How to Build a Worm Bin with O-Town Compost

Worm bins can be a simple yet effect way to recycle food scraps into premium plant fertilizer (worm castings), or just to keep a constant supply of fishing bait on hand. Regardless, watch our video to learn how to set up your own bin. Or, for between $50-80, we can come out and do it for you, and get you started with enough Florida Red Wigglers to get you going. Email us at info@o-towncompost.com.

As a plant fertilizer, worm castings “contain all the essential nutrients that plants need in addition to enriching the soil in which the plants are grown. Not only can this fertilizer be used on nearly any type of plant, it can also be used directly on plants without burning them and can even deter unwanted insects. Worm castings can be applied as top dressing, side dressing, or worked into the soil.” - Gardening Know How

Charlie Pioli of O-Town Compost shows us how to build a worm bin and shares some other useful tips for composting at home. If you live in the Orlando, FL are...

Find Us at The Audubon Community Market!

We are pleased to announce that we will be hosting a booth at the Audubon Park Community Market on most Mondays! Our primary objective is to bring marketing awareness to our easy-to-use residential food waste pickup service, which takes Orlando’s food waste and converts it into rich compost for local farmers to grow more fresh food in.

At our booth, we will be soliciting two types of soil amendments for local area gardeners and urban farmers. This isn’t your granddad’s mushroom compost. Our two products are:

• O-Town Black Gold - Our screened compost in 20 pound quantities for $10 apiece. This compost is high in organic matter and a direct result of people’s food waste being turned into a valuable humus to grow more food in

• Revival Gardening’s Premium Worm Castings - A premium product that your plants will love! Sprinkle just a little on top of the soil around the plant, like a fertilizer, and watch it grow