Worm Farming is a fun, kid-friendly and cost-effective way to compost (almost) all organic matters that you produce on a daily basis at your home: food & veggie scraps, paper & cardboard, coffee grounds, lawn clippings, your pet’s hair and the list only goes on…
But how do you care for a worm farm? What exactly do they eat? How do I know if my worms are happy? What do I do once my worm bin is full? To answer all your questions and many more related to setting up and caring for a worm farm at home, we’ve created this comprehensive, fun and easy-to-understand online course. And the best? If you still have any questions after taking the online course, our founder Tatiana will answer them personally!
This is the only worm farming class you will ever need to take to set up and care for your very own worm farm
Why should you set up a worm farm in your kitchen (or your garden)?
There are many reasons to decide to set up a worm farm within your home!
- It does NOT smell bad and it does NOT attract any kind of insects/bugs!
- A worm farm is really easy to set up and needs almost no attention once it’s running!
- You can recycle (almost) all of your organic waste, not only food leftovers!
- You generate your own fertilizer and worm castings!
- It reduces the amount of waste you produce! #zerowaste
- It’s a fun way to get your kids interested in sustainability and biology!
No odors or insects
One of the main worries people have is that worm farms smell bad and/or will attract all kinds of bugs and insects. Don’t worry, a healthy worm farm will not smell at all and therefore do not attract any bugs or insects! In fact, many people have set up their worm bin… in their kitchen! If you would rather set up your worm bin in the garden, unless you live in a region with a very extreme weather, your worms will be very happy as well.
low maintenance
Worm farms, unless traditional compost piles, do not requiere any specific or extensive care. Sure, once in a while you will have to have a look to make sure everything is going fine, but your worm farm will thrive best when left alone. And don’t worry, you will NOT see the worms crawling on the surface of the worm bin as they only live underground… unless you want to take a peek at them!
recycling organic waste
Worm farms can process way more than just vegetables and fruits scraps… Basically anything organic can be thrown in the worm bin and will be eaten/transformed by the worms. Your pet’s hair, coffee grounds, paper & cardboard, dust from your vacuum cleaner, … If it’s organice, there is a 99.9% chance your worms will love eating it!
Produce your own fertilizer
Your worm farm will produce two end products: liquid fertilizer and a mineral- and nutrient-rich soil. Both of these end products can and should be harvested regularly from your worm bin in order to ensure its good functioning. You can then use the fertilizer as well as the soil with your potted plants and in your garden. On average, a plant fertilized with one of those two worm fertilizers grows three times as quickly!
kid-friendly activity
Kids love to help take care of the worm farm! Setting up and caring for a worm farm with your kids is a great way to get them interested in sustainability, nature, biology and many more related topics! Worms make for great mess-free pets that will delight your kids for hours. They can play with them in the worm bin and learn to take responsibility for living beings!
zero waste lifestyle
A worm farm allows you to considerably lower your amount of waste! Adopting a zero waste lifestyle is a journey and every step, no matter how small or insignificant it may feel, is a step in the right direction. Depending on your lifestyle (for example how much vegetables and fruits you eat or how much paper you use for writing on every week, …), you will be able reduce significantly the amount of garbage you throw away!
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