WORMS EAT MY GARBAGE: How to setup & maintain a vermicomposting system
The definitive guide to vermicomposting--a process using red worms to recycle food waste into nutrient-rich food for plants. Provides complete illustrated instructions on setting up and maintaining small-scale worm composting systems. Internationally recognized, the author has worked with worms for nearly three decades. Topics include different bins, what kind of worms to use, sex life of a worm, preparing worm beddings, how to meet the needs of the worms, what kinds of foods to feed the worms, harvesting worms, and making potting soil from the vermicompost produced. Second Edition.
Author:; Mary Appelhof
Level: Grade 5 through adult
Specs: Paperback, 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 162 p, 50 illus by Mary Frances Fenton. Glossary, index, 63p bibliography, 24 annotated references. Flower Press.
Price: $12.95
WORMS EAT OUR GARBAGE: Classroom Activities for a Better Environment
This curriculum uses over 150 worm-related classroom/home activities to develop problem-solving and critical-thinking skills in children grades 4-8. Activities integrate science, mathematics, language arts, biology, solid waste issues, ecology, and the environment.
Author: Mary Appelhof, Mary Frances Fenton, and Barbara Loss Harris
Level: Grades 4-8
Specs: Paperback, 8 1/2 x 11, 232p, 16 appendices, resource materials, teacher's guidelines, bibliography, glossary, index.
Price: $22.95
THE WORM CAFE: Mid-scale Vermicomposting of Lunchroom Wastes
This manual describes how a teacher and her students developed a system to compost lunchroom waste with worms and save their school $6000 per year. How they performed a waste audit, garnered support from school personnel. Discusses bins, bedding, maintenance, harvesting and using castings in the school garden. Contains earthworm diagrams, bulletin board materials, quizzes, letter to parents, charts, and dozens of resources.
Author: Binet Payne
Specs: Paperback 8 1/.2 x 11, 180p, 7 appendices, annotated references, bibliography, index.
Price: $29.95
TEAMING WITH MICROBES, A GARDENER'S GUIDE TO THE SOIL FOOD WEB, Jeff Lowenfels and Wayne Lewis
THE EARTH MOVED, Amy Stewart Price $23.95
THE RHODE ISLAND GARDENER'S COMPANION by Barbara Gee Price: $14.95
THE WORM FAMILY by Tony Johnston Price: $16
BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY OF EARTHWORMS, C.A. Edwards and P. J. Bohlen
EARTHWORMS FOR ECOLOGY & PROFIT, Volume 1, Scientific Earthworms, Ronald E. Gaddie, Sr. and Donald E. Douglas
WONDERFUL WORMS, Linda Glaser
HARNESSING THE EARTHWORM, Thomas J. Barrett
THE WORM BOOK, Loren Nancarrow and Janet Hogan Taylor
RAISING FISHWORMS WITH RABBITS, Howard "Lucky" Mays
BACKYARD COMPOSTING, YOUR COMPLETE GUIDE TO RECYCLING YARD CLIPPINGS, Harmonious Press, Ojai, California
THE EARTHWORM BOOK, Jerry Minnich
DIARY OF A WORM, Doreen Cronin
COMPOST, BY GOSH, Michelle Eva Portman