How Do You Raise Healthy Compost Worms?
One simple way that gardeners today can help the environment, while at the same time lowering their gardening costs, is to create their own composting bins. After the initial start-up costs (such as obtaining an appropriate composting container and the required number of worms), maintaining the composting bin requires very little money and only a limited amount of effort. Maintaining healthy compost worms is the key to having a successful composting bin. Prepare a composting bin. Plastic storage containers are ideal to use when trying to maintain a healthy crop of composting worms. The container needs to measure one square foot per pound of food scrap to be used. Drill 12 1/4-inch holes in the bottom of the bin to allow excess water to drain as well as air to enter for the worms. Position the container so that it sits squarely on a raised platform, allowing air to move in and out of the composting bin. This will held to reduce any unwanted smells created by the composting bin. If desir
