Going green nowadays is one of the best things that you can do to give back to Mother Earth. So instead of adding up more garbage in landfills today, you may choose to use red wiggler worms by means of composting. These worms are able to eat the wastes that have been accumulated from your kitchen and from your garden (if you happen to have one). They are definitely that handy to have at home!

You can have so many uses for red worms. Not only are they used for fish bait, they’re also fed to other animals as well. Their bodies are actually made up of 70% protein, which makes them a very good source of nutrients (the kind of food that insect-eating birds and moles look for). Other than that, the product that these worms produce after eating your organic scraps can also be used as plant food and as a soil enhancer. These are then turned into a black topsoil material, which is then referred to as worm castings (also known as worm compost).

When composting with red wiggler worms, you can actually get an organic fertilizer and a soil conditioner for your garden, just by harvesting their castings (in other means, as a liquid fertilizer)! Their manure can help enrich the soil, and provide more nutrients to plants (for both indoor and outdoor plants) without having to use chemical based fertilizers on them (you’ll be able to avoid contaminating your garden with toxic stuff and avoid burning your plants). We all know that by using organic based products, do we help lessen the use of toxic materials in our garden (or in any place that has use for it for that matter).

But for them to be able to provide you with all these good things, you must at least supply them these (given with extra care and maintenance):
A moist environment for where they can live (in the form of a worm bin) since worm’s need to live in damp surroundings because of their skin (worms are actually made up of 90% water).
A lot of bedding material like some presoaked newspaper shreds, cardboard, straw, dried leaves, and coconut coir (this is where your worms will live in, and this will also become a source of food for them), that you’ll need to replace regularly to avoid accumulation of spoiled leftovers and of odor build-up.
Their food supply of organic wastes (kitchen scraps and garden wastes).
Fruits and vegetable peels (except onions, garlic, chili and citrus fruits) Bags and filters from Tea’s and Coffee’s Coffee grounds Crushed egg shells Dried flowers and leaves Grass or other yard clippings AVOID: meat, dairy, seafood, oil, and pet manure
A location for where to store them should have room temperature in it (about 50 to 80 degrees), or a cool and shady area like under the kitchen sink or inside the garage (keep them away from the sun or from extreme temperatures).

Red wigglers composting can be very handy to have around. They work hard and won’t ever ask you for any vacations. These red wiggler worms will simply keep doing what they’re best at; and that’s to eat your organic scraps, and to help turn these into amazing compost! Very eco-friendly!