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Are there holes in the bottom of the bucket? If so the rain water isn't great, but it's not bad either. If you wanted, you could put a tarp over the lid of the bucket. Just so it's not airtight. You're right on the garlic and onions, but crushed e...
thanks michael, this is my way of not dealing with worm, i really don't want to touch them with my hands, so there they are free to come and go, they still inside the bucket and doing a good, job, the only thing is that is really wet due to the ra...
nice
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thanks susan for your comment ill try that
It helps to put a think layer of bedding on top of the food (maybe 6 inches) to prevent flying critters. I don't think it's the cooking that caused the problems.
ok i have 3 bins 1-2-3
1- is the first one i made, i had not botton, i guess i will change that because the worm don't really take all the compost to the ground like they make belive,so, i have an idea to harves my worm one the time is right and ...
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- At 9:45am on June 19, 2009,
Moni0919 said…
- ok I got my worm 2 days ago, let them out on the bins 3 of them for a pound of worm, after all this rain it been raining like crazy here in new jersey USA I went to check on them and they are doing fine, i think they are happy :P. ill keep posting the progress,
- At 11:21am on June 14, 2009,
Moni0919 said…
- thanks for your advise im working on it at this moment, i just buy a pound of worm from Bentley Christie at the email he say they maybe reaching me bye next weekend, i really hope so, now ill will have a total of 3 undergrown worn bin hope they really help my garden and this way im sure they will not be inside my house or I have to hadle them with my hands :P thanks slim chance thank you very much
- At 9:04pm on June 13, 2009,
Slim Chance said…
- Try this. Drill some holes in the bottom of your garden bucket. This lets the worm tea (good for the garden) out the bottom so it's not too wet for the worms. They like wet but not swimming. Drill one hole in the top of the bucket for air to get in.
Tear up newspaper, crumple and put in bucket.
get some good LIVING garden dirt, soak in water and get that newspaper soaking wet, but it drains out thru the holes. Put in your food scraps and a little bit of dry paper shreds. Wait about a week or so for the food at the bottom to get funky, but keep putting new food on top until about 1/3 full.
Go and get a little plastic tub of red wiggler manure worms from a fishing bait store. Put the worms in the bucket, just shake them in. Close the lid and walk away. The worms will crawl down and start eating the microbes that grow on the funky food. They don't have teeth so they can only eat microbes and bacteria. Worm composting is easy to do but they are slow so you have to wait.
- At 5:26pm on June 7, 2009,
Moni0919 said…
- oh wao sorry i found the place to post :P
- At 8:25am on May 18, 2009,
Lawrence Eugene Berry said…
- Lawrenc E Berry
186 Frost Rd unit number one.
Tyngsboro Massachusetts, 01879.
Send me your address with some shipping money (five dollars)?, and I'll send you about a pounds worth.
- At 8:10am on May 15, 2009,
Lawrence Eugene Berry said…
- Yeah they hate the light. Take those peelings and put them in the freezer. Microwave them on high to thaw them. The smaller the pieces, the easier it is for the worms to eat. You can get a small food processor at Wal-Mart. Just for them.
- At 6:27am on May 15, 2009,
Lawrence Eugene Berry said…
- Fantastic,
I have a niece named Megan, who is turning one next week and already she's handling the worms. The neighborhood kids are also getting involved.
About a 5 gallon bucket...hmmmmm.
If you do that, I would make some holes on the bottom with a drill to allow excess drainage to flow. Just put a tray under the bucket with some rocks or whatever to keep the bucket up. Do you have a paper shredder ?
If you're in the classroom. You could have the kids shred their own paper to use for their project. Try to get food scraps from the school cafeteria. Tell your kids not to throw stuff away like apple cores and banana peels. All very good things for the worms. Try to avoid too much citrus, because orange peels can make acidic conditions. Of course, you can always add a little bit of lime to make a better balance for pH.
But I cannot stress how much worms like Coco COIR for bedding. I swear by the stuff. They live in it and eat it. I add sand to the COIR. I usually mix half-and-half. When I feed. Half green and half brown. That's how you have to think. The green part is the food, oxygen and nitrogen. The brown part is carbon . paper, leaves, pet hair, paper bags. No carbon paper !! I like to add sand with my feedings, because worms don't have teeth and need a certain amount of grit for chewing. Eggshells work well in this capacity, but they have to be broken up. Very fine. Just use the hyper kids to dance on them. I suppose!
More importantly, though, is patience. A lot of beginners want to overfeed/overwater. You want to put a little food into the bedding and Cover it up. Keep your bucket in a dark place. Never add water. If the conditions are dry, just add wet leaves or wet paper and stir it into the mix.
Oh yeah, the excess drainage coming out of the bottom of your bucket makes outstanding liquid fertilizer. You can have two plants in your classroom. Feed one plant, worm juice and compost, and just add water to the other one to show the difference. Take pictures. That will make memories for you and the kids !!
- At 11:44am on May 14, 2009,
Lawrence Eugene Berry said…
- Hello Benzan, I used to live in Woodbridge and had a good friend from Bayonne. I did a lot of trucking in that area. I live up in Massachusetts now and trying to make up for years of abusing the planet by composting. Etc. etc..
If you need some worms to help with your compost, I can send you some for free. If you'd like ?
-Larry :-)
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diary -my 3 worm bin
ok i have 3 bins 1-2-3
1- is the first one i made, i had not botton, i guess i will change that because the worm don't really take all the compost to the ground like they make belive,so, i have an idea to harves my worm one the time is right and my compost is ready,
compost 2- this one have old food on it and is working right, still waiting before adding more food,
compost 3- have fresh food and old cook vegetable to see how this work, this one smell and have flies ( i will never use cook foo… Continue
1- is the first one i made, i had not botton, i guess i will change that because the worm don't really take all the compost to the ground like they make belive,so, i have an idea to harves my worm one the time is right and my compost is ready,
compost 2- this one have old food on it and is working right, still waiting before adding more food,
compost 3- have fresh food and old cook vegetable to see how this work, this one smell and have flies ( i will never use cook foo… Continue
Posted on June 29, 2009 at 7:09am — 2 Comments
I'm not sure if i'm posting right, i need to ge worm
where and who had worm for sale to get here at NJ by a weekend, how many days to get to NJ, I need to know so I can setup the bed, what do you guys think about the under ground compost bin?
please where can i read about ideas , what happen if i do underground what happen in winter?
please where can i read about ideas , what happen if i do underground what happen in winter?
Posted on June 7, 2009 at 5:25pm —
my fist compost
did not work, i have to keep trying, if anyone had an idea for my to start doing this, i really don't like worms but i do know the helpfull they are for may garden please help
Posted on June 4, 2009 at 7:59pm — 4 Comments
glue traps
I thinks is a great idea to put glue traps around my botton compost bin, this way if any predactor want to get in my bin, lets say ants, centepice or any other not wanted guess it will get glue there and will not eat my worm, this is just an idea, they can be mouse traps cut in half all arond the bin glue to it do you got the picture? i still haven't stared my own bin but i was reading about a lot and think im ready,
any ideas are welcome,
any ideas are welcome,
Posted on May 18, 2009 at 7:25am — 4 Comments
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