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Top Ten Secrets – #1 Compost, How and Why

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-DuvERqT1g This guy rules.  He goes over a number of different methods to get started composting, but what I like is his first method discussed is simply digging a hole.  This is how I got started, and I still like to bury food scraps from time to time in a pit just for fun. He has great energy... I really like how he blasts store bought compost activators as a waste of time- they are.  They might work but they're definitely not worth it. Whether it's a hole in the ground, a bin or a tumbler, you can get started composting quite easily and start turning your waste into a valuable resource.  

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How do you Empty the Worm Inn? (video)

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDlgJdJPJc4 I've been getting a lot of email regarding how to empty the Worm Inn composting system: How do you get the castings out? How do you keep the worms from escaping? Do you have to screen through all the material you just put in? All questions with super simple answers. Since worms eat the material from the bottom up, they leave behind their precious castings. As you can see in the video, you simply open the drawstrings and take them out. If you find a worm, you've reached the end of your castings and you simply put the worm back in the top of the Worm Inn. There may be an odd piece of unprocessed material as you dig through the castings, but as with the worms, just put…

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