Hi everybody, it's Joe Lample, the Joe Behind Joe Gardener, and welcome to the Joe Gardener

show.

Today we're talking about vermicomposting, and this time it's the verb versus the noun

vermicompost.

That was the main focus of our discussion last week.

For many of you, vermicompost and vermicomposting are very familiar to you, but if you're anything

like me, I still like to read books and listen to podcasts and go to lectures on topics

that I'm already very familiar with, but because like all things in gardening, no matter

how much you know, there's always more to learn, as I am often fond of saying, and that

is certainly the case with vermicompost, the noun, and the verb.

So my point is, hopefully in last week's episode, our returning guest for this week, Rhonda

Sherman, got us all better acquainted with vermicompost because it's such a powerful ally

in and around anything growing in your garden.

You can buy it or you can make it by having your own worms doing the work for you, which

leads me to today's topic with Rhonda on the verb vermicomposting and how to set up your

own bin or bins and the do's and don'ts of having a healthy, productive system, and who

better to lead that discussion than with the author of the worm farmer's handbook, right?

So that's what we're talking about today, now that you know more about the power of vermicompost

or vermicast, as we frequently refer to it, the same thing, setting up your own system

at home can really enhance your growing environment, but whether you make it or you buy it, vermicompost

is an exceptional soil amendment to your garden, especially around your edibles.

And in case you missed last week's episode, be sure to have a listen to that, either ahead

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