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Vermicomposting ‘Humanure’

I came across an excellent article yesterday evening called Humanure Composting. It not only covers the author’s own personal experimentation in this area (which believe it or not, makes for intriguing reading), but it also offers insightful commentary on … >> READ MORE <<

Written by Compost Guy on May 2nd, 2008 with 4 comments.
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Worm Composting Horror Story!

Thanks to Al for passing this one along! Pretty hilarious (and a little creepy).
Nuff said.

P.S. Don’t let this scare you away from trying out worm composting!
😆

[tags]worm composting, red worms, red wigglers, worm bin, vermicomposting, horror stories[/tags]… >> READ MORE <<

Written by Compost Guy on January 25th, 2008 with 1 comment.
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Fun With Worm Compost!

Worm Power Organic Worm Castings

I wrote about this on the Red Worm Composting blog this morning, but figured it wouldn’t hurt to make mention of it over here as well.

This morning I was pleasantly surprised when a delivery person rang the doorbell, with … >> READ MORE <<

Written by Compost Guy on January 10th, 2008 with no comments.
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Vermicomposting vs Bokashi

Vermicomposting or Bokashi? You decide!

I received an interesting e-mail query from a reader yesterday and it has inspired me to write a post comparing worm composting with bokashi. You may recall that I’ve previously written about ‘Hot Composting vs Vermicomposting‘, so it … >> READ MORE <<

Written by Compost Guy on January 8th, 2008 with 18 comments.
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Composting Toilets Don’t Traumatize Worms!

The verdict is in!! 🙂

I came across a funny article (relating to composting) last night and of course couldn’t resist writing about it here on the blog. The article appeared in the Sunday Star Times (link to follow) back … >> READ MORE <<

Written by Compost Guy on December 28th, 2007 with 2 comments.
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Growing Power – Urban Sustainable Farming

     

Needless to say, whenever I read about someone using both vermicomposting and aquaponics as part of a larger integrated system, I get pretty excited!! Growing Power is an organization doing exactly that.

This non-profit organization, based in Milwaukee (with … >> READ MORE <<

Written by Compost Guy on December 12th, 2007 with 1 comment.
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Hot Composting vs Vermicomposting

What’s the difference and which one is better?

As I mentioned in a recent article, I tend to lump hot (thermophilic) composting, vermicomposting, and (small-scale) ‘backyard’ composting together under the general term ‘composting’ (even though it is a term … >> READ MORE <<

Written by Compost Guy on September 28th, 2007 with 5 comments.
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I’ve Got Worms!

Welcome to the first official post here on the Compost Guy Blog!

I wasn’t sure how I was going to kick things off. I tend to think about these sorts of things way too much, and and this was certainly … >> READ MORE <<

Written by Compost Guy on September 1st, 2007 with no comments.
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