Composting With A PVC Worm Tube

“I was sitting out on the deck one day and noticed my neighbor, Erin, bringing food scraps to a long pipe in her backyard.

I knew it had to be composting, but I hadn’t seen it done in a tube before. Erin is a college student majoring in Environmental Studies, so I knew she’d have awesome insight into composting. I picked her brain for the infos.

The process is called “Worm Tube Composting,” a kind of vermicomposting.

Here is what Erin had to say:

I wanted to start a compost, but the traditional techniques seemed very involved. I wanted something simple, easy, and effective. I then heard about worm tube composting. It’s so simple: no turning or spreading is needed, and the worms do all the work for you!”

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Self Sufficient Backyard

In all that time an electric wire has never been connected to our house. We haven’t gotten or paid an electricity bill in over 40 years, but we have all the electricity we want. We grow everything we need, here, in our small backyard. We also have a small medicinal garden for tough times. Read More Here...

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