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What kinds of things are you processing with bokashi? I'd like to try bokashi for my meat scraps, which I would then add to the bin. I'd like to keep putting my veggies straight into the bin. I can't figure out if this is a good idea or not.
I've never blended. When I first started, I hand-chopped my scraps to thumbnail size before dumping them in my collection container, then I froze them, thawed, drained and fed. But I had a lot of trouble with things going anaerobic in the bin, and...
I just crush mine up by hand. I don't even really crush them thoroughly, there are always big chunks left. When I harvest a tray (I have a WF), I pick out the eggshells (they are usually on the top) and toss them into the topmost tray. I figure al...
That seems like an elegant solution. I had been keeping an empty tray inverted on the top of the bin to keep my cats out of it. But it's been months and they've shown no interest in it. I'll try the same thing with shredded paper and see what happ...
I have the worm factory as well. To solve the fruit fly problem I have one unused tray on top that I keep filled with dry leaves and nothing else. This allows me to feed the tray below and it's always covered with a barrier of dry leaves. I found ...
This is the most frustrating problem I've encountered with my bin yet. I have a 5-tray Worm Factory. Currently I have 3 trays on it.
I had a fruitfly problem, so I did some research and read about someone who got rid of them by smothering them wi...
I made an offhand remark to my husband about how much I like to see the decomposition in the bin, and I described the delicate netting that was left in the bin after the worms ate all the rest of the cantelope I had put in there. He said "I think ...
I've put stale tortillas, bread and rice in my bin. Like everyone has said, just be careful to use small quantities and make sure the worms have somewhere to escape too if it gets too warm for them.
Clean human hair, composted crawfish heads and composted catfish parts.
Candin, what kind of drainage do you have under your bin?
If you have a bin dug into the ground, and alot of rain, i would guess that you're not losing much moisture by evaporation, so the only way for the liquid from your scraps to escape is down...
Hey Candin! I'm so sorry you're having trouble. You should repost your question in the main forum so that more people see it: http://vermicomposters.ning.com/forum
I've never had an outdoor bin, so I have no idea, but I'm sure some people here ca...
I had my outdoor open ground bin set up over a month. The ground is limestone and our water used to moisten the bed is very hard so I didnt think I would deal with acid issues but my bed is starting to smell.
I have about 6 lbs of worms in a 9 sq ...
It looks great. Will you use it for both worms and a cold frame?
Oh, and about labels -- here's an easy way to get tons of them. Buy a mini-blind with plastic blades, remove all the cords and the top and bottom part, then cut the blade to whatever length you work. I try to find mini-blinds through Freecycle or ...
@Jake Martin: what you describe is called trench composting. It will make the soil better by attracting worms and building bacterial herds. I don't have room for an outdoor compost pile or bin, so I trench compost most of my yard waste, and some k...
Anyone using worms, castings or teas in anyway to grow any kind of garden, please share your advice and experience here.
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- When did you start composting with worms?
- January 15, 2009
- What worm bins do you use?
- 5-tray worm factory
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