Click photo to enlarge Composting using worms is good for the
environment and your garden, but maybe not your manicure. Scott
Strazzante/Chicago Tribune Composting kitchen and garden waste
is great for the environment and for our plants, and composting
with worms has the added benefit that worms are pretty awesome
creatures. Master composter Linda Mizes calls them "our BFFs,"
and she likes worm composting so much that she has seven bins of
red wigglers in addition to her traditional composting piles.
Worms need consistent care, but not much of it. The fertilizer
they produce, known as worm castings, is rich in nutrients and
ready to use. Here are some of Mizes' best tips in starting and
maintaining your own worm farm. Set up Use Eisenia fetida (red
wigglers) worms. They are the most productive. A half-pound to a
pound is enough to start. The bedding for your worms can be
moistened, shredded newspaper, which provides a good source of
carbon and helps protect the worms. Put the bedding and worms in
an aerated b