Worms are a gardener’s best friend: how to vermicompost food scraps inside your house Published: Dec. 17, 2024, 10:00 a.m. Who wants a worm bin for the holidays?

Worm composting takes advantage of earthworms’ natural ability to break down food scraps into rich, safe compost material. Setting up a worm farm will allow you to recycle food scraps at home.

All it takes is a bin, some bedding, a bunch of worms, a steady supply of food scraps, and a little time. The worms do all the hard work. Use these steps to set up your worm bin.

This type of composting uses worms to recycle food scraps and other organic materials into a much sought-after soil amendment called vermicompost, or worm castings. Vermicomposting can be done ...

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Fertile Earth Worm Farm, a commercial composting operation in South Miami-Dade County, picks up the food scraps twice a week, power-washing the bins to keep them from smelling and collecting bugs.