Vermicomposting with Red Wiggler WormsThis year 3 Kennedy had a vermicomposter in our classroom. We used it to compost some of our food waste following snack and lunch. When they closed the school, I decided to take the worms home to ensure that they could continue to be fed each week. I wanted to update the students on the status of our worm bin.
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Beginning the worm Bin
We began our worm bin in September. We started by shredding some newspaper and egg cartons to form the bedding for our worms. We added some water to our bedding in order to make it moist. Worms breath through their skin and require a damp environment.
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The next step was to add some food scraps and the worms. Initially we placed the vegetable/ food scraps in one corner of the worm bin and the worms in another. The worms were quick to find their food. The image above left shows the worm bin in action. You will notice the nice black worm castings. The worms have broken down the newspaper, egg cartons and vegetable scraps. I have added some vegetable peelings from home.
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Worm castingsWhen I brought the worm bin home, I thought that I should check and see how the worms did with all of our food scraps. As you can see, the newspaper, egg cartons and food scraps have turned into this nice compost which can be used in the garden. What I also found were a lot more worms in the bin. Enough to share! Vermicomposting is easy. If you are interested in trying it, send me an email and I will figure a way to get some worms, to you.
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