Home Scale Worm Farming with Eisenia fetida
Making a Small Indoor/Outdoor Worm Farm (the easiest way) How would you like some pets that will eat your waste and feed your plants, don't require walking or a babysitter when your away, are extremely quiet and will only ever deposit excrement in the right place. Sounds good...? then look no further then the humble earthworm. Unfortunately they are not so great to cuddle up with. Worm husbandry is a simple way of turning kitchen and garden waste into a great potting soil or soil amendment known as vermicompost for use in the garden or on your house plants. To name but a few benefits of vermicompost..... Microbial activity in vermicompost is 10 to 20 times higher than in the soil and organic matter that the worm ingests. This microbial activity ultimately provides mineral nutrients to plants. Improves water holding capacity of the soil Enhances seed germination, plant growth, and crop yield Improves root growth and structure It will also provide you with a regul...