Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #263738 in Books
• Published on: 1982-12-31
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 162 pages

Customer Reviews

Good book (if you live in the USA)
This is a classic book on worm composting, it introduced a lot of people to the concept. Sadly however since the death of the author a few years ago it has become quite dated. Also it was written for the American market and so quite a bit of the information is not relevant in the UK and Europe. It has been, in my view, superceeded by George Pilkington's Composting with Worms which is much more up to date and has a better range of information including a useful review of worm bins available to buy and how to BYO worm bin. So all in all worth reading if you are a fanatic but for information and practical advice I would start with Pilkington's book.

The Best
You may believe this or not; but I actually own quite a few books on vermiculture and enjoyed reading them all. Strange, well maybe. What I can do with this knowledge is pass some advice on to you - Buy this one first. All the basic information is here and it's all pretty basic really and then a lot more. Also very appealing are the details on how to make your own bins if you wish to save some money and save money you will. Buy the book and then buy some worms. Really, it's great.

Worms eat my garbage
Summary: Well written, very enjoyable - the author loves the subject and it shows

WEMG is a a very educational/instructive/fun/... book about setting up a wormery to process kitchen (and garden waste).

It takes you through (un biased) reviews of the reasons to keep worms, where to keep them, what to keep them in and what to feed them.

It reviews both comerical and DIY equipment with easy to follow instructions.

It also shows the possibilities for educational use.

Although it sometimes dips into "scientific jargon", it is explained well and to a depth that is neither condescending or too lightweight.

All in all I rate this book highly