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I harvested it out the bottom of the Flow Through by scraping it with a hand fork and I was amazed that very few worms were in the vermicompost I found 3 which were put back in the top!
Wow, that's great Mark. Which method of harvesting did you use?
It's been 6 Weeks since I posted this Blog and am pleased to say I harvested 18 Kg of Wermicompost last weekend, the worms are everywhere you look with lots of pearls and baby worms. I made this box 5 Months ago and feed it 5 Kg of vegi paste a we...
Just out of curiosity, how much do you think the smaller bins would weigh when fully operational? I'm curious if I would be able to move them from a nicely shaded shed in the summer into the greenhouse during the winter? Our wagon states that it w...
Is there a word in the vermiculture group for 'Total Envy' of someone else's bins? I think I know what I'm building this winter ;)
Thanks Rom, I also have the same as in the photo but 3 times the size, most of the big ones are sold but I did keep on for myself.
Great set up, those bins really look like they belong in that spot. I'm kind of jealous of people who can do that outdoors. I could but I'd have to come up with a winter solution and bringing large bins indoors is not ideal.
Corrigated Carsboard prosessed to a pulp and then dried into bricks, its a big process which I have refined and had nice results with, I'm trying to market the Bricks and will increase production as I go. I starded with 3 Kg's worms in the first b...
Hi Mark,
great looking set up. I tried to go to your web site but it won't let me.
What kind of new bedding are you using in the 3rd bin? Or is it a trade secret, lol?
How many worms did you start the 1st and 2nd bin with?
The First one is 4 Months old and has started to produce Vermicast, thes second one is nearly ready, the Third was loades with a new type of bedding, just waithin for 3kg of Zambizi Red Wrigglers
Very interesting video, some questions for you about the bucket method you use, what food goes into the buckets and 2 weeks seems like a very short time for 250 worms to make very much vermicast!
i like those
good looking bins
nice compost pile
Profile Information
- When did you start composting with worms?
- January 1, 2008
- How were you introduced to vermicomposting?
- Organic Market
- What do your worms like to eat?
- Apple, Pear, Carrots
- What kinds of worms do you have?
- Red Wrigglers
- What worm bins do you use?
- Home Made Flow Through
- How many pounds of garbage do your worms recycle each week?
- 20
- About Me:
- I'm keen to up my game and am looking for a better harvesting process that saves the small wormes and eggs.
- Website:
- http://www.earlyworms.co.za
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"Flow Through" is the answer to Home Vermicomposting, now have 3 bins going.
Posted on September 25, 2009 at 11:34am — 8 Comments
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- At 1:47am on June 24, 2009,
Susan Bolman said… - I'm thrilled to hear about your making them. We have one restaurant here in Honolulu that was willing to have a bin, but I think that's it. Hawaii is way behind on recycling (and just about everything else :-)
Since you're selling them, I wanted to let you know. The fluid that drips out the bottom is called leachate. The tea is made with castings and you have to bubble air through the water to get it to work right. Search those terms and you'll find a lot of info on it. The tea seems to be GREAT for lawns, but I'm in a condo, so I haven't tried it.
- At 11:01am on June 23, 2009,
catherine daly said… - Sounds interesting- but anytime I add castings to water (to make tea for instance) they tend to sink. Maybe he dries them alot first?
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