Additionally, too much moisture in the air is also bad for the worms. The FCMP Outdoor has a 360 degrees airflow design achieved through aeration support points. If you don’t have the space and materials available to create and maintain an outdoor compost bin, consider indoor worm composting! Throughout the winter, the raised bed housing the worms was covered with a 2-3 inch layer of leaves to keep them insulated.

Welcome to WormComposting.ca. NOTE: Grass clippings can be a great resource for outdoor worm composting systems (and even well-ventilated indoor systems), but this can be a tricky material to work with, due to potential for heating and ammonia release. A good airflow is crucial if you don’t want bad odors to form. Outdoor Worm Composting-Insulated with a Layer of Leaves. Uncle Jim’s Worm Farm recommends you choose one of these options: See more ideas about Worm composting, Worm farm and Compost. You can take steps before the freezing temperatures set in.

New owners are warned to use a worm barrier as to avoid them nesting at the bottom, in the valve and have it clogged.

Some people advise composting dryer lint or hair from your hairbrushes. Composting worms slow down when the temperature drops below 57 degrees.

This winter we had several nights where the temperatures went into the teens.

We currently sell Red Wiggler Worms (Eisenia fetida) for worm composting, fishing and live food.We have a major focus in our local region - Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge and Guelph, Ontario - but are also happy to ship our worms elsewhere in Canada. When I checked the worms the next day, they were doing fine. However, below-freezing temperatures will freeze the worms in an outdoor composting bin. In an outdoor bin, these items can take quite a while to break down; in an indoor bin, which does not heat up nearly as much as an outdoor bin and has less microbial action going on in general, lint and hair likely will not break down at all. Red wriggler worms in indoor bins will consume an assortment of table scraps and paper products, producing nutrient rich castings (worm poop) that can be used to fertilize indoor and outdoor plants. Aug 6, 2018 - Explore wormcomposting's board "Worm Composting Bins", followed by 383 people on Pinterest. Composting can be a fun way to reduce waste and there are a ton of easy to use and assemble outdoor composting bins that will look great in your garden, on …

Worm Composting Canada is a small vermicomposting business based in Waterloo Region (Ontario, Canada).