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Dirty Work// Vermicompost

Xchelzin Pena November 9, 2016 8:52 pm
Vermicompost

The method is used with worms in order to convert the waste into fertilizer.

 

Patricia Salas, 56, is a farmworker who seeks to educate locals a more ecological approach to dispose waste by verimcompost. The method is used with worms in order to convert the waste into fertilizer. She considers her worms as her "other children." Salas has about 10 bins full of vermicompost.
Patricia Salas, 56, is a farmworker who seeks to educate locals a more ecological approach to dispose waste by verimcompost.

 

The method is used with worms in order to convert the waste into fertilizer.
The method is used with worms in order to convert the waste into fertilizer.

She considers her worms as her, "Other children," Salas said.
She considers her worms as her, “Other children,” Salas said.
Salas has about 10 bins full of vermicompost.
Salas has about 10 large bins full of vermicompost.
Salas' vermicompost operation is located behind her garage.
Salas’ vermicompost operation is located behind her garage.
Instead of creating more carbon into the atmosphere Salas uses worms to get rid of her trash and to produce fertilizer for her plants.
Instead of creating more carbon into the atmosphere Salas uses worms to get rid of her trash and to produce fertilizer for her plants.
As seen here, there are numerous of worms located in the dirt of the compost bins.
As seen here, there are numerous of worms located in the dirt of the compost bins.
Sometimes when rotten food gets pitched into the bins of compost, plants sprout. Here is a tomato plant.
Sometimes when rotten food gets pitched into the bins of compost, plants sprout. Here is a tomato plant.

 

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1 thought on “Dirty Work// Vermicompost”

  1. Good work. But get her elbow deep in the muck! Also, consider using a little flash pop to get some contrast into the images. Good captioning…I think you could have written a little essay on the whole idea of composting

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