Facts to Know about Worm Farms
May 5th, 2009 | by admin |Vermicomposting is an up and coming recycling and compost idea with a little help from creepy crawly earthworms. Worm farms can help you minimize the amount of items you send to the landfill, thus helping our environment. Worms for vermicomposting are usually sold by the pound and an average of 4,000 worms consists in each pound! Studies have found that a farm of worms can eat about a half a pound of organic recyclable material in as little as 24 hours! This material consists of vegetable waste, cardboard, newspaper, eggshells and coffee grinds. These little worms are amazing! Vermicomposting is very affordable. A starter kit usually starts around $50 with additional worms on top of what is in the original kit is usually around $20 or so.
