Tag: Vermicomposting
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Compost & Grow Food Indoors With "Parasite Farm" By Charlotte Dieckmann & Nils Ferber
Indoor composting can seem like a daunting proposition if you're an apartment dweller who's short on space and time. Plus, with so many indoor systems out there, which one is the right one and how would it fit efficiently
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Make a Cheap Worm Bin from Buckets (Video)
I'm always looking for cheap composting and vermicomposting projects. Pre-made vermicomposting bins or systems can be pricey. I've made worm bins from plastic storage bins,
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Composting As Animal Husbandry - Moving Way Beyond Recycling
I was observing the heat rising from my compost heap this morning, the one inspired by my review of Gene Logsdon's guide to managing manure, when I was struck by a particular insight—what I was actually witnessing was
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Here's How Worm Compost Fights Plant Disease (Video)
I seem to be on somewhat of a worm compost kick of late. I've written about worm composting becoming big business, and I followed this up with a look at how worm compost can help suppress plant diseases. When I wrote
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Worm Compost Suppresses Plant Diseases
We all know that composting is a great way to reduce waste, and vermicomposting can be a particularly effective method on the household level. When I wrote about worm composting becoming big business, there was also a lot of
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Worm Composting Becomes Big Business
A few weeks ago we caught a behind-the-scenes glimpse at an industrial composting operation. But it's not just regular composting that's going mainstream. Vermicomposting, or worm
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From the Forums: Invasion of the Earthworms!
wildlifer is concerned: Do earthworms belong in America? Maybe not...
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Adult Diapers Clog Landfills, Too
Adult diapers, or incontinence pads as they are otherwise known, amounted to less than one percent of total landfill waste just two decades ago. Today, that number is closer to 7% and climbing. These pads are typically
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New NatureMill XE Series of Automatic Composters
Image: NatureMill Mounding kitchen scraps in the backyard is all well and good, but we've got nothing against letting technology speed up nature's progress. NatureMill first blipped on our radar back in 2005, and has been steadily improving its automated
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The Week in Pictures: Terrific TreeHouses, BPA Makes Girls Mean, Blogger 9 Years No Money, and More (Slideshow)
From the news that a 48 year-old blogger has gone 9 years without spending money to the latest study that reveals if peak oil is now or in 2030, we're still woefully unprepared, a lot happened this week in green. A Canadian study shows air pollution
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Recycled Freitag Bags Become Compost Art During Vienna Design Week
Image: Walking Chair Gallery Freitag bags are a modern eco classic. Swiss brothers Markus and Daniel Freitag make their slick bags, wallets, iPhone cases, and other accessories from discarded tarps, the type used by long-distance freight trucks in
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The Week in Pictures: Green Male Models, Brad Pitt's Building Revolution, Vermicomposting, and More
From the news that soot from cremated human bodies has been falling on homes in Ottawa, Canada to scientists solving wind power's bat-killing problem, a lot happened this week in green. I headed over to Go Green Expo's Eco-Luxe event -- a showcase of
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Readers' Composting and Vermicomposting Systems (Slideshow)
If worms make you queasy steer clear -- readers sent in photos of their composting and vermicomposting systems, from countertop compost holders -- ice buckets -- found at thrift
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Readers, Send Us Photos of Your Indoor Composting Bin or System!
Is the throne of your home a composting toilet? Did you invest in NatureMill's hot composter and divert pounds of meat, dairy, and fish from the landfill? Do you name the
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Do It Yourself Father's Day Gifts by MAKE Zine
You may feel the pressure, know that it's getting down to the wire to get that perfect Father's Day gift and get it sent, or maybe you didn't even realize that this sunday is Father's Day. Not to worry, the gang over at
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Green Geek Opportunity: Intel, ASUS Open Community for User-Created Dream PCs
Ever wish you could to tell a computer company exactly what a "dream computer" is supposed to be like? Well here is your opportunity, thanks to Intel and ASUS - both of whom have had greener computers on the brain for awhile now.
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The Year Ahead With Alexandra Zissu
Who: Alexandra Zissu, journalist, co-author of The Complete Organic Pregnancy, Kids' Editor at New York magazine, and "Ask An Organic Mom"
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University Administrator Falls in Love With Worms!
Red wigglers of course Pictured here with a smaller batch of the wrigglers, she's already known as the "compost queen" of Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. Now Andilee Warner is taking that title a bit farther than most by proposing to
