DIY Vermiculture

Vermiculture is the art of growing earth worms. Maybe you have heard about humus, that is the best organic fertilizer in the world. Well, humus can be made in your own home, with little work on your part and without changing your life style.

If you are the average citizen, you create several pounds of organic trash every week. This organic material rots inside the trash bags, oozes foul liquids and makes getting out the garbage, at least, a rather unpleasant experience. No doubt anybody wants to take out the trash.

Anyway, all this garbage can turn into the best compost ever, if you have the right tools and knowledge. Not only will you convert a useless material into a great fertilizer; you will also help your community by reducing organic waste in the land fill or whatever waste disposal facility you use.

Vermiculture can be done without high expenses and just takes a little practice to get it right. Also, you will be breeding worms, which grow and multiply very fast. You can use them not only to process the garbage, but also to feed fish, frogs, and yourself, if you are into that kind of thing.

If you have ever thought about vermiculture, this is a great time to start. With pollution going up every year and out climate changing, every little thing counts. If you process your organic waster with vermiculture, you are doing your part to help the environment. Something we should start doing; if we like living here, that is.

Although there are a lot of ready to go vermiculture systems that you can get for a few bucks, making your own is easy and extremely cheap. There are several materials you can use, and some of them you can get for free.

Having a vermiculture system in your house will be a great investment, not only to feed your garden, but also to help save your planet.

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