Feed Your Worms Well

NO meat, bones, citrus, onion or oil  No yard waste that has been treated with pesticides or herbacides

Also - read about bedding because that is food too.

Red Wigglers (composting worms) like a balanced enviroment, not acidic or alkaline, and more browns than greens. The smaller the pieces that faster the worms will compost them.

 Browns (Carbon)

• Cardboard (not waxy or colored)
• Paper (not glossy)
• Dead leaves
• Coconut Coir (environmentally iffy)
• Peat (slightly acidic and envir-iffy too)
• Wood chips/twigs
• Straw
• Newspaper (no color)
• Natural fabric (cotton, linen, hemp, wool)

Greens (Nitrogen)

• Food scraps
• Grass clippings
• Pulled weeds
• Coffee and tea grounds
• Plant trimmings
• Eggshells
• Seaweed