What Is Vermicomposting

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Epic Gardening

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🗓️ 16 May 2022

⏱️ 9 minutes

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0:00.0	If you are wondering about vermicomposting or composting using worms then we've got the
0:19.4	guide for you on the podcast today.
0:20.8	We have Steve Churchill who is the founder of the Urban Worm Company and actually the
0:24.9	maker of our favorite worm composting system, the Urban Worm Back.
0:29.8	Steve, you've been on the podcast before, it's great to have you back, it's been a while.
0:34.4	It has.
0:35.4	Thanks for having me back, Kevin.
0:36.4	I really appreciate it.
0:37.4	Yeah, of course.
0:38.4	Of course.
0:39.4	I know a lot has changed, but one thing that may not have changed too much was the actual
0:43.1	practice of vermicomposting.
0:46.0	For those who don't know what it is, do you want to just give it a quick primer?
0:49.9	Yeah, vermicomposting in a nutshell is just the consumption and decomposition of organic
0:55.9	waste.
0:56.9	It's done with an ecosystem of microbes, mainly bacteria and earthworms.
1:03.7	What this ends up creating is a very stable material called humus or worm castings which
1:13.8	is an excellent soil amendment.
1:16.5	Microbes and worms are consuming organic waste at the same time.
1:22.2	The worms are eating the microbes.
1:24.3	What's happening is they are also, the microbes are multiplying and the worms gut.
1:29.4	The worm poops out their castings which are coated in this bacteria and which actually
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