Apartment vermicomposter in summer: diversity in waste.

Nature has a way of doing things! Over time, all organic waste decomposes. In a home vermicomposter, we try to reproduce what nature does as best we can. However, as a complex, self-contained system in a small, confined environment, vermicomposting in a closed container such as a plastic vermicomposter requires care and attention.

The difference lies in the fact that on a heap of waste decomposing on the ground in nature or in a garden composter, the various micro- and macro-organisms involved in decomposition will come at the right moment. If, for example, the pile heats up and compost worms are present, they can escape and return when the time is right.

In an apartment vermicomposter such as the City Worms or Worm Café, if something goes wrong, our worm friends will tend to descend and take refuge in the liquid fertilizer collection tray.

In this article, we'd like to list a few items of waste to which we'd like to pay more attention, so as to limit the nuisance they can cause.