How to Make a Worm Compost Bin

May 6, 2010

in CarolinaDreamz, Compost, Containers, Garden Prep

With pictures and step-by-step instructions, you can learn how to grow worms for compost, with this tutorial!

Even apartment dwellers can have container gardens and a container worm compost bin.


Vermiculture is the addition of worms to a compost bin. The worms help to break down the food, and the result is rich vermicompost, which is much better for plants than commercial fertilizer.

Compost + Worms = Vermicompost

It’s perfect for apartments, it helps to reduce trash, and it feeds your plants. Always excited to learn something new, I decided to try it. Below is a summary of what is needed for a small worm compost bin. If you want to see more detail in pictures, I posted the step-by-step pictures here.

Previous post:

Next post: