Just for fun I put some bovine composted bagged manure in the three worm bins today. Using the blog function here to help me to keep track of date added.

Canadian Tire just opened up their garden section outdoors so this was the first opportunity to buy some stuff for the garden and a few extra bags for the worms. Will be interesting to see how it goes. A small pile was added in one corner of each bin, two red wigglers and one Euro. I am curious to see how fast they move to it, or…

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it has been one month since i started my worm farm.  I started with 1lb of "he who shall not be named" worms and have since added 1lb of bed run from local, 1/4 lb from local green house, probably a couple hundred from other sources.  I was interested in seeing if the worms were doing ok so i finally dug down to the bottom.

As i dug down to the bottom I found I had several layers of worms.  All appear to be very healthy and ran from the open sunlight as soon as i exposed…

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I've secured some more worms.  Found them local via Craigslist which was nice.  I think I'm done spending money on this adventure.

I'm ready to just enjoy my tomatoes and lettuce when they come in!

Okay,since some stuff i post seems to be over mosts heads as to rhyme or reason.I thought i'd post some stuff i've looked at over the last couple years.This first post is convection cooling idea used in a flowthru.There is actually a patent where someone invented a house structure with porous wall capabilities.To cool the structure they have a specially designed wall,that when you create a vacuum within the structure,it cools the air passing through the walls into the structure.This one…

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My worms seem to be happy.  They are eating some leftover oatmeal today!

I do think I may have to get some more worms to eat as much leftovers as I produce. . This is to much fun.

 I know people always dream of a flowthru self harvesting.Where all one has to do is add food to the top,and take out castings from the bottom.No effort at all. Did a little experiment,and added extra leaf matter,more bedding than horse manure,coffee,etc. to the front left of my flowthru with 1 1/2 gapped strings.Now that it warmed up,flowthrus take more water. I let it dry a bit. And  added a load of food to the one area to see what would happen.After the food i added almost disappeared,the…

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Ok so since most are still alive I will admit, I BOUGHT FROM  UJWF.  while they are still living I feel lucky.  I have also supplemented my original pound, if you could call it that, with some local bed run from nearby here in Denver. 

I am working with a deluxe RM bin, just one tray atm with a drip pan.  I started with a lot of cardboard, food (veg scraps, coffee w/ filter, fruit scraps) and more bedding (shredded bills).  On top of that I added some power rakings from front yard (…

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I travel, ALOT. My new worms (5k?) are split in two spots, one at home in SC on the porch in a old horse manure (hm), news paper, veggie scrap mix in an over sized black tote. I was able to stablize them for a week before I left and hope they will be well when I return home in two more weeks, that will have them unattended for 3 weeks.



The second container I have with me is a little different in that I forgot to bring enough hm with me to start them off well, so I have been… Continue

I got into worms about a year ago (Worm Factory 360 and 1 lb reds) and ended up with a stinking mess that ultimately found a home in my raised bed gardens. The worms have done nicely there.

Getting fired up again and determined to do better this time around. Gonna try some Euro's this time as well.

I am currently constructing my own rendition of Thomas Barrett's Earthmaster Earthworm Culture Bed. After going through the nice list of flow through examples here yesterday I ripped…

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I've decided to discard my ideas of adding worms directly into my garden beds and do as Andrew suggested -

I've got 2 10 gallon totes that I've filled with moist peat moss and other debris  - I'll put my worms in that environment which will be controlled - I really think this is the most efficient way to create the great compost for my garden.