Making a Worm Bucket for Your Garden . Get a plastic 5 gallon bucket with a lid. These are cheap at most home centers. If you have a bucket from cat litter or laundry detergent, these will work ...

I wouldn’t go any smaller than a one-gallon size bucket, which would suffice for a large planter or small bed, and I wouldn’t go any larger than 10 gallons or two five-gallon buckets in a 4’x’8′ bed.

Worm composting, or vermicomposting, ... Grossman just puts a couple of handfuls of castings in an old pillowcase and lets it soak in a 5-gallon bucket overnight, ...

There's a better way to grow plants in small outdoor spaces that lack natural dirt: 5-gallon drywall buckets. By Seth Porges Published: Jul 22, 2010 11:41 AM EDT Media Platforms Design Team ...

Jack Chambers became a worm aficionado after buying a 5-gallon bucket of the wrigglers and setting them loose on his compost bin. When he returned from a five-day trip, "I was amazed at what the ...

You'll need about a thousand worms to start with, or roughly a pound of worms for a 5-gallon bucket. I found some great tips ...

Bokashi composting is usually performed in a 5-gallon bucket or similarly sized container. ... If you keep composting worms, add small quantities of bokashi pre-compost to your worm bin.

Even apartment-dwellers can take a stab at composting indoors by using worms. What you can compost . ... For those with bigger needs, a 5-gallon bucket (like the kind paint comes in) ...

It’s no secret that the key to healthy plants is healthy soil, and the best way to improve soil is by incorporating compost, which can take up to a year to make.

Compost helps dirt become a thriving ecosystem of microbes and other creatures. ... The Green Valley Gardeners uses a 5-gallon bucket into which holes are drilled. ... shredded paper and worms.