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I'm so excited! I'm finally going to get a worm farm!

In the "official" worm world I'm sure it is probably frowned upon to call it a worm farm. But it is much easier to spell than vermicomposting. The spell check thinks vermicomposting should be "overcompensating!"

I didn't grow up being green. I wasn't wasteful per say, I just wasn't aware. Then about three or four years ago a friend started talking about getting chickens. I lived in a city that…

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I am new to this so I am willing to accept all advice.

Thanks to Al and Sandy for the helpful advice with my bin.  I am trying the hole in the lid and checked all the areas Sandy mentioned.  I'll let you know how things are going.  

In this next series of “helpful articles” I will try to explain in more detail the four rules for maintaining your worm bin. The first rule is maintaining proper moisture in your worm bin.



Red wigglers do need moisture. They breathe through their skin, and this oxygen exchange can only happen if their skin is moist. However, to keep a worm bin in your home — be it a Worm Factory 360 or a flow through bin — there are rules you will need to follow concerning just how moist the bin can… Continue

no matter how I upload pics, they are on backwards LOL. Go by the letters, a-z, then z1-z16

got my flow-thru up and running today, a couple weeks later than expected. Am uploading pics now..

I have heard of people running into all sorts of problems with their worm bins: fruit flies, bugs, mites, smells, dead worms, or just unproductive bins. I want to share the four rules of worm bin management to prevent any future problems in your bin or to resolve current issues. Well, maybe there are five rules — first off, your bin has to be an effective style. Something like the Worm Factory 360 or my flow through design. Rubbermaid-tub-type bins really don’t work well for 99% of the people… Continue

Yesterday, two friends and I visited Kathy Jacobson at Broadwell Hill Learning Center to pick up the worms for my bin.  Kathy was so kind as to show us around her farm, sharing so much useful information.  Everywhere you turned there was something else to look at.  We had a great time and had the added benefit of taking home worms to start my new bin.  Thanks, Kathy... I hope my worms will be as happy and healthy as yours.

Okay, so yeah, this is not the mushroom growing board, but this situation is so close to my problem with vermicomposting I had to post.

So I've got some oyster spawn spawning in coffee grounds in various containers. One, a plastic shoe box with tiny holes( my former worm box) is spawning nicely, has high humidity and I see no problems. The rest of the oyster mushroom pack that I got I decided to try to go ahead and fruit it, so I soaked it in water, put it on a bed of coffee…

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