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Composting with Worms: Why Waste Your Waste (Paperback)

by G. Pilkington (Author), S. Kendall (Illustrator)
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  • Paperback: 124 pages
  • Publisher: Eco-Logic Books / Worldly Goods (1 Sep 2005)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 189923313X
  • ISBN-13: 978-1899233137
  • Product Dimensions: 20.4 x 14.8 x 1 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
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A guide to composting with worms.

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22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Worms really do eat my garbage, 14 Mar 2006
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Excellent resource for getting started at vermicomposting, very similar to Mary's "worms eat my garbage" but from a uk perspective.

Informs you of everything you need to start/maintain and even build a worm system, as well as telling you more about the little wigglers themselves

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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Worms Are Our Friends, 30 April 2007
By David Peddie (Birkenhead, Merseyside UK) - See all my reviews
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Ah - at last a book written for the UK Worm Virgin. George Pilkington asks the question, "Why Waste Your Waste?". It is a very good question. With UK local Councils sliding irrecoverably down the slippery slope which leads to us all being charged extra, by weight, for our 'non-recyclable' waste, using some method to deal with our veggie-waste (and quite a bit besides) starts to make, not only good financial sense, but is also good 'green' sense.

George sets out to introduce you to the way-of-the-worm by, firstly, introducing us to the worm-composting principles and the biology of composting, then he gets us to shake hands with our new friends, the worms (lots of worms!) and gently, step-by-step, he takes us through the whole process of buying, setting up, using and maintaining a wormery.

Trust me, it is fascinating stuff. Did you know that apart from the obvious veggy-waste, your worms love cardboard, biscuits, cereals, cakes, chocolate, eggshells, nail-clippings, newspapers, and, well....the list is almost endless. Busy little creatures these worms!

There is a whole section on commercially available wormeries, including George's own design, the 'Waste Buster' which, as far as wormeries go, is the Hilton Hotel of wormeries, only cheaper! After a chapter on using worm compost, there is a very useful Frequently Asked Question section and the book winds up with a chapter exploring the wider role of worms in the whole global community. Sounds heavy, but it isn't.

'Composing with Worms' is a very readable, profoundly knowledgeable and thoroughly enjoyable book written by an expert, described on his web-site as, 'The Original Worm-Man' . All he needs is some sort of super-hero costume perhaps!

If you, in any way, want to do something really practical in the way of recycling, rather than pontificating about carbon footprints and Polar Bears, then buy this book and get composting!
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5.0 out of 5 stars It Really Works!, 2 Feb 2008
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It does! That is, composting in a wormery especially if you read this book. I did when I first started my wormery and everything has gone very smoothly and even through this cold winter my wormery is outside and the worms are still alive. The book explains all about why to compost in a wormery, what sort of worms you should have, what you should expect the bin to look like inside if all is going well and what to look out for if it is not, what to do and when, what sort of worm bin to get and what to do with the worm compost.
An excellent book for those who want to know how worms compost and particularly for those who want to set up their own worm bin.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Awfully boring rant
There are much better books on the subject out there. This one is boring, repetitive, ugly ... need I say more?
Published 2 months ago by Early

4.0 out of 5 stars Worms eye view
I found this book informative and it helps to make up my mind which wormery I was going to have.
Published 3 months ago by James A. Brodie

1.0 out of 5 stars nothing special
Despite it's popularity,at times I found this book to be shallow,repetitive,padded out with pointless reviews,contained out of date information and,dare I say,a little self... Read more
Published 4 months ago by David

5.0 out of 5 stars Goodbye Slimy Messes
Worm Composting is a great thing to do but i had always ended up with a horrid slimy mess until i bought Mr Pilkingtons book. Read more
Published on 24 May 2007 by P. Andrews

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent and must read for all environmentalists
This book has been a long time coming and is unusual in that nobody else has written about this topic in the UK. Read more
Published on 31 Mar 2007 by G. J. Pilkington

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