[gardengirl]

You can compost all winter long! Indoor composting relies on red worms in a container. When you feed them they'll create beautiful loamy compost from your vegetable scraps.

You can't just go and dig some worms from your garden and bring them inside. These special little wrigglers are normally found in well aged manure piles. You can also get them from a fishing supply store.

Red worms are hungry little creatures. They like warm places so under your kitchen sink could be a perfect home for them.

You can buy a special container at your garden store or online. Holes are drilled on the top and sides for good air circulation. The holes on the bottom are for seepage. You put a tray under the container to capture any seepage. Some people put their containers on bricks or blocks of wood for better circulation.

You fill the container up to about a foot deep with damp shredded cardboard, sawdust, shredded leaves, loam or topsoil, dried grass clippings or even newspaper.

Start tossing in your veggie scraps. In no time at all you'll have some very lovely compost. Keep repeating this process all during the cold months.