A must read for anyone interested in becoming a "worm worker"! | Worms Eat My Garbage: How to Set Up and...

Very educational! | Worms Eat My Garbage: How to Set Up and Maintain a Worm Composting System | Mary Appelhof

books:


	• Worms Eat My Garbage: How to Set Up and Maintain a Worm Composting System Mary Appelhof Flower Press, 1997 - 162 pages average customer review:based on 33 reviews view larger image
	for more information click here

highly recommended

Great resource for people new to vermicomposting!

This is a great resource for people considering getting started in vermicomposting. I got this book and read it cover-to-cover about 3 times before recently setting up my worm bin. I also checked out several online sites and forums about vermicomposting before I got started.
This book is not overly long (~150 pages) nor complicated, and it covers all the basics very well. This is a great place to start your "worming" journey. But I would also recommend checking out the online forums where people tell about their own personal experiences and ask other vermicomposters for advice.

for more information click here

A must read for anyone interested in becoming a "worm worker"!

I had just begun composting my kitchen scraps with a worm bin and my worms were surviving, but I still had questions and not sure where to turn. Everyone had a different idea and I was uncertain as to the best things to do. Then I heard about "Worms Eat My Garbage" during a lecture on Earth Day this year, but the speaker wasn't sure the book was in print anymore. Amazon had it, of course! I ordered it, and I believe it is a must read for anyone wishing to do vermicomposting (worm composting). It is so informative and educational, very clear and directive, and funny. My worms are fat, sassy, and making bunches of little worms, and I have no concerns what-so-ever that I will be successful with this adventure. I am already recommending this book to my friends and I recommend it to you, too. Worm composting isn't the messy process I thought it was going to be, I keep mine indoors, and I have no smell at all.

for more information click here

Very educational!

What a wonderfully informative little book! We were very interested in vermicomposting, but also very intimidated...with two kids who ADORE worms, the last thing we wanted was to mess it up and end up with a bin full of dead ones! But this book answered all of our questions and made setting up our worm bin very easy!

The illustrations are especially helpful to me, as I am a visual learner. I like the conversational style in which it was written--I kind of felt like I was just chatting with the author.

This book has everything from setting up your bin to understanding worm anatomy and mating, to taking good care of your worms...after reading it we felt very comfortable ordering our worms online and diving into vermicomposting.

My stepkids LOVE our worm farm and they happily brag about it to everyone they know! We have scraps for the worms on a regular basis and the kids love seeing how quickly the worms eat everything. We keep ours in a closet indoors and have NEVER had any problems with odor or flies/pests. Whenever I go in that closet I smell a delightful "earthy" smell. Exactly what it should be!

If you're at all thinking about vermicomposting, this is the book for you!

for more information click here

Another arrow in my quiver

I was lucky enough to actually purchase my stock of redworms from Mary Applehoff. I was saddened to hear of her passing. 7 years after purchasing my worms from Mary, they (more likely their offspring)are still going strong and are busy contributing to my business and web site. After my compost is finished, I let my latest crop of worms loose in it and they turn really good compost into an amazing growing medium. No chemical fertilizers needed and they've probably kept several tons of garbage out of the local landfill.

Worms have been eating my garbage since 2003

This a must have book for vermicomposting. It covers and answers all the questions you might have as a beginner and keeps you going for a few years. I've been composting since 2003, and although I refer to the book less and less over the years, I used the heck out this book for the first 2 years. It almost covers everything (99%). If you can maintain a compost bin for more than 3 years, then you might need more specific info on the web, but otherwise, this is the book to have.

I highly recommend this book. I highly recommend letting worms eat your garbage.

for more information click here

The definitive guide to vermicomposting-a process using redworms to recycle food waste into nutrient-rich food for plants. Newly revised and updated, this 162 page manual provides complete illustrated instructions on setting up and maintaining small-scale worm composting systems. Topics include different bins, what kind of worms to use, sex life of a worm, preparing worm beddings, how to meet the needs of the worms, what kinds of foods to feed the worms, harvesting worms, and making potting soil from the vermicompost produced. A 63 page bibliography, 24 annotated references, a glossary,and comprehensive index make this a valuabe reference book as well as a practical manual.

for more information click here

reviews: page 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

hot