worm composting presentation recycling food scraps and making better plants by roger herzler...
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Recycling Food Scraps and Recycling Food Scraps and Making Better PlantsMaking Better Plants
By Roger HerzlerBy Roger Herzler
5/4/20075/4/2007
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• What are they?– “Annelids”– Do they have arms?– Do they have legs?
• Their Parts:– Mouth– Segments– Clitellum– Digestive Tract
• Where do they live?– In the ground (earthworms)– Piles of leaves, grass and
compost bins
Worms: Get To Know Them
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Worms: How the Worm Bin Works
1. New food is placed into the bin
2. Cover the food over3. Food decays4. Worms eat the bacteria5. Cycle repeats over and
over again
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• They eat:– Vegetables– Old pasta– Bread,
Cookies– Fruits – Wood fiber for
bedding– NO MEATS or
DAIRY
Worms: What They Eat
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• Reduces waste in landfills
• Worm poop called “castings”
• Worm poop is great for seedlings
• Big plants love it too!
Worms: Why Do We Do It?
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• Scientific Name: Eisenia Fetida
• AKA “California Red Worm”
• Interactive Time– Hold them?– Check out their “dirt”
• What did they feel like?
Worms: Ready to Meet Them?