Video: Build a Worm Composting Bin

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to the Natural Living RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!This is a great video that will show you just how easy it is to start a worm composting bin. What you need:

Red Composting Worms
Rubbermaid Bin
Worm bedding such as old leaves, grass clippings or shredded newspapers

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Worm Composting Tips

“This is a fascinating, fun, and easy way to recycle your organic kitchen wastes. Worm composting, or vermiculture, requires very little work, produces no offensive odors, and helps plants thrive. Only a few things are needed to make good worm compost: a bin, bedding, worms, and worm food.” Worm Composting - Earth911.org
Author: Duong Vicki
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Good Garden Insects

Author: Robin Monarch
“HELP! I have ants and bees and worms…all over my garden! What do I do?” Sometimes beginning gardeners are concerned that they may have a problem with the creatures they encounter while playing in the dirt. So first, let’s determine if you really do have a problem or…are those ants or bees or [...]

6 Of The Top Organic Fertilizers

by James Ellison
Some of the most important organic fertilizers are fish emulsion, seaweed, earthworm castings, bone meal, kelp meal, and rock phosphates. These natural fertilizers will improve your plants, especially yield plants, and are great for the soil. Not only do they nourish your plants but the soil as well so that it is [...]

Composting Food Scraps Makes the Earth Happy

by Duong Vicki
Not too many people realize it, but composting is one of the best ways to return your resources back into the earth. In a way, composting is our way of saying thank you to Mother Earth for providing us with the resources needed to feed ourselves and our families. Simply put, composting is [...]

Biodegradable Utensils Are Great For Composting

By Duong Vicki

Summer means barbeques, family gatherings, picnics, beach parties, and even more barbeques! Summer is the time of year that all your good dishware and silverware stay in their cupboards and drawers and you utilize nothing but disposable plates and cutlery. But did you ever consider how much waste that adds up at [...]

Top Ways To Green Your Home

by Real Estate Advisor
A green home is one that is eco-friendly and is at harmony with the environment. You can help the environment by making your home greener. Here is how you can do so by adopting a more energy-efficient and earth-friendly lifestyle.
Read the following top ways to green your home.

1. Upgrade to greener [...]

Sit on Your Compost with the Composting Bench

by Duong Vicki
For some, figuring out where they can start composting can be a bit of a challenge. After all, there are a few things one should keep in mind, like how far the compost heap should be from their home, how to keep it hidden away from nosy neighbors and prying eyes, and how [...]

Use Worms for Easy Composting

Author: Duong Vicki

Composting is easy as long as you have the right materials and equipment, but did you know that even the worms are composting’s best friend? Vermicomposting or vermiculture is essentially the process of composting with the use of worms and their castings (i.e., worm waste). An easy and fun way to compost for [...]

Organic Cotton- Why?

by Linda Sones
We tend to think of cotton as pure and natural and images of pretty fluffy white seed heads come to mind. It is the most celebrated and popular fabric the world over and due to its enormous commercial value to so many countries is a significant part of foreign exchange earnings.
However there [...]