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Spiders have become my allies...

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Harvesting or Mass-murder???
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Seperating the little guys from their mix.

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December 14

Bentley Christie replied to Lizette Janse van Vuuren's discussion 'Who's been VC-ing the longest??'

Just popped by and happened to catch this thread! Catherine has me beat - I am now closing in on a decade, but it was technically early in 2000 when a co-worker (at the enviro consulting firm where I was working at the time) sent me home with a buck…

November 2

Susan Bolman replied to Lizette Janse van Vuuren's discussion 'Who's been VC-ing the longest??'

From what I've read in the past, some folks have been vermicomposting for more than 10 years. (One, I think, said 20 years). They probably aren't checking this site out as regularly as us newbies. I started in Dec of 2007, shortly before this site s…

November 1

Mark McClure replied to Lizette Janse van Vuuren's discussion 'Who's been VC-ing the longest??'

A couple of years. It's super relaxing to sit out with the worms and enjoy a pipe.

October 29

Heather Rinaldi replied to Lizette Janse van Vuuren's discussion 'Who's been VC-ing the longest??'

getting ready for a one year anniversary--December of 2008. It just started to help my organic garden addiction, and now it is a full blown business.

October 28

catherine daly replied to Lizette Janse van Vuuren's discussion 'Who's been VC-ing the longest??'

I've been at it in one way or another since 1999!! Bought a huge big composter with gravel drainage at the bottom, and a door just above that to harvest from. It took years to get to a level worth harvesting, although I did scrape some vermicompost…

October 28

Kristie replied to Lizette Janse van Vuuren's discussion 'Should they eat bread/rice/pasta?'

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.

October 27

Andrew replied to Lizette Janse van Vuuren's discussion 'Should they eat bread/rice/pasta?'

Sounds like another good ingredient to help keep worms warm in the winter. Rice, bread, cornmeal...all in moderation. How about oatmeal?

October 26

Buddy Byrd replied to Lizette Janse van Vuuren's discussion 'Should they eat bread/rice/pasta?'

When I found out what cornmeal could do, I thought I had discovered some kind of new heat energy. LOL Thank God I hadn't put that much in my worm box.

October 26

Buddy Byrd replied to Lizette Janse van Vuuren's discussion 'Who's been VC-ing the longest??'

I started in 2003, but took a break in 2005 for about four years. Happy to be back.

October 26

Lizette Janse van Vuuren commented on Lizette Janse van Vuuren's blog post 'It's taken me a year but I've got clever worms!!'

Don't know how big in inches but about 2 centimeters.On my photos you can see the size of my bins....I've just realised that I won't have the time to harvest at the rate they are multiplying now in future at are lookking at my options.Will post phot…

October 7

Sue commented on Lizette Janse van Vuuren's blog post 'It's taken me a year but I've got clever worms!!'

4 Huge rubbermaid Bins Hi Lizette, how huge are they? The label on mine says 24x36x8.75", the usable area is less than that. My set-up is following Jason''s. I have 1 catch tray and 3 bins on top of that. They are all working trays because I was to…

October 6

Lizette Janse van Vuuren added a blog post

It's taken me a year but I've got clever worms!!

October 6

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

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??

September 28

Cathy Luna commented on Lizette Janse van Vuuren's blog post 'How to solve a problem like....MOLE??'

We have tons of moles in our yard...but I really don't know a humane way to get rid of them. Except moles travel close to the surface so you could put up some sort of barrier method around your garden. That would keep them out (or so I am told) Good…

July 24

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When did you start composting with worms?

October 20, 2008

How were you introduced to vermicomposting?

Garden Expo/TV documentary/Magazine Articles

What do your worms like to eat?

Fruit/Coffee

What kinds of worms do you have?

Red Wrigglers

What worm bins do you use?

Home-made Plastic Black Bins

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

2 kg's

About Me:

Passionate about Recycling.Love spending time in outdoors either camping at the sea or the Baviaanskloof Megareserve.Own my own catering company and it was a dream come true to get rid of my organic waste in such a positive manner although my worms are not nearly enough to get rid of it all yet.

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It's taken me a year but I've got clever worms!!

I was very excited about celebrating 1 year of having worms and was just starting to think I've got the hang of things when they brought me to my knees with a great big bang.Since I've moved my bins outside into a shady spot in my vegetable garden I've really seen their numbers increase drastically and I can only attribute that to only checking in on them twice a week...Yes it is possible!But last week something extra-ordinary happened.I got up from my computer after visiting the website gigglin… Continue

Posted on October 6, 2009 at 12:30pm — 2 Comments

How to solve a problem like....MOLE??

I know this forum is about earthworms but since moles eat our garden variety of earthworm I thought it is a valid question for this forum.I have a mole that is distroying my garden and I would like to know if anybody has any clever, humane and organical method of getting rid of it.Or should I just let it be?

Posted on July 22, 2009 at 11:00am — 3 Comments

Home Gardening Forum????

Hi all,I've been trying to hook up with a home gardening website that's hopefully as helpful and rewarding as this site but can't seem to find one.Any pointers ??

Posted on May 14, 2009 at 12:39pm — 4 Comments

Coffee Grounds as Mulch??

Hi,I have posted this on another organical gardening site but you guys are so knowledgable I thought I'll ask here as well.I have access to a lot of used grounds from my clients,too much for my worms and I feel silly to just dump it into my regular compost heap,is there any harm in using it as mulch around the garden?(Besides smelling like a coffeeshop)Surely there is bound to be something positive about it?

Posted on April 29, 2009 at 11:48am — 5 Comments

The" greenest" way of getting rid of Fruitflies.

Hi, I moved my bins outside about a month ago and today I discovered about 6 Geckos and Lizzards hanging around or inside my bins just munching away at fruitflies(Or I suppose that's why they were in the neighbourhood.)Now I just have to hide them from the chickens!Plus I discovered some mushrooms AND loads of worms in a bin I thought I 've harvested all of the worms .I'm one very contented worm-mama tonight!!

Posted on April 8, 2009 at 1:33pm —

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At 9:19am on March 4, 2009, Janet Walker said…: Hello Lizette, I sell my Worm Bins for R900.00 including 200 gms of worms and an instruction booklet. I am happy to answer any questions I can. THIS IS SO COOL. I am so happy to find other Wormers.
Love Jan

At 8:39pm on February 13, 2009, Ron said…: you gotta have some fun.

how else are you get em socailized.

Ron

At 9:31am on February 11, 2009, Jenni said…: Hi Lizette - welcome to Vermicomposters! Your mention of Baviaanskloof brings back very fond memories of a recent trip there. I am sure that your worms will multiply rapidly with all the wonderful food you will be giving them. I only feed mine scraps from me and my husband and they multiply enough that we can sell bins at the rate of 1 per month and stock them with about 1000 worms each.

At 6:39pm on February 7, 2009, Capt. Matt said…: Don't worry, given time and good conditions a worm farm can take care of any amount of waste. In your case you might need to hire a 'worm rancher' when you get to that point...

Good luck w/ the worms and the business!