What is Worm Compost?
To most, Worm Compost is a rhetorical statement, because when thinking about compost, worms are usually one of the fist things to come to mind. A worm does one thing in its whole existence, compost nutritious and valuable fertilizer that can be used in gardens to enrich the growth and development of tasty veggies. More specifically, worms eat the rot off of rotting organic materials, and in exchange, leave behind what we call worm castings. Worms have been eating organic waste for millions of years and returning nutrients back to the soil, they can breakdown pretty much any organic material, but they have their preferred kinds of food. When doing worm composting, regular earth worms can be somewhat ineffective due to the low concentration of soil. Usually the term Vermicomposting is used when using eisenis fetida or lumbricus rubellus, (red worms), as well as brown nose wigglers. These guys just love kitchen scraps. They can take nutrient rich fruits and vegetables and turn them into n
