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Bentley Christie
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Bentley Christie left a comment for Mary Phillips"Hey Mary - to answer your question, using a little sprinkle of Ag lime (calcium carbonate - CaCo3) every now and again would be just fine. You wondered about "Tums" - they would be fine I'm sure, but definitely more expensive than…"
Mary Phillips left a comment for Bentley Christie"Hi Bentley,
I have been composting for only about 10 weeks. Through Christmas with all the baking I had no trouble with egg shells. Now things are getting kind of slow and egg shells are few and far between. I have…"
Profile Information
- How were you introduced to vermicomposting?
- A co-worker had a worm bin under desk
- What do your worms like to eat?
- Food scraps, leaves, cardboard
- What kinds of worms do you have?
- Eisenia fetida (Red Worms), Eisenia hortensis (European Nightcrawlers)
- What worm bins do you use?
- many different kinds
- How many pounds of garbage do your worms recycle each week?
- previously 5 lbs or so - then 100's of lbs from local restaurant - now back to mere mortal status (likely 5-10 lbs). I use a lot of aged manure as well
- Website:
- http://www.RedWormComposting.com
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Comment Wall (43 comments)
- At 8:06am on June 1, 2008,
Steve said… - Hey Bentley,
I'm a big fan of RWC, good to see you here.
- At 8:17am on June 1, 2008, Bentley Christie said…
- Thanks, Steve! Good to be here - looks like a great community with a lot of potential! Hats off to Steven for organizing this.
- At 10:38am on June 2, 2008,
Steven Chow said… - Hey there, it is great to have you here! Thanks for writing about the vermicomposters.com map on your blog so early on. It is really nice to meet so many other folks who are interest in composting with worms.
- At 8:20am on June 3, 2008,
Anna said… - Hi Bentley,
It's great to see you here. I LOVE your website, it's how I found this one. I am working my way through your archive - I've learned so much, and it's so fun to "hear" your excitement and "experiments". Good luck with your business!!! (and your newborn)
Anna
- At 10:17pm on June 3, 2008, Bentley Christie said…
- Wow - thanks, Anna! Much appreciated.
Say, you wouldn't happen to be the same Anna that emailed me very recently, would you? I tried to reply to someone named Anna recently but it ended up bouncing.
- At 11:12am on June 5, 2008, Anna said…
- Hi Bentley, I am the same Anna. My email is aqt.beachbum@yahoo.com I tried to send you another email late Wed night with the addy. I appreciate your extra special efforts to reach me!
- At 10:03pm on August 7, 2008,
JPCCUSA said… - Hello Bentley!
I need your help on this discussion. http://vermicomposters.ning.com/forum/topic/show?id=2094123%3ATopic%3A5615
Thanks!
- At 10:04am on September 27, 2008,
JOSEPH BABINEAU said… - I AM STONE DEAF AND HAVING WORMCOMPOST FOR A YEAR.....SO PLEASE CALL ME ''SILENT VERMI GUY''
- At 3:47pm on October 7, 2008,
kaderi norit said… - Hai Bentley, Good day. Nice to see your blog here. I am vermiculture.
I have learned many new things from your experiments. Thanks
- At 7:17am on October 23, 2008,
Tom Fields said… - Hi Bently, I just want to say hello and thanks for the effort that you put into your website. I've sure gleaned a lot of information from what you do there.
You make me want to try to do more with my worms. I've got to grow the population first. Keep up the good work.
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