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  Environmental Considerations for Healthy Composting Worms If you’re dabbling in vermicomposting, it might seem like a really simple affair. Just throw some worms in a properly constructed box, and you’re good to go, right? Well, actually there’s a number of things you’ll need to take into consideration involving these useful little critters if you truly want them to thrive. It really is a simple matter overall, but it’s always good to keep their health in mind since die-offs tend to occur exponentially in worm colonies. Let’s take a look over some of these factors, and what we can do to...

A Beginner's Guide to Worm Composting  Worm composting sounds like an advanced endeavor, but really all you’re doing is providing a great home and food for some composting worms. A good vermicomposting unit can turn table scraps into a great source of compost for your soil. So let’s take a look at what you’ll need to begin. The Needs The Bin: The first thing you’ll need is the compost bin, what type is up to you. There’s commercially available units, you can build something, some people even do just fine with an old dresser drawer or fish tank. You’ll want about...

Why Worm Castings Can Be a Gardener’s Best Friend Vermicomposting is becoming pretty common among gardeners in-the-know. And for good reason.  Not only can you recycle some of the waste from your kitchen, but the benefits of worm castings are that they are excellent fertilizers. That’s not just information from people who like composting worms; it’s a basic fact that their benefits are extraordinary.  Worm castings is a more polite way to say worm poop.  And basically, as a worm tunnels through the soil, they will eat decaying organic material, digest it, and transform it into nutritionally rich fertilizer for your lawn and garden. ...

Gargoyle Gecko Care Guide Gargoyle Gecko Intro Gargoyle geckos are originally from New Caledonia (a group of islands between Fiji and Australia). They were once considered among the rarest lizards in captivity. Today, they are bred in large numbers and have become standard fare in the pet trade. Life Span These are good-sized geckos and with proper care and housing can reach 9 inches in total snout to vent length. Gargoyle geckos are sexually mature when 15 to 18 months of age, and have a life span up to 20 years. Cost Among the least expensive of all the species...

Looking at Snakes?  These are 12 amazing snakes for beginners Snakes On A Plane!  Honestly, I think that would make the flight pretty enjoyable, esssssspecially if they were the kinds of snakes discussed in this article.  Important Questions to Consider Snakes are very different from companion animals and livestock. Because of this, they have very different husbandry and care requirements. Choosing an appropriate beginner snake will depend very much on the characteristics of the beginner, not just those of the snake species itself.  Is the beginner a child, or an adult?  Does the beginner have plenty of space for an enclosure,...