How To Build A Vermicompost For The Home

Once you get your worms, be sure to have the appropriate bedding in the worm bin before you place them in, which can comprise of some potting soil and wet, shredded newspaper or brown paper bag bedding. Begin adding a little bit of organic waste to the bin and spray the bin with filtered water to keep moist, as necessary.

If your worms are productive, you can have good soil in around 6 weeks time. When your bottom bin is getting pretty full, add a new bin on top. That screen of the empty bin should be resting on the filled bin. Add a little more soil and moist bedding and then sprinkle in some more food. Close the lid. The worms should move from the bottom bin towards the top, as they begin to eat. Once you feel as if most if not all of the worms are in the top bin, you can remove the bottom bin and collect your soil. There may be some worms left in the base, so you can pick them out and add them to the new bin in order to process the compost.