My wife and I have been worrying about the chemicals in the food owe serve our children for the last couple years. It's always been on the back of our minds as something that we should take care of but we kept avoiding the real work of dealing with the problem. A month ago, one of those big news stories about some produce in our area being poisoned with improper chemical usage pulled the trigger for us. We feed our children this food. How could we possibly not take the time to protect them!? That's why we picked up this book. We knew that we had to do something.

Now, by no means, are we farmers. This book really guided us through everything. It told us what we needed to get, how we find it, and how we take care of our new garden. It is very thorough. It has all the details that we could possibly need to know. It's given me a lot of confidence in my ability to get this done. It actually looks like it's going to be a lot of fun.

I just want to add... Do something. Don't support these big conglomerates slowly poisoning our families with these chemicals. Let them know that you won't be providing your support by starting to look into your organic garden. It helps us all. It also looks like it's going to save a bunch in the long run.

The author does indeed cover many aspects of starting a worm farm: beginning in one's kitchen and even expanding vermicomposting into a job. That being said, I am skeptical about some of the advice given. The author doesn't seem to mention brown-green ratio (unless I missed it when skimming), and even suggests giving the worms some meat!

The book would be more convincing if it was proofread: "For the bedding you will surely WANT TO SHOULD tear the newspaper" (location 62), "If you DO DON'T desire to do that" (63), "If you are able to pay a visit to an art gallery, you will certainly find a worm farm" (112! Maybe the author meant a science museum?). The cover photo was attractive, but does the author really believe that a caterpillar is a type of earthworm? These errors add to my skepticism.

My suggestions to improve this book: Adding some simple measurements, diagrams or photos (but no caterpillars, please!;-) would make this book more useful. How about also telling readers where they can find or buy worms to start their farm with?