We were saddened by the death of our first worm bin because of some imbalance of moisture, acidity or bad paper products. We’re super-determined to continue the worm composting process with a homemade bin. We took the tray from our old bin (a big kitty litter pan) and gathered some ...

We’ve been composting in our homemade worm bin for five months now. Through trials and tribulations, we’ve learned a lot about the right environment for worms! In fact we experimented so much that we managed to decimate our entire worm population. *Sigh*. Master composter and Freshtopia diva Barb Finnin ...

Can you tell that we’re into our worm bin? As you saw in our last worm bin update, our bin had been getting a little sludgy and unproductive. Jay went online and found a source to buy red wigglers for cheap so we could bump up the composting production ...

We’ve been Vermicomposting for almost 4 months now and it’s been quite a learning experience! We recently moved to a place where we could place our bin outside, so we got a little lazy about smell. Pretty soon, the smell was really bad! Too much liquid, not enough drainage ...

We enjoyed our conversation and worm-bin-making adventure with Freshtopia’s Barb Finnin so much that we’ve decided to give you another little taste! Barb and Ryanne discuss the radical-ness that is composting and how to avoid bringing non-compostables (darn plastic bags!) into your home.

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Barb Finnin is part of the amazing Freshtopia team. She’s a certified master composter- her specialty is Vermicomposting with worms. We were super excited to learn that we could compost in our city apartment with a homemade worm bin even though we don’t have a yard. Throwing food ...