Worm Composting Worm Composting PresentationPresentation

Worm Composting Worm Composting PresentationPresentation

Recycling Food Scraps and Recycling Food Scraps and Making Better PlantsMaking Better Plants

By Roger HerzlerBy Roger Herzler

5/4/20075/4/2007

• What are they?– “Annelids”– Do they have arms?– Do they have legs?

• Their Parts:– Mouth– Segments– Clitellum– Digestive Tract

• Where do they live?– In the ground (earthworms)– Piles of leaves, grass and

compost bins

Worms: Get To Know Them

Worms: How the Worm Bin Works

1. New food is placed into the bin

2. Cover the food over3. Food decays4. Worms eat the bacteria5. Cycle repeats over and

over again

• They eat:– Vegetables– Old pasta– Bread,

Cookies– Fruits – Wood fiber for

bedding– NO MEATS or

DAIRY

Worms: What They Eat

• Reduces waste in landfills

• Worm poop called “castings”

• Worm poop is great for seedlings

• Big plants love it too!

Worms: Why Do We Do It?

• Scientific Name: Eisenia Fetida

• AKA “California Red Worm”

• Interactive Time– Hold them?– Check out their “dirt”

• What did they feel like?

Worms: Ready to Meet Them?