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Potential Ecological Problem?
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Bob Dec. 10, 2008.

Smelly Vermi-tea

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What do you do with the leac....stuff

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Lizette Janse van Vuuren commented on Jenni's group 'Worm People in South Africa'

My garden gets 40 kg of grounds a week and they're still there.I've got two huge lemon trees so I'm thinking since the worms don't like the dropped fruit I'll stuff that down the "hole" of the mole(haha).Will let you know about the moles.

September 28

Daniel Pieterse commented on Jenni's group 'Worm People in South Africa'

Hi Lizette I heard they don't like coffee grounds so try it and let me know?

September 28

Lizette Janse van Vuuren commented on Jenni's group 'Worm People in South Africa'

Hallo there How do I chase moles out of my herb garden??

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Daniel Pieterse commented on Jenni's group 'Worm People in South Africa'

Hi all Happy to join in Danie Great Brak river

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Profile Information

When did you start composting with worms?

January 15, 2006

How were you introduced to vermicomposting?

My father sent me a cutting from newspaper

What do your worms like to eat?

They love avocado, papaya and bananas

What kinds of worms do you have?

Eisenia Foetida

What worm bins do you use?

Multiple trays in a waste bin

How many pounds of garbage do your worms recycle each week?

2 - 3 pounds

My Vermicomposters.com Map Entry URL:

http://vermicomposters.com/wormbin?id=319

About Me:

Keen indigenous gardener and enviromentally aware

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New Worm Bin

There are so many worms in my bin now that I need to start a 2nd one so that I can leave the first one to mature completely. I have been selling off 500g of worms at a time with each of the bins that we sold, but I can still spare some to start another bin.

We bought 2 Vegetable Racks on Saturday and Johnny and I converted them into a stacking worm bin last night. Bottom one with legs and a tap, others stacking on top with holes drilled in the base to allow worms through. These ones won't go in… Continue

Posted on August 5, 2008 at 12:02pm — 6 Comments

Upside Down Tomatoes

I have planted a tomato in a bucket hanging on the patio. Got the idea from this site and decided to give it a try. Mixed in a good quantity of Vermicompost and will water it every second time with Compost tea.
Has anyone else tried it?

16 August 2008 - Flowers on the plant now, so hopefully fruit will set soon

Posted on July 16, 2008 at 8:30am — 16 Comments

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At 11:10am on December 7, 2008, Jenny said…: Thanks for the welcome. I'm also a keen golfer, although not a very good one. Similar to my new found interest in worms - keen, but not very good and forerver trying to improve.

At 11:10am on December 3, 2008, Jenni said…: Hi everyone - I haven't been on the site for a while. Worms are all happy and munching away in Johannesburg. Lovely warm weather with lots of thunder and lightening and rain in the evenings - great for the worms and for my vegetables. Just started square foot gardening (found the site on the web) Added some photos of the beds if you want to see.
Changed my photo to one I took on a recent trip to the Eastern Cape. Went to the Addo Elephant Park for a day or two. Saw lots of Ellies and other lovely wild life.
That's all for now - enjoy your worms!!!

At 11:12pm on October 27, 2008, marylou said…: Hi jenny- yes I had lots of interest and compliments. I packed the bottom pot with worms and bedding- only to read tha later that both the bottom and the middle pot must have bedding and worms- the top one is for the food scraps. Anyway so far so good, the worms seem to be doing well inside. The ceramic systems No 3 & 4 will be a different design- in that leachate can be collected from them and they will be hand molded instead of thrown on wheel. So basically back to the drawing board... This 2nd design will be less friendly to ants too....

At 4:14am on October 13, 2008, marylou said…: Hi jenni- have alook at my photos- have added one of danies tiles and the unfired pots. They are being fired right now. Out of kiln on Wednesday

At 3:39am on October 2, 2008, marylou said…: Hi Jenni... never thought greenies could also play golf! (ha ha only kidding!) I am making good progress with ceramic pot/ earthworm art
The clay, labour, firing, etc means cost will be around R2500 (with worms)
Do you think that is too pricey? they will have some artistic value and hopefully be aesthetically pleasing, which will justify the expense, Im hoping. Will show you photos as soon as they are fired. very excited!

At 4:56am on September 23, 2008, Jenni said…: Hi Morag,
We had a wonderful break at the coast, thanks. Played a lot of golf and got to the beach most days, so it was great.
You don't need to worry about taking a long time to fill the first tray as it will speed up once the worms start reproducung and the number of worms increase.
There are a few possibilities that cause worms to gather in the lid or travel down to the bottom of the bin:
1. You may be adding new food too soon before the worms have started to work on the previous amount. Wait until most of the food is unrecognisable.
2. You may not be feeding them enough. Add food as soon as there is no recognisable food in the tray.
2. The bin is too wet - add some shredded paper or cardboard.
3. The worms have felt a change in the atmosphere due to weather changes. This seems to make them climb up as far as they can go in order to escape the water that they think is coming.
In the meantime, just keep rescuing them and replace them in the tray.
Hope this helps. Jenni

At 12:22am on September 23, 2008, Morag said…: Hi Jenni

Hope your stint at the coast was good:) Help, not sure what to do. I've had my Can-O-Worms for 2 months now and I'm still on 1st tray (should I have added the second by now?) and last weekend I've found many worms sitting in the lid and bottom section (where the worm tea gathers). Is it too damp? Or am I not feeding them enough?

At 10:33pm on September 3, 2008, Morag said…: Hi again

Not sure if this is a good thing or a bad thing, I have fur/Penicillin growing on some paw-paw peels I put in my worm-bin. Should I leave it or remove it? HELP!!

Thanks
Morag:)

At 8:52am on September 2, 2008, Michael said…: That's pity....although you have not missed much this last week with the weather...we had howling winds cold.

At 7:15am on September 2, 2008, Michael said…: I must have driven past there a hundred times then....I often go to Oudtshoorn for business. Do you visit often or not??