Worm Composting Towers: Do They Work?

Video Summary: Worm towers are a potentially interesting permaculture product. Most in-ground worm towers are made from PVC pipe with holes drilled in the bottom 12-18 inches. Steve goes into why these don't work...at least not in the way people think they do.

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Timestamps:
00:00 Video Start
00:18 What are worm towers? And how are they supposed to work?
01:00 Why Steve is skeptical that worm towers work as advertised
01:23 Epigeic composting worms aren't soil dwellers
1:54 There is a tiny amount of surface area in a 4-inch PVC pipe worm tower
02:48 Better ideas for in-ground vermicomposting
3:00 Why does Steve think worm towers can still be beneficial in the garden

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