久久亚洲国产成人影院-久久亚洲国产的中文-久久亚洲国产高清-久久亚洲国产精品-亚洲图片偷拍自拍-亚洲图色视频

English 中文網 漫畫網 愛新聞iNews 翻譯論壇
中國網站品牌欄目(頻道)
當前位置: Language Tips > Special Speed News VOA慢速

Putting worms to work to help your garden grow

[ 2011-07-05 13:41]     字號 [] [] []  
免費訂閱30天China Daily雙語新聞手機報:移動用戶編輯短信CD至106580009009

Putting worms to work to help your garden grow

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report.

What can you do with earthworms? Some people use the creepy crawlers to catch fish. But others put worms to work making compost. Compost looks and feels like good soil. Gardeners and farmers add it to soil to make plants grow better.

You can make compost from food waste at home with or without the help of worms. How the worms help is by first eating and processing the food. It comes out the other end of the worm as rich compost.

Putting worms to work to help your garden grow

Kim Gabel from the University of Florida Extension service in Key West suggests using red worms known as red wigglers.

KIM GABEL: "The red wigglers are the best varieties for doing it because they are more of a surface feeder. Because different worms live in different strata, or portions of the earth."

You need a container to hold the waste and the worms. The size of the composting bin depends on how much compost you want to make. You need about a kilogram of worms for each half a kilogram of daily food waste.

Kim Gabel says the bin needs holes so the worms can get air.

KIM GABEL: "The worms do breathe. So that is a very important factor, along with they also like to be in the dark."

So cover the bin to keep out the light.

One thing worms do not like is very high temperatures. Kim Gabel lives in the warm climate of southern Florida. She keeps her worm bin indoors. Unpleasant smells can be prevented by controlling the amount of food waste added to the bin and avoiding meat or bones.

For composting with worms, you need bedding that is moist but not too wet. The amount of water you add will depend on the bedding material you use. Kim Gabel uses newspaper cut into strips about 2.5 centimeters wide. Add two handfuls of soil for every half square meter of bedding material and mix well.

Spread the worms over the bedding. The worms will start to wiggle their way down. Remove any worms that remain on top of the bedding after two hours.

When you feed the worms, place the food about 2.5 centimeters below the surface of the bedding and cover it.

The worm's waste, or castings, should be ready to use as compost within two to six months.

To remove the compost, you can push it all to one side of the bin. Place new bedding and food on the other side. Within a few weeks the worms will move to the new bedding. Now you can remove the compost and fill the empty space with new bedding.

And that's the VOA Special English Agriculture Report, written by Jerilyn Watson. Have you ever made compost with worms? Tell us your story at voaspecialenglish.com. I'm Tim Tedder.

wiggler: an earthworm 孑孓

Related stories:

Study finds some ocean fisheries are recovering

Jimmy Carter tackles guinea worm in Sudan

Not all viruses are malicious

威士忌里的蟲子

(來源:VOA 編輯:崔旭燕)

 
中國日報網英語點津版權說明:凡注明來源為“中國日報網英語點津:XXX(署名)”的原創作品,除與中國日報網簽署英語點津內容授權協議的網站外,其他任何網站或單位未經允許不得非法盜鏈、轉載和使用,違者必究。如需使用,請與010-84883631聯系;凡本網注明“來源:XXX(非英語點津)”的作品,均轉載自其它媒體,目的在于傳播更多信息,其他媒體如需轉載,請與稿件來源方聯系,如產生任何問題與本網無關;本網所發布的歌曲、電影片段,版權歸原作者所有,僅供學習與研究,如果侵權,請提供版權證明,以便盡快刪除。
 

關注和訂閱

人氣排行

翻譯服務

中國日報網翻譯工作室

我們提供:媒體、文化、財經法律等專業領域的中英互譯服務
電話:010-84883468
郵件:translate@chinadaily.com.cn
 
 
主站蜘蛛池模板: 国产一区二区三区视频 | 国产精品欧美亚洲韩国日本不卡 | 毛片在线免费观看网站 | 久久国产一区二区 | 亚洲精品天堂在线观看 | 中文字幕视频网站 | 美女动作一级毛片 | 日本三级2021最新理论在线观看 | 亚洲国产精品久久网午夜 | 久草网在线观看 | 午夜精品影院 | 一区二区三区精品视频 | 一本久道久久综合中文字幕 | 全免费a级毛片免费看 | 看看免费a一片欧 | 亚洲成年人在线观看 | 天堂视频在线免费观看 | 久草经典视频 | 亚洲欧美日韩国产vr在线观 | 久久久久久久久毛片精品 | 欧美手机手机在线视频一区 | 日韩欧美一区二区在线观看 | 狠狠色噜噜狠狠狠米奇9999 | 亚洲成a人不卡在线观看 | 久久在线免费 | 国产亚洲国产bv网站在线 | 一区免费在线观看 | 午夜视频一区二区 | 国产欧美成人一区二区三区 | 免费观看国产网址你懂的 | 亚洲国产成a人v在线观看 | 久久久久久久性高清毛片 | 俄罗斯一级成人毛片 | 国产成人午夜片在线观看 | 午夜影院a级片 | 色偷偷资源网 | 久久久久久亚洲精品中文字幕 | 九九精品在线视频 | 一级高清毛片免费a级高清毛片 | 中文亚洲欧美 | 亚洲一区中文 |