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Worms!
A worm bin is a container that houses worms who are in charge of
recycling food waste. The great thing about a worm bin is that it can
be housed indoors or outdoors! This means that you can leave it out in
the summer and bring it inside in the winter, or keep it in year-round
if you don't have a yard. The container must be well ventilated, allow
for drainage, and kept dark. It should be filled with moistened
bedding (a combination of leaf litter, newspaper, and dirt works well)
and red worms. As you add food waste, the worms and micro-organisms
convert it into compost!
 With the
aid of the CSA Learning Center at Angelic Organics, Burpee Museum
constructed a worm bin in July of 2004. Along with our
standard compost, this bin not only helps to manage Burpee's food
waste, but also serves as a valuable teaching tool for the
education department.
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the photo of our worm bin to see more! |
