Worm Composting

pH plays an important role in many things in life from milk, brewing beer to gardening and swimming pools. The pH scale is actually the measurement of hydrogen ions concentration.

For your worm bin the ideal pH level is 6.5 and can vary slightly, more towards the neutral zone of 7.

I have received numerous emails where folks have had worms trying to escape from their worm bins, first thing is to check a few things such as temperature, pH and moisture levels of your worm bin.

Many people have asked me how to keep their worm bin warm during the winter months which are setup in their garage or basement. So I finally purchased all the material to build a homemade worm bin heating system which can easily be built within an hour or so.
I set this up with an air [...]

To get the answer we need a basic understanding of how composting actually works.

Composting is actually trying to stabilize unstable organic matter and storing the nutrients for immediate or future use.

Worm composting begins with a worm bin, a friendly environment for your worms to live in. Getting started is easy and inexpensive using the worm bin plan here.