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Mark from Kansas
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If you have an indoor bin, leave the top off and cover it with burlap.
Eve
I heard a lot of nice things about the west coast.
Mark from Kansas could become Mark from California!
WOW!
What do with the cocoons?
Profile Information
- When did you start composting with worms?
- October 1, 2008
- How were you introduced to vermicomposting?
- Composting which led to Bentley's website
- What do your worms like to eat?
- manure, paper, coffee grounds, etc
- What kinds of worms do you have?
- Red Wigglers
- What worm bins do you use?
- OSCR
- How many pounds of garbage do your worms recycle each week?
- averaging 60 lbs.
- About Me:
- I started this OSCR on 10/16/09. Visit redwormcomposting.com to see how much garbage I am recycling in my garage.
Comment Wall (28 comments)
- At 4:06pm on November 26, 2009,
Nic said…
- recently found Bentley's website and your videos and the 1 blog post. what you built looks awsome!!! i wish i could do that in my garage.
- At 6:17pm on November 25, 2009,
Nic said…
- thanks, and i already have(:(:(:
- At 6:06pm on November 25, 2009,
Nic said…
- i actually just finished last thursday when family got in town. i have until next tuesday to turn in my notebook, and the fair is Dec. 7th. i really wont know what i will get until the fair, but i'll tell you when i know!!!
- At 5:02pm on November 22, 2009,
C DuLaney said…
- Thanks again, Mark. I was feeding them apples in Sept when we were harvesting from our tree. They haven't really had any during this die-off time frame. Like I said, I'm hoping the system will right itself. It's all a bit of a learning curve for me at this point as I still so new to this.
- At 3:53pm on November 22, 2009,
C DuLaney said…
- Hi, Mark - Thank you for your quick reply. I'm pretty sure the bin didn't get too warm, but I also don't use a thermometer for it, so that should be something I add to my worm tools. I'm just baffled, because my 1st bin was humming along nicely, then I split it, and now worms are dying in both. I added extra air holes to the 1st bin and made sure the 2nd bin had plenty, too, because I was reading about aeration and was concerned they might be happier with more air circulation. As I said, I've left off feeding what worms remain, and am hoping the system will right itself with some benign neglect. And maybe they'll start reproducing again. Unfortunately, I didn't know about harvesting the egg cocoons before I harvested my first VC, so I know I unnecessarily sent a bunch out into the garden. Thanks again for your comments.
- At 12:14am on November 9, 2009,
Eve said…
- I put the hose on the outside because when i had a heat sensor in my fabric FT it kept getting pulled down deeper inside the bin. I had to keep digging it back out. I got a little lax and the sensor finally got pulled down so far into the bin that the wires got ripped out of the box. I didn't want to have to keep digging the hose back out of the flow through all winter. And was afraid the hose would end up sitting squished on top of the bars.
I have been wondering how well the heating cable you put into your bin is saying in place.
And the antifreeze; i must admit that I vacillated back and forth about using it. My worry is that if the power goes out long enough the water will freeze in the hoses and when the power comes back on i wont be able to reheat the bin.
The power does go out fairly often here. It went out twice just last month. Our power company is a small coop with a small crew. So the power doesn't always come back on quickly. My power lines run cross country in the forest. Trees occasionally fall on the lines. So keeping the water from freezing as long as possible is a big consideration.
To tell the truth i was already thinking that the antifreeze wasn't working as well as i hopped it would. I probably try thinning the antifreeze more before giving up on the idea completely. I been wondering if salt water would work better.
- At 6:56am on November 8, 2009,
Eve said…
- Oh yes, all ideas are welcome. Sometimes i do miss the most useful things.
- At 6:59pm on November 1, 2009,
Andrew said…
- Mark, this is a better link to your post on Bentley's site:
http://www.redwormcomposting.com/worm-bins/mark-and-his-oscr-worm-bin/
The link you posted just goes to his homepage and will show his latest post. Yours will get pushed down each time he posts until it will be hard to find.
You should also consider posting your subsequent blogs here...unless you are going to be a regular contributor to RWC.
- At 6:28pm on October 30, 2009,
rom mendoza said… - Guess I shoulda looked down a bit on the first page. The internet made me kinda impatient when it comes to searching. I think its my natural inclination to avoid looking at advertising that makes me not pay too much attention to everything on the screen. Nice photo under the bin, do you still go under there?
It's a pretty neat set up, I like the heating cable. I agree with you on the power thing, it seems like it doesn't use that much power and it's not a 12 month per year thing. If Gore can justify his flights and motorcades by "investing" green than heating a worm bin goes even farther as far as offsetting goes.
The one thing about the flow through idea is the timing of the compost. When I manually screen it happens when I need it. Do you find the finished compost falls through pretty regularly or is it hit and miss as far as when it falls through? I realize that it depends on the materials in there, moisture, etc. Just curious. I think I'm going to build one anyway or else I'll have this itch to build it in the back of my head that will never go away.
- At 2:16pm on October 30, 2009,
rom mendoza said…
- Which one was it? There wasn't a link on your comment.
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