Credit: Joel Day
Ready for their close up
Vermiculture has come to Harvard. The FAS Green Program helped set up two worm composting bins at FAS this year – one in our offices and one at a daycare.
Why?
Worm composting is fun, easy, and great for locations like offices where a backyard bin or large-scale pick up is not feasible or too expensive.
How?
- Create a bin- we use dark 18 gallon plastic storage bins that can be purchased for less than $10. Drill holes to give the worms air.
- Get worms- get some from a friend or you can order them online (we got ours from the Cape Cod Worm Farm- $26 for a pound- which is a lot more worms than you imagine!)
- Make some bedding–we shredded newspaper and cardboard and wet it and wrung it out (like a wet sponge).
- Feed the worms- the worms like a lot of food- including most fruit, veggies, bread, etc.
- Caring for the worms- worms are low maintenance and can be left for awhile without new food (they can eat their bedding, so you can leave them while you're on vacation with no problems). The only thing you need to do is add new bedding as needed and keep the bedding moist.
Contact us if you are from FAS and want help setting up a bin or want to see ours (energy@fas.harvard.edu).
Vermiculture has come to Harvard. The FAS Green Program has helped set up two worm composting bins at FAS this year.