Worm Composting The City of Vancouver offers apartment residents a way to compost food scraps, worm composting. City Farmer demonstrates the process. 604.736.2250

City worm bin with lid, bottom tray and air vents. Isabelle strips up newspaper for bedding. Bedding in bin. She adds dry leaves and fluffs up the mixture. Then adds a handful of sand and soil. And waters the mix. 500 red wriggler worms are placed on top. They crawl to the bottom. Raw veggies and fruit, coffee grounds, tea bags and egg shells go in. Open a hole in the bedding in one corner and deposit food. The fork marks the corner. Feed a different corner every week. Finished compost can be expected in 3-4 months. To harvest, put compost in piles under light. Worms will move to the centre. Remove worms from compost. Place worms in fresh bedding and start again.