Comments on: Vermicomposting Made Easy: In-Bed Worm Composting

By: Angela Judd

Angela Judd — Fri, 13 Jun 2025 23:05:55 +0000

In reply to Cecille. Yes that's fine.

By: Cecille

Cecille — Fri, 13 Jun 2025 20:28:25 +0000

Can I use moldy kitchen scrap? I have collected my kitchen scrap and they are moldy now.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Fri, 28 Feb 2025 07:07:14 +0000

Hi AngeIa. I live in AZ. I put an in bed worm bin in my raised garden bed. I am seeing ants on top of the browns when I take the top off to check on things. Is this a problem?

By: JoAnn

JoAnn — Tue, 18 Feb 2025 20:43:42 +0000

I have noticed that red wigglers are abundant in old horse manure. Go to any horse farm and they are happy to get rid of manure.

By: Angela Judd

Angela Judd — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 21:47:13 +0000

In reply to Liz. The worms will stay in the top eight to 10 in. There's no harm in having a deeper composter but there's also not much benefit. The Worm Farm recommends 8 to 10 in. You don't have to have a lid. A thick layer of browns (wood chips) works well. That's what I do now too.

By: Liz

Liz — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 20:10:49 +0000

I have a 30 inch deep raised bed…how deep should my worm composting bin be? Why does there need to be a lid? I’ve covered the food/dried leaves with several inches of wood chips.
Thank you!!!

By: Angela Judd

Angela Judd — Mon, 11 Mar 2024 02:28:38 +0000

In reply to Treena. Although the Lomi does break down the waste, unfortunately there are no microbes - it's dry, mostly dead soil. It will add organic matter, but no microbes to your soil. If you have garden beds putting your food scraps in the beds with red wigglers would add beneficial microbes and improve your soil fertility.

By: Treena

Treena — Sun, 10 Mar 2024 18:42:21 +0000

I have a Lomi composter and I put the compost in my garden beds. Would you recommend I also get red wriggler worms to put in the garden beds too?

By: Angela Judd

Angela Judd — Tue, 21 Nov 2023 15:50:21 +0000

In reply to Dan Subaitis. Hasn't been an issue. Keep things well covered with browns.

By: Dan Subaitis

Dan Subaitis — Wed, 15 Nov 2023 21:40:29 +0000

Do rats pose a problem for vermicomposting?

By: Angela Judd

Angela Judd — Wed, 15 Nov 2023 01:42:20 +0000

In reply to Heather. I would avoid any glossy or highly printed paper.

By: Heather

Heather — Sun, 05 Nov 2023 18:55:41 +0000

In reply to CHERYL YOUNG. @Angela Judd, What kind of paper should NOT be added?

By: Angela Judd

Angela Judd — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 17:55:13 +0000

In reply to Scott. Sure. In small amounts. You don't want to overwhelm the worms.

By: Scott

Scott — Mon, 30 Oct 2023 13:47:11 +0000

We have bunnies. They eat dried pellets, spring mix, spinach and hay. In their litter bins we use shredded paper along with hay. Can I include the paper and their droppings in the vermicompost holes as part of the brown material?

By: Angela Judd

Angela Judd — Tue, 24 Oct 2023 19:08:32 +0000

In reply to Pamela Fair. No, worms love eating nematodes.