Worm Factory - The ultimate home composting system
Posted: Friday, August 01, 2008
by Kent Shellady
Songbird Garden
Worm composting, also known as "Vermiculture", is an incredibly efficient way to convert kitchen scraps such as newspaper, junk mail, vegetables, fruits, egg shells, coffee grounds, paper and cardboard into nutrient-rich compost for your garden. Most 'Master Gardeners' consider worm castings to be the very best compost available. Your plants will thrive with this all-natural compost. Sorting out the undigested scraps can be a messy, inconvenient chore with ordinary worm composters. The Worm Factory's unique stackable, multi-tray design makes it the most efficient composter around. Worms begin eating waste in the lowest tray, and then migrate upward as food sources in that tray are exhausted. By allowing worms to migrate upward, the worms separate themselves from the finished compost that is ready for the garden.
Besides the worm castings that are produced through this process, the Worm Factory also produces a second type of compost. As waste is broken down, moisture filters through your composter, dragging nutrient-rich particles with it. This liquid fertilizer, know as "worm tea" is gathered in the special collection tray of the Worm Factory and can easily drained from the spigot.
How does the Worm Factory work?
The Worm Factory automatically separates worms from finished compost. The Worm Factory is easy to set up and easy to use. Place bedding and scraps in the bottom tray then add your worms. Place the lid inside the top tray to provide light cover with proper ventilation. As the worms finish digesting, they will migrate upward into the tray above, leaving rich castings behind. The concentrated liquid created from the worm castings, also known as worm tea, can be effortlessly drained as liquid fertilizer from the spigot at the bottom of The Worm Factory. It couldn't be easier or cleaner. The lid also provides proper ventilation so there are no unpleasant odors. Because it's clean, mess free, and odor free, composting with The Worm Factory makes it possible to be placed indoors or outdoors for home owners and apartment dwellers alike. In full operation, the Worm Factory houses 10,000 to 12,000 worms, consumes 5 to 8 pounds of food a week, allowing you to harvest a full tray of nutrient rich castings every month.
Benefits of composting with the Worm Factory
Saves Space: It's compact square design gives the Worm Factory the smallest footprint of all worm composters. The Worm Factory's tray stacking system allows it to hold the largest capacity of compost in the smallest amount lof space, making it the perfect composter for anyone with space limitations.
Easy to Manage: The Worm Factory is simple to operate. When full, each tray weighs only 12.5 pounds, making lifting and arranging trays effortless. The included 16-page instruction manual makes setup fast and easy and gives tips on how best to manage your Worm Factory composter year-round.
Odorless: When managed correctly, the Worm Factory is virtually odorless, making it the perfect composter for apartments, kitchens, garages, porches and more.
Saves Time: The Worm Factory does the work for you! Instead of spending time turning piles of compost yourself and removing worms by hand, the multi-tray system separates the worms from the compost so you don't have to. Also, because the worms continually eat through the waste in the stacked trays, compost is produced at a faster rate than traditional methods of composting.
Produces the Best Compost: The best compost for your garden is all-natural, nutrient-rich compost produced by worms. The Worm Factory creates the high-quality compost that will help your garden thrive.
Kent Shellady is Co-owner of SongbirdGarden.com. Kent is an avid birding enthusiast, master gardener, and all around nature lover. You can learn more about the popular Worm Factory Home Composting System by visiting their web store.
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Top-level comments on this article: (1 total)Great article. Well written and very informative
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