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Aspen shavings?
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I had protein poisoning when I had too much food way down at the bottom of the bin and it got anaerobic and stinky. The worms died, making more gas and stink. It was a vicious cycle until I cleaned out the bin, separated the good worms out and sta...
Never bought organic bananas before the worms, now that is all we buy. Between scraps for the worms and better stuff for the guinea pigs, we buy a lot more produce. Except in the summer when we grow our own.
Hello Mark,
What a coincidence, this is the first box I found when I started searching for plans six years ago. I built mine similarly based on it. I wanted it to be small and the lid just resting on top and with few components as possible. I've b...
Duff, there are several site on the net with wooden worm box plans. I like the ones that use exactly one sheet of plywood. It's a fun project because tolerances aren't critical. Here's one site: http://tinyurl.com/yku3rep.
My indoor wooden boxes are made of 1/2 inch plywood. 17in. x 17in. and 7 inches deep. Easy to move around and harvest from. I use a simple lid 17in. x 17in.. Boxes are held together with sheetrock screws and a little wood glue. I have no drain hol...
They will break down but depending on how thick the shavings are it may take a while.
Just got my two guinea pigs and they use aspen shavings for bedding. I assume this and their poops would make marvelous worm bedding? Hope so as there is a lot of both !
I agree ! Monsterworms.com are the very best. Not only do they have great worms, but they are very helpful about answering questions. I had a bunch when I first started my bins and they were always very gracious with their time and had lots of pat...
I agree, start slow when feeding a new bin. Here is a tip I have for really increasing your herd without too much danger of overfeeding. Only do this if you really like to mess around in the kitchen. Take a paper egg carton and put it on a cookie ...
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- When did you start composting with worms?
- May 14, 2009
- How were you introduced to vermicomposting?
- Read about it online and decided to give it a try !
- What do your worms like to eat?
- Banana peels, watermelon, anything rolled in finished compost !
- What kinds of worms do you have?
- Red Wigglers
- What worm bins do you use?
- Rubbermaid containers
- About Me:
- I am just getting started. I bought a pound of worms from Bentley Christie - RedWormComposting.com and a pound from Kurt in Vermont - Greenmountainsoil.com
They are all doing fine !
I have been doing outdoor composting for years. Recently we started our own rolling composter and a tumbling composter made with food grade barrels,in addition to three regular composting bins. I have to beg food scraps to have enough to keep my worms fed !
Comment Wall (8 comments)
- At 6:10am on November 19, 2009,
Jerry Walker said…
- hello again could we converse using e-mail this forum iis a pain in the but to edit what i.m typing my email is
cubby149@vermontel.net
- At 6:11am on November 18, 2009,
Jerry Walker said…
- hello again
do you have a pickup truck or a station wagonor a trailori have two spair 55 gallon worm bons akk ready to ferr just taje them awat i only need the one i am using
- At 10:55am on November 17, 2009,
Jerry Walker said…
- 3252455
- At 9:12am on November 17, 2009,
Jerry Walker said…
- Duff</:
please don't wait to see me outside as in colder weather [40 deg and colder] i'm a house rat your welcome to visit as my worms are all inside till spring
- At 6:42am on November 10, 2009,
Jerry Walker said…
- hi Duff:
I'm real sorry about not getting back to you sooner but i had annother stroke and lost track of every thing i was involved with. butts hill is off east wells rd I live on the corner
in the yellow house with the new porch and green metal roof i am stuck in a wheelchair but i can travel a couple of miles on a good day . i don't hav a car cause my wifes vission went to helland cant see well enough to drive so here we sit day in day out . please feel free to stop in any day .i have a 55 gallon drum in my worm room with all my other junkif i can find out exactly where you are if we have a good day i'll com and visit
- At 11:00am on July 17, 2009,
Beth & Dave said… - Hi Duff,
Did you get the worm bin yet? Let me know how it goes. I sent you a friend request too.
- At 12:14am on July 16, 2009,
Beth & Dave said…
- Hi Duff,
Thank you for you the compliment on my article. Let me know how it goes and if you need any help. Also, I see that you have been composting for years. Me too!! This morning I put on a blog post that you might think is cute. (I think it's cute because my kids are in it) Let me know what you think. http://blog.monsterworms.com/2009/07/15/black-gold-means-green-grass/
Beth
- At 8:28am on July 8, 2009,
Strumelia said… - Duff- I have a 5 tray Gusanito bin. On the very bottom is the liquid catch tray. Then I put a sheet of landscape fabric on that to keep the worms from going down there. Then I have my 'bottom' tray which is full of worms, castings, and bedding and I no longer feed that tray, I am leaving it to let the worms finish their work in it. Then on top of that I have my 'active' tray with worms and bedding and this is the tray I am feeding now, will continue to feed it til it gets full. Then on top of that, I put a spare empty tray UPSIDE DOWN, like a dome with the mesh on top. This keeps the air flow nice and keep smy bin from getting too wet. (If your bin is outside with the breezes, this is probably not necessary). Then I put the 'A' shaped roof on top of that but leave it slid back a few inches to leave a nice wide air gap to the upside down dome tray mesh.
This still leaves me two empty trays. For now I keep them stored in the basement. I might get three trays with worms going at some point and use another added tray- but I would still only be feeding the top tray of the ones with worms.
Beth- there is certainly no harm in storing the empty trays right on your bin on top of the feeding tray. It's just the possibility of a beginner putting the new feeding tray on TOP of those stored empty trays that is the little issue we are discussing. :)
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