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Composting is a great way to reduce methane and keep old food out of our landfills. The compost is great for fertilizing gardens, flowers or anything else you may be trying to grow. And if you don't want to grow anything, then just throw your compost under a bush or something, and you'll have done that bush and the world a favor.
A worm composter has two advantages over a conventional compost box. First, the compost produced by your worm box is superior to the compost produced in a conventional compost box. Second, vermicomposting has fewer odor problems. However, both types of composters will emit odors if your mix is off.
The big downside of worm composting is that something bad may happen and you could have a box of dead and rotting worms under your kitchen sink.
Dodo Films and the Environmentals recently made a funny video on how to build a worm bin. This is how they do it.
1. Find two like-plastic storage bins. One foot of surface area per pound of worms. One pound of worms is able to compost a ½ pound of food per day.
2. Poke holes in the sides and bottom of one of the bins.
3. Cover those holes with screen.
4. Put two bricks on their sides in the tub without holes.
5. Place the tube with holes on the bricks.
6. Obtain scrap paper. Use junk mail or newspaper.
7. Cut ½ to 1 inch strips of paper. You can use a sword if you want.
8. Dampen the paper. Not too wet.
9. Get worms. You can purchase them off the internet.
10. Redworms are a great type of worm, because you can fish with them as well. If your compost bin is good and healthy, your worms are going to breed like gangbusters. You'll have to remove some worms when the bin becomes overpopulated.
11. Add ½ lb of compost per pound of worms.
12. You are done.
13. If you experience any problems, check out Dodo Film's vermicomposting troubleshooting guide.
