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Trace, Donna Dodd and 6 other members joined Steven Chow's group7 hours ago
A group for people who use the Wriggly Wranch (and others stackable tray) worm bin to talk about / share experiences. I figured there might be enough intricacies specific to the Wriggly Wranch (and every other model of worm bin) to warrant a group
Ned Selfe and Leonard Jordaan joined Steven Chow's group11 hours ago
Figured if the PE folks have a group maybe we should have one too
Colin, Darni and 2 other members joined Steven Chow's groupyesterday
A group for indoor vermicomposters. People who keep their worm bins in their apartment or home rather than in their garden, garage or shed.
Martins Grinfelds, Kristie, Michael and 19 more were featuredJune 25
He did drill the bottom. So I guess he just lets it leach onto the ground.
I like the idea of the trash can, but I think he is going to need to acommodate a way to remove leachate fromthe system or he will wind up with dead worms.
This is fun even when I don't understand what's going on. Could anyone translate a few of the words under the buttons? There aren't very many. The first time I watched pH go down to 0 (I'm not even sure that's possible!) Needless to say I killed e...
Steven Chow added a discussionJune 16
Just noticed a post about this worm simulation in the Educational Wormers Group. It is in German though so I'm not 100% sure what it does. Looks like you can add various kinds of food to the system and it will show you a graph of the baby / adult ...

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When did you start composting with worms?
March 3, 2008
How were you introduced to vermicomposting?
When I joined a CSA a couple months ago I ended up with a lot of extra kitchen waste, so I researched what to do with it.
What do your worms like to eat?
cantelope
What kinds of worms do you have?
red worms ( eisenia fetida )
What worm bins do you use?
Wriggly Ranch
How many pounds of garbage do your worms recycle each week?
2
My Vermicomposters.com Map Entry URL:
http://vermicomposters.com/wormbin?id=1
About Me:
I "discovered" worm composting in spring of 2008 and have been fascinated by it every since. Since I couldn't find anyone I personally knew who composted with worms nor did my friends have much interest in hearing about them.. i got really curious if there were any other vermicomposters "out there" in the world so I set up the vermicomposters map and this community to try to find out. Through working on this website I've met so many great people.. it has really been a great experience. Thanks! Please let me know if you have any suggestions about how to continue to spread the word about vermicomposting.

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Continuous flow liner experiment.

I'm still "recovering" from my Worm bin sludge situation I took all the sludge and put it in a bucket on its own and skimmed off any excess water every couple days until it wasn't flooded. After several weeks what was in the bucket started to dry out to the point that it looked like normal VC. Plus I could see lots of worm trails / turned VC where the worms that were still in there were working their magic. So, I… Continue

Posted on November 24, 2008 at 12:30pm — 6 Comments

Steven Chow

Worm bin sludge situation

I looked in the bottom tray of my flow through worm bin a couple days ago and noticed there was a log of semi-solid material in the bottom tray and tons of worms. It seemed like they were living fine in that soup, but yesterday I decided to try to clean it up and get the worms back into the main tray.

This is what the bottom tray looked like while I was cleaning it out:

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Posted on October 21, 2008 at 10:01am — 8 Comments

Steven Chow

Nightcrawlers from Bait to Bin

I tried to learn how to fish over Labor day weekend during a camping little camping trip at Clearlake State Park in California. After 2 days and about 6 hours of fishing I came up empty handed although my sister who was also just learning caught a 6 and a half pound catfish on her first cast!

In any case, the bait shop had set us up with a 2 dozen nightcrawlers and we only ended up using 6 of them.... leaving me with 18 leftover.... so I decided to toss them in a 1 quart plastic bin with some k… Continue

Posted on September 1, 2008 at 10:25am — 4 Comments

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Corn cob n' husk

It has been a couple days since I added my diced corn cob to my worm bin. I put them in the corner in case the worms didn't like them for some reason. When I checked it today lots of worms were hanging out in that corner so far so good.. although I suppose it will get much more interesting a couple weeks down the road when I can actually see if the cobs are being processed faster than they would if they were… Continue

Posted on July 25, 2008 at 10:00am — 7 Comments

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At 12:59am on May 28, 2009, io_vs_jupiter said…
I forgot to give the link sorry:
http://www.organicagcentre.ca/DOCs/Vermiculture_FarmersManual_gm.pdf
At 12:58am on May 28, 2009, io_vs_jupiter said…
Hi Steven! I was checking Bentley's great website and saw a link to a pdf file: Manual of On-Farm Vermicomposting and Vermiculture
By Glenn Munroe
Organic Agriculture Centre of Canada
It's a great source, can we add it to WormWiki?
At 9:09am on March 23, 2009, marylou said…
Hi Steven. The mini ceramic, green worm pots are working well, but they arent processing any new food at all. I possibly need to add more worms, but i didnt want to overcrowd them....the pots are only about 25cm in diameter and about12cm deep. I will add some more worms and food tomorrow and let you know. I am busy with 3rd version which has 4 tiers, and a bit bigger. It is going to be AMAZING and is already sold to my sister.
At 12:00pm on March 14, 2009, Micah said…
I have noticed that this social network is exploding in the number of people that join. Congratulations! I was looking for a vermicomposting group/blog site on the internet and this was the only one that I could find. You may have started the ball rolling for a lot of future worm composters.
At 8:02pm on February 14, 2009, Angela said…
Hi Steven, great site! I was wondering when you started it. It seems to be growing very fast, 50 new people just since i joined in late Jan. I was a forum virgin and this has been a fun and helpful start...now I see why people blog and join these types of sites.
At 11:15am on January 5, 2009, Sue said…
Hi Steven,
thanks for taking care of it. It was Eve who noticed it first.
Sue
At 3:06pm on December 26, 2008, Sue said…
Hello Steven,
since you created this site, can you remove spam posting? You know which one I mean. Thanks
At 9:33pm on December 18, 2008, Robert Fraser said…
Merry Christmas Steven to you and your family!
Hope to write a few interresting questions in 2009.
The Best
Robert
At 2:48pm on November 24, 2008, Carl said…
Hi Steven, I've added a slightly more detailed response to your flickr post.
At 1:44pm on November 24, 2008, Carl said…
Hi Steven, I responded to your comment here.
 
 

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