do I have to add vegtables is it ok to fed paper and cardboard only.when I put vegtables in I get flies. I grind and freeze them first

Hi guys,

I am off on my travels again. I am going to set up a worm based sanitation system in a school in Pakistan. I have no idea what the worm situation is like out there. Any advice or connects most welcome.

Claire

Am not so patiently waiting for the worms to get thru the whole bin of paper and food. Patience was never my strong suit. It is going faster since I added the 1200 European night crawlers to my 500 reds. I finally need to add about 4 inches of wet newspaper. It's oakingright now so ill be able to add it Thursday.

I read somewhere that you can use your worm bin to grow potatoes. Has anyone done that? What were the results? I indthat an intriguing way to grow potatoes.

Made it thru the nite with no escapees. Ended up putting the bin in the garge with a heat lamp over it just to make sure. Will do that for a few days just to make sure. Not much heat in the lamp but it sure is bright. Just to make sure, I spritzed the tap layer of newspaper with water.



Added a to roll of frozen puréed food. The reds didn't seem to like it a week ago so I took it out. Anxious to see what the euros think of it. I made a bunch so I hope they like it.



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I've been feeding two outdoor worm bins for about three years that evolved from their original use as compost piles.  So many local worms (I've assumed they're EF/EA) came into the piles to feast on the UCG, yard waste, and kitchen scraps that I stop turning them, and started top feeding the worms.  The bins have been covered with plywood to keep rain from soaking them, which has worked great.  The problem became that the lower reaches of the piles/bins dried to a very low moisture and…

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I started with 500 red wigglers in plastic bins a month ago and am HOOKED!  So much so that I ordered 2 pounds of European Nighcrawlers and am anxiously awaiting them to arrive. Gotta have fishing worms.  And when they aren't being used as bait, they can eat the kitchen scraps. 

Not sure why am not seeing any cocoons yet.  Maybe a month isn't enough time.  Hmmmm....

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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.