Vermicomposting is a great way to make your own fertilizer for your garden and plants.  It's also good for the environment because  organic material is returned to the soil rather than buried in a landfill.

It's not rocket science, but there are a few important rules to follow if you're going to , number 1, not kill your worms and, number 2, make some great compost.

A variety of containers make satisfactory worm bins (make sure they are not soft plastic. They will leak out chemicals that retard worm growth and reproduction.)
Containers range from commercially available vermicomposting units to plastic totes you adapt yourself, or home-made wooden bins. Regardless of your choice, the container you use MUST provide aeration.

The bedding should be a "sea" for the worms, allowing them to burrow freely. The bedding should allow oxygen flow, be lightweight, retain moisture, be non-toxic, and be easily digested.
The following types of bedding are recommended:

• Loam/top soil 
• Organic peat moss 
• Leaf mold from composting piles 
• Shredded cardboard
• Shredded newspaper or computer paper

A good combination bedding is shredded newspaper or cardboard, loam and leaf mold.

Like oxygen, moisture in the red worm’s environment is very important. The worm’s surface membrane uses moisture to absorb the oxygen required for their metabolism. Too much moisture creates anaerobic conditions and too little moisture causes the worms to die from dehydration. The ideal moisture content of the bedding is 50-60%.

Provide for your worms what they prefer - cool, moist, low light conditions - and they will happily produce rich, organic fertilizer compost.

Well, the newly designed Earthworm Works website is up and running - all "responsive" and everything.  Should make you, Dear Reader, happier and, of course, dear Search Engine Spider. Since more and more folks are using mobile devices these days, we had to crawl into the 21st century.

Our other blog "Worm Farm Business" is still there.  You can refer to it for older posts about worm farming.  This on-site blog will start taking it's place, since it's more convenient for me - Dear Author.  

Feel free to post any comments, questions, or problems you may have concerning all things worm growing.  Check back from time to time for updates to this new blog.  You just may find some useful information that helps you keep your worms fat and sassy.