Official Kids Mag www.kidscoop.com © Vicki Whiting April 2023
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Vermicomposting, or composting
with worms, creates rich soil that
helps gardens grow. It gives humans
a clean, odor-free, environmental
way to get rid of garbage. The
worms get a good meal and
contribute their poop, or castings,
to the production of good soil that
grows better flowers and vegetables.
In the 1970s, Mary Appelhof built a container for worms to eat her
garbage. It worked so well, she wrote a book called "Worms Eat
My Garbage" and started Flowerfield Enterprises, Inc. a company
that sells composting bins, worms and other products for people
interested in organic gardening.
Red worms like
organic garbage.
This means things
that mostly come
from plants.
Cross out the
things in the
worm bin that the
worms won't eat.
Mary Arlene Appelhof
Visit Mary's site: www.wormwoman.com
Garbage is for worms! You might
think it is gross, but certain kinds of
worms think garbage is yummy.
Instead of tossing leftover salad,
melon peels and apple cores into the
trash or disposal, build a worm bin
and start raising worms to eat your
garbage.
(Hint: Paper comes
from trees.)
1936 – 2005
